Erin
Haines
SLM
521
April 9, 2005
Drop-in
Activity #4
Assignment- Prayer in Schools
This assignment is about one of the most
controversial issues today, prayer in schools.
Some people are in full support of prayer in schools for children and others
are firmly against it. There are many
different reasons why people feel the way they do about this issue. There is no right or wrong side of this debate;
it is just a matter of opinion.
Explore
the following websites below. They will
help you research this debate. Some of
these sites explain only one side of the debate others explain both sides. After you have reviewed the websites, answer
the following questions at the bottom of this page.
Overview
of the debate- This site gives a summary of both sides of this debate. It
also asks some interesting questions. http://www.graves.k12.ky.us/schools/GCHS/bleonard/HTML/d/debate6.htm
http://www.atheists.org/publicschools/faqs.prayer.html#voluntary
For
Prayer in Schools
http://www.nlf.net/fundraising%20letters/0007.html
- What year was prayer taken out of
schools? Why?
- What was the Engel case?
Essay
Write two paragraphs for each side of this
debate. State the reasons why you would
take each of the positions.