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In this issue:
Pluralism Project's
Golden Rule Sr. High Curriculum
Wiccan Boy Scouts not welcome; liars preferred.
Indiana Jones' Parents are Free to Share Their
Religion
WASP is coming to a Festival Near You!
Bush Administration Distorts Sex Education
in Public Schools
Are Witch Children Different?
Guest
Editorial: Minority Education
Hush,
Little Pagan Baby
The
Pagan Kid in School
Pagan Parent Forum
Family
Trads
Book &
Media Reviews
Public
School Alert
How to Keep Your Child Safe
Teaching
Religion in Public Schools
Elsewhere in Pagan Institute Report:
Little People's Page
Liberty and Schools
Liberty and Schools Archives and Resources
Hogwarts Happenings: a Harry
Potter Page
Books
for Pagan Kids
The East Bay
Express:"Raising Pagans"
Older
kids:
Don't miss
the Lunar Information page
and the
Skywatch at Sacred Times
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From
Harvard's Pluralism Project:
Golden Rule Curriculum
A new addition to
the Pluralism's Project's Online Interfaith Resources is the Golden
Rule Curriculum. Developed by the Scarboro Missions of Canada as
part of their interfaith dialogue outreach. This curriculum is a
tool intended "primarily for high school juniors and seniors (ages
16 to 18) to demonstrate that the Golden Rule is more than a
behavioral guide for small children." It contains exercises and
resources that focus on the Golden Rule throughout various cultures
and faith traditions in order to engage students in discussions on
ethical principles and moral behavior.
For more information see:
http://www.pluralism.org/research/profiles/display.php?profile=74171
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prayers,
meditations |
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thanksgiving before
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rituals |
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seasonal
celebrations |
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other traditions |
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which you'd like to share ?
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"Drumming with Grampa"
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Boy
Scouts: "Wiccans Aren't Welcome, But Liars Are Just Fine!"
Wiccans, Atheists
Need Not Apply to Be Boy Scouts; Liars Are Welcome!
Press Release from American Atheists
The Boy Scouts of America is well known for their bigotry against atheists
and gays - bigotry which many defend as fully compatible with American
principles of liberty. One Boy Scout troop tried to extend that bigotry to
include Wiccans. Curiously, this bigotry was rejected by the United
Methodist Church, but supported by Scouting leaders as well as local
parents.
Town Talk (via Wrightwing) reports on an incident in Anacoco, Louisiana,
when a Scouting leader started a meeting on the "God and Country" merit
badge by asking about the religious diversity in the room:
By a showing of hands, he asks who belongs to the Baptist Church, the
Catholic Church, the Methodist Church, continuing on until two boys are
left who have not raised their hands. One of the brothers ... called out
to tell the group what church he attends. He replies, "I'm Wiccan."
Apparently, "religious diversity" is only a good thing when limited to
various denominations of Christianity, because 12-year-old Cody Brown
subsequently suffered for his honest admission:
Within 48 hours of Cody's confession, the troop committee of Holly Grove
United Methodist Church in Anacoco was meeting to discuss the
implications.
... "The number one scout law is to do your duty to God and your country,"
Troop 71 Scout Master Gene Doherty said. "They met to discuss whether or
not the boys could live up to that because of their religion."
The conclusion was that they could not.
Defenders of the bigotry endemic to the Boy Scouts of America insist that
only atheists are excluded by the religion clause in the scout laws - they
insist that the duty to "God" can be interpreted broadly. This case
demonstrates that this disingenuous defense isn't really true.
Or did the group instead (or also) decide that Wiccan beliefs are
incompatible with doing one's duty to America?
[Troop 71 Scout Master Gene] Doherty called Army Cpt. Todd Buchheim, the
boys' father and a former Eagle Scout stationed at Fort Polk, to inform
him that the boys no longer were welcome in the troop. The Buchheims said
Doherty told them that if Cody had lied about his faith, the boys could
have remained with no problem.
"I was trying to give them a head's up so that they wouldn't come to the
next meeting and not be prepared for what was going on," Doherty said.
"They've been so supportive of our troop, and they're good people."
Doherty admits that the Buchheim's are good people
and have been supportive of the scout troop - but because they don't
believe in the same god as Doherty and the Methodists, they can't be part
of the Boy Scouts. If the
Buchheim brothers had lied, however, they would have been welcome.
Thus, honest Wiccans who are good people are not welcome, but liars who
only pretend to believe the same things as Christians are welcome.
