The 5 Major Religions of the World, Lesson and Activities
Plan of the Day (POD): Includes the lesson and activities planned for the day, as well as an attention-getter, reminders, and other happenings in the weeks to come. On the POD students will also find useful QR codes followed by links that they will need for planned activities that coincide with the lesson.
The Video: The team and I decided that PowerPoints were over used and didn't provide enough creativity to engage students and keep them interested! So we all collaborated into making a video that would deliver the information. This idea eliminated the direct instruction, and paved way for guided and interactive instruction instead! Each team member researched a religion and wrote a script. The concept of the video was time travel! Each member traveled back in time to the era of their chosen religion and met a significant figure of that era of whom they would interview! Here is a small snip-it of the interviews of each religion.
After each interview: there was an activity involved with the religion we had just seen. The activities were created to keep students engaged in the lesson, and to keep the entirety of the presentation from becoming monotone. Each lesson was picked carefully while keeping in mind time management, and what each member would be doing for their activity and during the activity. The students also had access to iPads, so they had technology ready to use in the classroom environment!
Here is a list of the activities we chose to present with each religion:
Christianity - "I Have, Who Has." Each student is handed a piece of paper with two parts- an "I have..." and a "Who has..." The first student would read aloud their "who has..." question sentence, and another student with the answer would reply with "I have..." thus providing the answer. This student would then read their "who has..." question. So on, so forth.
Buddhism - Students were asked to find the drawing app on their iPads to write their answers on. Questions were asked to the classroom and students race to write and present the correct answer first. This provided a review for the Buddhism religion facts.
Islam - Students worked in groups and wrote a script of what they felt it would be like to live a day as a muslim. Each group was asked to "role play" their "life in a day" role in front of the whole classroom, while one person from the group narrated.
Judaism - Students were provided with QR Codes on their PODs to use with the "RedLaser" QR Code scanner app on their iPads, and were asked to research one famous person who was a Jew in their life. There were asked then to write a small paragraph, and then present their findings to the classroom.
Hinduism - Students were provided a link to a karma quiz which they could look for on their iPads. They each had a fun time figuring out what their karma ratings were!
To Conclude: we provided a Kahoot! quiz which provided a review of all 5 religions. Kahoot! is a timed quiz that provides a fun competitive learning experience for students to use, all while reviewing information and learning.
Here is a list of the activities we chose to present with each religion:
Christianity - "I Have, Who Has." Each student is handed a piece of paper with two parts- an "I have..." and a "Who has..." The first student would read aloud their "who has..." question sentence, and another student with the answer would reply with "I have..." thus providing the answer. This student would then read their "who has..." question. So on, so forth.
Buddhism - Students were asked to find the drawing app on their iPads to write their answers on. Questions were asked to the classroom and students race to write and present the correct answer first. This provided a review for the Buddhism religion facts.
Islam - Students worked in groups and wrote a script of what they felt it would be like to live a day as a muslim. Each group was asked to "role play" their "life in a day" role in front of the whole classroom, while one person from the group narrated.
Judaism - Students were provided with QR Codes on their PODs to use with the "RedLaser" QR Code scanner app on their iPads, and were asked to research one famous person who was a Jew in their life. There were asked then to write a small paragraph, and then present their findings to the classroom.
Hinduism - Students were provided a link to a karma quiz which they could look for on their iPads. They each had a fun time figuring out what their karma ratings were!
To Conclude: we provided a Kahoot! quiz which provided a review of all 5 religions. Kahoot! is a timed quiz that provides a fun competitive learning experience for students to use, all while reviewing information and learning.