World Religions
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Let My Prayer Arise—Orthodox Lent Chant in English
The song/video "Let My Prayer Arise—Orthodox Lent Chant in English," performed by the parish choir of Saint Philip Antiochian Orthodox Church in the USA, is available on YouTube (5:10) with lyrics and photos of Orthodox worship. This is chanted at …
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Song/video "Deyenu, Coming Home"
The song/video “Deyenu, Coming Home,” by the Ein Prat Fountainheads, available on YouTube (2:54), is a fun song about Passover by a contemporary Jewish group and is appropriate for use on day 2.
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Empathizing (Jainism)
This short handout provides questions, reflections, and suggestions to help students empathize with Jainism.
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Empathizing (Hinduism)
This short handout provides questions, reflections, and suggestions to help students empathize with Hinduism.
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Teacher Evaluation: The Game of Samsara
This evaluation is to be used as a rubric for a game that groups of students created using Hindu concepts.
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Teacher Evaluation: An Interreligious Interview
The following ratings identify your scores on a scale from 1 (poor) to 10 (excellent).
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Rubric for Final Performance Tasks for Unit 2
The rubric for the final performance task options for Unit 2 of Church History: Apostolic Times to Today. The options include creating a children’s picture book, or making a PowerPoint presentation for a parish community.
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Biography of Prophet Muhammad (6 of 6)
A documentary portraying the life of Muhammad, the development of Islam, and common misunderstandings of the faith.
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Biography of Prophet Muhammad (5 of 6)
A documentary portraying the life of Muhammad, the development of Islam, and common misunderstandings of the faith.
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Biography of Prophet Muhammad (4 of 6)
A documentary portraying the life of Muhammad, the development of Islam, and common misunderstandings of the faith.
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Biography of Prophet Muhammad (3 of 6)
A documentary portraying the life of Muhammad, the development of Islam, and common misunderstandings of the faith.
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Biography of Prophet Muhammad (2 of 6)
A documentary portraying the life of Muhammad, the development of Islam, and common misunderstandings of the faith.
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Mysteries of the Church: The Crusades
A documentary chronicling the events of the Crusades and their lasting impact.
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Mysteries of the Church: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
A cinematographically excellent documentary explaining in colloquial and relatable language the foundations, similarities and differences of Judaism, Islam and Christianity.
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Mysteries of the Church: Christian Denominations
A cinematographically excellent documentary explaining in colloquial and relatable language the history of the development of many Christian denominations.
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Gandhi - The Philosophy of Nonviolence
A description of Gandhi's understanding of the use of nonviolence.
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Biography of Prophet Muhammad (1 of 6)
A documentary portraying the life of Muhammad, the development of Islam, and common misunderstandings of the faith.
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The History of Islam Part - 16
A documentary portraying the exhaustive history, development and impact of Islam on global affairs, politics, technology and culture.
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The History of Islam Part - 15
A documentary portraying the exhaustive history, development and impact of Islam on global affairs, politics, technology and culture.
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The History of Islam Part - 14
A documentary portraying the exhaustive history, development and impact of Islam on global affairs, politics, technology and culture.
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The History of Islam Part - 13
A documentary portraying the exhaustive history, development and impact of Islam on global affairs, politics, technology and culture.
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The History of Islam Part - 12
A documentary portraying the exhaustive history, development and impact of Islam on global affairs, politics, technology and culture.
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The History of Islam Part - 11
A documentary portraying the exhaustive history, development and impact of Islam on global affairs, politics, technology and culture.
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The History of Islam Part - 10
A documentary portraying the exhaustive history, development and impact of Islam on global affairs, politics, technology and culture.
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The History of Islam Part - 9
A documentary portraying the exhaustive history, development and impact of Islam on global affairs, politics, technology and culture.
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The History of Islam Part - 8
A documentary portraying the exhaustive history, development and impact of Islam on global affairs, politics, technology and culture.
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The History of Islam Part - 7
A documentary portraying the exhaustive history, development and impact of Islam on global affairs, politics, technology and culture.
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The History of Islam Part - 6
A documentary portraying the exhaustive history, development and impact of Islam on global affairs, politics, technology and culture.
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The History of Islam Part - 5
A documentary portraying the exhaustive history, development and impact of Islam on global affairs, politics, technology and culture.
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The History of Islam Part - 4
A documentary portraying the exhaustive history, development and impact of Islam on global affairs, politics, technology and culture.
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The History of Islam Part - 3
A documentary portraying the exhaustive history, development and impact of Islam on global affairs, politics, technology and culture.
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The History of Islam Part - 2
A documentary portraying the exhaustive history, development and impact of Islam on global affairs, politics, technology and culture.
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The History of Islam - Part 1
A documentary portraying the exhaustive history, development and impact of Islam on global affairs, politics, technology and culture.
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American and Catholic: Inviting Current Events into Religion Class
After the terrorist attacks of September 11, my students discussed Catholic social teaching on war and peace. One of my students said, "This is not the time to be Catholic; this is the time to be an American." He was …