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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Colonial Religion

For Students 9th - 10th
The site provides a detailed overview of role religion played in the lives of the colonists. Content explores how religion played a part in the Revolution, and the statute for religious freedom, as well as providing a lesson plan, a link...
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Handout
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Edicts of Toleration

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information on two important religious edicts given by Roman emperors relating to Christianity and its role as a persecuted religion in ancient Rome.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Tolerance in Times of Trial

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson compares the treatment of Japanese-Americans and German-Americans during World War II and the treatment of Arab-Americans after September 11th.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Now With Bill Moyers: Whose God? (Lesson Plan in Religious Pluralism)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson in analyzing historical documents on religious freedom and in assessing the historic impact of diverse religious groups on the United States. Students examine current separation-of-church-and-state issues and decide if diverse...
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Handout
Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance

Religious Tolerance: Religious Aspects of the Yugoslavia Kosovo Conflict

For Students 9th - 10th
A description from ReligiousTolerance.org of the religious component involved in the ethnic conflict in Kosovo between the Albanians and the Serbs. The description provides statistics and comments by religious organizations.
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Primary
University of Groningen

American History: Documents: The Maryland Toleration Act

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the actual effects of the Maryland Toleration Act. Clicking on "Text" will take you to the original document.
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Handout
Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance

Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance: Seventh Day Adventist Church

For Students 9th - 10th
Nice research site! Here you will find the history, beliefs, practices, and more concerning Seventh-Day Adventists.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Anniversary of September 11 Highlights Attitude Toward Islam

For Students 9th - 10th
Two controversies surround an anniversary of the September 11 attacks: plans to burn a Koran and plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero. These instances can serve as examples in the debate over religious freedom and religious tolerance...
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Article
Other

Seton Hall University: Toleration and Religious Liberty

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay from the Seton Hall University describes the transition from intolerance of Catholics to religious liberty in America.
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Primary
University of Groningen

American History: Documents: Maryland Toleration Act 1649

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of a 1649 colonial act concerning religion in Maryland. Describes punishment of any who reject Christian teaching.
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Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Roger Williams

For Students 3rd - 8th
Highlights the life of Roger Williams, his defense of religious freedom in Boston, and the foundation of Rhode Island. Offers photographs of several important parts of his life.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Independent Lens: The Calling: Film Discussion Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This discussion guide is designed as a tool to facilitate dialogue, and deepen understanding of the complex issues in The Calling, a film that follows seven young Muslims, Catholics, Evangelical Christians, and Jews on a dramatic...
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Handout
Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance

Religious Tolerance: The Burning Times: The Tiime Line: The Dark Ages to Now

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a timeline of witch hunts from the 9th century CE up to the present day.
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Article
Other

Personal Site: Inter Religious Attitude

For Students 9th - 10th
A long essay from this personal site detailing Hinduism's tolerance of other religions and downplaying Hindu-Muslim tension in present-day India. Claims that Hindu India has always been a sanctuary for oppressed members of other...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Southern Colonies: Maryland the Catholic Experiment

For Students 5th - 8th
What began as a place of refuge for Catholics who were discriminated against in England, the colony of Maryland soon suffered religious strife even after the passage of the Toleration Act of 1649. Find out what caused the strife and why...
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Primary
Henry J. Sage

Sage American History: The Philosophy of John Locke

For Students 9th - 10th
Writings of philosopher John Locke on religious toleration, government and society from which students will gain an understanding of the underpinnings of American government.
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Primary
Yale University

Yale University: Avalon Project: Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents

For Students 9th - 10th
Click on Connecticut for a list of and links to the colony's earliest government documents establishing its laws, religious toleration, and means of taxation.
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Website
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Anne Hutchinson (Spanish)

For Students 9th - 10th
A review of the events in the life of Anne Hutchinson, a brave, early American settler. Learn how Anne Hutchinson felt about religion and the way people should worship God. (In Spanish)
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Other

Learning for Justice: Test Yourself for Hidden Bias

For Students 9th - 10th
Test for your hidden bias. Even though we believe we see and treat people as equals, hidden biases may still influence our perceptions and actions. Each test takes about five minutes, and your privacy is protected.
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Article
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Trial of Anne Hutchinson (1637)

For Students 9th - 10th
America was not always the "Land of Liberty." In the 1630s, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, questioning Puritan dogma could bring you a world of trouble. It could get you shunned, it could get you ex-communicated, it could even get you...
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Primary
Yale University

The Avalon Project: The English Bill of Rights 1689

For Students 9th - 10th
An electronic version of the original English Bill of Rights, written in 1689, which influenced the writings of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams, and laid the basis for American Democracy and common law.
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Website
Other

Elizabeth i.org: The Elizabethan Church

For Students 9th - 10th
An examination of the Church and Church policies under Queen Elizabeth I. Provides links to background information and other facts about the church.
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Primary
Other

The Declaration of Indulgence, 1672

For Students 9th - 10th
An electronic text of the 1672 Declaration of Indulgence.
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Curated OER

Unesco: Ukraine: Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans

For Students 9th - 10th
The Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans represents a masterful synergy of architectural styles built by Czech architect Josef Hlavka from 1864 to 1882. The property, an outstanding example of 19th-century historicist...

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