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Here
is a selection of sites which educators have recommended on world religions.
These include many of the major festivals which take place during the year. Bahá'í One of the youngest of the world's major religions. Lots Lots here, written by lots of different people and includes lesson plans. Worth a look - for teachers. |
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Buddhism The Access to Insight site has details about the main principles of Buddhism. The path to freedom section outlines the Buddha’s teachings. |
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Christianity This site offers a message about the spiritual side of Christmas. No Santa here. This is the BBC's site about Christianity. Historian Bill Egan has created Silent Night, a cybermuseum, dedicated to the true story behind the compilation of the song, Silent Night. Did you know that it was first performed in Austria in 1818? The Culham Educational Foundation has a variety of teaching resources covering Advent, Lent, Easter, Christmas and more. |
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Hinduism The Hindu Universe site lists the festivals of the Hindu calendar and provides links to other resources on Hinduism. The BBC offers an overview of the Hindu faith including its holy days, beliefs and customs. |
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Islam Salaam has the events in the Islamic calendar. It also has a list of events happening around the UK. Select the Knowledge button and find information on a variety of topics such as asylum, Palestine and Islamic art. The Islam for children site has details of the major Muslim festivals. There is also an introduction to Islam. Find out about mosques, family life and Muslims’ attitude to death. Islam from the BBC includes history, customs, beliefs and holy days - includes Ramadan |
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Japanese
Shinto
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Judaism
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Sikhism
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November
Festivals
Diwali,
the Hindu festival of lights. Also here
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Chanukah, the Jewish festival of lights lasts for eight days.
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Ramadan
Islam online.net has more information on Ramadan. Test your knowledge with a quiz and read some stories about Muhammad.
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| Holidays Around the World |
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Just
for a laugh Why do you have an evergreen tree in your living room? Space alien Gorg lands on earth 5 days before Christmas. He’s made friends with you and starts asking all sorts of questions such as: ‘Why is Christmas such a big deal?’ and ‘Why do people give each other presents?’ How Stuff Works has all the answers at this entertaining site. This site will be fun for research for older children. |
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I can't believe my eyes!
Have
fun and learn something new with these animated optical
illusions! |
| Celebrating Christmas in the Classroom |
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How
many lords were leaping? |
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Work out the total number of gifts bought during the 12 Days of Christmas using
this spreadsheet from the Teacher
Resource Exchange (TRE) |
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Teach the computer to identify your chosen dwarf here. Children can make their own games too. |
| Fun for Everyone |
Hugo Meynell School has a variety of fun activities for primary aged children. Visit the Advent Calendar and hear from Santa about European Christmas traditions. Have a look at Santa’s cyber hunt and answer quiz questions. Why does Santa have three gardens? |
| Christmas in Europe |
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Celebrate Christmas European style. This BBC report describes what many Italians, French and Spanish people do at Christmas. Just select Christmas Customs in the left hand column. |
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Activities Galore |
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This
site is full of fun activities for children. Hear Christmas greetings
from Santa. Discover Ear Mountain, Santa’s home. You can write to
Santa and send a card to a friend.
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Kids Domain Site
- always full of fun things, Kids
Domain has crafts, online games and e-cards. |
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The
BBC has story of the Christmas truce of
1914. |
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Christmas e-cards Design your own online Christmas cards from North Pole .Com this year. |
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Religious Education sites |
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These sites have been recommended by teachers as a good starting point for religious
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The Religious Education (RE) site has information on using ICT in RE,
a
directory of faith communities and more. |
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The Cracking RE site
has ideas for assemblies |
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The
Assemblies Web Site lists primary school assemblies for every season. Each month the site will post a
new collection. Teachers can adapt the assemblies to fit their own circumstances. There are assemblies
on Chanukah and Noah’s ark. |
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Discover a variety of European festivals at this site, including some pagan ones. There are links
to festivals in European countries. |
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You can celebrate something every day at this site! Search the
Earth Calendar for holidays and
festivals from around the world. There is detailed information here for
teachers. |
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The Humnet
site at UCLA site looks at celebrations of festivals, past and present, from
the experiences of the family. Learn about Thanksgiving dinner,
Hawaiian luaus and much more. |
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This
site at Rice
Uni, has accounts of local traditions and festivals written by children from around the world. Hear
about Christmas, New Year’s Day, Valentine’s Day and more – from a child’s point of view. |
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Find out about the customs associated with Chinese New Year at this site. Learn about the
festival of lanterns, new year decorations and foods. |
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Also, if you visit the Teacher Resource Exchange (TRE) at: http://tre.ngfl.gov.uk
and search for 'festivals' you will find resources which other teachers have developed for use in
school. |
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Worldaware
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Draw
them in |
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| Have a Merry Christmas! |
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