It's not religious diversity which Doherty and the
other scouts want, but submission to Christian dominance in the Boy
Scouts of America - and perhaps in America generally.
Fortunately, the district United Methodist Church committee overturned
this bigoted decision. Methodist leaders, it seems, are willing to accept
genuine religious diversity over dishonesty. Unfortunately, there was no
requirement that the Methodists reject bigotry:
"Boy Scouts own the program but does not control the unit," said Legare
Clement, executive director of the Boy Scouts for southwestern Louisiana.
"We partner with community organizations and churches as sponsors to
present the program, which is actually a youth outreach for them. They
approve leaders by our standards, but they have a right to choose
members," Clement said.
So, it wouldn't be contrary to the rules of the Boy Scouts of America for
a troop to exclude Wiccans for being honest about following a religion
other than Christianity while accepting dishonest children who lie about
being Christian in order to fit in. That's precisely what some parents in
Troop 71 want: they would prefer that Wiccans be excluded because they are
afraid that their children will be "preached to" by the two brothers.
Excuse me, but when was the last time you saw Wiccans proselytizing?
When was the last time you saw Wiccans going door-to-door to invite people
to a meeting of the local coven?
When was the last time you saw or heard Wiccans preaching on television
and radio?
It's not Wiccans who are preaching to people and trying to convert
everyone to their religion, but Christians - Christians are the ones who
cause problems in work and clubs by trying to convert others, not Wiccans.
Talk about "projection."
Sadly, the controversy has caused the Buchheim brothers to drop out of the
Boy Scouts troop. The religious bigotry fostered by the Boy Scouts
of America and some Christian churches doesn't just lead to the exclusion
of gays and atheists, but also others who follow minority religions in
America.
It doesn't matter that Capt. Buchheim serves in the military and is
willing to fight to defend liberty in America - all that matters is that
he and his family don't submit to the Christian god and Christian attempts
to dominate
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Green Views:
Pagan Commentary
on the News
Wiccan Boy Scouts Not Welcome?
Even though American Atheists have
been under more adverse pressure than
Pagans and other minority religions, they
have effectively organized, achieved
multiple favorable court decisions and
track religious discrimination, even when
it is against Pagans.
Loch Sloy!
Tuan Today
"Tuan MacCarrill/MacParthalon,
Forever the Celtic story!"
Lowell McFarland <lowell@optonlin.net> |
Parent
Alert
The Radical
Religious Right is intent on destroying the wall of separation
between Church and State, and they have already achieved many
of
their objectives. Since they cannot persuade most Americans to
follow
them, they are turning to using state power to impose their values
and teachings on us, and especially on our
children.
Visit our
Pagan News section
and
Religious
Liberties Report
for information about recent developments
which may affect your children in public schools.
We are also archiving important information at
Liberty and Schools. |
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Pagan
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What's on
your mind as a Pagan Parent?
Frustrations?
Concerns?
What resources do you most need or want?
Which parts of this ezine do you regularly read?
Share your 50-500 word replies
or other essays
with other Pagan parents and youth,
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"Teaching About Religion
in Public Schools:
Where do We Go From Here?" |
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Indiana's Jones' parents free to share their religion with their
son.
On August 17, 2005 the Indiana Court of Appeals unanimously
upheld the rights of parents to expose their children to Wicca, a
contemporary pagan religion. According to the ruling written by
Judge
Patricia A. Riley, trial courts can only limit parent's
authority if it's necessary to prevent endangerment to a child's
physical health, or significant impairment of the child' emotional
health. Wiccan beliefs
center around the balance of nature and a
reverence for the earth. They do not worship Satan. Thus Marion
Superior Judge Cale Bradford had no legal right to direct parents
to withhold "exposure to their non-mainstream religious beliefs
and rituals."
While the parents won, and this is old news, we're retaining it
for the use of parents who may wish to cite precident. cl, ed.
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The Indianapolis Star | May 27
Judge Cale Bradford badly overstepped his authority in telling a
mother and father they may not expose their 9-year-old son to
their religious beliefs.
Bradford, chief judge of the Marion County Superior Court,
included the provision in last year's divorce decree for Thomas
Jones and Tammie Bristol. The fact that the parents practice the
pagan religion Wicca is legally irrelevant.
It's blatantly unconstitutional for government, including the
courts, to forbid parents from sharing their faith with their
children. The only exception is in extreme cases when specific
practices endanger a child's health. That is not the situation in
this case.
