ChUUrchcraft
Grades 6 and up, $35
Many congregations engage in curriculum, church visits and other activities designed to teach participants more about the religions of the world, in support of UU sources.
ChUUrchcraft is intended to complement these efforts, serving as an addition to curriculum such as Neighboring Faiths[1] and Building Bridges[2]. ChUUrchcraft could also stand alone as a youth group activity or summer program.
ChUUrchcraft uses the popular app Minecraft as a vehicle for processing learned information on world religions. A building with multiple rooms is created and supplied to the class. As the class learns about a world religion, part of each class is dedicated to designing a room within the building, devoted to the practice of that religion. Visits to other congregations will help inform the design of the room, which can be further supplemented with online research.
At the end of the year, the class will have created a building with rooms devoted to the practice of many religions, essentially a Unitarian Universalist congregation.
Included in ChUUrchcraft
- Link to completed template, so you don't have to build it yourself; download files onto your own device and get started immediately
- Detailed instructions on creating the template building, if you would like to create it yourself
- Detailed instructions on using ChUUrchcraft with existing world religion curriculum
- Ideas on using ChUUrchcraft with youth groups or summer camps.
What do you need?
- Minecraft app
- At least one tablet or device for using the app