RE Around the World
Updated: Apr 2
Religious Education Goes Around the World in 60 Days During June and July 2015 the RE Chair, Rob Angelette, came up with a wonderful lesson theme and I wrote most of the lessons myself. That summer RE visited deities and celebrations across the globe. The virtual world tour included Italy, India, Jamaica, Japan, Morocco, China and more, with religions dating from antiquity up to the 20th century.
June and July 2019 RE Lessons
June 2
RE visits Italy and honors the Roman fire goddess, Vestalia.
June 9
Moroccan Youth Day, which celebrates education reform and other social issues affecting youth
June 16
How the People Got Corn: An Aztec Myth from Central America
June 23
Ireland: 5000 Years of Religious Practice
June 30
Clowning for Joy in Haiti
July 7
Tanabata Matsuri, a Star Festival based on a Chinese legend
July 14
Onam, an Indian holiday based on a Hindu myth
July 21
Amaterasu-O-Mi-Kimi, a Japanese celebration of the return of the Sun Goddess
July 28
Birth of Haile Selassie I, the origin of the Rastafarian cultural and religious movement