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Links on Teaching About Religion in the Public Schools


Teaching the Role of Religion in American History
http://www.indianahumanities.org/relhist.htm
First-stop site for preparing to teach about religious history in the classroom. Includes several essays and an excellent chronological framework at http://www.indianahumanities.org/framework.html. From the Indiana Humanities Council.


Rationale and Guidelines for Teaching About Religion
http://www.freedomforum.org/publications/first/findingcommonground/
B07.inPublicSchool.pdf
 (PDF file)
PDF. This valuable chapter from Finding Common Ground: A First Amendment Guide to Religion and Public Education offers realistic guidance to teachers on presenting religion in the classroom. Follow the links at http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=3979 to other chapters in the book and to the home site, the Freedom Forum.


Teaching About Religion in Public Schools: Worldview Education
http://www.teachingaboutreligion.org/
Useful nonsectarian guidelines and lesson plans. Visit the site map at http://www.teachingaboutreligion.org/sitemap.htm for the site's complete offerings. From OABITAR, (Objectivity, Accuracy, and Balance in Teaching About Religion), a nonprofit organization.


Religion and Prayer in U.S. Public Schools, Libraries, etc. http://www.religioustolerance.org/ps_pray.htm
Clear overviews and guidelines, from Religious Tolerance.org, the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance.


Teaching Religion in the Public Schools
http://www.nea.org/classmanagement/ifc021210.html
Brief summary article by Max Fischer, 2002, from the NEA Professional Library.


U.S. Secretary of Education, "Religious Expression in the Public Schools," 1995
http://www.ed.gov/Speeches/08-1995/religion.html
This statement by Secretary Richard Riley affirms the importance of teaching about religion in our public schools and sets out the government's guidelines for accomplishing this task.



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