Mrs.
Moore’s Assignment Page
e-mail:
smoore@mpslakers.com
Religions
of the World IB: B-2 and B-4 (Room
204-B)
Investigative
Studies
Due Thursday, December 4. Part C is the summary of what you found out about
your topic; how you answer the focus question.
Part D is your analysis of the topic.
Did you find out what you thought you would or were you surprised at the
results? What would you do differently
another time? What questions do you now
have, that if you were to go more deeply into the topic, you would want to
answer?
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1.
HW: visit a church or cathedral outside of your
own denomination. Answer questions on
the attached “trip sheet” to hand in after the visit. Due: December 10.
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11/21 (Half day)
Objective: the students will hear two oral presentations on an aspect of Christianity.
Procedure:
1. Attendance and prayer
2. Student-led reflection
3. Two final oral presentations.
November 25
Objective: the students will be introduced to Islam
Procedure:
1. Attendance and prayer
2. Reflection
3. Fundamental Questions PPT
4. Read first 3 paragraphs on pages 133-134 and discuss questions on page 134.
5. Spend time locating: Mecca, Medina, Damascus, Karbala, Baghdad, Egypt, Istanbul, Iran, Pakistan on map to better understand where Islam began and where it resides today.
6. Give reading time: pp. 136-149.
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December 2
Objective: the students will be introduced to the sacred scriptures of Islam: Qur’an, Sunna, Hadith
Procedure:
1. Attendance and prayer
2. Reflection
3. Notes on Islamic scriptures.
4. Give portions of Hadith to students and allow them to discuss in small groups and then “translate” to the larger class.
5. Read two sections of the Qur’an, one on the prophets and one on the birth of Jesus. Discuss differences in meanings as compared to the Torah and the New Testament.
6.
Remind students their IA’s
are due on Dec. 4
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December 4
Objective: the students will have the opportunity to study and review for their Christianity exam.
Procedure:
1. Attendance and prayer
2. Reflection
3.
Hand in IA’s
4. Assign projects for Islam on page 179 in text. They will be due on 12/15 and 12/17.
5. Study/review for exam on Christianity
December 8
Objective: the students will take their exam on Christianity.
Student-led reflection
Exam
Remind students that their church visit reflections are due next class.
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December 10
Objective: the students will understand the 5 pillars of Islam
Procedure:
1. Attendance and prayer
2. Student-led reflection
3.
Hand in church visit
reflections
4. PPT notes on 5 pillars of Islam
5. Show 5 min. YouTube movie on the 5 Pillars
6. Write reflection: Which is the Word of God: the Torah, the Bible or the Qur’an? Give specific reasons for your answer.
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December 15 and December 17
Objective: the students will understand more about various parts of Islam through oral presentations.
Procedure:
1. Attendance and prayer
2. Student-led reflection
3.
5 oral presentations
each day
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December 19 (Short classes)
Objective: the students will understand the sacred times and places of Islam
Procedure:
1. Attendance and prayer
2. Student-led reflection
3. PPT on sacred times and spaces.
Useful
links:
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Go to www.mpshome.com and click on the netTreker
icon (they can also logon by going to http://school.nettrekker.com)
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Scroll
to religions
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Then
to non-Christian religions
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Thomson
Gale
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Pbs.org/religion
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Bbc.uk.co/religion
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Power
library
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World Religions CP: A-1, A-2, A-4, B-1 (Room 204B)
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1. Assign reflection on City of Joy due next class.
2. Reflection questions: (45 points)
1. Why is the movie named “City of Joy?”
2. What is the significance of the flower (plant)?
3. What is the significance of the necklace?
4. Give at least 3 examples of caste you see in the movie.
5. Explain the quote, “All that is not given is lost” from 3 viewpoints: Dr. Max, Joan, and Hasari.
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WR-CP Lesson Plans: November 12 through December 10, 2008
Moore
November 12, 13
Objective: the
students will learn more about Buddhist tenets by finishing the movie Little Buddha.
Procedure:
1. Attendance and prayer
2. Student-led reflection
3. Watch the movie
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November 14, 17
Objective: the students will understand the 3 rafts of Buddhism: Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana.
Procedure:
1. Attendance and prayer
2. Student-led reflection
3. Handout on the 3 rafts; go over, carefully pointing out major differences
4. Send students to 5 different learning centers where they will get to meditate and write on 5 different aspects of the 3 rafts.
5. Come back as a total class and discuss experiences.
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November 18, 19
Objective: the students will review what they have learned for the upcoming exam on Buddhism.
Procedure:
1. Attendance and prayer
2. Student-led reflection
3. Read a couple of Jataka tales and discuss their meanings with the students.
4. Ask students to make Jeopardy-type questions for use as a review for the exam next class.
5. Appoint student/s to be emcee to give questions.
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November 20, 21
Exam on Buddhism after student-led reflection.
November 24, 25
Objective: the students will be introduced to Zen Buddhism.
Procedure:
1. Attendance and prayer
2. Student-led reflection
3. Give introductory notes on Zen.
4. Do the “Seated Meditation” in TE on page 137 with students.
5. Try the meditation a second time, to get the basics of Zen meditation started.
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November 26, December 2
Objective: the students will continue learning about Zen.
Procedure:
1. Attendance and prayer
2. Do above meditation
3. Introduce Zen activity of Koans (page 140 and handout 9-A)
4. If time, introduce 2nd Zen activity: Koans—food for thought (handout 9-B)
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December 3, 4
Objective: the students will continue with notes and Zen activities
Procedure:
1. Attendance and prayer
2. Student-=led reflection
3. More meditation
4. Give the remaining notes on Zen.
5. Allow students to read and discuss “The sound of one hand.” (Handout 9-C)
6. Give students time to reflect and write a haiku.
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December 5, 8
Objective: the students will continue with Zen activities.
Procedure:
1. Attendance and prayer
2. Student-led reflection
3. More notes on Zen
4. RAFT
a. R=practicing zazen
b. A=in a meditation hall with an attendant who hits you in the back with an “encouraging stick”
c. F=letter to parents
d. T=tell how and why you feel gratitude rather than resentment toward the attendant
5. HW: write a haiku and then on a computer, write the haiku and add computer graphics explaining the meaning of the haiku
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December 9, 10
Exam on Zen
Ask students to begin reading silently Chapter 7 on Confucianism, page 123.