Class News 2015/16

Today we finished our lessons on Islam.  Here is the power point for the notes: Islam Students need to have the map finished.  They can find it on this power point: World Religions QUIZZES Students need to finish ALL 5 QUIZZES on my iLearn for all 5 religions.  These are open note and open book, … Continue reading »

Today we finished up the religion of Christianity.  Students need to have their notes on Christianity completed as well as the map colored.  Students who were absent should also read chapter 36 in the textbook.  Here is the information for Christianity: Christianity The Five Major World Religions-Text World Religions We also watched a video that … Continue reading »

Today we finished up the religion of Buddhism.  Students that were absent today need to complete their notes on Buddhism on the table provided at the beginning of the unit. Buddhism 5 Major World Religions table-map We also watched this 5 minute video on Buddhism as well: Judaism extra credit was due today. Tomorrow we … Continue reading »

Today we continued to discuss Buddhism and the origins and teachings.  We discussed the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path as well. Students presented their posters they worked on yesterday and then we did some light reading from the supplemental text: The Five Major World Religions-Text EXTRA CREDIT OPTIONS Judaism- Read chapter 11 and … Continue reading »

If any of you were absent on Friday, you MUST take the Hinduism Quiz and Judaism Quiz that can be found in iLearn.  There’s no password for each and it’s open note and open book, but you only get to take it once. These are formative grades and only 8 questions each.  These questions will … Continue reading »

See previous posts on extra credit for Hinduism and Judaism.  Hinduism was due today but they can still turn it in tomorrow (not for full credit). Judaism extra credit will be due on Wednesday. Again, they have to print off the reading notes (see previous posts), read the chapter, and complete the notes (not preview … Continue reading »

Yesterday and today we discussed the religion of Judaism.  We read part of the textbook and some supplemental reading as well.  We read pages 111-113 in the book.  Here is the supplemental reading on Judaism: The Five Major World Religions-Text We also took notes off of the power point today, so students need to fill … Continue reading »

Yesterday and today we started on our world religions unit with Hinduism.  We learned the basic beliefs of Hindus such as Dharma, Karma, Samsara, and reincarnation.  Yesterday we read through the text and did some posters in groups.  Today we went over the notes on a power point.  If any students were absent today they … Continue reading »

Chinese New Year is this Saturday, the 28th (will be the year of the rooster).  So today we did a lesson on the history and culture of Chinese New Year. Here are some of the resources that we used today: Power point: Chinese New Year Article: cny article Zodiac: chinese zodiac Chinese character Fu: chinese … Continue reading »

Yesterday, the 25th, we started our unit on world religions.  We will be discussing over the next few weeks the 5 major world religions:  Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam.  We went over a power point and students took notes.  Here is the power point: World Religions We also watched a video about the religions … Continue reading »