2013 Religions of the Middle East Lesson Plan

2013 Religions of the Middle East Lesson Plan

Date your papers:Block Days: Thurs, Oct 10 or Fri, Oct 11, 2013

Monday, October 14, 2013Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Wednesday, Oct 16, 2013: Afternoon Classes Only Due To PSAT Testing In AM

Thursday, October 17, 2013Friday, October 18, 2013

Monday, October 21, 2013Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Block Days: Wed, Oct 23 or Thurs, Oct 24, 2013

• Essential and Guiding Questions for the Middle East Unit:• Why is it important to develop an appreciation of other cultures?• How does religion impact the development of cultures?• How has the process of “modernization” affected the Middle East?• How has conflict affected the Middle East?• How does the culture of the Middle East impact the global

community?• What are the core beliefs of Judaism, Christianity and Islam? • How has Islam affected the development of culture in the Middle

East?• What events, figures, and processes have impacted the Middle East?• What issues currently affect the Middle East?• What internal conflicts have shaped the development of the Middle

East?• How have external conflicts affected perceptions of the Middle East?• What factors influence the Middle East’s position in the global

community?

Day One/Two: Block Days of Thurs, Oct 10 or Fri, Oct 11, 2013

• Quiet Question: Type Two Prompt--- Read the following excerpt, examine the two corresponding visuals, and use your prior knowledge of Middle East Geography to write in response to the Reflection Questions.

• • Reflection Questions: • What characteristics of the Middle East region make it so vital to the rest of world? Be sure

to provide evidence to support this answer…examples, statistics, etc… in the provided sources with today’s lesson and AT YOUR MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY NOTES from the last lesson.

• • How has the Middle East region used its abundance of oil as an uniting force and as an

economic tool? Be sure to provide evidence to support this answer…examples, statistics, etc…Use the information provided with today’s lesson and YOUR MIDDLE EAST GEOGRAPHY NOTES FROM THE LAST LESSON.

• • What do you think will happen to the Middle East region when all of its natural resources are

consumed in the next century or so? In what timeframe do you think this will happen? Why do you think that?


• Class: Have students share responses. After discussing the importance of oil in the Middle East, introduce another reason for why the Middle East is so importance---its religious significance. We are going to watch two video clips from United Streaming to introduce us to the religions of the Middle East.

• • “Muslims, Jews, and Christians Revere Jerusalem”---9

minutes and 15 seconds• “Mediterranean Religions”----5 minutes and 54 seconds


• Class: Ms. Barben is going to begin her Three Faiths Overview Powerpoint, and you will take notes on the three faiths in the provided graphic organizer.

• IF YOU DO NOT TAKE GOOD NOTES NOW, YOU WILL HAVE TO GO BACK ON YOUR OWN TIME OUTSIDE OF CLASS TO GET NOTES FOR THE UPCOMING GROUP SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT!


• Homework: You are to begin reading and taking additional more detailed notes on the three religions of the Middle East in the provided graphic organizer.

• • To distinguish between the class notes from the powerpoint and the individual

reading notes, we will do the following:• Class Powerpoint Notes: Use either a BLACK or BLUE PEN• Individual Reading Notes: Use either a PENCIL or a RED, PINK, or PURPLE PEN• • It is very important that you do this reading and note-taking, because you will be

using this material for:– the Summative Assessment Religious Caricature,– the Summative Assessment Comparing and Contrasting the Three Religions,– will be tested on it with the Summative Assessment First Middle East Unit Test.

• Ms. Barben’s Overview Powerpoint will not be as detailed as the information covered in the supplemental reading.---CANNOT RELY ON JUST POWERPOINT NOTES!


• Chunking:• Night One: Thurs, Oct 10 or Fri, Oct 11---Read and

take notes on pages 1-4 stopping at “Practices of Worship”

• Night Two: Mon, Oct 14---Read and take notes on pages 4 starting at “Practices of Worship” – 7 stopping at “Monotheistic Religions”

• Night Three: Tues, Oct 15--- Read and take notes on pages 7 starting at “Monotheistic Religions” -9

Day Three: Monday, October 14, 2013

• Class: Ms. Barben is going to continue her Three Religions Overview Powerpoint, and you should be adding to your graphic organizer notes.