Thomas Jones has brought the case before the Indiana Court of
Appeals. The provision on religion in the divorce settlement
should be quickly and completely erased.
http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2005/06/04/opinion
/times_editorials/774f0375e28c161686257013006df895.txt
Accessed June 4, 2005; used with permission
Judge meddles in
upbringing
Lansing State Journal
June 4, 2005
So now we have judges deciding which religions are right for
children.
In Indiana, a county judge told a divorced couple that they must
not expose their child to "non-mainstream religious beliefs and
rituals."
The parents are practitioners of Wicca, considered by some to be
witchcraft. It is true that Wicca is not in
the mainstream of religious belief. Neither are some faith-healing
Christian sects, for example. But they are all protected
under the First Amendment. Absent evidence of parental abuse or
neglect, parents have the right to raise their children with the
religious upbringing of the parents' choice.
Source:
http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050604/
OPINION01/506040318/1086/opinion
Accessed June 6, 2005, used with permission
red highlights mine, cl, ed. |
The GreenView response:
Lansing State Journal
Dear Editor,
Thank you for your June 4th editorial on the judge meddling with
parents' rights to raise their children in their own religion.
Hundreds of years of religious conflict in Europe and the American
colonies proved to our Founding Fathers that when a government
established an official church, both government and the church
become corrupted.
And so, when the Founding Fathers created the First Amendment to
the Constitution, they agreed,
"Congress shall make NO LAW
respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof."
Activist judges shouldn't either.
Rev. Christa Landon
Unitarian Universalist minister
Unfortunately,
in order to protect their rights as parents to raise their son
according to their faith, Thomas Jones and his ex-wife had to
appeal the case, which has put their 9 year old son.
We wish him the
luck and moxie of another Indiana Jones. |
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Bush Administration Distorts Sex Education in public Schools
BIRDS AND BEES 101 -- it gives examples of
lies and scientific inaccuracies being taught to our teens by Bush's
federally-funded abstinence-only program -- and to act to correct the
situation. http://www.naral.org
In the meantime, consider
enrolling your child in the Unitarian
Universalist sex education program, Our Whole Lives (OWL) for accurate
information, a positive attitude about sexuality, and support for
diversity. |
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Networking among Festival organizers to make
Pagan Festivals safe communities for all. When a sexual predator
is banned from one Pagan Festival, now there is a way for other
Festival organizers to be forwarned.
email:
wasp_hasp@yahoo.com
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WASP is coming,
to a Pagan Festival Near You!
By Christa Landon
I've been a practicing Pagan
since 1969, over the years have seen many families and women
driven away from attending the seasonal weekend festivals
because they didn't want to be in enclaves in which risky
behavior (sexual, chemical, and legal) was considered normative.
Being Sex Positive is not the same thing as being Sexually
Compulsive. Being "free" is being free to
say "No" as well as yes. Diana was a CHASTE Goddess. Honoring
Her means honoring the rights of
others to their own sexual boundaries.
In many states, all mandated reporters are required to report
any "lewd" behavior in the presence of children, or risk losing
their licenses and even
serving jail time for their passivity. And ALL clergy ARE
mandated reporters. If you sign a marriage license, you ARE
liable under the law.
I salute WASP's goal of identifying sexual predators attending
our events and sharing that information with other Pagan
Festival organizations.
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Are
Witch Children Different?
August 20,
2000
By Leslie at the UU Church of Fort Lauderdale
First,
A Glossary of Terms
The
Greenwood: forest
Beltaine:
a fertility festival in late spring
Vervain:
sacred herb of the goddess Cerridwen
Wort:
archaic term for herb
Talisman:
an item, usually blessed and dedicated to nature, that attracts.
Used in sympathetic magick which subscribes to the theory that
like
attracts like.
Tuatha de Danu: people of Danu, the
great mother goddess. Legendary invaders who
may have been from the Indus Valley
Fey:
psychic; also a woman of the Tuatha
Farie Women:
the indigenous folk of Ireland who, upon being conquered by the
invading
Celts, hid in the mounds; also, short dark women of the Tuatha de Danu;
also any woman who is fey.
Sacred
Duty:
One's first obligation is to the children.
The Birthing:
Our
children come to us and through us: they are born, not owned. They are
the archer's arrow through time. And if they in their forgetfulness
see us as all-powerful, then we in our remeberance see them as god. That
is the mutual respect we have together: divinity looking into the eyes
of divinity.
And what might a lady do to conceive this divine child?
Besides a romp in the Greenwood on Beltaine?
