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Lesson 1: Gearing up for Neutrality

Your Initial Conception of Neutrality

Three Key Concepts

bulletThe Civic Framework
bulletThe Civil Public School
bulletReligious Neutrality At School

Aiming for Neutrality

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Role of the School

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Responding to Diversity

Reconsider Your Understanding of Neutrality

The First Amendment

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Source Documents

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Establishment Clause FAQs

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Free Exercise Clause FAQs

 

Lesson 2: Your Way / Other Ways

Challenges for Educators

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

Reconsider the Religion Realm

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 Profound Differences—Often Overlooked

 

Lesson 3: Diversity & Demographics

Your Perception of U.S. Demographics

U. S. "Religion Stew"

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Heterogeneity/Homogeneity
At a Glimpse
—A Closer Look

bulletBeyond Christianity
bulletA Message for Teachers?

Your Revised Notions

Describing Religious Diversity

bulletKeeping a Civic Perspective
bulletReligion Stew vs. Worldview Stew
bulletAt the Classroom Level

 

Lesson 4: Grounding Yourself

Ponder Your Position

Teacher's Comfort Zone

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Majority/Minority Considerations

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The "Deportment Department"

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Revealing/Concealing Reality

Classroom Complexities

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Matters of Degree and Departure

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Matters of Nonbelief

Your Worldview Interview

The "IDEA JAR"

bulletClassroom As Microcosm
bulletE Pluribus Unum
bulletLingo Lifting

 

 

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