Lessons will start next week in Highland, Dundee, Dumfries and Galloway, North Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire.
Materials for teachers in nursery, primary and secondary education have been drawn up by anti-bigotry group Nil by Mouth, the Scottish Human Rights Centre, and the Centre for Education for Racial Equality in Scotland.
Peter Peacock, Scotland's minister for education and young people, said challenging sectarianism early in children's lives was "essential if we are to tackle this scourge of Scottish society".
Helen Miller, co-ordinator of Nil by Mouth, said: "The feedback we have had from teachers is that they have felt unprepared and don't feel they understand the issues themselves. This is about giving them the information to raise these issues."
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