She might eat carrot seeds, or feed them to her lover if he has a
problem with impotence. Carrot seeds guarantee fertility.
She might carry any sort of a nut seed around as a talisman except of
course, a walnut seed. Walnuts, you see, have the opposite effect.
Brides used to wear them in their wedding gowns to keep from having too
many babies too soon. One does wonder how that worked: perhaps in an
abortive fashion.
Or she might pray to the goddess and ask for the divine child. If she is
a farie woman, legend says that she steals it from the Christians.
But whatever she does to conceive this baby, whether charm, prayer,
dance or ritual copulation, she does it knowing she is asking for a
birth of the divine.
And
what might a lady do to protect this divine child?
Place Vervain inside her cradle so that her beautiful baby might grow up
happy and with a desire to learn.
Sew a lovely pillow and stuff it with fresh lavender from the gardens to
induce restful dreams, and of course, to insure the child's obedience!
She might place a little bag of caraway seeds in her child's bed later
on to protect from illness, or pass him through the growing flax in the
fields to cure rickets, and sing little songs to keep away bad dreams.
Make the cradle of birch to keep away the farie women.
But what if she IS the farie woman?
Well,
what do we mean by that? Well, we mean nowadays that she's a witch.
And we mean that she will probably do all of those little things that
all the country women do to conceive and protect their children. But she
might teach him a little differently, you see.
And how would that be?
She'll
probably gather up special herbs when she goes a-gathering: herbs to
help her young child understand the language of the animals, or hear the
whisperings of the waters and the winds.
She'll assess his capabilities in art, music and psychic ability and
assist him to make the most of these talents.
If she belongs to a coven, she will enlist the help of everyone as an
extended family.
If
she is really Fey, she'll show him the way of the Fey, including
telling of fortune.
Above all, she encourages mastery of the gifts he may have. Without a
doubt, he will learn all practical things about nature:
The effects of the moon, of the sun, of the winds upon himself, the
land, the animals and the people. She will teach him to live in harmony
with the inhabitants of earth, for that is her sacred duty.
And now, how shall she set him free?
Possibly
with a ceremony. Depending on her coven, her path, her persuasion, she
will set him free to take his place in society as a person who :
Can demonstrate an ability to
contribute to the betterment of society.
He must earn his own way.
He must give respect to have
respect.
He must take all his
knowledge and be responsible for it.
It is not so unlike how you
raise your children.
Real power is knowledge of
the self: to understand exactly why you do everything that you do.
If there is one secret to
living a life in the Craft it is this: Pay Attention.
(Then follows an excerpt from a farie woman's lullaby (translated from
the Scottish) from the Carmina Gadelica.
The
Fairy Woman's Lullaby
Ho!
Soft art thou,
Smooth thou, soft thou!
Well I love thee,
Smooth thou, soft thou!
Well I love thee,
Smooth thou, soft thou!
Under the plaid,
Smooth thou, soft thou!
Well I love thee,
Smooth thou, soft thou!
In the morning
Soft-white, red-bright.
Well I love thee,
Smooth thou, soft thou!
I, to companion thee,
I to lull thee.
I to fill thee
With the fondnesses,
I, to fill thee
From the breast of thy mother.
Soft thou! Soft thou!
Soft my little love!
Soft as silk to thee
The heart of thy mother!
accessed
at http://www.moonpathcuups.org/rituals/
March 10, 2004
Used with permission.
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| Pagans & Education: Editorial
By Lowell McFarland
lowell@optonline.net
PISA-2000
A major study, PISA-2000, of 41 countries was conducted by UNESCO over the last three years to compare educational
abilities among the world's 15 year olds and to compare the educational achievements of the 41 different countries.
"Are students well prepared to meet the challenges of the future? Are they able to
analyze, reason and communicate their ideas effectively? Do they have the capacity to continue learning throughout
life?" These are questions that parents, students, the public and those who run education systems continually ask.
PISA, a new three-yearly survey of the knowledge and skills
of 15-year-olds in the principal industrialized countries,
provides some answers.
It assesses how far students near the end of compulsory education have acquired some of the knowledge and skills
that are essential for full participation in society. It presents evidence on student performance in reading,
mathematical and scientific literacy, reveals factors that influence the development of these skills at home and
at school, and examines what the implications are for policy development."
http://www.pisa.oecd.org/
American students ranked 16th out of 41 which almost placed
us in the lowest half of all industrialized nations in terms of education.
