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Waterboarding and U.S. History / Teaching about the History of Religion / Teaching Ideas from Social Science Docket
Volume 8 Number 2 Summer-Fall, 2008

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Teaching about the History of Religion

  • Are We Teaching Religious Myth Instead of the History of Religion? by Alan Singer
  • Teachers Respond: Teaching About the History of Religion
  • Religion and Human History by Michael Pezone
  • Christianity and the Development of European Society by Richard Yanowitz
  • Religion and Secularism in the Modern World by Talal Asad
  • Karen Armstrong and Christopher Hutchins Debate God & Religion by Scott Raulsome
  • Marvin Harris and the Mysteries of Religious Beliefs by Suzy Mellen
  • Religion and the Development of Ancient Civilizations by Eric Sorenson
  • River Valleys Revisited by Jack Zevin
  • Hinduism and the Origin of Caste in India by Krystle Rogala
  • What are the causes and consequences of Muslim-Hindu conflicts in India? by Thandi Center
  • Explaining the Crusades by Katharine Murawski
  • French Catharists and the Albigensian Crusade: A Case Study of Medieval Heresy by April McCarthy
  • Why Did The Protestant “Heresy” Succeed? by Susan Guarrieri and Michael Mullervy
  • Teaching about the Scientific Revolution and the Trial of Galileo by Michael Pezone
  • England, Ireland and the Protestant Reformation edited by Maureen Murphy
  • John Witherspoon: Religion and the American Revolution in New Jersey by Sandra Moss
  • Religious Freedom: The Dutch Influence on New York History by David Lonborg
  • Documenting Religious Freedom in the United States
  • Powder Keg: Palestine, Israel, and the United States by Jesse Sherer
  • Teachers Respond: Is U.S. Policy in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Balanced?
  • Teaching Middle-Level Students About Religion by Jonie Kipling
  • Using Children’s Literature to Teach About Religion in America by Jonie Kipling
  • “Festivals of Light”: Teaching about Winter Holidays by Judith Y. Singer

Teaching Ideas from Social Science Docket

  • Bernal Díaz and the Conquest of New Spain
  • The Scramble for Africa: An Exercise in Literacy and History by Laura Dull
  • Evolution and Human Origins by James Kuncze, Alison Kelly, and Nazia Khan
  • Contrasting Points of View Allow Students a Broader Study of Historical Events by Elaine Lawrence
  • Field Trips Bring History Alive by Nancy Hinkley and Casey T. Jakubowski
  • Mini-Grant Promotes History in an Elementary School Classroom by Claudia Carpenter
  • Using UN Simulations to Examine Human Rights by Pam Becker
  • Overcoming the “Digital Divide” in Social Studies by Roberto Joseph and Marlene Munn-Joseph
  • Introducing the Authors


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