This presentation explains in some detail the historical background of the Canticle of Creation/Creatures composed by St Francis of Assisi. The presentation finishes with a staff/student guided practical activity to build their own terrarium (their own creation).

Definitions of the different words associated with the study of Religion and the Nation State.

Presentation includes information on some Hindu core beliefs and practices (caste system, types of Hinduism), Hindu sacred texts, Hindu rituals, Hindu ethics and Religion and Nation State. This presentation was for up-skilling staff on their Hinduism knowledge, information on the slides can be used to teach to students, but the intent of the presentation is not for direct use with students without modification. Information suits students in their Senior years of schooling and is aligned with the Study of Religion syllabus in Queensland, Australia.