A UNESCO executive summary report is at:
http://www.pisa.oecd.org/Docs/Download/ExecutiveSummaryPISAplus.pdf
Contained in this summary are links to the complete report
and collateral material.
While this report certifies what Pagan parents have known for a long time, that American educational
systems and opportunities continue to decline for the average American (most California students could not
find the Pacific Ocean on a map in an earlier study), we believe it also presents an opportunity for Pagans,
should they ever decide to adopt cohesion, to use the internet and on-line education,
to aid Pagan children, as well as adults, to reverse the educational trend in
America as it applies to Pagans.
This report (widely ignored by the American media) comes as more reports surface about America's
obsession with more and more high-tech, ultra expensive weapons of mass destruction and its starving of domestic
programs, including education, school repair and building, textbooks, teacher pay, etc., in a specious balance.
Israelis, also with a junta-like government that also places the military's wishes above all else, were furious
at their ranking of 30 out of 41 industrialized nations and commented:
"One-third of Israeli 15-year-olds with 9-10 years of schooling lack basic reading skills, according
to an international survey released yesterday. It also revealed
this to be the most polarized
Western country for the gaps in reading skills and knowledge of math and science between top students
from better off homes
and weak students from the poorer ones."
-----Ha'aretz July 02, 2003
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=313538&contrass
ID=2&su
bContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y
Whether America and Israel's obsession with funding of
all the latest high tech weapons of mass destruction is advisable, effective or moral (maybe with low educational
standards the leaders never read Shakespeare, Mac Beth and how Birnam Wood moved), that is another question.
Whether America is recreating Mac Beth's Dunsinane Castle is another question.
The failure of America's educational system is very complex, and the industrial/military interests are not the
only reason, but the massive spending difference is glaring.
Even if there is a change in presidents in 2004, we believe that the oligarchy of the military-industrial
junta-like government of America will continue well into the future. While President Eisenhower warned of the growing
takeover by the industrial/military interests, it is thought that the problem really was entrenched with
the Kennedy administration (with Communism & the space age as rationales) and then the Johnson
administration who let the industrial/military complex decide most issues, including Vietnam.
In the short term, those involved in this macabre pyramid scheme will profit as well as their children
who can be sent to the most expensive schools and then get jobs in military related fields.
For the rest of us, many Pagans included, the educational situation seems likely to continue to
deteriorate.
Just as Pagans were one of the first groups to accept the internet and use it for our needs,
wonderful expansion and sense of community, etc., we believe that Pagans could, with a little imagination
and lots of elbow grease, adopt on-line education to supplement the education of Pagan children and
possibly also to aid adult Witches, Wiccans, Druids,
Shamen, Celts, etc., to reach higher levels of education.
Loch Sloy!
"Tuan MacCarrill/MacParthalon, forever the Celtic story!"
Originally published in Tuan Today; used with permission.
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Books for Pagan Kids
Folks have asked for annotated bibliographies for
Pagan-friendly children's books and books on Pagan parenting. If YOU or your child has a
favorite, tell us about it! Remember to include the publisher, author's name and
title. If you borrowed the book from the library, the Dewey Decimal number
on the spine will be helpful for parents and especially for children as
they look for the book. in the library.
Along with bibliographies of children's books, you'll find past
children's book reviews archived on out
NEW children's book
page.
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Not yet reviewed:
"Celebrating The Great Mother" A Handbook of
Earth-Honoring Activities for Parents and Children by Cait Johnson and
Mara D. Shaw. |
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The Pagan Kid in
School
A Letter from a Second Grade Teacher to Pagan Parents
By Anne Nonymus
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Thomas,
I write this letter in concern of your daughter, Aradia Moon. Please don't take this the
wrong way. Although she is a straight A student and a very bright child, she has some strange habits that I feel we should address.
Every morning before class, she insists on walking around the classroom with her pencil held in the air. She says she is "drawing down the moon." I told her Art Class is in an hour and to please refrain until then from doing any drawing.
And speaking of Art Class, whenever she draws a night sky, she insists on drawing little circles around all the stars and people dancing on the ground. And that brings up
dancing, I had to stop her twice for taking off her clothes during a game of Ring Around the Rosey! By the way, what does the term "skyclad" mean?
Aradia has no problem with making friends. I always find her sitting outside during recess with her friends sitting around her in a circle. She likes to share her juice and
cookies. It is nice how she wants no one to ever thirst or hunger. However, when I walked over to see what they were doing, she jumped up and told me to stop, pulled out a little plastic knife and started waving it in front of me. I thought this was a bit
dangerous, so I took her to the Principal's Office. She explained to the Principal that she was "opening the Circle" to let me in. She also said that her Mommy and Daddy always told her not to play or run with an "athame" in her hand, that she could put someone's eye out. I don't know what an "athame" is, but I am glad that she keeps it at home.
