Unit 2, Lesson 18: Monotheistic Religions, Day 1
Learning Target: I can analyze multiple sources to answer a historical question
Class Activities:
1. Students came in and picked up the "Monotheism, Day 1" handout, and got to work on the do now.
2. We took a few notes on the handout. Here is what you need to copy down:
1). Monotheism means, "belief in one god"
2). The three monotheistic religions are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
3). All three religions came from Abraham, who is a respected prophet and is considered the first monotheist. (Don't need to copy this bit down, but important to know/understand-- Before him, people were mostly polytheistic, believing in many gods. The story says that Abraham was disgusted by how people were worshipping all kinds of objects, etc. God spoke to Abraham and told him that there was only one God. From then on, Abraham began spreading the belief that there is only one God-- this is considered the beginning of Judaism, at around 2000 BC. At about the year 33AD, Jesus was crucified. Some people believed that Jesus was the Son of God, and some people believed he was only a man. The people who believed that Jesus was the Son of God were considered Christians. Finally, at around the year 600AD, a man named Muhammad began preaching that God had spoken to him directly and given him His word. Muhammad wrote it down and called it the Qu'ran. He felt that Bible, written from about 40 different authors over a thousand years, was not really the word of God, because it had been so changed by man. The Qu'ran was the truest word of God, he felt. This was the beginning of Islam.
3. I explained that our question is, "Are the monotheistic religions more similar or different?" Outside in the hallway, I had taped up six different stations with info to help them answer this question-- topics like, "Viewpoints on Jesus", "Belief in God", "Symbols", and "Holy texts". The students walked around to different stations, using the back of the handout to write down similarities and differences. The goal was for students to complete 3 stations of their choosing, though some students only got 1-2 done. That's fine, because we'll be doing a second day, but they'll be at a slight disadvantage.
4. At the end, they filled out the bottom front of their handout, which is meant to help sum everything up.
Papers handed in today:
Taoism worksheet
Homework:
None (However, some students only finished 1 of the stations. They will be more successful in the following day's lesson if they have 3.)
Class Activities:
1. Students came in and picked up the "Monotheism, Day 1" handout, and got to work on the do now.
2. We took a few notes on the handout. Here is what you need to copy down:
1). Monotheism means, "belief in one god"
2). The three monotheistic religions are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
3). All three religions came from Abraham, who is a respected prophet and is considered the first monotheist. (Don't need to copy this bit down, but important to know/understand-- Before him, people were mostly polytheistic, believing in many gods. The story says that Abraham was disgusted by how people were worshipping all kinds of objects, etc. God spoke to Abraham and told him that there was only one God. From then on, Abraham began spreading the belief that there is only one God-- this is considered the beginning of Judaism, at around 2000 BC. At about the year 33AD, Jesus was crucified. Some people believed that Jesus was the Son of God, and some people believed he was only a man. The people who believed that Jesus was the Son of God were considered Christians. Finally, at around the year 600AD, a man named Muhammad began preaching that God had spoken to him directly and given him His word. Muhammad wrote it down and called it the Qu'ran. He felt that Bible, written from about 40 different authors over a thousand years, was not really the word of God, because it had been so changed by man. The Qu'ran was the truest word of God, he felt. This was the beginning of Islam.
3. I explained that our question is, "Are the monotheistic religions more similar or different?" Outside in the hallway, I had taped up six different stations with info to help them answer this question-- topics like, "Viewpoints on Jesus", "Belief in God", "Symbols", and "Holy texts". The students walked around to different stations, using the back of the handout to write down similarities and differences. The goal was for students to complete 3 stations of their choosing, though some students only got 1-2 done. That's fine, because we'll be doing a second day, but they'll be at a slight disadvantage.
4. At the end, they filled out the bottom front of their handout, which is meant to help sum everything up.
Papers handed in today:
Taoism worksheet
Homework:
None (However, some students only finished 1 of the stations. They will be more successful in the following day's lesson if they have 3.)
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