4 – 5 sentences each response. APA format the questions are also highlighted in the attached text.
Chapter 9
Religious Pluralism in Secular Classrooms – submit responses to questions 2, 5 and 6
Questions
Quite unintentionally, indeed with the very best of intentions, Mrs. Morgan found herself in the center of a controversy that could have turned into a major issue both in her classroom and in her community. On reflection, it is likely that Melissa might have asked herself the following questions. Think about how you would answer these questions if you were in her place.
1. Once her students’ project was under way, are there strategies she could have used that might have forestalled the objections voiced by some parents after they saw the exhibit at the open house?
2. Mrs. Morgan could have simply dismissed the objections raised to her use of religious information in the classroom as ignorant, unenlightened, or prejudiced behavior. How would that view have undermined her strong belief in religious pluralism?
3. When the episode was over, Mrs. Morgan began to think about some of the long-standing practices of American schooling, such as the way most schools use Christian holidays—particularly Christmas and 6. Easter—as sources for both curricular and extracurricular activities. Are such traditional practices fitting subjects for review and rethinking?
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