 General Resources
The Christian Church Year
Multi faith Calendar of the main World Religions
The Main Six Religions
Religious Online Stories
REfuel
Primary Resources: RE
Curriculum projects (West Bromwich - PDF document)
Sir Robert Hitcham's School RE pages
Includes excellent introductory Synagogue and Mosque tours
Places of Worship
St Margaret's Church, Colchester
An excellent site, simply and clearly presented, with an opportunity to meet some of the church's members
Picture tours of three different churches from Educhurch
Easter
Special Days around Easter
Find out the meanings behind the speacial days during the Easter season.
Easter story - Culham College
The story of the Passion, told in classic works of art
The Easter Story
Christmas
Christmas in England
Find out the meanings behind the symbols of Christmas. Interactive advent calendar contains Christmas celebrations around the world.
The story of the Nativity
Drag and drop Nativity scene
Christmas website
The Christmas story illustrated with historic paintings
The Christmas story of Papa Panov
Other Christian Resources
Harvest Festival
RE Quest Christianity site
Illustrated Bible stories
Questions about Islam for Children
Islam for Children
An excellent resource on Islam from The Manor County Primary School website.
Islam Introduction
For children
Islam UK
Discover the history, beliefs and customs of Islam, and find out what it means to be a Muslim in the UK today.
Mosque and Synagogue virtual tours
A detailed virtual tour of a Mosque in Derby, from the website of Sir Robert Hitcham's Primary School, Suffolk.
IslamiCity (Education Center)
Send a card for Eid
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Questions about Judaism for Children
Mike's Jewish pages
Lively and useful introduction written by a teacher, with links to Jewish sites.
Judaism Activities
The following can be found on the ICT Teachers Site
- An assembly on a Pesach theme
- Other assemblies on a Jewish theme
- Information and resources about the Jewish festival of Purim.
- Instructions on how to make a simple chanukiah
Judaism for Children
Jewish beliefs, festivals and customs from The Hanborough Manor C.E. School website.
The Jewish Wedding Ceremony
A virtual tour of a synagogue, from the website of Sir Robert Hitcham's Primary School, Suffolk.
Judaism
For Children
Ahavat Israel
Comprehensive background information.
Chanukah on the Net
Evidence of U.S. commercialisation!
Jerusalem tour
Interactive Seder plate
Sikhism and Hinduism
Questions about Hinduism for Children
Sikhism
Gurdwara tour
A Calendar of Festivals
From 'Stories from the Web': tells the story of Holi
Hinduism for Schools
An excellent source for information about Hinduism.
Note on Search Engines
Pupils may use Yahooligans in safety. A single keyword such as Hinduism will produce a reasonable list of relevant sites. Densely-packed text is a problem on many sites, but older pupils should be able to skim for key facts.
Web-wide searching is made difficult by the enormous quantity and diversity of sites. For older pupils seeking background information, Britannica is a better starting point. It suggests relevant sites with ratings, and pupils may e-mail an article to their collaborators in a research project.
If you wish to use a general search engine such as Google, searches must be highly specific and focused. Children must be closely supervised - searches should always be tested first.
A single keyword can return tens of thousands of matches, most of which are irrelevant. It is generally better to determine a phrase containing the keyword. Surround with quotes, so that the complete phrase is searched for. These examples worked well:
"make a Christingle"
"build a sukkah"
"Islam for children"
"Rangoli patterns" |
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