Your assignment is to create a unique poster comparing three of the six religions you presented on. In your presentation groups, you will be given time to construct it in class. Your "visual" should have at least the following categories/ areas: Deities, Basic Beliefs, Founder(s), Geography- Where, History- When, Texts, Leadership/Clergy, and The Religion Today.
Be as creative as you can. You can be "conceptual", but make sure your information comes through. You may use marker, crayon, photos, etc. I encourage you to use information from the presentations, the Internet, and pp. 282-296 in your book in making your poster.
You will be graded on : Creativity- 10 Points
Information 20 Points
Hello, I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving Weekend!. We have a 4 day week this week so here is the plan....
Today we will work on a comparison chart of world religions, followed by a discussion of Egypt.
Homework for tomorrow (12/2) is to Read pp. 95-98 (make notes) and the article at the following link.....
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/greek-babylon.html
This is a reading from the Greek historian Herodotus in which he describes the Assyrians. After reading the article, write a paragraph answering the following question:
What kind of view does Herodotus give of the Assyrians? What impression of them is created by the text?
Great job on the presentations. I should have the final grades done by tomorrow.. Today, we will start going over the homework. Next, we will work in groups looking at three texts from Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism.
1. What is the central message of each excerpt?
2. What can you tell about each religion from just this excerpt? Do not bring in other information. How do the religions compare?
3. Come up with one "deep" question from each excerpt.
HW: Read Chap 4 Sec 1 for Tues. (Egypt) Note: We will not talk about this until Monday, as we will be seeing a film tomorrow.
