Association of Religion Data Archives
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Nepal
Learn about religion in Nepal, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile; includes general facts, history, and religious data.
Association of Religion Data Archives
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Peru
Learn about religion in Peru, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile; includes general facts, history, and religious data.
Association of Religion Data Archives
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Reunion
Learn about religion in East African island territory of France, Reunion, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile; includes general facts, history, and religious data.
Association of Religion Data Archives
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Western Sahara
Learn about religion in the Morocco controlled Western Sahara region of Africa, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile. Includes general facts, history, and religious data.
Association of Religion Data Archives
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Republic of the Congo
Learn about religion in the Republic of the Congo, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile. Includes general facts, history, and religious data.
Association of Religion Data Archives
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Congo, Dr (Zaire)
Learn about religion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile. Includes general facts, history, and religious data.
Association of Religion Data Archives
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Isle of Man
Learn about religion on Isle of Man, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile; includes general facts, history, and religious data.
Other
Freedom Forum: Lesson Plans for the First Amendment
These lessons address constitutional principles and contemporary issues involving the First Amendment. They intend to have explore how freedoms began and how they operate in today's world. Students will discuss just how far individual...
Other
First Amendment Schools: Lesson Plans: Religious Liberty
A series of lessons examining freedom of religion. A few of the lessons are off-site and the links no longer work.
Bill of Rights Institute
Bill of Rights Institute: Life Without the Bill of Rights?
This a click-and-explore activity that puts you in control and ask you to consider how life would change without some of our most cherished freedoms. Life Without the Bill of Rights? invites you to understand the significance of your...
Association of Religion Data Archives
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Afghanistan
Learn about; religious demographics, religious freedom, socio-economic indicators, general facts, and history, in this country overview of Afghanistan from the Association of Religious Data Archives at Pennsylvania State University.
Association of Religion Data Archives
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Argentina
Learn about; religious demographics, religious freedom, socio-economic indicators, general facts, and history, in this country overview of Argentina, from the Association of Religious Data Archives at Pennsylvania State University.
Association of Religion Data Archives
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Ireland
Compilation of religious data and research about Ireland, along with regional and world comparisons. Also includes select socioeconomic data.
Association of Religion Data Archives
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: India
Compilation of religious data and research about India, along with regional and world comparisons. Also includes select socioeconomic data.
Digital History
Digital History: Religious Freedom and the Founders
Read the background for the Founding Fathers' support of freedom of religion and separation of church and state. Included are parts of letters in which George Washington and Thomas Jefferson celebrate the fact that the United States was...
iCivics
I Civics: West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)
This mini-lesson covers the basics of the Supreme Court's decision that it was unconstitutional for a state to force students to salute the flag and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Students learn how the interests of national unity and...
Savvas Learning
Changing Views of Free Speech
An easy to follow flow chart that shows how the idea of freedom of speech has changed throughout the years. Make sure to click on each box of information to get a more in depth description.
Other
Freedom Forum: Finding Common Ground Religious Liberty in Public Schools [Pdf]
A lengthy report on the issue of religious liberty and the public schools. Issues explored are religious holidays, a teacher's guide to the teaching of religion, and much more. The report is in PDF format.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Equal Status of Jewish Americans
This 3-page article provides a general overview of George Washington recognizing the equal status of Jewish Americans in 1790.
Bill of Rights Institute
Bill of Rights Institute: Religious Liberty
Use these lesson extensions to help your students understand the historical context of American religious liberty.
Bill of Rights Institute
Bill of Rights Institute: Landmark Court Cases
Landmark court cases regarding religious liberty throughout the history of the U.S.
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: u.s. Supreme Court: Engel v. Vitale (1962)
Learn about the 1962 Supreme court case Engel v. Vitale, which addresses the issue of religion in education.
Other
World Socialist Web Site: Lieberman's Holy War Against the Bill of Rights
The World Socialist Web Site's editorial analysis of a comment by Joseph Liberman (Democratic vice-presidential candidate for the 2000 election), "the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, not freedom from religion." (1 September...
Teaching American History
Teaching American History: Religion and American Life
An evolving section, Religion and American Life, will address the roles of immigration and religious freedom in the United States paving a long and open road of religous traditions, literature and artwork.