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Teaching About Religion In Public Schools: 
Worldview Education

1. Crucial Background Information
   1. Worldview Diversity

                                                               i.      Religious Worldview

                                                             ii.      Non-religious Worldviews

                                                            iii.      Worldview Sampler Main Directory

A.     Single Worldview

a.        Buddhist

b.      Christian

c.       Deist

d.      Hindu

e.       Jewish

f.        Muslim

g.       Non-religious

h.       Sikh

i.         Tao

B.     Compare Worldviews

a.       Beginnings

b.      Festival/Calendar

c.       Mortality/Afterlife

d.      Nature and Deity

e.       Prophets/Founders

f.        Rites Birth/Death

g.       Time

h.       Venerated Literature

C.     Backdrop and Context

a.       Buddhism

b.      Christianity

c.       Deism

d.      Hinduism

e.       Islam

f.        Judaism

g.       Non-religion

h.       Sikhism

i.         Taoism

                                                           iv.      Critical Concepts

A.     The Civic Framework

B.     The Civil Public School

C.     The Diversity Emphasis

D.     Inclusion vs. Exclusion

E.      Religious Neutrality

F.      Religious Pluralism

G.     Secular vs. Nonreligious

H.     Ultimate Concerns

                                                             v.      Guidance for Teaching

A.     Position Statements

a.       More Guidance

b.      Consensus Documents

c.       3Rs on Role-playing

B.     DOs & DONT's

C.     OK & Not OK

a.       Assignments

b.      Holidays

c.       Lessons etc.

d.      Subject Areas

e.       Teaching Values

f.        Your Classroom

g.       General

D.     Classroom Self-Check

                                                           vi.      White Papers Listing

A.     A Thorny Path

B.     On Respect

C.     Pluralism & Education

D.     Religion in Social Studies

E.      Religious Diversity

a.       WhitePapers/Bookdiverse.pdf

F.      Separation Church/State

G.     Teaching Controversy

H.     Untying Terminology

I.        Valuing Diversity

J.       What is Religion?

                                                          vii.      Map Demographics

A.     Baptist

B.     Buddhism

C.     Catholic

D.     Islam

E.      Judaism

F.      Methodist/Wesleyan

G.     NonReligious

H.     State Names

I.        Quartiles

2. Related Web Sites
3. Teaching Materials
   1. Lesson Plans
   2. Snippets--Quotations

                                                               i.      Religion & Education Quotations

                                                             ii.      Religious Liberty Quotations

                                                            iii.      Religious Pluralism Quotations

4. MINICOURSE: Religious Neutrality, Teaching in a Pluralistic Classroom
   1. Syllabus

                                                               i.      Objectives

2. Lesson 1: Gearing Up for Neutrality

                                                               i.      Learning Guide

                                                             ii.      Test Review

                                                            iii.      Test

                                                           iv.      Test Self Check

3. Lesson 2: Your Way / Other Ways

                                                               i.      Learning Guide

                                                             ii.      Test Review

                                                            iii.      Test

                                                           iv.      Test Self Check

4. Lesson 3: Diversity & Demographics

                                                               i.      Learning Guide

                                                             ii.      Test Review

                                                            iii.      Test

                                                           iv.      Test Self-Check

5. Lesson 4: Grounding Yourself

                                                               i.      Mottoes Worksheet

                                                             ii.      Gender Worksheet

                                                            iii.      Learning Guide

6. Glossary
7. References
8. E-mail a Lesson
9. E-mail Mini-course Comments

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