INSTITUTE ON RELIGION AND CIVIC VALUES (IRCV)
Legacy Teaching Resources
The following teaching resources are offered free-of-charge.
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The Emergence of Renaissance
Cross-Cultural Teaching Unit
(50MB PDF)
Beyond A Thousand And One Nights
Literature Sampler
(14MB PDF)
The Crusades from Medieval European and Muslim Perspectives
Teaching Unit (2MB PDF)
Images of the Orient
Teaching Unit (2MB PDF)
Muslim Women Through the Centuries
Teaching Unit (2MB PDF)
Teaching About Islam and Muslims
Handbook for Educators (4 MB PDF)
Muslim Holidays
Teacher's Guide and Student Resources
TEACHING ABOUT RELIGION IN NATIONAL AND STATE SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS (2000)
This is a study of then-current national and statestandards documents pertaining to history and social studies, focusing on the teaching about religion. The complete study analyzes the standards and program frameworks in seven national curiculum documents and the academic standards documents and curiculum frameworks developed and adopted by most of the 50 states. References to religion in each document were identified based on a series of keywords. The placement, quantity, and characteristics of content on religion is encouraging, but the study reveals limitations and gaps in integrating discusion of the human religious experience in the nation's social studies standards.
FULL REPORT
Executive Summary of the Report