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__** 2013-2014 Days and Plans **__ Introduction: Day One: EQ: How has the meaning and purpose of religion been interpreted in history? Agenda: "Small" paper silent conversation. Pass and comment on quote and dialogue that develops on set of quotes/ When your paper gets back to you, analyze the conversation. What are the trends or patterns. Pick one comment to share back witht he group. Debrief. Day Two EQ: What is religion and what purpose does it serve in society? Agenda: 1. Martian Letter in small groups 2. Walking Tour 3. Five Functions of Religion notes Period One Period Four
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Hinduism Day One : Hinduism EQs: What are the origins and central beliefs of Hinduism? How does Hinduism meeting the five functions of religion? Agenda: 1. Quick notes on orgin, look at timeline, Hinduism unit preview 1. Watch video clip on Hinduism. Collect evidence of values, beliefs - list of 10 2. narrow down to 5 - share list with neighbor 3. make class list 2. Notes on Origins and central beliefs (Atman, Braham) Day Two: Hinduism EQ: What are the central beliefs of Hinduism Agenda: 1. Notes atman, braham, moksha, samsara, karma, dharma, Notes, discussion and analogies of key Hindu concepts Karma reading and acrostic Day Three: EQs: 1. How does practicing ahimsa create good karma? 2. How is the caste system related to reincarnation and why would a civilization associate occupation with religion? 1. Ahimsa article -- 1-5 * and ? 6-10 * and ? discuss 2.Caste System - Read handouts summarize each paragraph create Frayer chart Day Four EQ: How do Yoga, the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads illustrate the central beliefs of Hinduism? Source Document Jigsaw Yoga

Day One What are the origins and central beliefs of Buddhism? 1. Activator 2. 4 Noble Truths - cartoon 2. 8 Fold Path - Quotes 3. Bio Poem Day Two Hinduism EQ: 1. Continue EQ from yesterday 2. Why do Buddhists Meditate? [|Eat Pray Love Meditation Clip] (5-10) [|Elizabeth Gilbert on Meditation](5-10)

3. Day Three 1. What is the Middle Way? * Review Middle Way 2. Quotes • Venn Diagram of Hinduism and Buddhism 4. Day Four What do you think the difference is? Make 5 conclusions about the Map Read one or the other in partners and then make Venn -What doed the name mean? Best way to reach nirvana? Who can achieve nirvana in one's lifetime? What is the role of monks? (begging bowls) opinion of attachments? Buddha a God? - fundamental difference?

Judaism Handouts: Judaism Day One EQ; What are the characteristics of the monotheistic God? Work in partners to read Monotheism paragraphs in Googledocs. Day Two EQ: What are the origins and central beliefs of Judaism? Agenda: 1. Finish paragraphs 2. Unit preview 3. # Timeline 4. Genesis Jigsaw - small groups Day Three EQ: Same as Day Two 1. Genesis Presentations 2. 10 Commandements Day Four: 1. How do the 10 Commandments represent the covenant between God and the Hebrew People? 2. What initiated the diaspora and where have Jewish people settled throughout the world? 3. How does Judaism meet the 5 functions of religion?

Ten Commandments Diaspora Term Sorting

Christianity Day One EQ: What are the origins and essential beliefs of Christianity? Agenda Use homework to write a well-organized paragraph in response to the EQ Peer Edit Prophetic Function assignment leg work Day Two How does The Sermon on the Mount express the essential message of Christianity? Sermon on the Mount • Read page one together 1. "Murder Begins in the Heart" 2. 'Adultery in the Heart - Marriage is Sacred and Binding" 3. "Go the Second Mile" / "Love your enemies" 4. "Do Good to Please God", Fasting" 5. Lay up Treasures, Lamp of the Body, You Cannot Serve God and Riches Day Three EQ: How and why did Christianity spread? [|J & C Crash Course World History] 1. Watch video 2. Review concept of Messiah and how Judaism spread 3. Miracle Stories & Holy Trinity 4. Maps of War [|Spread of Religion]

