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World Religions: An Overview of the Worlds' Major Beliefs Self Paced Class
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Ages 11-16
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7 pre-recorded lessons
7 weeks of teacher support
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1 hour per week. Each week, students will have a video lesson to watch, and additional work to submit which will take approximately one hour total.Assessment
Each week's assignment and video upload with be assessed as Superior, Adequate, or Inadequate. At all times, students may re-submit their assignments for a better grade.Grading
includedClass Experience
US Grade 6 - 9
Beginner Level
This flex schedule class "meets" once a week, which means there will be a new topic posted on Sundays which will be due by the following Saturday for seven weeks. It is meant to provide students with an overview of each of the main religions in the order in which they were founded (Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam). Students will also have the opportunity to explore an additional major world religion. The following will be taught each week that a new faith is covered: -When and where it was founded -Who was the founder(s), how it was established, as well as other important people -Name of their deity or deities -Holy book(s) -Core beliefs -Holy place(s) -Practices and laws -Holiday(s) and why and when they are celebrated The main focus of the class is that of developing a multi-cultural appreciation of the different beliefs, practices, and histories of the religious groups that people belong to. Students will have the opportunity to share their own take-aways while comparing and contrasting each religion.It is hoped that students will understand that many people while practicing different religions and believing different things, have more in common than previously thought. Students will be encouraged to post video comments on FlipGrid where they can comment and react to their classmates' posts (this is monitored by the instructor.) At all times, the teacher will be interacting with and answering questions through the OS classroom page. The course will be broken down as follows: Lesson 1- Teacher video with an overview, introduction to religion. Ted-Ed video with questions to be submitted. Students will post to FlipGrid and be encouraged to comment and interact with each other. Lesson 2 - Teacher presentation video on Hinduism. Students will complete Hindu fact sheet and interact with each other on OS. Lesson 3 - Teacher presentation video on Judaism. Students will complete Judaism fact sheet and interact with each other on OS Lesson 4 - Teacher presentation video on Buddhism. Students will complete Buddhism fact sheet and interact with each other on OS Lesson 5 -Teacher presentation video on Christianity. Students will complete Christianity fact sheet and interact with each other on OS Lesson 6 - Teacher presentation video on Islam. Students will complete Islam fact sheet and interact with each other on OS Lesson 7- Extension and Exploration- students will chose an additional religion to research and report to the class on using a longer (can be uploaded to OS class page.)
Learning Goals
Students will learn the basic history, beliefs, and practices of Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam.
Students will identity similarities in the five major religions.
Students will identify the differences in the five major religions.
Students will show tolerance and understanding for people who believe in different ways.
Syllabus
7 Lessons
over 7 WeeksLesson 1:
Overview & Introduction to World Religions
Welcome to the course! This week is an overview of the major religions, as well as an introduction as to why religions exist and what they all have in common.
12 mins of video lessons
Lesson 2:
Hinduism
Lesson #2 dives deeper into Hinduism, which is the oldest of the faiths still practiced today and it’s origins are a mystery. There are over a billion Hindus in the world today!
19 mins of video lessons
Lesson 3:
Judaism
Lesson #3 dives deeper into the beliefs and practices of Judaism, which is the second oldest faith and the “parent” religion to Islam and Christianity.
21 mins of video lessons
Lesson 4:
Buddhism
Lesson #4 takes a look at Buddhism, created by a Hindu prince, looking for meaning in, and answers about life. Find out more about him the faith he started while seeking enlightenment.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Parents are encouraged to support the ideas of freedom and tolerance of different religious beliefs. Any stereotypes that are expressed by other students will be addressed accordingly.
Supply List
It may benefit students to be able to print out the assignments, although they can be competed online and uploaded to the instructor.
1 file available upon enrollment
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
Students will watch "The Five Major World Religions" - a Ted-Ed video on YouTube
Occasional references will be made or excerpts read during video lessons from each of the holy books of each religions (Upanishads, The Torah, The Tripitaka, The Bible, and The Qur'an.
Meet the teacher
Teacher expertise and credentials
3 Teaching Certificates
New Jersey Teaching Certificate in Special Education
New York Teaching Certificate in Special Education
Florida Teaching Certificate in Social Studies/History
I have been teaching about the different religions in the world since 2005, as part of World Cultural Geography. I still continue to teach about them in brick and mortar World History classes. It is a topic that I have deep knowledge of and a great deal of experience with.
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