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Students research and listen to guest speakers on world religions. In this world religions lesson, students research Buddhsm, Islam, Hinduism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Chinese Folk religions and their practices. Students explain differences and similarities between religions on a test.
Students develop a class definition of folklore. In groups, they read various folklores and discuss the loss of independence and how to survive. They answer discussion questions and compare the folklore tales to art. To end the lesson, they discover how past and present folklore has changed over time and compare it to the blues found in the Delta.
Learners explore major religions represented in the world. In this cultural traditions lesson, students visit websites and listen to lectures about Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Chinese religions.
Pupils explore the principal religions which are alive today: Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, and the Philosophies of the Chinese. They determine that there are scientific explanations for many of the subjects that dealt with sacred stories.
Eighth graders experience life in China in the early twentieth century as they scrutinize the book, "The Good Earth." This twelve lesson unit traces the roots of social change that resulted in the triumph of Communism.
Students discuss the role of the oracles in Greek society. In groups, they use the internet to research the disagreements of scholoars on describing the importance of the oracles. They also discuss why the Greeks started going to see the oracles and relate their need to make decisions to the Greeks searching for answers with the Oracles.
Third graders create Chinese hand scrolls to tell the story: The Lantern Night Excursion Of Zhong Kui in this cross-curricular lesson for the third grade. The lesson is adaptable to many different grade/ability levels.