Islam Day One EQ: What are the origins and central beliefs of Islam Watch Empire of Faith and gather evidence for EQ on viewing guide Day Two EQ: How do the FIve Pillars communicate the values and beliefs of Islam? FInish Empire of Faith Day Three: EQ: Agenda Hajj Before Lunch: 1. Ramadan Podcasts -- solution. What does it tell you about Islam? 2. Second podcast 3. Hajj Images [|Why Non Muslims cannot visit Mecca] How do the 5 Pillars of Islam meet the Five Functions of Religion? After Lunch Small groups and Jihad Day Four 1. What is the real meaning of the word "Jihad" and how has it been "hijacked" by terrorists?

Read Jihad article paragraph by paragraph -- 1.after first paragraph write a one sentence summary of main idea. 2. Second paragraph - 3 meanings of Jihad 3. what are the restrictions put upon fighting? 4. What is the message of the final paragraph?

create an acrostic for JIHAD based upon your new understanding of it's meaning.

Day Five Quran Passages - Silent Conversation

RELIGION WRAP UP Prophetic Functions Project Presentations Take 3 Days Religion Socratic Seminar One Day

Notes 2013-1014 add rituals for all religions -- social cohesion make guidelines clearer for prophetic function project -- esp. with regard to award -- make deadlines along the way, work out the math for the carousel... lunch paragraphs good but make it 3 finalists and one choice -- make your person ask a questions too, create venn diagram of methods, causes, etc. socratic seminar was good for closure Add information about Mecca and Hajj Web quests?? -- maybe for homework Quote integration paragraphs - scaffold more -- do first one as a group -- second one have them choose from a selection and then work from there

Please note that this page is under construction for the 2012-2013 school year and may contain dates and materials from last year's course. I anticipate that there will be much overlap in materials between the two years. In order to avoid confusion, materials from this year are under Day One, Day Two, etc. Items beneath that format are from the previous year. Please feel free to click on anything that interests you.

Days are recorded in reverse order with the most recent class occurring on top.

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Day 32 - Religion Essay Outline

Day 31 - Social Studies Essay Strategies

Day 30 - Monotheism Test - Test will be on 11/20.

Day 29 - Abraham- Monday 11/19 Discussion of Abraham Reading and wrap up of Islam [|Socratic Seminar Protocol]

Day 28 - Sharia, Jihad and Terrorism EQS: 1. What is the real meaning of the word "Jihad" and how has it been "hijacked" by terrorists?

Read Jihad article paragraph by paragraph -- 1.after first paragraph write a one sentence summary of main idea. 2. Second paragraph - 3 meanings of Jihad 3. what are the restrictions put upon fighting? 4. What is the message of the final paragraph?

create an acrostic for JIHAD based upon your new understanding of it's meaning.



Day 27 - Quran What does the Qur'an Reveal about Muslim beliefs and values? Silent Conversation on Qur'an Passages In small groups circulate among quotes from Qur'an and comment, ask questions, make connections based on the quote.

After "Silent Conversation" Have groups return to their original document and 1. make note of any interesting comments/unresolved questions 2. pick one line or phrase in the document they think is most meaningful and highlight it 3. Based on what you saw in all 9 documents something interesting, informative, suprising



Day 26 -Islam EQs: What are the origins and essential beliefs of Islam?

