Projects

On your own

A place from the outside

Draw one place of worship from the outside. Draw the building, not a holy person.

1. Choose a church, a mosque, a synagogue, a mandir, a temple, or a gurdwara.
2. Draw the outside.
3. Write the name of the building.

• This building is a

With a team

Name the building

Match each building to its faith. Say one calm sentence.

1. Lay out the six places: church, mosque, synagogue, mandir, temple, gurdwara.
2. Match each place to a faith.
3. Each person says one calm sentence about one building.

On your own

One greeting

Learn one greeting a family may use. Say it kindly. Do not say it as a joke.

1. Choose Peace be with you, As-salamu alaykum, Shalom, Namaste, Sat Sri Akal, or Hello.
2. Say it in a calm voice.
3. Write the greeting.

• My greeting is

• A family may use it to say

With a team

Kind acts

Make a list of kind acts that any class can do.

1. Write three kind acts.
2. Check that each act can include every child.
3. Read the list in a quiet voice.

On your own

One time in the year

Choose one festival or rest day. Write when it comes, and one thing many families do. Some dates move.

1. Choose Easter, Vaisakhi, Vesak, Ramadan, Eid, Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas, or Shabbat.
2. Write the time of year. Shabbat comes every week.
3. Write one thing many families do.

• I chose

• It comes

• Many families

With a team

A quiet visit

Plan a list for a quiet visit.

1. Write the rule for voices.
2. Write when shoes come off, and when they stay on.
3. Write the rule for photos.
4. Write one question you may ask a host.

On your own

Three sentences

Write three sentences about one place of worship. Use the words “many people”.

1. Choose a church, a mosque, a synagogue, a mandir, a temple, or a gurdwara.
2. Write what many people call it.
3. Write what many people do there, and one careful rule.

• Many people call this place a

• Many people

• A careful rule is

With a team

A shared snack

Plan a snack with a choice for friends who do not eat some foods.

1. List foods the team can share.
2. Add a choice with no pork.
3. Add a vegetarian choice.
4. Do not call any food strange.

On your own

Two festivals

Choose two festivals. Write what many families do. Write what some families do not do.

1. Choose two festivals from the year.
2. For each one, write what many families do.
3. For each one, write something some families do not do.

• Festival one is

• Many families

• Some families do not

• Festival two is

• Many families

• Some families do not

With a team

A guest card

Make a card a visitor can read before they come.

1. Write “Use a quiet voice.”
2. Write when shoes come off.
3. Write “Ask before you take a photo.”
4. Add one kind sentence.

On your own

A shared festival

Write a short paragraph that shows Diwali is marked by many Hindus, many Sikhs, and many Jains.

1. Write that Diwali is a festival of lights in autumn.
2. Name the three groups of families.
3. Add that families tell different stories.

• Diwali comes in

• It is marked by

• Families tell

With a team

A welcome plan

Plan a kind welcome for a visitor. Leave room for different faiths and for no religion.

1. Choose a calm hello the whole class can use.
2. Plan a chair and a quiet place.
3. Give each person on the team one job.
4. Check that a child with no religion is welcome too.