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"Claire Petersky" wrote in message
k.net... Also, someone forwarded me this link, which I pass on to others who may be interested religious scenes shown in legos: http://www.thebricktestament.com/ Some of the scenes are pretty sexually explicit. Well, for legos... Best, Ann |
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Claire Petersky wrote in
t: "Penny Gaines" wrote in message ... Claire Petersky wrote in m: Anyway, it sounds like it was really fun way for them to learn about English history. Especially the Jedis in the Cathedral. This is wandering off-topic, but aren't there a number of people in the UK who identified their religious beliefs in a recent census as Jedi? Something like 390,000 people put their religion as Jedi. It doesn't actually have any effect on the official nature, or otherwise, of the 'religion' Also, someone forwarded me this link, which I pass on to others who may be interested religious scenes shown in legos: http://www.thebricktestament.com/ I liked that. -- Penny Gaines UK mum to three |
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"H Schinske" wrote in message ... wrote: My daughter's group decided to do the religion of England. I find this pretty funny, actually, since _The Secret Garden_ is not very Christian at all, barring the doxology bit. In theory they ought to have been writing reports about Emile Coue or Yeats or someone, all the positive thinking and natural magic folks. (Why is it, anyway, that no one ever takes Mary to church? You'd think Mrs. Medlock would -- and I don't remember any churchgoing in _The Little Princess_, either, where it couldn't have been a matter of being too far from a church -- I guess it would have ruined the plot if there had been some kindly clergyman inquiring why Sara wasn't coming to confirmation class any longer.) The economic and class issues are also pretty cool to think about -- what does it mean to live on fourteen shillings a week? I don't find the unit offensive as described- but I find it odd as I can't remember too much religion in the Secret Garden. Although the girls in Little Women don't go to church that I recall (and BTW for American Protestants church going on Christmas was not the norm in the 1800s)- the girls get New Testaments for Christmas and the first part of the book they talk about Pilgrim's Progress which is a religious allegory. Amy, when she is forced to spend time at the great aunt's because of illness makes a little chapel, which is approved of by her mother. The Elsie Dinsmore series which was as popular as Little Women is chock full of church going children. At my kids school 5th and 6th grade is World History and part of the study is Judaism, Pre-Reformation Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Post-reformation Christianity. It's presented in a historical context. The do an interdisciplinary unit on the Middle Ages where they do plays- I remember one on Charlemagne and Alcuin and the role of monastics in learning. This was pretty much repeated in my daughter's freshman world history class. Marion Baumgarten |
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Claire Petersky wrote: I know many people who are very keen in keeping religion out of the schools, and generally, I'm one of them. But to my mind, there's a big difference between religion being taught as state-sponsored propaganda, and religion being taught as comparative religion, or within a cultural or historical context, as was the case in what these kids did. I'm curious as to what your reaction is to this, especially if you are of the No Religion in the School mindset. I'm especially interested in your reaction if you are English or Episcopalian. There's a big difference IMO between teaching *about* religion, and teaching religion. Teaching about religion, which is what happened here, is much less problematic. I think it's also significant that your daughter's group *chose* this topic (though the rest of the class does end up getting it "forced" upon them). It does seem like a bit of a stretch since I don't think religion comes into "The Secret Garden" at all, that I can recall. But I don't see any harm in students learning about the religious beliefs/practices of other places and of various religions at home as well. --Robyn |
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