World Religions

a few resources

I am ACTIVELY looking for feedback, additions, deletions and help on this resource - please email me your ideas so this list can be improved!

Gail Lovely (Gail@GailLovely.com)

Compilations and Overviews

Worldviews - Teaching About Religion

http://www.teachingaboutreligion.org/

Statistics about numbers of people in various religions worldwide

http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html

General Overviews and Information

http://www.refdesk.com/factrel.html

Basic Descriptions

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0113529.html

Compendium of Sites

http://www.nain.org/links/religion.htm

An older essay, but still useful, about teaching about religions in elementary school

http://www.coreknowledge.org/CKproto2/about/nwsltr/TchRelgn.htm

Myths or Legends?

http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/grecoromanmyth1/a/mythslegends.htm

Variety of Religions - from History for Kids

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/religion/index.htm

Mythology - Ancient Religions (three levels of content and reading levels)

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mythology/planets/Earth/earth.html&edu=elem

Descriptions and Details - Lots of Related Information from the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/

Variety of Resources and Lesson Plans

http://ias.berkeley.edu/orias/workshop_visuals.html

Readings and Discussion Questions

Christianity

http://www.greatbooks.org/library/religions/christianity/index.shtml

Islam

http://www.greatbooks.org/library/religions/islam/index.shtml

Judaism

http://www.greatbooks.org/library/religions/judaism/index.shtml

Islam

Teaching about Islam - resources and ideas

http://content.educationworld.com:1080/a_curr/profdev009.shtml
http://www.cie.org/
http://wings.buffalo.edu/sa/muslim/umma/umma.html

Timeline/Chronology of Islam

http://campus.northpark.edu/history/WebChron/Islam/Islam.html

Living Today in Islamic Lands (HS)

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/landofislam/index.html

Hindu

Lesson Plan for Goddesses of India (Hindu)

http://www.askasia.org/frclasrm/lessplan/l000055.htm

Ancient Peoples

Ancient Israel - Life and Religion

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Canaan/index.html

Ancient Greeks

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html

Information on Ancient Rome (advanced)

http://www.forumromanum.org/

The Roman Empire

http://www.roman-empire.net/index.html

The Romans

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/romans/

Information on Ancient Mesopotamia

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/

Lesson Plan for Ancient Mesopotamia

http://socialstudies.com/c/@kEPSFq38y0Gzs/Pages/article.html?article@TCM251A+af@donn

America

The Role of Religion in the Founding and Growth of America

18th Century

http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us:8080/tserve/eighteen.htm

19th Century

http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us:8080/tserve/nineteen.htm

20th Century

http://www.nhc.rtp.nc.us:8080/tserve/twenty.htm

 

Resources suggested by other educators (I have not checked all of these out)