Week of Jan. 29-Feb. 2, 2k18

#Untouchables...#Serfs4Life...#Padawans...#Davis7....Welcome to the fourth of our religions for the World Religions unit: Christianity.  We've actually learned a lot about Christianity when we talked about the Roman Empire and the introduction of the Middle Ages and the power of the Church.

John Green Doc

History Channel Article and Video On Christianity

Christianity Doc

Video Podcast Answering the Q's from the John Green Video!  #Jedi #Serfs4Life #Untouchables

Buddhism Video Podcast

Hey #Untouchables and #Padawans, here is a video podcast on Buddhism, and Buddhism in Star Wars...May the Force Be With You! 

Here are some pictures from the board from this week to give you a better understanding of Buddhism and Star Wars...

Week 22 - Jan. 22-28, 2k18

Hey #Untouchables, #Serfs4Life, #Davis7... We will finish our Star Wars Buddhism discussion this week and our Buddhism unit with a short quiz on Friday...

"Fear is the path to the Dark Side.  Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering..." - Yoda 

Anitya: Life is in constant flux...

Continue Star Wars Buddhism -- Star Wars Buddhism Doc

Key Q's for Buddhism unit...

1. What is the Eight Fold Path?

2. What are the Four Truths?

3. How is The Force seen in Buddhism?

4. What is samsara?

5. What is nirvana?

6. What kind of life did Siddhartha have before wandering into the forest?

7. What does "buddha" mean?

8. What were the forms of suffering discovered by Siddhartha?

Eightfold Path Handout

Week 21: Jan 15-19, 2k18

#Untouchables welcome to Week 21 and the continuation of our Buddhism unit!  We finish this week on a field trip to the Civil Rights museum on Friday!

Day 1
In Class: Star Wars and Buddhism Star Wars Buddhism
HW:  None!

Day 2
In Class: Continue Star Wars and Buddhism Star Wars Buddhism
HW:  None!

Day 3
In Class: Finish Star Wars and Buddhism Star Wars Buddhism
HW:  None!

Day 4 -- Field Trip to Civil Rights Museum

Week 20: Jan. 8-12, 2k18

Welcome back #Davis7 #Untouchables #Serfs4Life!  We hope you had a terrific Winter Break!  This week we will finish Hinduism with our Acrostic Poem Project then introduce Buddhism...

Day 1
In Class:  Finish Hinduism Acrostic Poem -- Due Day 2!
HW:  None

Day 2
In Class:  Introduce Buddhism...Hughes History Intro video -- Chapter Doc reading and Q's to be answered for a HW grade about Buddhism by the end of Day 3 in class...

Buddhism Video: Hughes History!

HW:  None

Day 3
In Class:  Continue working on Buddhism Q's from the text...Due by the end of class for a HW grade...
HW:  None

Day 4
In Class: Go over the Buddhism Q's and discuss in more detail what Buddhists believe...
HW:  None