What are the 5 Pillars of Islam and what do they reveal about Muslim beliefs and values? • Finish Empire of Faith • Review movie notes and Islam Fact Sheet 5 Pillars 1. Declaration of Faith -only purpose of life is to obey and serve Allah 2. Daily Prayer - direct personal link between God and believer • Prayers are performed at dawn, mid-day, late-afternoon, sunset and nightfall; reminding one of God throughout the day. Regular prayer helps prevent destructive deeds and gives one the opportunity to seek God's pardon for any misgivings. •The Prophet once asked his companions: "Do you think if there was a river by the door and one of you bathed in it five times a day; would there remain any dirt on him?" The Prophet's companions answered in the negative. The Prophet then said: "That is how it is with the five (daily) prayers; through them God washes away your sins." • Friday is the day of congregation for Muslims. The mid-day prayer on Friday is different from all other prayers in that it includes a sermon. Prayer at other times are relatively simple, they include verses from the Qur'an and take only a few minutes to complete. 3. Zakat - An important principle of Islam is that everything belongs to God; wealth is therefore held by human beings in trust. Obligatory charity or zakah means both "purifications" and "growth." Our possessions are purified by setting aside a proportion for those in need and for society in general. Like the pruning of plants, this cutting back balances and encourages new growth. Purifies the heart of greed. usually given to mosque or directly to charity - Zakat treasury in conservative Muslim nations 2.5 % of wealth - Giving beyond the obligatory charity is expected upon every Muslim and may take many forms. The Prophet said, "Even meeting your brother with a smile is an act of charity." The Prophet further said that when one has nothing to give, he can stay away from evil; that too is charity. [|Zakat Calculator]

4. Fasting during Ramadan

• Fasting is not only beneficial to health, but it also allows one to truly empathize with those less fortunate. However, fasting is mainly a method of self-purification and self-restraint. By cutting oneself from worldly comforts, even for a short time, a fasting person focuses on his or her purpose in life by constantly being aware of God. [|Olympics and Ramadan] [|2nd Olympics and Ramadan] [|Sneaking a snack during Ramadan] 1. How did Muslim olympians deal with the fact that Ramadan occurred during the Olympics. What does this solution reveal to you about Islam? 2. What does the second story about Ramadan tell you about Muslims around the world? 5. Hajj The pilgrimage to Mecca, known as the Hajj, is a religious obligation that every orthodox Muslim fulfills, if able, at least once in his or her lifetime. Malcolm x on the Hajj: Every one of the thousands at the airport, about to leave for Jeddah, was dressed the same way. You could be a king or a peasant and no one would know. Some powerful personages, who were discreetly pointed out to me, had on the same thing I had on. Once thus dressed, we all had begun intermittently calling out "Labbayka! (Allahumma) Labbayka!" (Here I come, O Lord!) Packed in the plane were white, black, brown, red, and yellow people, blue eyes and blond hair, and my kinky red hair -- all together, brothers! All honoring the same God, all in turn giving equal honor to each other. . . . That is when I first began to reappraise the "white man." ...In the Muslim world, I had seen that men with white complexions were more genuinely brotherly than anyone else had ever been. That morning was the start of a radical alteration in my whole outlook about "white" men. There were tens of thousands of pilgrims, from all over the world. They were of all colors, from blue-eyed blonds to black-skinned Africans. But we were all participating in the same ritual displaying a spirit of unity and brotherhood that my experiences in America had led me to believe never could exist between the white an d the non-white...America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, and even eaten with people who in America would have been considered white -- but the "white" attitude was removed from their minds by the religion of Islam. I have never before seen sincere and true brotherhood practiced by all colors together, irrespecitve of their color.

[|Images of Hajj]




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DAY 25 - Islam Begins (Friday 11/8 for Blue, Green and Yellow)

EQs:
 * 1) What conditions existed in the Middle East and among the Bedouin that created an environment where the ideas of Muhammad could take hold?
 * 2) What are the origins and essential beliefs of Islam?



To watch the video click here: [|Islam: Empire of Faith: The Messenger]

Day 24 Same EQS as Day 23 Apples to Apples Christian Style



Day 23 EQs: 1. How did Christianity develop into a religion separate and distinct from Judaism and how did it spread? 2. What do the miracle stories reveal about the values of Christianity and the Christian view on the nature of Jesus? 3. How is the Holy Trinity similar to the Hindu concept of Brahman

1. In groups: Finish Sermon on the Mount analysis 2. Read miracle stories - how do they connect to what you know about Christianity from the Sermon on the Mount and nature of Jesus 3. Holy Trinity (how like Hinduism) 4. spread of religion-- show map -- what do you notice? -- Paul or Constantine???? [|spread of religion]

Day 22 - Sermon on the Mount EQ: How does the Sermon on the Mount communicate the essential message of Christianity? [|Sermon on the Mount]

Day 21 Christianity Begins

Blue Green yellow EQ: What are the origins and central beliefs of Christianity?

