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Kathy McDaniel, DRE
Unitarian Universalist Church
Tucson, AZ
These programs are experiential and informative; promote intergenerational
participation, fellowship, and fun for elementary-aged children; are user-friendly
for the volunteer teachers; and offer engaging opportunities for your
congregation’s adult world travelers and UU heritage keepers. The
guidebooks provide an outline of how to construct a program. Each congregation
shapes the content through its own resources and adaptations. To purchase:
Send $20 plus $5 for shipping/handling to Kathy McDaniel (UU Church of
Tucson, 4831 E. 22nd Street, Tucson, AZ 85711 or UU1@mindspring.com).
Unitarian Universalist World Travelers
This guidebook can serve as an introduction or supplement to the world
religions or multicultural curricular strands in your congregation’s
RE program. Each Sunday children “tour” a different country,
learn about that country’s culture, religions, and history, and
engage in music and dance, arts and crafts, games and activities led by
congregational members/families. The program is provided by the leaders,
called “Tour Guides,” who have volunteered to plan and lead
a Sunday tour, share their knowledge, and bring their travel experiences
into the classroom. Each Sunday children have their “passports”
stamped with a flag sticker of the country they have visited. A Bon Voyage
party launches the adventures of the summer program, and a Welcome Home
party celebrates the conclusion of the program at summer’s end.
Unitarian Universalist Movers and Shakers
This guidebook can serve as an introduction or supplement to UU identity
education, including UU history and heritage themes in your congregation’s
RE program. Each Sunday children “meet” a different Unitarian
or Universalist (or Transcendentalist), learn about their life, their
passions and accomplishments, and their contributions to society and to
our faith. Leaders (“Host/Guest”) provide the program’s
content by relating the life story of a UU mover/shaker and how they lived
their principles through stories and dramatizations, music and arts, games
and activities. Every Sunday children sign a Guest Book and receive UU
biographical cards. A Step Back in Time party begins the program and a
Welcome Home Party concludes the program.
Both guidebooks include a printed version with:
Section 1: Introduction
Section 2: Overview and Description of Program, Roles and Responsibilities
of Leaders, Class Format, Supply and Space Requirements, and Resources
Section 3: Resources and Ways to Use Them, Including Websites, Books,
and Materials
Section 4: Job Descriptions
Section 5: Guest Resource Packet
Section 6: Sample Publicity and Activity Ideas
Section 7: Templates, Including Schedule, Passport/Flag Stamps, and Biographical
Cards
Section 8: Evaluation Forms
These contents are also included on a CD with each curriculum for congregations
to develop, revise, modify, and adapt them to their own programs, structures,
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