As for stories, your daughter tends to make up some whoppers. Just yesterday while I was talking sternly to Tommy Johnson and shaking my finger at him, he started
screaming and ran from the room. When I finally caught him, he told me that Aradia told him and the rest of the class that the last time I
shook my finger at someone, they caught the chicken pox. I explained to him that the Sally Jones incident was just a coincidence, and that things like that don't really happen.
One of the strangest things that happened was when I asked the children to bring in Halloween decorations for the classroom. Aradia brought in salt, incense and her family album. I see she has quite a sense of humor.
One of Aradia's worst habits is that she is very argumentative. We were discussing
what the Golden Rule was (Do Unto others as you would have them Do Unto You). She firmly disagreed with me and stated it was "Do As You Will, but Harm None." Furthermore, she will not stop saying "So Mote It Be" after she reads aloud
in class. I tried to correct her on these matters and she got very angry. She pointed her finger at me and mumbled something under her breath.
In closing, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, I would like to set up a parent/teacher conference with you sometime next week to discuss these matters. I would like to see you sooner, but I have developed an irR.ting rash that I am quite worried about.
With Deep Concerns,
Mrs. Livingston
P.S. Blessed Be. I understand that this is a greeting or closing from your country that your daughter informs me is polite and correct.
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Free
Goodies!
International
Paper has a series of 10 FREE posters and booklets about the life of a forest--how to read
tree rings, what part of the tree is made into paper, identifying seeds, etc.
They are free on request. International Paper promises to ship them to you in 2-3
weeks. Details at
http://www.iplifeoftheforest.com/
Share the World
has a free educational program designed to help your students better
understand and appreciate the animals with whom we share our world. The
program includes some booklets and a video
that will grab your students' attention with amazing animal footage, cartoons, topics for
discussion, and humor. If you don't have a copy of the video and would like one, please visit our Web
site and fill out the online order form.
http://www.sharetheworld.com/index.html |
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Fun Pagan
Sites for Kids:
Pagan
Kids will enjoy these Mythology sites made just for them!
Pages with
introductory information on the myths and legends from antiquity, with a
focus on the Greco-Roman myths featuring legendary heroes and Olympian
gods and goddesses.
PICTURE
BOOKS
Dandi Palmer
http://www.dandi.me.uk/index.htm/#griseldis
Wonderful art. The print in some of the books is very hard to read on my 17" monitor.
WORLD MYTHOLOGY
Myth
Index
Lists of gods, encyclopedias, and entries
on individual gods and
goddesses from the mythologies of the world.
Mythweb
Alphabetical list of monsters, heroes &
deities, and lesson plans
for Greek mythology.
HINDU MYTHOLOGY
Ramayana
A tale from India suitable for classroom use.
Pictures
of the Ramayana
Savitri
Script for a play about an
Indian tale first recorded in the Mahabharata 2000 years ago.
Recommended grade levels :
4-9. 10 actors.
Animal Migrations
Track the progress of spring, migrations of
animals, and more!
The data is collected by school kids and emailed to the Journey
North site.
For example, the Monarch butterfly has been spotted
in Texas and the Florida Panhandle so far. Every winter the
butterflies go to a certain spot in Mexico to breed, then slowly
travel back across the United States.
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/spring2003/species/index.html
Arts and Craft Links
http://www.deafpagan.org/craftlink.html
Pagan Parents Pages:
Great Stories,
activities, and more.
http://www.ladybridget.com/parents.html
The Pagan and Wiccan Parenting Page:
http://pages.ivillage.com/paganparent/yule.html
Harry Potter
CBBC Newsround | HARRY POTTER
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/static/find_out/specials/harry_potter/default.stm
See the UK cover art for Harry Potter V:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/uk/newsid_2867000/2867757.stm
Don't miss our own Harry Potter page
Hogwarts Happenings An occasional Feature of Pagan Institute Report
Lord of the Rings
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/static/find_out/specials/lord_of_the_rings/default.stm
Esbat Ideas:
http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/mamakali/pagancelebrations.html
Egyptian art and
games
http://www.neferchichi.com/kids.html
Teens and Witchcraft from CUUPS CONNECTIONS
http://connectionsjournal.com/files/TeensandWicca/satee.html
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