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Beliefs and Religions - Jehova's Witness

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Video - Five Children, Five Religions, Five Minutes

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Video - Five Children, Five Religions, Five Minutes

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Five children, five religions, (almost) five minutes. This short film takes us from the mundane to the sublime, from the chaotic to the peaceful, and for a moment we consider our beliefs about spirituality. 

Director - Katina Mercadante
Director of Photography - Daniel Mercadante
Assistant Editor - Alisha Shimada
Producer - The Mercadantes
Edit - Daniel Mercadante
Producer, India -  Sonali Gosh
Malayalam Translator - Vijayan Peringode
Japanese Translator - Miwako Ozawa
Xhosa Translator - Blessing Gurure
Casting, Japan - Ko Iwagame
Casting, USA - Linda Varonin, Jordan Gill
Special Thanks - Rathnam Kutty, Chitra Nandan, Nqatyiswa Ngqavu, Krishnaja Olappamanna, The Ashraf Family, The Johanix Family, The Kumar Family, The Kutty Family, The Nana Family, Kanthaloor Temple, Olappamanna Mana, The Kol Emeth Congregation, Georgina Pope, Twenty First City, Rocket Films South Africa, Milton Matiwane Church

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Christianity is just one of the world’s religions. There is also Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism and many more. Learn about how the world’s religions have much in common in this CCEA Foundation (Religious Education) article from BBC Bitesize.

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Shalom Sesame: Shabbat Shalom, Grover! (Full Studio)

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Song for Eid al-Adha from The Let's Go Club | CBeebies

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CBeebies: Preparing For Chinese New Year - Let's Celebrate

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When is Ramadan?

In 2025 in the UK, Ramadan will begin on the evening of Friday, 28 February and end on Sunday, 30 March.

During Ramadan Muslims fast to remember the month the Qur'an was first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad.

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A collection of primary resources that can be used in the classroom to support teaching around Ramadan.

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Ramadan - lesson plans with resources and links

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Ramadan - lesson plans with resources and links

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Junior/Senior Infants

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Ramadan by Hannah Eliot - Story Time | READ ALOUD

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Charlie and Blue Learn about Enlightenment

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Museum of World Religions - Virtual Tour

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Museum of World Religions - Virtual Tour

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Google Virtual Tour | Museum of World Religions

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Museum of World Religions - Collections and Artefacts

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Museum of World Religions - Collections and Artefacts

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Search our free, quality assured teaching resources on religion and worldviews. Foundation through KS5.

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2024-2025 Celebrations and Events Calendar 1

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Special Artefacts and Stories Sample Lesson

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Special Artefacts and Stories Sample Lesson

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Special People and Places - Sample Lesson

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Special People and Places - Sample Lesson

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We're all amazing! by London Rhymes | Diversity and Equality | Songs for Babies and children

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I Am Somebody (Giant Song) | #ComingTogether

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Affirmation cards

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Many military families live with diversity in their communities as some travel around the world and within the United States. It is important for military children to develop language to talk about the diversity in which they live. This interactive game can help families begin conversations about how children might describe themselves inside and outside.

Play the game together with children and ask them questions about the self-portraits they are creating. What are the names of these friends? How did they describe themselves? What do they like? Have you met someone with a similar background?

When it's time to create your own self-portraits, help children describe how they are the same as, or different from, other friends in the Sesame community. After you finish, continue your reflections: Who are other members of your community? How are different from you? How are they the same?

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An interactive game to explore identity.

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No matter their age, all children collect clues from their experiences to make sense of the world, so early, honest, and age-appropriate conversations really matter.  In this video, Elmo and his new friends Wes and Elijah talk about why people have different skin (and fur!) colors.

As you watch, you might jot down:

how Elijah describes skin color ("We all have something called melanin in our bodies. People who have more melanin have darker skin than people with less melanin.").

what you might say in your own conversations

After you watch, you might want to:

place your hands side-by-side and describe your skin color. How is your skin different from Elijah's, Wes's, and Elmo's?

emphasize that we are all different and those differences can help us stand strong like the tree

Just like Elijah did with Elmo, you can support children's natural curiosity to ask questions by answering them, even the most difficult ones (and it's okay to say you want to think about their question for a while). Let them know that it's good to notice skin color and to talk about race. The idea is to make differences normal... and good!

