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Lana Zenz This page contains my PowerPoint and lesson plan for world religions.

Lesson Plan: Objective: Students will understand the basic characteristics of the three major world religions, and be able to distinguish their similarities and differences. ** Links to Utah State Core: ** Standard:  2  Objectives: 1 || __ Essential Question(s): __ What similarities and differences exist between the three major world religions, and how do their beliefs impact our society today? || __ Summative Assessment:  __ Students will be able to recognize the similarities between the religions, and understand the basic beliefs and traditions of each religion to ensure they treated those of other religions with more respect and tolerance. (Essay Test)   || __ Anticipatory Set, Warm up or Appetizer:  __ End of lecture on Islam Class discussion reviewing the key aspects of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. __ Time (hours/days) Required for lesson __ : 1-2 class periods  || __ English Cross Curricular (Utah Core)  __ Word Analysis/Vocabulary Evaluate & Connect text to self/world with: Informational text Persuasive essays Letters Graphs Political Cartoons Charts Biographies/ Autobiographies Reliable Sources Unreliable Sources Primary Sources Secondary Sources Predictions & Forecasting Open ended questions Make inferences Narrative details: Dialogue /Description/ Imagery/ Symbolism Paraphrasing and/or Summarizing __ Science Cross Curricular (Utah Core)  __ Distinguish between fact and inference Formulate & test hypothesis Analyze data and construct reasonable conclusions Evaluate & report findings Formulate questions & identify variables __ Five Themes of Geography  __ Region, Place, Movement, Location, Human Environmental Interaction || 1) Students will have had three different lectures and guided notes for each of the world religions. They can use these for the next activity and their homework essays.’ 2) For the end of the Islam lecture, the 2 year girl being interviewed about Islam YouTube video will be shown. 3) Students will be divided into six teams, based on the rows of desks in the classroom, for the Jeopardy review game. It will focus on the three major religions: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Each question will be classed in a category of cities, religious texts, religious figures, deities, history and tradition. 4) The class will be broken into six groups (two for each religion), and assigned a presentation to create, focusing on three interesting facts of the religion. The Jing screen cast on internet research will be shown to give the students a basic introduction to internet research. 5) After the projects, they will given their rubric for their essay assignment, due in a week. These essays will compare and contrast these religions, and allow the students to synthesis and prove their knowledge about these world religions. If they have not taken notes in class, they will have to research the information on their own. __  Materials & Necessary Resources  __     ||   Blooms Taxonomy   ||    Level I (Blooms)    ||    Level II (Blooms)    ||  Knowledge    Comprehension    Application  ||   Evaluation    Synthesis    Analysis  ||   Differentiated Learning      IEP & ESL    ||    Gifted & Talented    ||  Peer help/ move seat    Simplified materials    Highlight/ Give praise    Change/adapt/ add time Manipulatives/ Vocab    Podcasts/ Read alouds    Graphic organizers    Maps/ Graphics/     Modified testing    Appropriate/ Motivating  ||   Extension activities    Independent Study Invisible Instructor Literature Circle Targeted Instruction Alter instruction Alter Strategies Alter product Appropriate/ Motivating || ||   ||     ||  __ Exit Card: __ There will be no formal exit card for this class, but if they participated in the game they will only have to write two essays instead of three. __ Follow up/ Homework: __ The essay test due in a week is the only major assignment they will have to complete for homework. __ Remediation & Enrichment __ The class notes will contain all the information they need, and the PowerPoint game can be uploaded for absent students to access.  **__ World Religions Essay Test __** // This test will be given to assess your knowledge of the three religions: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. These essays will require you to analyze and synthesis your knowledge, as you will compare and contrast them and apply them to real-world scenarios. You will write a 2 page, typed, double spaced essay for **each** of the prompts. // *This assignment is due on __________________. 1) You move into a new college apartment, and you discover that one of your roommates is a Muslim, one is a Jew, and the other is a Christian. What areas of conflict or disagreement might occur between them, and what things would they agree on? How would life in your apartment be affected? 2) Abraham is a key figure in each of these religions. Using paragraph or so for each religion, describe his importance and relevance to each religion, and why it is important that he is considered the ‘father of monotheism.’ 3) Each of these religions has a tie to the city Jerusalem, and also each has their own religious text. How does each of these religions differ in their scriptures, and how is Jerusalem specifically important to each religion?
 * __ Ms. Lana Zenz __**