Guest Post: Journeys in Film and Jennifer Fischer, Co-Founder, Think Ten Media Group Film offers an engaging way to bring the stories of notable women to your classroom, particularly during March, which is Women’s History Month. Documentaries take that one step further by focusing on real-life figures. The women in these films are young and […]
Religious Literacy
Learning Religions Through the Arts: Five Uniquely Religious Operas
Guest Post: Jane Fitzpatrick, Contributing Writer for Religion Matters Religion is no stranger to the opera world. Richard Wagner’s musical devotion to Norse mythology and endless operatic retellings of ancient Greek myths are just a few examples. A variety of tales driven by sins and divine justice have also graced the world’s stages for centuries. […]
Smith vs. Prothero: Differing Approaches for Understanding Religions
Guest Post: Jon Resendez, Social Studies Teacher, Portola High School, Irvine, CA When I started my journey as a secondary social studies teacher, I never expected that one day I would teach religious studies. So, imagine my surprise when I took over my mentor’s Comparative Religions elective course when he retired during my first year […]
Exploring World Religions Through Art: Hands-on Activities for Students of All Ages
Guest Post: Jennifer Fischer, Co-Founder, Think Ten Media Group Religious literacy and cross-cultural understanding are intimately linked, which means educators have numerous, readily-available options when exploring world religions with their students. Stories, books, and films are routinely highlighted. For example, National Geographic’s The Story of God, with Morgan Freeman, is a documentary film series that […]
Interested in Religious Literacy for Classroom Students? Chan’s Book Offers Important Insights
Guest Blog: Vicki Michela Garlock, Ph.D., Editor, Religion Matters Review of Teaching Religious Literacy to Combat Religious Bullying: Insights from North American Secondary Schools by W.Y. Alice Chan (Routledge, 2021) We’ve read about increased antisemitism in the U.S. (Shveda/CNN, 2023). We might have heard that the majority of Sikh school students are harassed and ridiculed […]