April 24 -Introduce World Religions

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Welcome back! Great to see you all! I have a note about your Asia Maps. ¡New Delhi and Delhi… (Delhi is both a province and another city/neighborhood to the northeast of New Delhi).  In other words... CROSS OUT Delhi on your word banks. Today in class we will be starting our new unit, discussing World Religions. I have always found world religions fascinating and hope that we can have some interesting and profound discussions today. I'm looking forward to it! Let's do this! Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.

Objectives:

1. Discuss the concept of religion in order to develop a base of understanding
2. Create a PPT style presentation in groups to describe a world religion to peers, field questions, and communicate complex ideas

Agenda:

1. History Today
1. Prompt: Religion
1. What do you know about religion? 
2. Do you consider yourself to be religious? 
3. How involved are you with your family’s identified religion?
2. Introduce World Religions
1. Religion defined
2. Theory of Religion
3. Religion Types
4. Religion by the numbers
5. Five Major World Religions
6. Polytheism
3. HTC
1. Prompt: Guiding question review
1. What is religion?
2. Why do people have religion or faith?
3. What are the major types of religions?
4. Introduce Religion Project (Friday)
1. Patheos World Religions (Lots of Info here)
2. BBC Religion
3. Religion Facts
4. Religion Sacred Texts
5. Religion Comparison Resource
6. Classroom Resource: Religions of the World
1. Hopfe, Lewis M., and Mark R. Woodward. Religions of the World: Media and Research Update. 9th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2005.

Homework:

1. Current Event #14 due Sunday (Asia)
2. Asia Map Test on May 20
1. Use Seterra Quiz Website to Study!

That's all for the day folks!  I hope that everything has been going well!  Take care and have a wonderful rest of your day!