RE LINKS FOR CHILDREN.

General Information    Islam    Christianity    Judaism

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GENERAL INFORMATION

The Rainbow Family at; http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/carolrb/

Excellent resource for all religions contains great information for children to reference and is  particularly good for Christmas, Islam and Judaism ****

Staffordshire Learning Net; http://www.sln.org.uk/re/

Excellent resource for teachers, parents and children containing information for all areas of the curriculum, including some excellent resources for worship. Especially good for stories from different religions *****

Top Marks Religious Studies;

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/db_search.cgi?subject=religious

Excellent Links on all religious topics for children, parents and teachers *****

ISLAM

Y.E.S – Young Enlightened Submitters; http://www.submission.org/YES/

Resource for Muslim children – but excellent for finding information out about Ramadan and all other areas of Muslim life. This site also has quizzes to test children knowledge and also includes many good links *****

Five Pillars web site; http://www.gowild.org.uk/resources/curriculum/RE/fivepillars/index.html

Excellent resource for learning about the Five Pillars of Islam *****

Islam for Children; http://members.lycos.co.uk/AshrafS/islam.ch.sana.htm

A basic site on different aspects of Islam – some good pictures ***

The Virtual Mosque; http://www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk/mosque/default.htm

Brilliant resource for showing children around a mosque (excellent for yr5) *****

Muslim Stories; http://www.sln.org.uk/storyboard/l5.htm

Good resource for finding stories about different religions ***

Islamic Artefacts;

http://www.strath.ac.uk/Departments/SocialStudies/RE/Database/Graphics/Artefacts/IAfacts.html

Excellent photographic site. It contains most of the important Islamic artefacts *****

Investigating Islam: http://www.islamic.org.uk/

Good resource for older children (yr6 and above) investigates questions surrounding why people choose to believe. Interesting but can be difficult ***

CHRISTIANITY

Church Zones; http://re-s.ucsm.ac.uk/re/religion/christianity/churches/methodism.html

Super resource, links to all different forms of church within Great Britain with accompanying photos and information *****

Church Tours; http://re-xs.ucsm.ac.uk/re/places/christia.htm

Good photograph resource with lots of information ****

World Religions – Christianity; http://re-xs.ucsm.ac.uk/re/religion/christianity/index.html

Super resource for children and teachers all about Christianity *****

Ten Commandments; http://www.topmarks.co.uk/judaism/commandments/tencomms.htm

Nice resource for younger children. This site also tells the story of Mosses (an important figure in Judaism and Islam) ****

Christian Artefacts;

http://www.strath.ac.uk/Departments/SocialStudies/RE/Database/Graphics/Artefacts/CAfacts.html

Excellent resource for creating pictures and posters  *****

Nativity Story from Top Marks Web Site:

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/christianity/nativity/index.htm

A good rendition of the Christmas story via the computer which is probably more suitable for younger children. ****

JUDAISM

BBC Online; http://re-xs.ucsm.ac.uk/re/places/judaism.htm

Better than the other BBC religion web sites with good information for upper juniors. ***

Judaism for Children; http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/carolrb/judaism/judai1.html

Excellent for children finding information about the Jewish religion *****

Hanukka; http://www.ort.org/ort/edu/festivals/hanukkah/index.html

Good resource for Yr 5 & 6 investigation in Hanukka ****

A American Rabbi’s web site; http://scheinerman.net/judaism/index.html

Very detailed web site with loads of information for everyone *****

Jewish Harvest Festival; http://www.holidays.net/shavuot/

Excellent for Yr 4 and Yr 5 topics, good information *****

Jewish Artefacts: http://www.strath.ac.uk/Departments/SocialStudies/RE/Database/Graphics/Artefacts/JAfacts.html

Another excellent artefact web site great for making posters and displays *****

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