This week-long seminar focuses on teaching the sacred in the secular classroom and examines both the history of these three faiths as well as the lived belief of communities in NYC today. In addition to scholarly presentations, participants will work with experts in instructional technologies and digital resources such as Google Mapping, VoiceThread, NYPL's Digital Gallery and Online Databases as well as using curatorial ideas in classroom teaching and assessment. Participants will visit St. John the Divine to focus on strategies for addressing religion in the school context and will go to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to learn about Christianity and Islam in the African American Communities. Along the way, facilitators will be focusing on classroom relevance and participants will use the New York Public Library’s digital and physical resources to enhance their content knowledge and develop relevant, engaging, standards-aligned instructional materials.

To Register: Please contact Janna Robin Janna_Robin@nypl.org

This seminar is also available for NYC DOE P-Credit Register at the NYC DOE ASPDP site. Use course code P5-378SS10