Best Ideas for 6th–9th Grade UU Programs
Mountain Desert District RE Committee
VHS
A 15-minute tape and a booklet, “H.E.L.P.: How to enjoy living with a preadolescent,” and a Best Ideas booklet. For adults involved in teaching, advising and planning with youth.
Building Family Religion at Home
Alexander Meek, Jr 1979
Building family religion at home begins with a recognition of the central values in family living. This is a collection of activities for families to use in developing an individualized program to develop family religion in the home
Consider the Basics
Ohio Meadville District
Five fully scripted workshops to guide in establishing and maintaining an RE program in your congregation. Show how to develop an RE committee, plan programs, train teachers, conduct worship and more.
Creating Safe Congregations
UUA 1997
Innovative workbook tackles the problem of recognizing, addressing and responding to interpersonal violence in UU congregations and communities. Offers a variety of resources for examining clergy misconduct, peer harassment and child abuse in the church setting. Ideal for religious educators, social justice committees, church members and anyone who is concerned with church safety and social ethics.
Creative Conflict Resolution
William J. Kreidler, 1984
This book offers ideas and encouragement on conflict management in classrooms. Kreidler contributes 200 activities for keeping peace, nurturing peacemakers, reducing competition and enhancing cooperation. Activities are also included to build communication skills, problem-solving abilities, and self-esteem. Designed for K–6 this book has a much wider application.
UUA guide to curriculum planning, containing full descriptions of many currently available curricula and their applications.
DRE Handbook
PSD Religious Education committee
Resources, services, programs — written for new DRE’s orientation to the work
Directory of Stories for Teachers and Preachers
REACH UUA
Topical and subject area directory of stories from UUA kits and Beacon Press courses, pamphlets and leaflets and other sources.
First Steps
Jensen–Funk–Nelson
A preschool curriculum and training course in child sexual abuse prevention for daycare workers and home care providers. Divided into two components. The first component is the curriculum which contains six sections addressing integral parts of sexual abuse prevention. Second component is a training course and manual for leaders.
First Steps: Planning for Adult Religious Education
Betty Jo Middleton
A must for planners of adult religious education. A useful and comprehensive planning/training guide. Provides a structure for development of adult religious education programs which are intentional, integrated and intended to meet diverse needs and interests.
Growing Together: A Guide for Building Inspired, Diverse, and Productive Youth Communities
Greg Gale
For youth coordinators, teachers, religious leaders, trainers, and community members. Includes assessment questions, guidelines for developing shared standards, and interactive games and exercises.
How to Start, Nurture, and Grow a YRUU Youth Group
UUA Youth Office
VHS and guide for learning adult/youth co-leadership; community building, fundraising, youth group planning and more.
Information for Religious Educators based on developmental stages for children and how that should influence teaching styles and environment.
Only a Few Children?
A guide for devleoing our Religious Values Together
Dorothy Spoerl
Written by Church of Larger Fellowship to help small fellowships develop and grow religious education for small groups of children
Parents as Resident Theologians
Roberta and Chris Nelson
UUA
4–6 sessions giving parents an opportunity to deal more creatively with their children’s religious questions with prescribing answers.
Parent Trilogy
UUA
Three timeless favorites in one volume: Being A UU Parent offers 5 sessions and 17 handouts on theology and real-life child-rearing. Parents as Resident Theologians includes 6 sessions and 12 readings to help parents and kids look at their beliefs about god, prayer and other religious issues. Parents as social Justice Educators provides 6 sessions on values clarification and how to talk about social issues.
Parents As Social Justice Educators
UUA
Provides 6 sessions on values clarification and how to talk about social issues.
Parents as Spiritual Guides
Roberta and Christopher Nelson
Curriculum empowering parents to bring spiritual growth into the home, where the communion and rituals of family life can support the ‘dynamic process of faith development.’ Materials include extensive leader preparation plus 6 session plans.
