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  • Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint from Activity 3, Water Conservation Brainstorm Poster board, color markers, and tape or push-pins for display Optional: Sticky notes and pens Preparation for Activity Post the newsprint where all can see it. Arrange for posters to be...
    Activity | October 20, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Sing to the Power
    Tagged as: Education, Leadership
  • Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint from Activity 3, Water Conservation Brainstorm Plain plastic bottles of water with sports tops Permanent markers in a variety of colors Poster board and color markers Optional: Smocks for children to use, and newspaper to cover work surfa...
    Activity | October 20, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Sing to the Power
    Tagged as: Education, Leadership
  • Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Optional: Computer with internet access Preparation for Activity Set up newsprint in a location where the group can gather around it. Description of Activity The first step of inviting others to join you in a cause that...
    Activity | October 20, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Sing to the Power
    Tagged as: Education, Leadership
  • Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "Water Justice Tour" Preparation for Activity Read the story and prepare to share it with the group. Read the discussion questions. Choose those that will best help the children share their interpretations of the story and relate it to their...
    Activity | October 20, 2014 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Sing to the Power
    Tagged as: Education, Multiculturalism, Nature, Teamwork, Transformation, Multiculturalism
  • When Joseph Jordan (pronounced Jerden) was born in Virginia in 1842, slavery was still legal. Most people of African descent were treated as property, like horses or dogs. They were bought and sold; they had no rights. Whether enslaved or free, people of color were not treated with respect....
    Story | By Janeen K Grohsmeyer | March 15, 2012 | For High School | From Virtue Ethics
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Anti-Oppression, Black History / Whitney Young / James Reeb, Christianity, Education, Freedom, History, Identity, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Race/Ethnicity, Respect, Unitarian Universalism, Universalism
  • Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 2, From Liberation to Health Pens or pencils Preparation for Activity Read Handout 2, From Liberation to Health and copy it for all participants. Optional: Read the unabridged article on the UU World website....
    Activity | December 10, 2011 | For Adults | From Resistance and Transformation
    Tagged as: Activism, Children, Education, Justice, Sexuality, Youth/Teens, LGBTQ Issues
  • Preparation for Activity Ask your religious educator or minister about your congregation's actions in support of comprehensive sexuality education: Does your congregation offers any components of Our Whole Lives? For which age groups? What conversations have the Religious Education Committee or...
    Activity | December 10, 2011 | For Adults | From Resistance and Transformation
    Tagged as: Activism, Education, Justice, Sexuality
  • "The Wind in Both Ears," by Angus MacLean, in The Wind in Both Ears (Boston: Beacon Press, 1965).Introduce the story by explaining that the author, Angus MacLean was a Universalist, a professor of religious education, and dean of the Theological School at St. Lawrence University. His influence...
    Story | December 9, 2011 | For Adults | From The New UU
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Awe, Contemplation, Courage, Discernment, Education, Faith, Growth, Humility, Immanence, Listening, Unitarian Universalism
  • Once upon a time there was a Teacher who was known far and wide as one who had mastered all the great disciplines of a spiritual seeker. She wandered the country, and whenever people heard she was near, they traveled to seek her wisdom and her guidance. ...
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Adults | From Spirit in Practice
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), Balance, Caring, Children, Education, God, Growth, Joy, Letting Go, Listening, Mystery, Prophetic Words & Deeds
  • Thich Nhat Hanh In Southeast Asia, the Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, used the principles of compassion and nonviolence to campaign against the war in Vietnam. Hanh believed that people of faith, especially youth, couldn't remain silent in the face of social injustice. They must work together to...
    Leader Resource | By Interfaith Youth Core (IYC) | October 27, 2011 | For High School | From A Chorus of Faiths
    Tagged as: Buddhism, Christianity, Compassion, Connections, Education, Equity, Hinduism, History, Human Rights, Islam, Justice, Love, Nonviolence, Poverty, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Religious Pluralism
  • A story of Dorothea Dix (1802-1887), Unitarian teacher and social reformer. "Finish eating your supper, Anna," said Florence. "We mustn't be late to school." Anna nodded and ate another spoonful of soup. She was happy to get a piece of potato in the warm salty broth, instead of only cabbage....
    Story | By Janeen K Grohsmeyer | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Love Surrounds Us
    Tagged as: 6th Principle (World Community), Activism, Change, Class, Commitment, Education, Human Rights, Justice, Poverty, Privilege, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Service
  • Adapted from Stories in Faith by Gail Forsyth-Vail, a Tapestry of Faith Toolkit book (Boston: UUA, 2007). Used with permission. Once there was a little girl named Cecilia who fell in love with the universe....
    Story | By Gail Forsyth-Vail | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Love Will Guide Us
    Tagged as: Animals, Compassion, Education, Empathy, Hinduism, History, Humanism, Interdependence, Kindness, Love, Mothers, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Reason, Unitarian Universalism
  • Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story, "No More Turning Away" Preparation for Activity Read the story and prepare to share it with the group....
    Activity | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
    Tagged as: Challenge, Education, Poverty
  • Adapted by Lynn Ungar from a story by Jerrilyn Jacobs on the My Hero project website and information on the Free the Children website. You could say it all started with a little thing. Craig Keilburger watched his older brother Marc get excited about a science project when Marc was 12 years old.
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Love Connects Us
    Tagged as: Education
  • One morning, more than a hundred years ago on the island of Jamaica, a boy named Ethelred Brown went to church. Usually at this church, the people sang their creed, their list of what they believed....
    Story | By Janeen K Grohsmeyer | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Faithful Journeys
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Anti-Oppression, Brokenness, Christianity, Diversity, Education, Faith, History, Immigration, Inclusion, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Sacrifice, Unitarianism, Immigration
  • "Mama, Mama, why do we just keep going and going and not going anywhere?" asked little Sophie. Her family was crossing the wide Pacific Ocean on a big ship bound for America. Sophie Lyon was an American girl, three and a half years old, making her first trip to America. She and her older brothers...
    Story | By Polly Peterson | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Faithful Journeys
    Tagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Education, Growth, History, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Unitarianism, Women
  • Adapted from multiple sources including a 2005 article, "Mrs. Mott, 'The Celebrated Female Physician,'" in Historic New England online magazine. Harriot Kezia Hunt, 1805-1875, was barred from medical study at Harvard College because male students objected to her presence....
    Story | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades 2-3 | From Faithful Journeys
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Brokenness, Challenge, Change, Commitment, Courage, Education, Faith, Health, History, Illness, Prophetic Words & Deeds, Universalism
  • A story from A Lamp in Every Corner: Our Unitarian Universalist Storybook (Boston: Unitarian Universalist Association, 2004). Read or tell the story. There once was a farm in a valley that was practically perfect in every way, except that it had no rooster to crow at the crack of dawn, and so...
    Story | By Janeen K Grohsmeyer | October 27, 2011 | For Children, Grades K-1 | From Wonderful Welcome
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Acceptance, Animals, Community, Diversity, Education, Friendship, Humanism, Integrity, Listening, Success, Suffering
  • Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity A copy of the story, "The Stargazer Who Discovered a Comet" Preparation for Activity Read and prepare to tell the story of Unitarian and astronomer, Maria Mitchell (1818-1889). Note: "Maria" is pronounced "Ma-RYE-ah." Description of Activity Gather...
    Activity | October 26, 2011 | For Children, Grades 4-5 | From Toolbox of Faith
    Tagged as: Doubt, Education, Women