Day 20 Diaspora / Elie Wiesel EQS Thursday 10/25 Yellow DAY F 23456 Friday 10/26 Blue and Green Diaspora/Elie Wiesel media type="custom" key="21183486"

Day 19 10 Commandments / Beliefs of Judaism

EQS:

1. How do the 10 Commandments represent the covenant between God and the Hebrew People?

2. What initiated the diaspora and where have Jewish people settled throughout the world?

3. How does Judaism meet the 5 functions of religion?

Day 18 GENESIS

EQ: How does the book of Genesis reveal the nature of the monotheistic God and the nature of the covenant between God and the Hebrew people?



Day 17 (Judaism begins) The Move to Monotheism

EQS:

1. What are the characteristics of the monotheistic God?

2. How do I paraphrase text and create a summary of an article?

Monday10/22 DAY C 56123 Blue Yellow

Tuesday 10/23 Green

Move to Monotheism

1. Review Unit Preview

2. Introduce Summary Assignment

3. Complete summary assignment as a class

4. Homework: create summary of Monotheism Article







Summary paragraph assignment - Monotheism Reading from ABC -Clio

Day 16 Day B (61234) Test on Hinduism and Buddhism

__ Day 15 Wednesday 10/17 Day F 23456 (Yellow), __

__ Thursday 10/18 Day A 12345 (Blue and Green) __

Who is the Dalai Lama and how has he used the ideas of Buddhism to meet the prophetic function of religion?

Dalai Lama and Prophetic Function

Review for test



Day 14

Why do Buddhists meditate?

Tuesday Day E 34561 blue and yellow, Wednesday 10/17 green 23456

Lunch Block for Period 6 : Prelunch activity: 5 functions chart for Hinduism/Buddhism /Venn Diagram comparing Hinduism/Buddhism

Meditation

[|Mind Focusing Activity] (5)

(can you focus on one thing?)

[|Eat Pray Love Meditation Clip] (5-10)

How does what you saw connect to what you know about Buddhism?

[|Elizabeth Gilbert on Meditation] (5-10)

Why does Gilbert struggle with meditation? How do her comments connect to what we have learned about Buddhism?

Meditation Activity (10-15)



Day 13 What is the difference between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism? 10/15 Day D 45612 Monday blue and yellow, (blue charades before lunch) / 10/16 Day E 34561Tuesday green) Theravada vs. Mahayana Buddhism

1. Examine map - make five conclusions based on the information on the map. 2. What do you think the difference between Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism is? 3. Have students read information sheet about one or the other and then jigsaw and create a venn diagram. -What doed the name mean? Best way to reach nirvana? Who can achieve nirvana in one's lifetime? What is the role of monks? (begging bowls) opinion of attachments? Buddha a God? - fundamental difference?

DAY 12 EQs (Friday blue and yellow, Monday Green) 1. How was Buddhism founded? 2. What is the "Middle Way"? 3. How does the 8 Fold Path lead to the Middle Way?



1. Bio Poem 2. Discuss Middle Way 3. 8 Fold Path charades

Day 11 EQs: 1. How was Buddhism founded? 2. What is the "Middle Way"?

Day 10 (Buddhism begins) EQs: 1. What are the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism? 2. How do the Four Noble Truths meet the religious functions of social control, social cohesion, meaning to the mundane, psychological support ?

DAY 9

Trip to library for lesson on skimming and scanning

DAY 8

Same essential questions as Day 7.

Groups jigsaw and explain their documents to each other.



DAY 7

EQS

1. Why is yoga practiced in the Hindu religion?

2. How do the Vedas provide Hindus with five functions of religion?

3. How does practicing ahimsa lead to good karma?

Day 6

EQs

1. How do karma and dharma effect samsara?

2. How is the caste system related to reincarnation?







DAY 5 Essential Questions 1. What are the origins and central beliefs of Hinduism? 2. How is reincarnation central to the Hindu belief system?

