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Different Drummers (DD):
Nonconforming Thinkers in History
A Free Teaching Resource

More than 300 pages of professionally developed classroom-tested teaching materials for including both religious and nonreligious worldviews when teaching about religion in history and/or social studies.

Lessons and activities that...

bullet address nonconformist thinking [religion, politics, science] in history and within society
bullet foster academic neutrality regarding teaching about religion and nonreligion
bullet nurture civic pluralism and counter religious intolerance

The Different Drummers teaching materials are "print-it-yourself" free or they can be purchased at a reasonable price (cost of printing). They are designed for use at middle grades or high school levels, and some elementary teachers use selected items (e.g., the stories).

10 concept lessons,
9 story lessons,
15 learning activities, 
a timeline of history,
a set of 34 picture cards, and two booklets of teacher background information

Why use Different Drummers teaching materials?  (Teaching Goals)

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To cultivate students' respect for people’s freedom to think freely and hold unfamiliar or dissimilar religious and philosophical beliefs

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To increase students’ awareness of the great diversity of human thought

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To foster students’ commitment to safeguarding within society personal independence of thought and freedom for both religious and nonreligious convictions 

 

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Last Updated 5/15/2005

Supported by OABITAR (Objectivity, Accuracy, and Balance In Teaching About Religion)
    a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization