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American Academy of Religion: Guidelines for Teaching about Religion in K-12 Public Schools in the United States - english information

https://rlp.hds.harvard.edu/files/hds-rlp/files/american_academy_of_religious_-_curriculum_guidelines.pdf

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Although religion is not a separate, required subject in public K 12 schools, religion is embedded in curriculum standards across disciplines, especially in social studies and English, and there are a growing number of elective courses that focus on religious themes or topics explicitly. Therefore, the American Academy of Religion has published these Guidelines on teaching about Religion in public schools using a non-devotional, academic perspective, called religious studies, as a resource for educators and interested citizens. These Guidelines support a constitutionally sound approach for teaching about religion in public schools — encouraging student awareness of religions, but not acceptance of a particular religion; studying about religion, but not practicing religion; exposing students to a diversity of religious views, but not imposing any particular view; and educating students about all religions, but not promoting or denigrating religion.

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