1. Watch or finish watching Essentials of Hinduism clip - discuss examples of five functions of religion in the clip. (periods 6 and 1) 2. "God lives in each soul, heart and consciousness waiting to be discovered". 3. Discuss reincarnation as a key belief of Hinduism

Day 4 -

Essential Questions:

1. How do the five functions of religion shape individuals beliefs and society?

2. What are the origins and central beliefs of Hinduism?

Goals:

1. Demonstrate understanding of five functions of religion by creating a diagram and developing a list of "key words" for each function.

"Religion is a tremendous generator of self-sacrificing action. If the hydraulic force of religion could be turned toward conduct, there is nothing which it cannot accomplish." - Walter Raushenbush

"Social problems are moral problems on a larger scale" - Walter Raushenbush

2.Watch video clip in order to gather evidence in response to EQ#2

Agenda:

1. brainstorm keywords as a class

2. create diagram - share out using ELMO

3.watch Essentials of Hinduism clip and gather evidence re: EQ2

Essentials of Hinduism

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DAY 3

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

1. How can effective effort improve my performance in social studies?

1. What are the five functions of religion?

Goals:

1. Use rubric and corrected tests to evaluate responses to Introduction to Civilization quiz. Create a journal entry reflecting on areas to improve upon for next assessment.

2. View and take notes on a powerpoint presentation to understand the five functions of religion. Create summarizing image of each function.

Agenda

1. Journal Entry #2



2. 5 functions of religion power point

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Interesting interview: [|On Being: Occupying the Gospel]

Day 2

Essential Questions:

1. Why are we learning about religion in a public school setting?

2. What is religion ?

Goals/ Agenda

1. Discuss and answer EQ #1 using line up activity and the homework.

2. In groups of 3-4 generate explanation of religion's purpose and write a letter to Martian's explaining it.



3. Summarizer: Walking Tour of Martian Letters and generate list of the characteristics (functions) of religion.

Day One EQs: 1.What role does religion play in your life? 2.What role does religion play in shaping world events? 3. What is religion? (green class only because it is lunch block) Goals: 1. Create journal entry to reflect on the importance of religion in your life 2. Examine headlines to determine the importance of religion in world events. Agenda: 1. Respond to EQ #1 in your journal. You do not have to write in complete sentences. You can represent your thoughts on this question in any way that you want....bullet points, picture, list, paragraph. If you think your answer to the question is "none" then please describe the forces that shape your values, morals, and beliefs. 2. Read Religion in the News headlines and story blurbs. In pairs, answer the questions that go with the headline. Have student line up 1-10 and then fold the line in half. Have the students explain to the person opposite them the number they assigned and why. 3. Ask about discrepancy between individual number and news number. 3.Homework: Globe Article below:



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17:43 Jesus was a Jew


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[|Dalai Lama]

__**JUDAISM**__

For all Abc-Clio readings. When you click the link it will take you to the log-in page. Type in sharonstudent as your username and password and it will open the document. [|Monotheism and the Hebrew People]

[|Montheism visual]

[|ABC-Clio Judaism]

[|613 Commandments of the Torah]

[|spread of religion]

[|Freedom of Religion]

Click above for 5 functions of religion power point

Click here for ABC-Clio Reading in Hinduism

[|Abc-Clio Hinduism]

Click on link below. when it takes you to login page, type in sharonstudent as your user name and password. [|ABC-Clio Buddhism]

Read the ABC-Clio reading and answer the questions in complete sentences in your notes.

Buddhism powerpoint

Elizabeth Gilbert talks about meditation [|Elizabeth Gilbert on meditation]

- Eat Pray love 1:05:34 -1:14 (scene about meditation)

Rolling Stone Article on Dalai Lama [|Rolling Stone Dalai Lama] "Nonbelievers striving for humanist connections" from Boston Globe 10/17/11 [|Boston Globe 10/17/11]