Michael had several friends including Roger and Daniel. Roger has recently met and started dating a wonderful lady named Phyllis. He is convinced this is a long term relationship. Unknown to Roger, Michael observed them at a restaurant several days ago and realized Phyllis is the wife of his other friend Daniel.Michael is deciding whether to tell Roger that Phyllis is married when he receives a call from Daniel. Daniel suspects his wife is having an affair and since they and Michael share many friends and contacts, he asks if Michael has heard anything regarding an affair.

UNIT 3PEACE & SECURITY

WHAT WE WILL COVER

Explore the challenges faced by individuals and groups in the quest to live together

Explore the role of freedoms, rights, responsibilities and prejudices in maintaining peace or in threatening it

Explore how you relate to others and how your view of the world influences your definition of peace

HOW DO CO-OPERATION, RESPECT AND EMPATHY TIE INTO PEACE AND SECURITY?

Co-operation - the action or process of working together to the same end.

Respect - a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.

What’s this cartoon Saying?

• Who is the bad guy?• What is the war over?• Why is peace a tree?

QUESTIONS TO KEEP IN MIND

Despite differences in our locations, religions, individual life experiences, or gender, what are the elements that we have in common?

Why do we strive for individual and collective peace? How is individual and collective peace threatened? What are some challenges to achieving and ensuring

peace?

DEFINITIONS

Prejudice - preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.

Preference - a greater liking for one alternative over another or others.

Discrimination -  Treatment or consideration based on class or category rather than individual merit

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DISCRIMINATION AND PREJUDICE?

RELIGION

5 MAJOR LIVING WORLD RELIGIONS

Living religion - A belief system that changes and evolves to suit it's time and environment.

The five religions summarized here have a combined membership of 3 1/2 to 4 billion people. This is about 80 percent of the world's total population.

Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hindu, Buddhist

Why this image?

JUDAISM

JUDAISM is the world's oldest religion. They were the first to teach belief in only one God. Two other important religions developed from Judaism: Christianity and Islam.

Jews think that God will send a Messiah (a deliverer) to unite them and lead them in His way. The Jewish anticipate His arrival in the future.

Judaism teaches that death is not the end and that there is a world to come

CHRISTIANITY

CHRISTIANITY is based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. They believe in one God who created the universe and continues to care for it.

Their God sent his son Jesus (called the "Messiah") into the world to save humanity from sin. Christians believe they can be delivered from sin through their belief in Jesus.

Religious Text: Bible It consists of two parts: (1) The Old Testament describes life

before the birth of Jesus; parts of this scripture is identical to a sacred book of Judaism; (2) The New Testament describes the life and teaching of Jesus, how the early church developed, and explains what faith in Jesus means.

ISLAM

ISLAM is religion preached by the prophet Muhammad. He believed he had been sent by God (Allah) to guide his people and be their messenger.

The sacred text: "Koran." Muslims believe its words to be those of Allah himself. Parts of the Koran resemble the Christian Bible. It contains stories about the prophets who appear in the Old Testament and stories from the New Testament about Jesus. 

Muslims learn that life on earth is a period of testing and preparation for the life to come. Angels record good and bad deeds. People should behave themselves and help others, trusting in Allah's justice and mercy for their reward. 

WHAT DOES RELIGION HAVE TO DO WITH PEACE AND SECURITY?

RACISM

RACISM

Ku Klux Klan – a white supremacist hate group that has been known to use the Bible to support its beliefs

White supremacy - is the belief of, and/or promotion of the belief, that white people are superior to people of other racial backgrounds and that therefore whites should politically dominate non-whites

Skinhead – was not always associated with white supremacist groups but has been in later years

SWASTIKA

GIVING HATE A BODY CHECK

Pg. 83 in your textbook1. How did Frank Meeink’s life experiences shape his worldview?2. What did Frank Meeink feel the hate-group could provide for

him?3. Why did Frank accept how the hate-group presented the

world to him?4. What factors (name at least 2) started to break down Frank’s

racist belief system?5. The article talks a lot about “ego.” What is an ego? He says

“They all fall on their little butts but that knocks the ego right out” what does he mean?

HOW DO PEOPLE OVERCOME RACISM?