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BBC

Bbc Religion and Ethics Homepage: Hinduism

For Students 9th - 10th
The British Broadcasting Corporation provides an incredibly detailed description and outline of Hinduism. Content includes a look at the religion's history, as well as its beliefs, customs, holy days, and forms of worship.
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BBC

Bbc Religion and Ethics Homepage: Ottoman Empire (1301 1922)

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the Ottoman Empire that wraps up many key facts about the empire's history, including factors that contributed to its rise and fall, its Islamic traditions, the role of trade, and territorial claims.
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BBC

Bbc Religion and Ethics News: Christianity

For Students 9th - 10th
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), one of the world's most influential media outlets, collects up-to-the-minutes news stories about Christianity at this site.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Ethics Reader: Great Ethicists of the Western Tradition

For Students 9th - 10th
A 190-page reader of selected writings from the most-influential thinkers of the Western tradition on the wide-ranging subject of ethics. Essential background information for any serious student of the principles of law, good government,...
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BBC

Bbc Religion and Ethics News: Buddhism

For Students 9th - 10th
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), one of the world's most influential media outlets, collects up-to-the-minutes news stories about Buddhism at this site.
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BBC

Bbc Religion and Ethics News: Hinduism

For Students 9th - 10th
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), one of the world's most influential media outlets, collects up-to-the-minutes news stories about Hinduism at this site.
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BBC

Bbc Religion: Religion & Ethics

For Students 9th - 10th
Religions of the world and associated ethics are shared on this site.
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BBC

Bbc: The Safavid Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC surveys the history of the Persian Safavid Empire (1501-1722) in what is now modern Iran. Founded by the Sufi Brotherhood, it adopted the Shi'a version of Islam and the cause of the hidden Imam, which still influences the...
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BBC

Bbc Religion and Ethics Homepage: Joseph Smith

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Companies: Critical Thinking Exercises

For Students 9th - 10th
10 valuable critical thinking exercises ranging in subject matter. Includes questions and exercises regarding biological development, language usage, morals, values and ethics, and thought cycles.
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Internet Infidels

The Ethics of Belief

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains an essay by W.K. Clifford which says that no one should maintain a belief that is not justified by evidence. This essay has been frequently cited in the 20th century as a classic work in the philosophy of religious...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Philosophy

For Students 9th - 10th
Flexbooks 2.0 are interactive, customizable, digital textbooks. Flexbooks are standards-aligned. Flexi, a student tutor, is integrated into each book to guide you on your learning journey. Flexi can assist in learning, answer questions,...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Paraphrasing Timbuktu

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from Religion and Ethics Newsweekly features the ancient city of Timbuktu, once a thriving center of learning and trade.
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On Being

American Public Media: Reinhold Niebuhr: Does His Legacy Have a Future?

For Students 9th - 10th
An article which examines the major ideas of the theologian, Reinhold Niebuhr, and their impact on America during the 20th century and what use they have in current American life.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1952: Albert Schweitzer

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the 1952 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965 CE). This website from the The Nobel Foundation is organized into the following sections: "Presenation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," "Swedish...
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Other

Carnegie Council: The Voice for Ethics in International Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
The Carnegie Council's web site discussing the ethics of war and peace, global social justice, religion in politics, and other international policy issues. They state they are nonpartisan and independent on their site.
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Other

The Fertility of Niebuhr's Idea of Monotheism

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth discussion of Richard Niehbuhr's philosophy that there is only one God (monotheism) and humans are necessary for there to be a God.
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Stanford University

Soren Kierkegaard, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough and complete biography. Includes sections on Kierkegaard's life, rhetoric, ethics, politics, and religion, just to name a few. Also contains a time-line and bibliography of works.
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Other

Introduction to Judaism

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore all aspects of Judaism by clicking on the subtopics or page numbers at the top of the page. Check your understanding by doing the Drop N Drag, Self Check, and Flash Card Activities as you learn about Judaism.
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Eserver

E Server: Was Hegel Christian or Atheist?

For Students 9th - 10th
Author makes an original argument that Hegel was interested more in Christian ethics than Christian religion at this site from EServer.org. Contends that traditional Catholic orthodoxy is authoritarian. Unfortunately, the author...
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Stanford University

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Pantheism

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent, in-depth article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy introducing the metaphysical beliefs and religious practices of pantheism. Pantheism is treated as both a philosophy and a religion. Author consider arguments and...
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Stanford University

Soren Kierkegaard

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides very in-depth information about the life and works of the existentialist philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. Toward the bottom of the page is a chronological timeline of his life, as well as a bibliography and list of other...

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