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Core
Curriculum Spiritual Education & Training
In the spring of 1989 the National Spiritual Assembly
of the Bahá’ís of the United States charged the National
Bahá’í Education Task Force  with:
- creating a Core Curriculum program based on the Writings of the Faith,
designed for children ages six through twelve;
- establishing a program that is in continuous development;
- creating a curriculum that involves parents, teachers, institutions
and the entire community, with the goal of raising children who are
free from prejudice as a necessary part of a Bahá’í
education program.
 Research
on the Bahá’í Writings related to Spiritual
Education now available online
The Education Task Force began the process with research. The product
of their work “took a major step forward in the development of
the thinking of the national Bahá’í community regarding
the education and raising of children. This research of the Sacred Writings
provided the impetus for the Core Curriculum.” This quotation from
the National Spiritual Assembly appears on the Acknowledgments page
in this 200-plus page book — The text Foundations
for a Spiritual Education is now available online. You
can also order it from the Bahá’í Distribution Service
at 1-800-999-9019 for $9.95 (order code:
FFE).
• Core
Curriculum Overview — A quick reference and introduction to the
Core Curriculum
• Core
Curriculum Lesson Planning Guides —
Bahá’í Education through the Core Curriculum
materials covers:
• Student
Assessments & Teacher’s Records —
Two documents are presented here:
- One is for teachers. It allows them to keep attendance records, keep
track of topics through the school year, and plan target dates for lesson
completion.
- The other copy is for each student. It may be marked to indicate dates
of learning for a topic, thus providing a transferable individual record
for each student.
• Core Curriculum
Alignment
This document, just completed, shows the alignment of other published
materials (i.e., Bahá’í School Lesson Plans,
Ruhi, Enlighten, etc.) with the materials in the Core Curriculum Program.
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Supplemental
Lesson Plans for Children
A collection of plans that have been developed by teachers
using the program and they have shared their plans with this Web site
and the greater community
• Bahá’í
School Lesson Plans (1968-1976)
These materials were used by the U.S. Bahá’í
Community for many years and are now available for the first time in
electronic format. These lessons may be used to teach the goals and
topics of the Core Curriculum, using the alignment tool to best determine
how to best incorporate these materials into your classes.
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