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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 4/30/15:
News Brief – Nikki
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: Jose.
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News Brief: Nikki had the news brief today and selected an article about this story to talk about: CNN.com - Nepal earthquake: Teenager pulled alive from rubble on Day 6. The updated count of people that have been killed as a part of the earthquake is over 5,500 at this point. Lots of international aid efforts going on, which we talked about, along with the difficulty of knowing how to help, and the need for 50,000 tents.
We also watched VICE News for the day, before moving on.
The next news brief was assigned to Jose.
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:
We also watched VICE News for the day, before moving on.
The next news brief was assigned to Jose.
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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