Directory of Resources

Josh Cass, FoRB in Education Case Studies

Directory of FoRB Education Resources and Approaches

Various organisations around the world have created resources which are freely available for use in the teaching of Freedom of Religion or Belief. These resources can be found via the links below alongside organisations who have delivered projects in schools to promote FoRB.

England

Culham St Gabriel’s

Various resources can be found here, including access to a short e-learning course on Freedom of Religion or Belief in Education.

Oak National Academy

A series of five lessons for 15-16 year olds which explore Freedom of Religion or Belief

https://www.thenational.academy/teachers/programmes/religious-education-secondary-ks4-core/units/freedom-how-far-should-governments-go-to-protect-freedom-of-religion-or-belief/lessons

AREIAC

This project supported two schools in developing and delivering approaches to FoRB Education, details of which can be found here

https://www.areiac.org.uk/youngambassadors

Faith & Belief Forum

Various lesson plans and teacher resources for the teaching of Freedom of Religion or Belief aligned outcomes can be found here

Pan-EU Project

Retopea

A set of online learning resources developed by teachers and academics from across the EU for use in classrooms

https://retopea.eu/s/start/page/home

A selection of framing questions and artifacts (including videos made by young people) to trigger classroom discussion about Freedom of Religion or Belief aligned outcomes, available in (German, Spanish, French, Macedonian, Dutch, Estonian and English)

https://retopea.eu/s/en/page/clippings

Iraq

Hardwired Global

This series of videos sets out the conceptual framing for the Hardwired Global methodologies

India

Dare to Overcome

A full curriculum with individual lesson plans can be found here

https://dto.world/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/DTO-Lesson-Plan-Manual-Final-Print-web.pdf

A corresponding teacher handbook can be found here

https://dto.world/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Activity-Handbook-for-Teachers-Final-Print.pdf

Further background reading can be found here

Indonesia

Leimena Institute

A teacher handbook on Cross-Cultural Religious Literacy in English and Bahasa Indonesian can be found here

Bahasa Indonesian https://library.lklb.org/e-book/textbook-id/

English https://library.lklb.org/e-book/textbook-en/

Various other publications for teachers can be found here

Videos and podcasts featuring discussions of the application of Cross-Cultural Religious Literacy in the classroom can be found here

Lebanon

Adyan Foundation

Various teacher handbooks and manuals enabling the teaching of Freedom of Religion or Belief, and aligned outcomes can be found here

https://adyanfoundation.org/training-manuals

USA

Facing History and Ourselves

Extensive lesson plans and teacher resources for the teaching of Freedom of Religion or Belief, and aligned outcomes can be found here

https://www.facinghistory.org