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Religion in the Social Studies Curriculum. ERIC Digest.

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Risinger, C. Frederick – 1993

This document discusses several aspects of teaching about religion in the public schools. While religion is an important element in many areas of literature, art, and music, the social studies, especially history and civics, provide the best opportunity for including religion in the curriculum. Teaching about religion in public schools is examined…

Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Court Litigation, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational History

Read This Review of Case Law Before Religious Controversy Hits Your Schools.

McCarthy, Martha M. – American School Board Journal, 1982

Reviews court cases in which parents challenged school practices on religious grounds. Puts particular emphasis on recent attempts to make the curriculum conform to religious views. (Author/JM)

Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Creationism, Curriculum