Teaching Resources

Resources:

• Ideas for Teaching First Day School
  By Marsha D. Holliday
• The Ten Commandments: A First Day School Lesson
  by Melissa Meyer
• Raising Conscientious Objector Consciousness among Our Youth
• Discussion Aids for Sarah Mapps Douglass: Faithful Attender of Quaker Meeting: View from the Back Bench
• Video Scavanger Hunt

Religious Education Newsletter:

• Autumn 2007
  Exploring Quakerism with Newcomers; Dealing with Sporadic Attendance in First Day School; Quaker Take-Out: Bridging the FDS Absentee Gap; The Necessary, Amazing Power of Story; Telling Stories by Heart for First Day School
• Autumn 2006
  Considerations When Choosing and Using Books in FDS; Sharing Faith Across the Generations: A FDS Project that Enriches the Entire Meeting; Lesson from a Book: The Empty Pot, by Demi (from Chinese folklore); Lesson from a Book: Where Does God Live? by August Gold and Matthew J. Perlman; And Then There Was Light; Review of People, written and illustrated by Peter Spier
• Autumn 2005
  Family Meeting for Worship in the Monthly Meeting. Adult Religious Education in Evanston (IL) Friends Meeting. Quaker Blogs. Review of Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins. Review of New Peace Curriculum Practicing Peace:Testimony in Action-- Lessons for Preschool to 4th Grade.New, Noteworthy, or Newly Discovered: Resources for RE
• Spring 2005
  The Nurture of Women in Salem (NJ) Quarterly Meeting, Aboard the Wodehouse curricula review, Helping Prepare Children and Teenagers for Quaker Worship, Review of Lives That Speak
• Autumn 2004
  Child Safety, Divine Connections, Exploring Godly Play, First Day School as Weekly Wonder, Food The Great Awakener, Video Scavenger Hunt, FGC Conscientious Objector Curriculum
• Spring 2004
  Greetings Friends, Adventures in First Day School, Things for Spiritual Nurturers to Consider, Introducing REsources for the Journey, Upcoming Events/Resources
• Fall 2003
  Retreat for the Religious Educator; Recipe for Weekend-long Retreat for High-School Aged Quaker Youth; A "Friendly" Look at Mulitple Intelligences; "Dear Lucretia," On Teaching Children about Jesus
• Spring 2003
  Greetings, Friends; "As a deer longs for flowing streams..."; Planning and Facilitating Retreats for Children; The Quake that Rocked the Midwest; Navigating the Multigenerational Retreat
• Fall 2002
  Working with Middle and High School Friends; On the Road; Dear Lucretia; Support for Young Activists; The Lost Son, or the Loving Father
• Spring 2002
  Greeting Friends; Boston Area's Quaker Studies Program; Queries; A Peace Center in Every Meeting; Biblical Scholarship, Jesus and RE; Education: Outreach and Growth Leaven; Looking for a Way to Structure Your FDS?; The FGC Religious Education Committee 'On the Road'; FGC Religiouis Education Networking at the 2002 Summer Gathering; Dear Lucretia
• Fall 2001
  Greeting Friends; Young Quakes; Young Friends, Youth Workers and Clerks; Testimonial and a Peace Project Idea; Peace and Justice Lesson Plan (1-3); Queries; Peace Resource Insert
• Spring 2001
  Greetings Friends; Why Should FGC Friends Write First Day School Curricula?; Dear Lucretia; Queries; Surfing the Quaker Web

Links to Religious Education Newsletters:

• Baltimore Yearly Meeting
• New England Yearly Meeting
• Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

From Quakerbooks of FGC

• Adult Religious Education
• First Day School for Children

Other Resources:

The FGC Religious Education Committee