http://tweenteacher.com/2008/10/26/hit-a-jew-day-oh-joy/ Heather Wolpert-Gawron Sun, 14 Mar 2010 19:11:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://tweenteacher.com/2008/10/26/hit-a-jew-day-oh-joy/comment-page-1/#comment-1160 Mike Albert Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:21:51 +0000 http://tweenteacher.com/?p=166#comment-1160 I share your concerns. What I find interesting is that California is one of the leaders nationwide in including religious history within the 6th and 7th grade ancient/world history frameworks. It is an incredible opportunity to learn about Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and even Christianity. What is interesting to me, as an 8th grade history teacher who administers the CST for History/Social Studies (the test covers 6-8th grade), is that when I debrief students every year about what surprised them most about the test, the answer every year has been questions about religion. That suggests to me that there is either an extreme discomfort in teaching about religion, or there is a lack of content knowledge about the subject among social studies teachers. Or perhaps both. I share your concerns. What I find interesting is that California is one of the leaders nationwide in including religious history within the 6th and 7th grade ancient/world history frameworks. It is an incredible opportunity to learn about Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and even Christianity. What is interesting to me, as an 8th grade history teacher who administers the CST for History/Social Studies (the test covers 6-8th grade), is that when I debrief students every year about what surprised them most about the test, the answer every year has been questions about religion. That suggests to me that there is either an extreme discomfort in teaching about religion, or there is a lack of content knowledge about the subject among social studies teachers. Or perhaps both.

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