Day one: Introduce website. Begin scavenger hunt on major religions.
Day two: Continue scavenger hunt on major religions. Homework is to continue work on the scavenger hunt.
Day three: Complete scavenger hunt. Introduce the idea of a shrine and individual meditation. Assign kids to bring in something for the shrine and reflect in journals about why they chose it.
Day four: Scavenger hunt due. First day of meditation. Kids can share new things they learned from the scavenger hunt. Answer questions that came up. Begin reading "The Story of Religion."
Day five: Meditation. Do scripture comparison on peace. Homework is to do scripture comparison on creation stories.
Day six: Meditation. Continue reading "The Story of Religion." Introduce interview assignment and practice interviewing each other. Homework is to begin interview paper.
Day seven: Meditation. Do song reflection on "One of Us." Homework is to work on the interview.
Day eight: Meditation. Do brief scavenger hunt on minor religions. Homework is to complete interview paper.
Day nine: Meditation. Interview paper due. Have students read a favorite passage to the class. Continue reading "The Story of Religion." Introduce visual comparison scrapbook page- you could use minor or major religions. Assign categories to students.
Day ten: Meditation. Finish reading "The Story of Religion." Begin work on scrapbook page.
Day eleven: Meditation. Work on scrapbook page. Homework is to finish page.
Day twelve: Meditation. Scrapbook page due. Introduce mini-research project.
Day thirteen: Meditation. Do research for project. Homework is to work on mini-research.
Day fourteen: Meditation. Speaker or field trip.
Day fifteen: Meditation. Mini-research project due. Share favorite passages with the class. Do a word game or two.
Day sixteen: Meditation. Do scripture comparison on the Golden Rule. Homework is reflection and thoughts on that study.
Day seventeen: Meditation. Do song reflection on "Ain't Gonna Study War No More." Introduce "create your own religion." Homework is to begin work on that paper.
Day eighteen: Meditation. Speaker or field trip. Finish "create your own religion."
Day nineteen: Meditation. Share papers in class. Reflection on field trip or speaker.
Day twenty: Extended meditation. Reflections and endings.
