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This percentage of teenagers attend religious services weekly.
What is 33%?
100
This jurist authored the "Lemon Test".
Who is: Chief Justice Warren E. Berger
100
A school should teach students what to believe.
What is false?
100
The famous Scopes "Monkey Trial" occurred in this year.
What is 1925.
200
This is the number of Christian groups in the world.
What is 34 000?
200
This is the book that was the focal point of Grove v. Mead School District.
What is: The Learning Tree.
200
Religion plays a role in other school subjects.
What is true? -- (history, politics, art, music, language etc)
200
It was during this year, in New York, that prayer in public schools had its first judicial review.
What is 1962.
300
This is how many school boards there are in Ontario.
What is 72?
300
This case, which reached the U.S. Supreme Court in 1985, challenged silent meditation in public schools.
What is: Wallace v. Jaffree
300
Public schools are required to teach religious studies.
What is false. According to various court rulings in Ontario, public schools are not at all required to teach religion in any form. However, should they do, they must follow the policies set out by the Gov't of Ontario as recommended through court decisions.
300
The Equal Access Act passed in this year.
What is 1984
400
In 2001, Canada's population was 29,639,035. This is the number of people who have a religious affiliation.
What is approximately 24 738 945.
400
These are 3 of the significant court decisions that banned prayer & bible reading in public schools.
What are: Engel v. Vitale Lemon v. Kurtzman S.D. of Abington Township v. Schempp
400
Publicly funded Religious schools exist in every province.
What is false. Publicly funded Religious schools only exist in a few provinces: Alberta, Ontario, parts of Saskatchewan and the Northwest territories.
400
The practice of releasing public school students for religious instruction, during school hours, began in Gary, Indiana in this year.
What is 1914.
500
This is how many Catholic school boards there are in Ontario.
What is 37?
500
These are the 3 parts of the "Lemon Test".
What are: "Does the action have a secular purpose?" "Does the action have an effect that neither advances nor impedes religion?" "Does the action avoid excessive entanglement with religion?"
500
More people oppose funding of Christian schools.
What is true?
500
On this date the Penn. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Schempp's in their case against the School District of Abington Township.
What is June 17th, 1963.