• • Homework: Continue reading and note-

taking from the supplemental reading.•

Day Four: Tuesday, October 15, 2013

• Class: Ms. Barben is going to finish her Three Religions Overview Powerpoint, and you should finish adding to your graphic organizer notes.

• Groups: Summative Assessment: You will be broken up into groups and assigned one of the three religions of the Middle East to do additional research on and to create a Historical Caricature on.


• The resources are as follows:• Your Class Notes up to this

point• Textbook Pages:• Judaism: pages 49-51, 169, and

226-227• Christianity: pages 170-176,

218-219, 412-423 “Protestant Reformation and Catholicism”, and 427-Flowchart

• Islam: pages 188-191, 224-225, and 192-209

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• Ms. Barben’s Teacher Page:

• Judaism Powerpoint• Christianity Powerpoint • Islam Powerpoint• United Streaming Film

Clips Uploaded for Each Religion

Day Four: Tuesday, October 15, 2013• Chunking of the Religious Historical Caricature:• Work Day One: Tuesday, October 15, 2013• Break up the different resources for the project between the group members to

take additional notes from, print up images, and write down more ideas for the project.

• Rest of class and Homework: Read and take notes from your assigned resource.• • Work Day Two: Wednesday, October 16 and Thursday, October 17• Share additional information found from each resource and add to the graphic

organizer specifically for your assigned religion only.• Then brainstorm and do a rough draft of your Religious Caricature on the blank

piece of paper.• Then assign the different art parts and corresponding written parts to the

different group members.• Homework: Print up and/or draw your art parts. You must complete your art

parts as homework to be done on time.

Day Four: Tuesday, October 15, 2013• Work Day Three: Friday,

October 18• Assemble the art part of the

Religious Caricature on the oaktag. You should finish the art part by the end of the class period.

• Homework: Write up, type up, and edit your written parts. Be sure to email to your group members and yourself, and also save on a flashdrive.

• Work Day Four: Monday, Oct 21• The group members should edit

each other’s written parts. • Make sure each follows and meets

the minimum requirements. • You can lose important points for

careless mistakes and leaving out required information and components.

• Check against grade sheet.• Print up the written part and attach

to the bottom of your Religious Caricature.

• Homework: Make sure all your Middle East Notes are complete up to this point.

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Day Four: Tuesday, October 15, 2013• 2013 Middle East Religions Historical Caricature Grade Sheet Due on:• A)_________________ The caricature was a detailed drawing of a central historical figure. • On the person were objects and details that realistically could be on him and represent key beliefs, characteristics, and events.• Must have a MINIMUM of SEVEN historical aspects addressed on the figure• You CANNOT REPEAT CONCEPTS OR INFORMATION! If you do, it will not be counted.• Each historical aspect is worth 6 Points for a total of 42 Points.

– Suggestions– Enlarge the face of your actual historical figure from Ms. Barben’s Powerpoint or the Internet ---for example use the face

of Abraham for Judaism, the face of Jesus for Christianity, and the face for Islam use a symbol of the religion, a picture of a mosque, etc…since Muslims do not depict religious figures under their faith, to use as your head to have an accurate visual

– Thought Bubbles for important beliefs, prayers, a saying, etc… for the religion – Speaking Bubbles for famous quotes or beliefs for the religion– T-Shirt Design and Slogan for important beliefs and/or practices of the religion– Items in each hand for important beliefs and impact on the religion---for example the different holy texts/books in each

hand– Items under each foot for things they were against/forbidden to do under the religion– Wearing something on the head relating to important belief or practice of the religion– Wearing a piece of jewelry that ties in to the religion– USE HISTORICAL IMAGES WHENEVER YOU CAN TO BE ACCURATE AND SAVE TIME– DO IN COLOR

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Day Four: Tuesday, October 15, 2013• B)______________ In the background, there are additional supplementary images that are

realistically and historically appropriate and represent additional key beliefs, characteristics, and events.

