RE Curriculum
Year 2
2: First quarter, October through December
Age range: 6 to 9, centered on approximately age 7
Topic: Unitarian Universalist Identity
10 sessions in the topic area; plus one seasonal session, one session
on Christmas, and one week off.
Sessions in topic area:
We Believe (complete session plans and workbook designed for
families and tiny church schools), eight sessions:
- Inherent worth: What does it mean?
- Fair to everyone
- Inner peace
- Teachers and learners
- Deciding together
- It’s a small world
- Who owns the earth?
Three sessions are based on stories in the UU Kids Book. Use
the stories below with the basic session plan
from CLF Religious Education in the Home.
- Maria Mitchell
- Joseph Priestley
- Emily Stowe
Seasonal session:
Choose one holiday from CLF's Cycle of Seasons that has special
meaning to your family, and celebrate it together as a family
OR
Celebrate the solstice using a celebration from Starhawk's Circle
Round.
Christmas session:
Celebrate Christmas together as a family. If you are going to use Special
Times for Quarter 2, you may want to use Session 13 A Time For Joy
To Be Born-Christmas Eve.
Supplementary material:
One week off.
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2: Second quarter, January through March
Age range: 6-9, centered on approximately age 7
Topic: Our Jewish and Christian heritage
10 sessions in the topic area; plus one seasonal session, one session
on Easter, and one week off.
Sessions in topic area:
Ten sessions from Special Times: Honoring Our Jewish and Christian
Heritages. These sessions are designed for groups of children. However,
each session plan includes an introductory focusing time, a story with
guide for conversation, and a song, all of which are useable with one
or two children. Activities designed for groups of children can be adapted
for use with one or two children if adults participate too.
The last seven sessions should be scheduled as near as possible to
the holidays they are about. Dates for some moveable holidays can be
found in CLF's Cycle of Seasons.
- #2 Sabbath and Shabbat
- #24 Wondering about God
- #25 Birthdays
- #14 Epiphany (January 6)
- #15 Tu Bishvat
- #16 St. Valentine's Day
- #17 Purim
- #18 Lent (the six weeks before Easter)
- #19 Pesach (Passover)
- # 20 Palm Sunday (the Sunday before Easter)
Seasonal session:
Choose one holiday from CLF's Cycle of Seasons that has special
meaning to your family, and celebrate it together as a family
OR
Celebrate the equinox using a celebration from Starhawk's Circle
Round.
Easter session: Use session #21 from Special Times, on
Easter.
One week off.
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2: Third quarter, April through June
Age range: 6-9, centered on approx. age 7
Topic: Wisdom from the world’s religions
10 sessions in the topic area; plus one seasonal session, and two weeks
off.
Sessions in the topic area:
10 sessions from What Is Religion -- for Others and for Us?:
- 4. Ideas about God
- 5. Prayers and Graces
- 8. Worship
- 13. Accepting Differences
- 14. Symbols, especially religious ones
- 15. UU Symbols
- 20. Special Services
- 21 Special Services
- 25. The Golden Rule
- 26. Trust and Friendship
The sessions may be used in any order that pleases you.
Seasonal session:
Choose one holiday from CLF's Cycle of Seasons that has special
meaning to your family, and celebrate it together as a family
OR
Celebrate the solstice using a celebration from Starhawk's Circle
Round.
Two weeks off.
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2: Fourth quarter, July through September
Age range: 6-9, centered on approximately age 7
Topic: Social justice -- environmental awareness
9 sessions in the topic area; plus one seasonal session, two weeks
off, and one annual session of evaluation (and assessment) in mid-September.
Sessions in the topic area:
There are two options for this quarter.
One option is Experiencing the Web of Life, as a continuation
from Year 1, Fourth Quarter. The suggested sessions are:
- Session 33. Experiences With Wild Flowers
- Session 34. Experiences With Earthworms
- Session 35. Experiences With Gardening
- Session 37. Experiences With a Cat
- Session 42. Experiences With the Grass and Grains
- Session 43. Experiences Related to Clean Water
- Session 44. Experiences With Our Bodies as Miracles
- Session 45. Experiences With Remembering Together
- Session 16. Experiences With Life in Winter
A second option is Dr. Seuss and Unitarian Universalists. However,
the CLF does not have a supply of the books and the stories themselves
are not included in the session plans for copyright reasons. The session
plans are available through CLF or on line at http://www.hzmre.com/seuss/.
The stories suggested here related to Social Justice are:
| BOOK TITLE |
AGE |
DATE |
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST
PRINCIPLE |
ACTIVITIES INCLUDED |
| Butter Battle Book, The |
10+ |
1984 |
We treat people with justice and equity. We help make the world
better for everyone. |
Make flags. |
| Horton Hatches the Egg |
05-08 |
1940 |
Everyone is important. We take care of our world. |
Plastic eggs. |
| Horton Hears a Who |
05-08 |
1954 |
Everyone is important. We are kind and fair to each other. |
Make a Who. Create a web Social action project. |
| I Had Trouble Getting to Solla Sollew |
06-09 |
1965 |
Everyone is important. We have a say about things that are important
to us. |
Various problems. Boasting. |
| Lorax, The |
07-08 |
1971 |
We take care of our world. |
Plant seeds. Endangered species. |
| McElligot's Pool |
05-08 |
1947 |
We take care of our world. |
Pollution experiment. Collage. |
| Oh, The Places You'll Go |
05-08 |
1990 |
Everyone is important We are always learning. |
Walk or game. |
| Sneetches, The |
05-09 |
1961 |
Everyone is important. We are fair and kind to each other. |
Pictures. Enact the story. |
| Yertle the Turtle |
05-08 |
1958 |
Everyone is important We have a say in things that are important
to us. |
Yarn web. Make turtles Feast. |
| Zax, The |
05-09 |
1969 |
Everyone is important. We are fair and kind to each other. |
Enact the situation. |
Seasonal session:
Choose one holiday from CLF's Cycle of Seasons that has special
meaning to your family, and celebrate it together as a family
OR
Celebrate the equinox using a celebration from Starhawk's Circle
Round.
Evaluation session:
Remembering -- Brainstorm list of memorable Sunday school sessions
from the past year.
Evaluating: From the children's point of view, what were the best sessions?
Revisiting the covenant: Review Sunday school covenant you created.
Does it need to be revised? When done, sign it again for this year.
See the Introduction for more on assessment
and evaluation sessions.
Two weeks off.
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