Inclusion Strategies
1. Give proper __________________________________________________________________________.
2. Create a welcoming ____________________________________________________________________.
Teaching about, versus instruction in, religion
Explain by attribution
Pledge of Allegiance
-Students never taught what pledge means
-I pledge allegiance; a promise to be faithful
-to the flag; the symbol of the US of America
-and to the Republic for which it stands; our representative system
-one nation under God; description of the republic of which we are in which is what the flag stands for; Thomas Jefferson articulated in independence: all men created equal that are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; God gave us our rights not government; our country was established to secure those God given rights; saying one nation under God is fundamental to our liberties; Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg address dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal; we are in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived; nation under God shall have new birth from freedom that government of the people; Martin Luther King Jr.; Have a Dream; promisary note hold truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal;
Every century in America 1700 Jefferson The Declaration; 1800s Lincoln Gettysburg Address 1900 King I have a Dream reflects principle liberties come from God
Idivisible: stay together even when we disagree
With liberty and justice for all: freedom and being fair and right
Language Arts
Include Jesus, Moses, and Solomon in quote of the day
Make available books mention biblical characters, values, or allusions
Have Bible in class library
Include Bible in accelerated reader program
Creation sotries
Bible stories for cultural literacy David and Goliath Abraham Adam and Eve Jonah, Daniel, Esther, Ruth, Job Jesus’ sayings
Science
Explain the limits of science--seeking