Week 11 (04/27-05/01)

RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE AWARD
Awards for Division 2 entries in both
the Internet Challenge & the Digital Media Competition

This award is designed to honor the Division 2/3 teams that create the best website AND the best video that celebrates the diversity and understanding of religious beliefs from all viewpoints. The entry must promote tolerance and compassion of faith-based communities so that we may end the unjustified fear and hatred between peoples of different backgrounds.

Students are encouraged to use the power of technology to teach others about different religions. Although the award description is limited to Islam, Christianity and Judaism, entries may address any and all religions including atheism and agnosticism.

The equivalent of First Place prizes will be given to the best website in the Internet Challenge and to the best video in the Digital Media Competition.

04/27/09

Aim: What and where are the religious conflicts in today's world?

Do Now:

• Copy Word of the Day (brief definition, partsof speech, and the example sentence)
• Copy Daily Test Prep( question and answer)
• Read and copy ONE news summary
• On this Day in History ( after reading, copy down one snippet of On this Day in History )

Activities:

Part III: Current Focus of Study- Regional conflicts in the world caused by religious reason (part 3 to be completed by Friday May 1 , 2009)

1. Homework # 42 Show a map where religious conflicts occur frequently (04/27/09)
   • map of religious conflicts
   • Religious Conflicts in history
   • The Great Divide
   • RELIGIOUS WARS A Bloody zeal
   • map of religious conflicts in the world
2. Homework # 42 Describe the cause( different religious beliefs, attitudes toward certain values, territory, human rights, etc) of the conflict and the consequence of it.(04/29)
   • Where is the conflict taking place?
   • What caused the conflict?
   • Who is finghting against whom?
   • What's the consequence of the conflict?

04/29/09

Aim: How do conflicts affect people's lives?

Do Now:

• Copy Word of the Day (brief definition, partsof speech, and the example sentence)
• Copy Daily Test Prep( question and answer)
• Read and copy ONE news summary
• On this Day in History ( after reading, copy down one snippet of On this Day in History )

Activities:

1.Journal #33 Describe an experience where conflicts caused tragedies.

2. (C.) Homework # 43 Read an article about the regional conflict due to religious difference. Use the voice of a teenager who lives there and suffers the loss of both parents to tell a story about how he/she lost the parents and his/her feelings & wishes.(05/01)

For the 2nd marking period (started on March 16, 2009 and ends on May 1, 2009), the following class work and homework will be checked-

• WOD (word of the day entries)
• SAT
• News Summaries
• Today in History
• HW#20-HW#37
• Part I, II & III of the project (HW #38-#43)
• Journals #12-#33

04/30/09

Part IV: Homework # 44 Creative Writing – Write an acrostic poem or narrative poem to promote the idea of “Religion and Peace” and how people with different religious beliefs should live peacefully together. (Completed by Monday May 4, 2009). Visit the site to help you write the poem.

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Part V: Homework # 45 Collage- Make a collage that illustrates the theme of “religion and peace”. (Completed by Wed. May 6, 2009)

Part VI: Homework #46 Create an INTERVIEW(video or written interview) about what I knew before about religion to what I have learned from the project.(Completed by Friday May 8, 2009)

Part VII: Homework # 47 Create a small group website that holds all the writing above and the collage from every group member. (Completed by Friday May 15,2009).