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Buddhist prayer flags at Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu. This week was full of difficult news and updates from Nepal, which also relates to our unit on religion.
Hi everyone,
I had a lot of fun today, playing Jeopardy to review religion concepts and vocabulary! Here's what we did today in class:
I had a lot of fun today, playing Jeopardy to review religion concepts and vocabulary! Here's what we did today in class:
Learning Targets:
Knowledge LT 22: I can explain how religious ideas impact the shaping of societies.
Critical Thinking LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems and concepts.
Knowledge LT 22: I can explain how religious ideas impact the shaping of societies.
Critical Thinking LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems and concepts.
Soundtrack: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana. Selected for today for three reasons. 1) It is Spirit Week next week. 2) I was correctly assuming that there would be a spirited competition with Jeopardy. 3) Nirvana is a Buddhist concept of working towards enlightenment. Lyrics (good luck trying to understand them just listening!) here.
AGENDA 5/1/15:
News Brief – Zachary V.
Crash Course
Jeopardy Review
Study Time
Crash Course
Jeopardy Review
Study Time
Homework: Read the blog! Study the religion vocabulary for test next class! Know your grade and how to improve it - Russian Revolution (found on this post), World War I work (found on this post) and finishing Historical Investigation if you have not - revisions needed, as well (if you want to turn in a revised copy, please give me the original graded copy for review, as well). Next news brief: Blake.
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News Brief: Zach V. had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about:
CNN.com - French soldier-child sex abuse claims in Central African Republic investigated. I feel confident in saying that we have not talked about the C.A.R. at all during News Brief articles this year. Unfortunately, this is a terrible reason to start!
We also watched VICE News for the day, before moving on.
The next news brief was assigned to Blake.
Crash Course: Before playing Jeopardy, I wanted to show part of a Crash Course video that might help students understand 1) Islam a bit better, 2) How religion impacts society in a variety of ways. It was only the first 4 minutes or so of this video - and there are lots of other Crash Course videos on the history of religion, if you are interested!
Study Guide: At the end of class, it was study time for the test. Please note that there will also be a question or two based on some of the religions we talked last class, too! This guide is intended for you to help review your Religion PowerPoint notes. Here it is:
CNN.com - French soldier-child sex abuse claims in Central African Republic investigated. I feel confident in saying that we have not talked about the C.A.R. at all during News Brief articles this year. Unfortunately, this is a terrible reason to start!
We also watched VICE News for the day, before moving on.
The next news brief was assigned to Blake.
Crash Course: Before playing Jeopardy, I wanted to show part of a Crash Course video that might help students understand 1) Islam a bit better, 2) How religion impacts society in a variety of ways. It was only the first 4 minutes or so of this video - and there are lots of other Crash Course videos on the history of religion, if you are interested!
Again, just another opportunity for studying, if you want. I like that the videos are closed captioned, because they are very fast paced!
Jeopardy Review: Here is the PowerPoint we went through, playing Jeopardy to review - this should help, along with going over your notes and asking others to help quiz you!
I told students that I would put a question from the test on the blog, in the hopes of encouraging students to look, so here it is:
The term that describes a "branch" of a religion is: a) Worship. b) Pillar. c) Secular. d) Sect
Keep studying over the weekend!
Study Guide: At the end of class, it was study time for the test. Please note that there will also be a question or two based on some of the religions we talked last class, too! This guide is intended for you to help review your Religion PowerPoint notes. Here it is:
Be aware that Google Drive makes the sheet two pages, whereas the copy I passed out in class is just one page. Study the vocabulary and your notes from the religions we went over last class! The test will be next class! :-)
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