Activities for Teachers

1. The Different Drummer has many wonderful lesson plans you can access at: http://www.teachingaboutreligion.com/acquire_dd.htm#Information%20form
   
   These plans include:

• Using stories to teach about freethinker who have all made a mark on history
• A special publication that includes lesson plans and information on teaching about religious diversity
• A special publication that deals with freethought and religious liberty

2. Experiencing Prejudice and Discrimination
   
   ERIC lesson to help students come to understand the prejudices and discrimination that have existed throughout history and continue as negative aspects of our society today.

3. An Approach to Teaching Religious Tolerance

   Students will be encouraged to think about What is truth? and how different people can have different interpretations, traditions, cultures, languages, and, ultimately, belief systems or religions to explain truth.

4. Supreme Court Decisions on Freedom of Religion

   Seventeen Supreme Court decisions are the basis for discussion on lst Amendment Right, Freedom of Religion. The wide range of cases help students to understand that this "freedom" has limits and bounds and is constantly under attack.

5. Whose ÒTruth'' Is Out There?
   Examining the Historical Significance of the ÒEvolution Versus Creationism'' Debate

   In this lesson, students examine different ways people arrive at and understand what "the truth" is, focusing particularly on the evolution versus creationism debate.