N/A Gone Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I have seniors for a worlds religion class. They are kind of lazy and easily bored. What recommendations does anyone have for ways to teach world religions? I have Islam Buddhist Hindu Judaism as my units remaining. Any help would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dauntingknight Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 What do you mean by like recommendations, like a project? I would go for Lutheran if I'm understanding this correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassan Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 [quote name='Revprodeji' post='1802793' date='Mar 10 2009, 03:36 PM']I have seniors for a worlds religion class. They are kind of lazy and easily bored. What recommendations does anyone have for ways to teach world religions? I have Islam Buddhist Hindu Judaism as my units remaining. Any help would be great.[/quote] Can you get a religious leader from the communities to come in and discuss their religion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 When I was in 5th grade, we basically celebrated the various holidays (not in a religious way) during the year. It was great. We played with dreidels and lit candles for Hanukkah and did a skit about Esther for Purim. For a week we prayed all the times that Muslims did, except we did one decade of the rosary each time. On Yom Kippur the day of atonement, we did a reconciliation service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassan Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 [quote name='CatherineM' post='1802839' date='Mar 10 2009, 03:25 PM']We played with dreidels[/quote] lucky duck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mari Therese Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 One of our world religions classes got to take a day trip to Toronto, and they went to a Mosque, Synagogue, and a Shinto Temple. The religious leaders gave a presentation. Other times they've had Bhuddist monks as speakers, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N/A Gone Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Quest speakers would be a good idea. I am looking for various activities. Thanks for any ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_Joe Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 movies that are representative of those religions? I can name a few if you'd like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N/A Gone Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 Yea, movies would be great. I have a couple for Judaism, but not for the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddington Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Jaroslav Pelikan has a [url="http://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Writings-vol-Christianity-Confucianism/dp/B000RL64EI/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236871750&sr=1-12"]6 volume thingy.[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N/A Gone Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 What would be a good movie for Islam? (*Hindu and Buddhist also--but Islam is the main one) I wonder if I should cover some modern cult-like religions like Scientology/LDS/JW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 [quote name='Revprodeji' post='1823983' date='Apr 3 2009, 09:14 PM']I wonder if I should cover some modern cult-like religions like Scientology/LDS/JW[/quote] I don't think anything good could come of presenting Scientology as a valid religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old_Joe Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 [quote name='Revprodeji' post='1823983' date='Apr 3 2009, 09:14 PM']What would be a good movie for Islam? (*Hindu and Buddhist also--but Islam is the main one) I wonder if I should cover some modern cult-like religions like Scientology/LDS/JW[/quote] I don't know about Islam, but I can name a couple of good movies for Buddhism: Kundun <---I'd see this one first. Little Buddha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groo the Wanderer Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 A CHRISTIAN: You have two cows. You keep one and give one to your neighbor. A SOCIALIST: You have two cows. The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor. A REPUBLICAN: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. So what? A DEMOCRAT: You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being successful. You vote people into office who tax your cows, forcing you to sell one to raise money to pay the tax. The people you voted for then take the tax money and buy a cow and give it to your neighbor. You feel righteous. A COMMUNIST: You have two cows. The government seizes both and provides you with milk. A FASCIST: You have two cows. The government seizes both and sells you the milk. You join the underground and start a campaign of sabotage. DEMOCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. The government taxes you to the point you have to sell both to support a man in a foreign country who has only one cow, which was a gift from your government. CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows. BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE: You have two cows. The government takes them both, shoots one, milks the other, pays you for the milk, then pours the milk down the drain. AN AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when the cow drops dead. A FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows. A JAPANESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. A GERMAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You reengineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves. AN ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows but you don't know where they are. You break for lunch. A RUSSIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka. A MEXICAN CORPORATION: You think you have two cows, but you don't know what a cow looks like. You take a nap. A SWISS CORPORATION: You have 5000 cows, none of which belongs to you. You charge for storing them for others. A BRAZILIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You enter into a partnership with an American corporation. Soon you have 1000 cows and the American corporation declares bankruptcy. AN INDIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You worship them. A TALIBAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You turn them loose in the Afghan "countryside" and they both die. You blame the godless American infidels. oh wait...religions, not politics. sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N/A Gone Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 So there is no Islam movie anyone would recommend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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