Week 13: Nov. 4-Nov. 8, 2k19

Day 1

In Class: Renaissance Dinner Party Writing Assignment due!  Introduce World Religions unit..

National Geographic Video on Religion

What is religion? 

Why do we as humans have religion?

Why does religion exist?
How does religion impact our decisions/lifestyles?
What are the major religions of the world?
We will study 4 of the 5 major religions of the world: Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism...Y'all got Judaism covered.

HW:  MLA format, Typed, Times New Roman, One-Inch Margins, Double-Spaced Minimum one-paragraph summary answering the following questions due by Day 2 of the week:

1. Is religion important to you?  
2. What about religion is/is not important to you?  
3. How does religion impact your daily life?  
4. What about your religious beliefs are the most important to you and why?  
5. What impact do you think religion has on the world?

Day 2 and 3

In Class:  Introduction to Islam... We will be reading a packet about Islam put together by Mr. Barry and Ms. Jordan that covers some of the history of Islam and the basic faith based principles of the religion.  You will each receive a packet and you have a job to do.  You will annotate the packet answering the Q's provided on the handout given to you.  These annotations to the packet will help you understand Islam and as you find the answers to the Q's you should be able to discuss them with the class when finished.

***Your goal is to find the answers to the Q's in the reading.  You can circle the answers and number them.  You can highlight the answers and number them.  You can write out the answers in your own words next to the text after circling/highlighting.  These packets are a Quiz grade and will be graded in 5 point increments based on attention to detail, highlighting/circling the answers, and adequately annotating the packet***

Introduction to Islam Video

Islam Reading PDF
Islam Annotation Assignment

HW:  None!

Day 4 -- No Classes -- Half Day Programming -- We are going over the answers to these Q's on Monday, Nov. 11.  These answers are due Nov. 11.