Religious Education Basics & Planning

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Browse and download individual articles and tools below, or download a single archive file containing all of the articles and planning tools (4.9 MB). After downloading, you will need to right-click (on a PC) or double-click (on a Mac) to "unzip" the folder.

Articles

These 10 printable articles (published in PRAXIS magazine over the past several years) cover key educational ideas and concepts that we hope will help religious educators—whether experienced or new—confidently hand forward the Orthodox Christian Faith.

Excellent for teacher orientation meetings or sharing with parents, and convenient for adding to e-mail, linking in social media, and inserting in newsletters.

–	Why Educate in the Church at All?
–	Why Sunday Church School?
–	Does the Archdiocese Have a Curriculum?
–	Live the Liturgy. Teach the Liturgy.
–	Parents & Teachers: Partners in Teaching the Faith
–	What Your Child Should Know: The Goals and Objectives of Education in the Orthodox Church
–	Planning Your Lessons
–	Appealing to Every Type of Learner (by Stephanie Mardigian)
–	Teacher Self-Evaluation Tool (by Phyllis Meshel Onest)
–	Summer: A Time to Grow, A Time to Plan

Planning Tools

Save these files to your computer so that you will be able to save your work:

–	2011–2012 Calendar with Feast Days & Fasts
–	Event Planning Calendar Worksheet
–	Fall 2011 Curriculum Planning Worksheet
–	Spring 2012 Curriculum Planning Worksheet
–	Lesson Plan Worksheet
–	Textbook Planning Worksheet

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