First Amendment Lab

A project of @1791Delegates, First Amendment and Human Rights educators named after the year the Bill of Rights was ratified.

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"A thorough, magisterial account of a timely and historically important legal debate.” ~ Kirkus Reviews about @DrNateW's book, The First Amendment and State Banson Teachers' Religious Garb.

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Congratulations to @CDI_America for the launch of their new brand and learning website at https://t.co/8ghSAJHWg1 We just love the evidence-driven curricula they've built.

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Scholarships available for the VIRTUES IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE program, a twelve-hour multimedia course for college students.

Applications due June 15, 2022
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1/ Open Call: PUBLIC FELLOWS PROGRAM at Public Religion Research Institute @PRRIpoll

Join a diverse cohort of 16 non-residential Public Fellows engaged in public scholarship at the intersection of religion, culture, and politics.

Apply by June 15: https://t.co/Ip74T101aP

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Q1. What is #ReligiousLiteracy?

It’s not only about having knowledge about different religions. It’s also a skill-set and a civic attitude motivated by ethical concern for others.

Read the quote. Then describe how you apply the KSAM outcomes to your classes.

#sschat

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Q2. What’s at stake?

List the civic problems caused by or correlated with religious illiteracy in America.

What are the consequences of not preparing the next generation to self-govern a religiously diverse society?

#sschat #ReligiousLiteracy

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Q3. Let’s focus on your school culture.

How might #Interfaith engagement help decrease religious-based bullying in your school?

How might #ReligiousLiteracy programs help students and teachers?

#sschat #bullying @TheISPU

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Q4. Wait. Can we teach ABOUT religion in public schools?

Yes. Read the quote then describe how your district trains pre-service & in-service teachers to use a constitutional and academic approach to teaching ABOUT religion in public schools.

#sschat #religiousliteracy

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Q5. In 2000, @NCSSNetwork joined with 21 national organizations and the @usedgov to disseminate to every public school the attached guideline for teaching about religion.

Read the attached quote. Then list the ways you and your schools apply this consensus statement.

#sschat

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Q6. In closing, how might you use these #ReligiousLiteracy frameworks with the 3Rs of #ReligiousLiberty in your classrooms?

#sschat

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Our host @ReligPublicLife has some great questions for tonight’s, 5/23 #sschat Join us at 7 pm EST/4 pm PST! See you soon!!

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We look forward to seeing you on Twitter for the #sschat on "Public Schools and the Public Understanding of Religion."

LIVE: Mon. May 23 @ 7 pm Eastern

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Poetry, the perfect form for this inspired vision.

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Interfaith America President, @EbooPatel, outlines a vision for the #InterfaithAmerica, where all religions and people join together to build a diverse democracy where all are welcome.

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Pennsylvania is the last of the 22 states that banned teachers from wearing #ReligiousGarb in public schools.

Today, the @PaLegis House education committee unanimously voted to repeal the 126-year-old law.

Learn about the bigotry that drove these bans: https://t.co/eYlr2tSdN0

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"Liberty² (#LibertySquared) is the act of raising freedom to the power of two. We achieve this by showing how true #ReligiousFreedom is not only about #independence but #interdependence," writes #FirstAmendment eductor @DrNateW, founder of @ReligPublicLife

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Watch @thetamgroup speak about effective approaches to challenging extremism @Newseum https://t.co/IqjrJnBJUI #RFCNewseum @cspan @abcnews

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Thank you to Washingtonian Magazine for naming the Newseum "Best Museum" in the DC area!

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As Senate votes on #Gorsuch, we debate Missouri's no-aid-to-religion law. Watch live: https://t.co/s4si6ucawv . #trinitylutheran

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One in Four Muslim Bullying Incidents Involves a Teacher #ISPUpoll

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Muslim Families Most Likely to Face Bullying #ISPUpoll

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