Identifying Contrasting Religious Beliefs and Athiesm

Essential Question

How do we connect in meaningful ways with people who are different from us?
What are the challenges of celebrating what we have in common while also honoring our differences?
How do religious differences impact us on a local level?
How do our similarities and differences impact the relationships we have with people inside and outside our own identity groups?
Why is it important to understand people may not believe in your religion or a religion at all?

Texts

Informational

‘Hope, Despair and Memory’

"Hope, Despair and Memory" is an address given by Elie Wiesel on December 11, 1986, the date Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Wiesel is an author and humanitarian and is known for writing about his experience as a survivor of the Holocaust.

Elie Wiesel

Grade Level

9-12

Subject

History

Topic

Religion

July 5, 2014

Visual

What's Under the Turban

This cartoon challenges assumptions that all men who wear turbans are affiliated with terrorist organizations.

Vishavjit Singh

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Subject

Civics

Topic

Religion

November 18, 2014

Informational

An Act to Protect Religious Freedom and Recognize Equality in Civil Marriage

With this law, passed by the General Assembly in 2009, Vermont became the fourth state to recognize same-sex marriages.

Vermont General Assembly

Grade Level

9-12

Subject

History

Topic

Religion Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

July 2, 2014

Informational

Four Freedoms

In his 1941 State of the Union Address, President Franklin D. Roosevelt outlined four fundamental human freedoms—the freedom of speech, of worship, from want, and from fear—for the United States and the rest of the world.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Subject

Civics

History

Economics

Geography

Topic

Civil Rights Movement Religion Class Rights & Activism

June 10, 2015

Teaching Strategies

Close and Critical Reading

Challenge the Text

Challenge the Text helps students ask and answer their own text-dependent questions by taking multiple perspectives and uncovering assumptions and biases within the text.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

RL.6-12.1, RL.6-12.2, RL.6-12.3, RL.6-12.6, RI.6-12.1, RI.6-12.2, RI.6-12.3, RI.6-12.6

July 19, 2014

Close and Critical Reading

Text Graffiti

This strategy exposes students to multiple short pieces of a text before they read it in its entirety. Students read selected quotes out of context and comment on both the selection and the comments of other students. The activity ends with students reflecting on their reactions to and predictions about the text.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

RL.6-12.1, RI.6-12.1

July 19, 2014

Student Tasks

Write to the Source

Break It Down

Break it Down asks students to demonstrate their explanatory and descriptive writing skills.

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

CCSS

W.6-12.2, W.6-12.4, W.6-12.9

July 19, 2014

Plan Built By

ifoster

Identifying Contrasting Religious Beliefs and Athiesm

‘Hope, Despair and Memory’

What's Under the Turban

An Act to Protect Religious Freedom and Recognize Equality in Civil Marriage

Four Freedoms

Challenge the Text

Text Graffiti

Break It Down

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