There is a growing number of websites on
the WWW specifically for religious education teachers and for
catechists. These provide a rich array of resources and tools.
The following are also among the very best sites available.
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Catholic Educator's Resource Center - Resources for Catholic Education:
" The Catholic Educator’s Resource Center provides an internet
library of journal articles, essays, book excerpts, and other texts
chosen for their objective, concise, and clear presentation of Catholic
teachings, history, and culture. " Gathered in this web site are a large
and varied collection of documents on dozens of topics and current issues.
The Catholic
Education section, for example, lists almost 100 links and provides
a good description of the content of each. The same process is used
on each of the other topic pages. Other topics include, to name but
a few: Art & Literature, History, Politics & Government, Religion
and Ethics, Science. Issues documented include: abortion, the environement,
the media, medical ethics, sexuality, and many more.
The home page also supplies links to recent "Editorials of Interest"
from various National Newspapers and Magazines. These editorials deal
with issues which are of interest to Catholic educators. Again brief
and useful descriptions of content are provided.
Religious
Education Resources is another source of information specifically
intended for religious education. Noteworthy features include the following
sections: Community Service: Arts and Crafts, Evaluating Student Performance,
Nursing Home; Diagnostic Tools: Surveys, quotables, lesson structure,
simulation game - teaching values ; Pedagogy in Religious Education:
Lesson Structure, Curriculum Framework, Guidelines for Religious Education
- Work of the Archdiocese of Melbourne; Specific Teaching Units: Lesson
Plan on Creation, Stewardship - Creation - Original Sin Unity with God,
Vocations, The Will (many lesson plans and worksheets); Student Concerns:
Questions asked by Year 8 and 11 students, Meditation Responses reveal
concerns and spirituality
Weblinks
- This site was recently launched by Sadlier. It is already a valuable
resources for religious education and will become even more so as the
content of the archives expands. WebLinks offers: Links to Web sites
selected by educators focussing on diverse topics; Interactive, Web-based
lesson activities for ages 5 to 14 developed by catechists for catechists;
An online discussion group where people can share ideas about using
technology and ask specific questions about the use of Web-based resources.
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Catholic Catechist
- A "free online curriculum support service to help catechists
find resources and ideas to use in lesson planning". Web mistress
Doreen Gerczak has obtained permission from various publishers to
reproduce and make available on her site a large number of free
printable lesson plans and other resources on an amazingly broad
array of topics. Doreen also graciously offers to locate resources
for you - see her "personal
support" page - and provides a substantial number of links
to useful resources off site. |
Use the pulldown menu below to access the many documents available
on this website or see the index
of files:
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For a listing of other websites dealing specifically with religious
education or issues related to religious education see: Religious
Education - Resources for Catholic Educators
More reviews of online resources ffor religious
education 
Past Reviews of Online Resources
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