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No matter their age, all children collect clues from their experiences to make sense of the world, so early, honest, and age-appropriate conversations really matter.  In this video, Elmo and his new friends Wes and Elijah talk about why people have different skin (and fur!) colors.

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Reboot Education: the world in your classroom

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Reboot Education is the UK’s leading global learning platform, supporting a community of educators in bringing global connection, compassion, and conversation to life for their students.

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Lessons, activities, teaching strategies on social justice topics

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From film kits and lesson plans to the building blocks of a customized Learning Plan-texts, student tasks and teaching strategies-our resources will help you bring relevance, rigor and social emotional learning into your classroom-all for FREE.

Not sure where to begin? Get to know our Social Justice Standards, anchor standards and age-appropriate learning outcomes divided into four domains-Identity, Diversity, Justice and Action. The Standards provide a common language and a road map for anti-bias education at every grade level.

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From film kits and lesson plans to the building blocks of a customized Learning Plan-texts, student tasks and teaching strategies-our resources will help you bring relevance, rigor and social emotional learning into your classroom-all for FREE.

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Tell children they are going to watch a video about community, and that a community is made up of all the people and places in our neighborhood. A community is a place in which we all belong. Everyone is part of a community, and each one of us brings our own special strengths to our community. Schools and daycares are communities, too.

Watch the video once though and then talk about something special your child likes to do (for instance, Ji-Young plays electric guitar, and Abby does magic). There are big ideas in the song, so it's helpful for children to watch it a few times and move and groove along.

After listening a second or third time, try to personalize the lyrics with children's names, and talk about how they each bring something special to their own community:
All of us are neighbors, all of us volunteer
To be kind to one another, our community's always here

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Kindness by The Juicebox Jukebox - Be Kind Kids Song Childrens Music New World Kindness Day

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Resources to teach about the European Union.

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Discover learning material, games and much more about the European Union and its activities, for children, teenagers, teachers and parents.

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Teaching Materials | European School Education Platform

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These languages are provided via eTranslation, the European Commission's machine translation service.

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Song - Hello to all the Children of the World

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Song - Hello to all the Children of the World

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CBeebies House Songs | The Friendship Song

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Trócaire - Creating Futures Lesson Plans

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Trócaire - Creating Futures Lesson Plans

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Climate change resources and lesson plans

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This climate change resource for senior primary classrooms consists of 10 lessons to inspire inquiry, creativity and cooperation. Resources are cross-curricular and include lesson plans, activities, worksheets, photographs, web links and lots more.

Produced by Education for a Just World: an initiative of Trócaire and the Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education, DCU Institute of Education.

Download Creating Futures Lesson 1.pdf

Download Creating Futures Lesson 2.pdf

Download Creating Futures Lesson 3.pdf

Download Creating Futures Lesson 4.pdf

Download Creating Futures Lesson 5.pdf

Download Creating Futures Lesson 6.pdf

Download Creating Futures Lesson 7.pdf

Download Creating Futures Lesson 8.pdf

Download Creating Futures Lesson 9.pdf

Download Creating Futures Lesson 10.pdf

Download Creating Futures Full.pdf

Download Creating Futures Getting Started.pdf

Download Creating Futures Teachers Notes.pdf

Download Climate Change Summary.pdf

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This climate change resource for senior primary classrooms consists of 10 lessons to inspire inquiry, creativity and cooperation. Resources are cross-curricular and include lesson plans, activities, worksheets, photographs, web links and lots more. Produced by Education for a Just World: an initiative of Trócaire and the Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education, DCU Institute of Education.

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Explorers for the Global Goals

It's time for an adventure! This is a flexible, fun set of activities for parents and educators of children aged 4-8. They are designed to take learning off-screen, introducing big ideas while developing social and emotional skills through play. Kids will:

Develop 5 key characteristics: empathy, curiosity, problem solving, creativity and effective communication.

Explore concepts like peace, community, nature and home.

Be introduced to the Global Goals (SDGs) for the first time.

Clubs and camps, Introducing the Global Goals, Lesson plans

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Full Activity Pack for Teachers | The World's Largest Lesson

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It's time for an adventure! This is a flexible, fun set of activities for parents and educators of children aged 4-8. They are designed to take learning off-screen, introducing big ideas while developing social and emotional skills through play. Kids will: Develop 5 key characteristics: empathy, curiosity, problem solving, creativity and effective communication.

