1 - Beliefs: Origins and Trust
Wednesday, September 7, 2005
7th Grade History (GCP)
Mr. Lindy
Objectives:
1. SWBAT identify two basic human needs: a code of behavior and a sense of purpose.
2. SWBAT distinguish between the ways myths, folk stories, and religions provide this purpose.
3. SWBAT describe the job of the return captains and our new procedure for vocabulary.
Materials:
Do Nows, Classworks, HW’s
Opening:
1. Do Now - DISTRIBUTE NOTE CARDS AND EXIT SLIPS!
2. Student responses. Hit: Title of unit, 5th theme, new jobs
3. Today - New unit … what people believe (about life, about death, about God)
- significance: build a better tomorrow = trust from common origins / desires
- how: all cultures beliefs come from the same basic places (today), read, draw,
partners (to EARN)
- looking at problems and solving them all year --- misunderstanding people’s
beliefs = HUGE part of the problems we see
4. Essential question --- DISCUSSION to earn at the end of class
5. Behavioral expectations -- COLLEGE LEVEL MATERIAL
Introduction of New Material:
1. Brainstorm together EQ: Beyond food and material possessions, what do we need to be happy? (on board)
2. Picture analysis (on classwork)
3. Shared reading (w/ pre-reading?)
Guided Practice:
1. Go over post reading questions
2. Begin chart together
Independent Practice:
1. Chart completion
Time for EQ discussion…..
Closing:
1. Word wall
2. Vocab card completion (Picture and practice as part of homework)
3. Exit slip: What is a myth? What is a folktale? Beyond food and material possessions, what do we need to be happy?
Name: ______Do Now
September 7, 2005 History - ____
Do Now #11
Directions: Read the following letter silently to yourself. When you are finished, answer the questions below in neat, complete, and thoughtful sentences. Go Above and Beyond if you finish early.
Monday, September 7, 2005
Dear Pride of 2011,
Welcome back, seventh graders! I hope you had a restful break and are ready to being our SEARCH FOR EMPOWERMENT. Remember, we never simply study the past. We study history to solve problems, to find empowering memories, and to build a better tomorrow.
So where should we start? So many of the world’s problems (in Iraq, in Israel, in the United States) arise because people have different beliefs about the world and about God. We are going to begin seventh grade history with a unit on BELIEF SYSTEMS. We will study major religions around the world and see what many have in common.
As we start this unit, we will be adding our fifth and final theme … CULTURE. Culture means, basically, “what people do and what people believe.” We have a strong culture at GCP. What do GCP students do? What do GCP students believe? These are questions you can probably already answer.
Student Jobs: Each day this week, you will learn about one of our classroom jobs. On Friday you will have the chance to apply for one of these jobs. We will have two RETURN CAPTAINS. Their job is to return graded papers during the Do Now. Be thinking about what would make a good return captain.
1. What is the title of our first unit? ______
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2. What does that title mean? ______
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3. Describe our fifth theme: ______
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4. What is our “culture” here at GCP? ______
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5. Copy each vocabulary word onto the note cards at your desk:
Myth Folktale Religion
Above Beyond: Besides food & material possessions, what do we need to be happy?
Name: ______Classwork
September 7, 2005 History - ____
Classwork #11
Part I: In the space below, brainstorm some quick answers to our essential question:
Besides food and material possessions, what do we need to be happy?
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Part II: Study each picture, and then answer the question below each one.
Will this wallet be stolen? Why? Will the angry man kill the other? Why?
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Will a student cheat on this test? Why? Will someone burn down this house
______in the middle of the night? Why?
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*** One thing we need to be happy is a ______***
Part III: For each number, circle the one you would prefer.
1. Coming home everyday after work. Traveling the world as the head of a major
company
2. Having a job Having a career
3. Being a doctor in Raleigh Working as a doctor in a poor community
*** So … while not necessary, it is nice to have ______***
Part IV: Read the selection below. We will begin it as a class, and you will finish it on your own.
We have already discovered two very important ideas. First, everyone wants to feel safe, and to feel safe cultures create sets of rules. We often call those rules “codes of behavior.” Second, life is usually better if one has a sense of purpose. It is more exciting to be alive if we feel like we are doing something exciting.
The world’s BELIEF SYSTEMS provide answers to those two needs. Different cultures, however, have different ways of providing those answers. Some cultures use religion. By religion, we mean a set of beliefs about one or more Gods that has been written down. In this unit we will study the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Later this year we will turn to Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and many others.
It is possible to create codes of behavior and a sense of purpose in other ways too. Other cultures use myths or folk tales. Both are stories that are told orally (by mouth, without being written down) from one generation to the next. Myths--unlike folk tales--often tell of Gods or Goddesses. We will study two sets of these stories: myths that came from ancient Greece (in Europe) and folk tales that come from ancient Nigeria (in Africa).
1. What makes a myth different from a folk tale? ______
2. What makes a myth different from a religion? ______
3. We will be studying myths from ______and folk tales from ______.
Part V: Complete the chart below by writing religion, myth, or folk tale in the right hand column of the chart.
Description: / R, M, or FT?Parents tell children stories about ancient gods and goddesses.
Children remember stories from their grandparents about ordinary people that taught them the difference between right and wrong.
Student read from the Koran (a holy book) about what God expects from people on earth.
Grandparents take their grandchildren to church to hear the minister read from the Bible and give a sermon.
Above and Beyond: Create your own addition to the chart.
Name: ______Homework
September 7, 2005 History - ____
Homework #11
Directions for Home Interview #1: Find an adult at home. (An adult is anyone who is eighteen or older. Ask that adult each question in Part I, and write down her or his answer. (This must be written in YOUR handwriting.) Do Part II on your own.
If you have trouble finding an adult at home, call a family member on the phone. If you are using this option, BE SURE TO CALL MR. LINDY to let me know and to get his ok.
Part I:
1. Beyond food and material possessions, what do you need to be happy?
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2. How do people learn the difference between right and wrong? ______
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Part II: Answer each question in a complete sentence.
1. What is a myth? ______
2. What is a folktale? ______
3. What is a religion? ______
4. What is our fifth theme this year, and what does it mean? ______
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5. Did you agree with everything your adult at home said when interviewed? Explain your answer.
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Above and Beyond:
Given our class definition of culture, write as much as you can about your own culture on the back of this page.