Syllabus

Syllabus

Lesson 1: Gearing up for Neutrality

Your Initial Conception of Neutrality

Three Key Concepts

	The Civic Framework
	The Civil Public School
	Religious Neutrality At School

Aiming for Neutrality

	Role of the School
	Responding to Diversity

Reconsider Your Understanding of Neutrality

The First Amendment

	Source Documents
	Establishment Clause FAQs
	Free Exercise Clause FAQs

Lesson 2: Your Way / Other Ways

Challenges for Educators

	The Changing Landscape of Religious Diversity
	The Strong Sentiments / The Deep Differences
	Special Terrain / Faulty Maps

Reconsider the Religion Realm

Profound Differences—Often Overlooked

Lesson 3: Diversity & Demographics

Your Perception of U.S. Demographics

U. S. "Religion Stew"

	Heterogeneity/Homogeneity — At a Glimpse —A Closer Look
	Beyond Christianity
	A Message for Teachers?

Your Revised Notions

Describing Religious Diversity

	Keeping a Civic Perspective
	Religion Stew vs. Worldview Stew
	At the Classroom Level

Lesson 4: Grounding Yourself

Ponder Your Position

Teacher's Comfort Zone

	Majority/Minority Considerations
	The "Deportment Department"
	Revealing/Concealing Reality

Classroom Complexities

	Matters of Degree and Departure
	Matters of Nonbelief

Your Worldview Interview

The "IDEA JAR"

	Classroom As Microcosm
	*E Pluribus Unum*
	Lingo Lifting

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