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Educating schools and children about Fairtrade

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Sesame Street: Showing Fairness with Brett Goldstein | #ComingTogether Word of the Day

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Council of Europe - Exploring Children's Rights

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Council of Europe - Exploring Children's Rights

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The Right Start - Resource Pack, Lessons

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The Right Start - Resource Pack, Lessons

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EYFS P4C Resources - Download for free | The Philosophy Man

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We work with hundreds of schools across the world, and so do P4C with EYFS children week-in, week-out. Download our free, carefully selected P4C resources for immediate use with your children. From 'Would You Rathers...' to 'Spot and Stripe' videos, find everything you need here.

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We work with schools to embed P4C in their curriculum. We run training, deliver workshops, and write resources - find everything at www.thephilosophyman.com

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Thinking Time - Thinking and Asking Questions

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Thinking Time - Thinking and Asking Questions

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GMGY Sample Lessons - Thinking Time - Thinking and Asking Questions

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GMGY Sample Lessons - Thinking Time - The Big Questions

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GMGY - Thinking Time - Emotions and Wellbeing

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Questioning Ourselves and Others (4th Class)

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Questioning Ourselves and Others (4th Class)

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Digital Library of Illustrated Storybooks | Read Stories in 300+ languages

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StoryWeaver is an award-winning open platform offering thousands of free children's storybooks in hundreds of languages.

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Our titles are available in the following languages:

WorldStories is a growing collection of stories from around the world. The collection includes retold traditional tales and new short stories in the languages most spoken by UK children.

We are adding new stories, translations, pictures and sound recordings every week. So keep coming back to enjoy new content!

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Resources to learn about First Nations stories and culture.

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Website - International Children's Digital Library

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Website - International Children's Digital Library

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Library News and Notes

June 2, 2021

Dear Readers,

Great news! I was able to rebuild a simple version of the in-browser book reader which has enabled me to add back all of the ICDL books. The interface is not what it used to be, and we no longer have translations of books (only the original language the book was published in) - but we have all ~4,000 books back. The site is fast and reliable and should be able to stay around for some time to come. Happy reading!

May 5, 2021

Dear Readers,

Good news! Thanks to the UMD Computer Science Department, which has agreed to host a static version of ICDL, we have been able to resuscitate the library a bit, and have brought back 1/4 of the books in PDF form (that we have "download" rights for). We had to create a vastly simpler site without many, many of the features - no search, no translations, etc. But about 1,000 of the books are back, and we will work on bringing back more books and at least some aspects of the original site. Please note that we do not have the right to allow you to redistribute these books further, and they are provided to you only for personal use.

Thank you for so many of your heart-warming and gracious emails which encouraged us to find a way to keep the ICDL alive.

April 19, 2021

Dear Readers,

It has been over 20 years since we launched the International Children's Digital Library. In that time, we have served about 15 million people reading over 1,000,000 hours of children's books. We launched at a time when the concept of reading books online was a bit odd, and almost unheard of for children's books. After all these years, as far we know, we are still the largest collection of freely available complete children's books from around the world. And we did that without ever exposing children to commercial activities or risking their privacy.

But for many years, we have served this mission without any funds. And now all of the founders have moved on to other things in their lives. The servers are very old and dusty and there is no one to maintain them. Our licenses for the books are for use only by the ICDL so while we have considered a number of alternatives, none of them really made sense.

And so now it is time to say goodbye and read with the innumerable other resources in the world. The ICDL has been our labor of love, and we will always remember these books, the volunteers, libraries, publishers, and readers around the world with great fondness.

Keep reading!

- Founders Ben Bederson, Allison Druin, Ann Weeks, Anne Rose and Tim Browne (in memoriam)
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ICDL - International Children's Digital Library

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GMGY Sample Lessons My Stories My Relationships

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GMGY Sample Lessons My Stories My Spaces and Places

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We are a CNS - Equality, Rights and Responsibilities

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We are a CNS - Equality, Rights and Responsibilities

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GMGY Sample Lessons - We are a CNS - Equality, Rights and Responsibilities

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We are a CNS - Community and Citizenship

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We are a CNS - Community and Citizenship

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GMGY Sample Lessons - We are a CNS - Community and Citizenship