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We took notes about Christianity today in class. This is a photo from the top of a mountain overlooking Cabo San Lucas, at the tip of Baja California in Mexico. Taken over Winter Break, 2014.
Dear class,
It was nice to be able to continue looking at how religion impacts society, and with taking notes on a new religion. Here's what we did today in class:
It was nice to be able to continue looking at how religion impacts society, and with taking notes on a new religion. Here's what we did today in class:
Learning Targets:
Knowledge LT 21: 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 21: 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: "Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor" from The Pianist (Wladek Szpilman). Selected for today because the film The Pianist is about the Holocaust, and we are learning about Judaism in society. No lyrics, but listen here.
AGENDA 4/27/18:
News Brief – Shawn
Israel and Religion
Christianity
Grade Check
Israel and Religion
Christianity
Grade Check
Homework: Read the blog! Know your grade and how to improve it - Russian Revolution (found on this post), World War I work (found in this post) and finishing the Country Profile Project if you have not - revisions needed, as well. Next news brief: Ellie.
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News Brief: Shawn had the news brief today. We watched this video on the historic meeting between the leaders of North and South Korea yesterday: Twitter.com - @CNNi: Korean Leaders Meet. We found North Korea in the world map packet and talked about this story, along with a bit about what is happening there with this peace conference.
The next news brief was assigned to Ellie.
As usual, we has a spirited conversation about the weekend and what people were up to. I always enjoy hearing about life outside the classroom!
We also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Israel and Religion: To focus on how the Jewish religion impacts and shapes society, it is easy to point to the only country in the world where Judaism is the main religion: Israel. To start this section, I played this video, which is about the Holocaust Memorial Day in Israel, and stopping everything for a minute to reflect:
The next document I showed the class was this recent survey of Americans about their attitudes towards Israel: Gallup.com - Americans Remain Staunchly in Israel's Corner. I showed this to demonstrate that there is still huge support for Israel here in the United States, and I talked about the reasons why this might be - again, how religion impacts society.
Finally, I showed this video from the New York Times: NYTimes.com - Israelis Split Over Service. This was to show the conflict within Israel between Ultra-Orthodox Jews and the military, who mandates that people of the country serve when they turn 18.
After the video, I asked the question of whether or not students thought the Jewish people in the video should be forced to serve in the military, and we had an interesting discussion about it. Thank you for your participation here!
Grade Check: So, because I was feeling nice, instead of having the rest of class be devoted to grade checks, we played the country naming game on Sporcle! It was a really fun end to the day - thanks everyone! All of that said, it is still very important to stay on top of your grades, especially now that the Country Profile Project grades have been handed back! See you next class!
The next news brief was assigned to Ellie.
As usual, we has a spirited conversation about the weekend and what people were up to. I always enjoy hearing about life outside the classroom!
We also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Israel and Religion: To focus on how the Jewish religion impacts and shapes society, it is easy to point to the only country in the world where Judaism is the main religion: Israel. To start this section, I played this video, which is about the Holocaust Memorial Day in Israel, and stopping everything for a minute to reflect:
The next document I showed the class was this recent survey of Americans about their attitudes towards Israel: Gallup.com - Americans Remain Staunchly in Israel's Corner. I showed this to demonstrate that there is still huge support for Israel here in the United States, and I talked about the reasons why this might be - again, how religion impacts society.
Finally, I showed this video from the New York Times: NYTimes.com - Israelis Split Over Service. This was to show the conflict within Israel between Ultra-Orthodox Jews and the military, who mandates that people of the country serve when they turn 18.
After the video, I asked the question of whether or not students thought the Jewish people in the video should be forced to serve in the military, and we had an interesting discussion about it. Thank you for your participation here!
Christianity: Next, we continued with the religion notes, using the Cornell Notes format. Here is the PowerPoint again:
Today, we finished the fourth religion in the PowerPoint - Christianity. I appreciated your focus on it! I enjoyed, as always, explaining and trying to answer questions from the class. :-)
Grade Check: So, because I was feeling nice, instead of having the rest of class be devoted to grade checks, we played the country naming game on Sporcle! It was a really fun end to the day - thanks everyone! All of that said, it is still very important to stay on top of your grades, especially now that the Country Profile Project grades have been handed back! See you next class!
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