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ABCs of Religion in Schools
This activity encourages teachers to teach students about world religions as an integrated part of academic life. The activity stresses maintaining neutrality, keeping the class academic, teaching about the faiths behind certain holidays, and focusing on respect inquiry.
Celebrating Connections
This activity has students look at various religious traditions and celebrations to find common understanding and differences among them. This activity will involve three classroom periods and also some homework for the students. The class will be divided into groups … Continue reading
Faith and Belief
The Channel 4 Faith and Belief site contains information about the different religions and their festivals. It also includes a map over the spread of religion across the globe. It explains the history of the many religions, as well as … Continue reading
Religion, BBC
The BBC, religion site contains much information of up to 80 different faiths. Here can be found the background information and history of these religions, but the site also holds links to religion in the news. Links to podcasts and … Continue reading
World Religions and Beliefs,
From this webpage, by Diversiton you can easily learn more about religion, the history, holy days and practices. The site seeks to take an inclusive approach by reflecting as many traditions, philosophies and beliefs as practical. It also includes an … Continue reading
Mixitup Activity Booklet middle & upper grades
The Fall 2005 activity booklet contains activities and lesson plans for teachers to encourage students to assess social boundaries at school, challenge their schools’ group divisions, and assess the perceptions of different people. The activity Mix It Up Survey is … Continue reading
TAG Learning, empowering learning through ICT
With learning software covering a wide range of curriculum areas, including religious education. TAG is a leading publisher and supplier of best-of breed creative educational software tools, peripherals, training and support materials for schools in the UK and the developer … Continue reading
Building Bridges. A Peace Corps Classroom Guide to Cross-Cultural Understanding
The booklet provides short, adaptable lesson plans and activities that build cross-cultural awareness, respect, and communication in your classroom. Lessons are flexible, easy to use, and standards-based.
TrueTube
TrueTube is an interactive website that makes use of the powerful medium of the web, and advances in streaming video technology encompassing various themes. TrueTube encourages students, teachers and other interested parties to post thoughts and send films on a … Continue reading
Peace Be Upon You
This classroom activity explores the issue of the separation of church and state and the issue of religious tolerance. The separation of church and state has been a controversial issue in the U.S., and this activity enables teachers to engage … Continue reading