• Must have a Minimum of FIVE historical aspects addressed in the background• You CANNOT REPEAT CONCEPTS OR INFORMATION! If you do, it will not be counted.• Each historical aspect is worth 6 Points for a total of 30 Points.• Suggestions:

– Buildings relating to the religion like place of worship and unique architectural features to the faith– Other historical figures they influenced, contradicted, or agreed with religion– Places and events related to the religion---holy cities they make pilgrimages to or played a key part of the

religion’s history– Practices of the religion– Bookshelves with important religious texts in background– Above the figure address the religion’s view of heaven and salvation– Below the figure address the religion’s view of afterlife and/or hell– Places around the world that this religion is a large majority of the population– Different religion sects – These should not be random or in collage style.– USE HISTORICAL IMAGES WHENEVER YOU CAN TO BE ACCURATE AND SAVE TIME– DO IN COLOR

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• C)_____________ At the bottom of the caricature, there is a detailed key explaining the symbolism. • Each key description is a minimum of THREE WELL-DEVELOPED SENTENCES that contains the 5 Ws, How, Causes/Effects, and other

Historical Aspects. • A well-developed sentences should either define, explain, provide examples, or analyze. • DO NOT WRITE SHORT OR BRIEF SENTENCES.• DO NOT WRITE VAGUE OR GENERAL STATEMENTS.• DO NOT JUST KEEP REPEATING OR REWORDING THE HISTORICAL INFORMATION. If you do, it will not be counted.• DO NOT WRITE IN PARAGRAPH FORMAT! It makes it too hard to read and take notes from.• WRITE IN BULLET FORMAT.• This should be numbered and the numbers should match the images on the poster.• Each is worth 6 Points for a Total of 72 Points.• You need to include specific information/facts like:

– Founder of the faith and prophets of the religion?– Key historical events in the development of the religion?– What are the main religious beliefs and why?– What are the main religious practices and why?– Where do they worship? Unique characteristics of their place of worship and why?– Cities or places of religious significance and why?– What are the divisions within the religion? Why? – Effects---short term and long term?– Use the proper historical/religious terms.

• This should be TYPED and in Calibri Bold Size 14 Font. • It should be attached to the bottom of your poster to hang front-wise for students to read and look at the art part at the same time.• • d)__________It was done neatly, in an organized manner, labeled with the title of the religion, and the key was spell-checked and

grammar-checked. Worth 6 Points• Total: /150 Points

Wednesday, Oct 16 and/or Thursday, Oct 17, 2013

• Work Day Two: Wednesday, October 16 and Thursday, October 17

• Share additional information found from each resource and add to the graphic organizer specifically for your assigned religion only.

• Then brainstorm and do a rough draft of your Religious Caricature on the blank piece of paper.

• Then assign the different art parts and corresponding written parts to the different group members.

• Homework: Print up and/or draw your art parts. You must complete your art parts as homework to be done on time.

Friday, October 18, 2013

• Work Day Three: Friday, October 18• Assemble the art part of the Religious

Caricature on the oaktag. You should finish the art part by the end of the class period.

• Homework: Write up, type up, and edit your written parts. Be sure to email to your group members and yourself, and also save on a flashdrive.

Monday, October 21, 2013• Work Day Four: Monday, Oct 21• The group members should edit each other’s written parts. • Make sure each follows and meets the minimum

requirements. • You can lose important points for careless mistakes and leaving

out required information and components. • Check against grade sheet.• Print up the written part and attach to the bottom of your

Religious Caricature.• Homework: Make sure all your Middle East Notes are

complete up to this point.•

Day Eight: Tuesday, October 22, 103

• Class: You will have the class period to go around the room and view the different Religious Caricature on the Middle Eastern Religions and take more detailed notes in the different provided graphic organizers for each of the three religions.

• • Homework: Begin to complete the Summative

Assessment Take Home Part of the First Unit Test Comparing and Contrasting the Middle Eastern Religions Graphic Organizer due the day of the unit test on Friday, October 25

Days Nine/Ten: Block Days---Wednesday, October 23 or Thursday, October 24, 2013

• Class: We are going to watch the History Channel DVD “Inside Islam” and you are to take additional notes in the provided graphic organizer.

• • Homework: Finish the Summative Assessment

Take Home Part of the First Unit Test Comparing and Contrasting the Middle Eastern Religions Graphic Organizer due the day of the unit test on Friday, October 25, 2013

Friday, October 25, 2013

• First Middle East Unit Test• Covers: Geography and Religions• Multiple Choice In Class• Take Home Short Answer

2013 Religions of the Middle East Lesson Plan

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