A Place in the Choir
VHS
Follen Community Church UUA
Features the youth and junior choirs of the Follen Church in Lexington, MA. Includes excerpts from anthems and songs drawn from modern as well s traditional sources and reflects a wide range of cultural, ethnic and spiritual tradition. Choir director’s manual is included. Contains rehearsal and ideas for using Singing the Living Tradition in worship services.
Places to Start
VHS
For Religious Educators — how to create an active, productive for learning and caring classroom community.
Preparing Your Congregation for Our Whole Lives
PowerPoint 97 files UUA 1997
Computer CD to be used in congregation preparation for use of Our Whole Lives curriculum in their congregations.
RE Roadmap
RE Committee of Pacific Northwest District 1999
How to book and the administration of RE programs. Includes lists of resources, sample mission statements, covenants, goals for RE, usable quotes, how-to’s for beginning an RE program, organizing tools, information on programming and curriculum, teacher recruitment and examples of children’s worship with how-to’s.
RE Roadmap (new)
Administrative Guidebook for UU Religious Educators
Cindy Leitner, 2007
Brand New RE Roadmap featuring new and up to date content, info about right relationships, leadership during change and conflict, congregations as systems, new models of RE, anti-oppression, safe congregations, rites and rituals.
Seasons of Hope Circles of Love
Fisher / McKeel
Eight intergenerational celebrations
Search Manual for DRE’s
UUA Religious Education Department
Manual written for Directors of Religious Education, RE coordinators and intended to help congregations with step by step procedural guidelines, to secure a religious educator and help people applying for an RE position to present their credentials, ask significant questions and work out a sound agreement
Spring Holidays from UU Perspective
Beth Brownfield
Collection of workshops, discussion, celebrations for use with Easter, spring holiday celebrations in UU religious education programs.
Stand for Children: Children’s Sabbaths
Children’s Defense Fund
Resource materials for use in observing and promoting National Observance of children’s Sabbaths. Worship suggestions, activities, lesson plans for K–Adult, hymns, prayers, poems, litanies and reflections.
STEP: Systematic Training for Effective Parenting
American Guidance Service
Nine-session parent study group which encourages development of parenting skills which foster mutual respect, cooperation, responsibility and self reliance. Includes leader’s guide, parent’s handbook, cassette tape, posters, charts.
Stone House Conversations
Hugo J. Holleroth, Editor
Aims to assist RE committees and congregations in the development of programs for persons of all ages by exploring the questions: what is Uuism? What are the objectives of UU religious education? What content and experiences should be included in our curricula to fulfill these objectives?
Teach to Reach
Free Spirit
Over 300 strategies, tips and helpful hints for teachers of all grades. Tricks of the trade from an experienced teacher. Practical, encouraging, creative suggestions to help educators sharpen their skills, enhance the learning environment and make church school more meaningful and enjoyable for everybody.
Teaching Children to Care: Management of the Responsible Classroom
Ruth Sidney charney
Provides essentials for establishing and maintaining a responsive classroom throughout the year, in all types of activities. three sections lead teachers from the basic foundations through a variety of related skills and techniques. The focus remains on simple, clear values.
Teaching Young Children in Violent Times
Educators for Social Responsibility
Preschool through Grade 3. Practical guide for teaching violence prevention and conflict resolution. Informative articles analyze violence in today’s world and how children understand and learn about peace and violence. Contains games, charts, extensive resources and handy discussion ideas.
Windmills Worship and Wonder
Paint Branch UU Church
Recommended by the Church Of The Larger Fellowship a book full of ideas for including children in worship. These services could also be used for children’s chapel. The book offers 50 mini-services covering UU principles and ideals, holidays, celebrations, and special events designed to appeal to all ages. Each service illustrates the worship theme by focusing on a concrete visual object or example that is then explored at various levels of abstraction.
Winter Holidays from UU Perspective
Beth Brownfield
Collection of workshops, discussion, celebrations for use with Christmas holiday celebrations in UU religious education programs.