Junior Youth

Resources for Junior Youth and Children’s classes

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Some funky blog posts by Baha’is

• Love me, that I may love thee
• Learning In Action
• Spiritual Group empowers Carrboro Youth
• Inspiration for Baha’i Teaching give the story ‘An American gentleman opened his door. Surprised to see the team, he asked what they wanted. Hearing the explanation, he said, “I am leaving now. Could you meet me in ten minutes at the pool?”’ Read the rest of the article to see how the story finishes! 
• Junior Youth for Change is ‘about how we junior-youth are changing the world with the help of youth… help us know, understand and respond to the world around us.‘
• ‘Thoughts on animating a Junior Youth Group‘
• A new video on Transforming Neighbourhoods: ‘Youth Learn Together‘
• This blog is by a sweet, dedicated and friendly Australian Baha’i couple, and although not focused on Baha’i Youth or children, has a few very sweet posts such as this: ‘Playing for change: sound around the world‘

Resources for curriculum design and lesson planning:

• At the international education conference, for which Dr Farzam Arbab, member of the Universal of Justice was the keynote speaker, Sona Arbab also gave a talk specifically on ‘Programs for the Spiritual Empowerment of Junior Youth‘ (PDF)
• A compilation of writings used for activities described in building a strong Baha’i identity in Young Children (PDF)
  
• Some Quotes from the Baha’i Writings relating to Moral Education (PDF)
  
• Inspiring Quotes for teachers and parents (PDF)
• The Peacemaker: ‘challenges you to succeed as a leader where other have failed. Experience the joy of bringing peace to the Middle Eat or the agony of plunging the region into disaster. Peacemaker will test your skills, assumptions and prior knowledege. Play it and you will never read the news the same way again.‘

MultiFaith resources

• The Big Religion chart is ‘an attempt to summarize all the complexities of religions and belief systems into tiny little boxes on a single, quick-reference comparison chart.‘
• WorldPrayers is great resource of ‘adorations, celebrations ,invocations and meditations‘ for activities such as Devotional meetings.
• Maps of War gives a comprehensive and yet concise, simple and yet effective ‘visual history of ‘who has controlled the Middle East over the course of history‘.
• Although I have mentioned it before, I am still surprised by our signifcant mention in the Huffington Post ‘Baha’i: The ultimate global religion?‘

Funny YouTube videos on the Core activities

Finally, an amusing list of Baha’i related YouTube videos that range from humourous to hilarious:

• The masses are waiting
  
• Chidlren are our future
• The Essence of Our Faith: (my favourite,as it is based on Jet Li’s ‘HERO’)

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