Audio Resources

Audio 12.1: One Nation Under God
Description: This radio piece examines the historic influence of evangelicals on things like the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance.
Learning Objective: 12.3: Describe how the United States became a “denominational society.”

Audio 12.2: The Next Generation of American Muslims
Description: NPR highlights efforts by young Muslim Americans to tell their own story.
Learning Objective: 12.5: Predict the future role of religion in the modern world.

Video Resources

Video 12.1: Muslims and Jews in America
Description: What’s the state of this historically fraught relationship? Do today’s politics and rhetoric around the Middle East, immigration, and national security constitute a unifying force, or a divisive one? Are we entering a time of particular challenge, or one of opportunity?
Learning Objective: 12.5: Predict the future role of religion in the modern world.

Video 12.2: Science and Religion
Description: A quick discussion of the long relationship between religion and science.
Learning Objective: 12.1: Explain the components and functions of religion.

Web Resources

Web 12.1: Religion in America
Description: What do the numbers say about changing trends in American religion? The Pew Research Center takes a look.
Learning Objective: 12.3: Describe how the United States became a “denominational society.”

Web 12.2: God in America
Description: This timeline explores the influence of religion on the American experience over the last 400 years.
Learning Objective: 12.3: Describe how the United States became a “denominational society.”