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The links on this page are intended to help religious educators with activities, lesson plans, reflections and prayers around a particular topic. The primary emphasis is on teaching and formation tools, not on content. If you would like to know more about this particular topic, please visit the OJP issues web page or use any good search engine. |
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There are two categories of resources in the table below. Download means either that there is a downloadable document or that the text on that web page can be copied and pasted into your own document. Online means that the activity is interactive and must be done on the computer. |
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United Nations Cyber School Bus The resources are intended for the International Day of Women, March 8. |
Online | Background | Grades 5-10 |
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Theology
Library The Theology Library has a page of resources on Women and Justice which includes links on Women's History, Religious Sites, Women in Contemporary Life, Abuse, Rape and Harrassment and Justice for Women. |
Download | Variety of reflections and other resources | High school through adult |
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UNICEF UNICEF has a fact sheet about the rights of girls as part of their charter on the rights of the child. |
Download | Background | Middle school through adult |
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New York Times: A State of Her Own In this lesson, students investigate current elected female leaders from around the world and use their research to create challenging crossword puzzles. Grades 6-8 and 9-12. |
Download | Lesson plan |
Grades 6-8 Grades 9-12 |
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Prayer for International Women's Day This prayer is intended for March 8, International Day for Women. It is from the Education for Justice website. |
Download | Prayer | All |
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Window Into Afghanistan This 5 lesson unit from the CRS website includes lesson plans, handouts and a powerpoint presentation. The five lessons include
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Download | Complete units | High school |
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Tough Times This simulation from the Catholic Relief Services site shows how microfinance is an example of good aid and the impact it can have on the lives of people who are poor, especially women. |
Download | Simulation | High school and adult |
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Discussion guides for four sessions each with articles from past issues of Sojourner’s magazine. Cost is $14.95 for each packet. Available topics are Christian feminism, Christians and Nonviolence, Christians and Politics, Christians and the Environment, Christians and the Global Economy, Christians and Racial Justice, Christians and the Middle East, Christians and Poverty, Welcoming the Stranger: Christians and Immigration and What the Waters Revealed: Christians and Hurricane Katrina. There is a sample available. |
Available for purchase; download | Group discussion | Adult |