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This task was not adequate and did not reflect the depth of the students understanding. With this particular group of students sentence starters would have been more effective. A recorded reflection might also have worked better as they could articulate their depth of understanding more easily. We had lots of questions asked but our 'WonderWall' never eventuated and due to the interrupted nature of first term it felt like we were rushed through the unit

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The visit to the Islamic museum was the activity that had the most impact on the students and next year we will try to add the Jewish museum to our camp itinerary to balance the knowledge. The search for similarities was driving their inquiries and next year I would like to look at adding a double entry journal to record what they thought they knew to compare with what they know now.
Theological Challenge:
'Is the God the three religions believe in the same God'.

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Students knew a little bit about Judaism and Islam but there were also a lot of misconceptions.

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When deconstructing the Key Idea it became apparent very quickly that the students were very conflicted about Islam and were seeking answers to the violence attributed to it. Many students in our class are not from church going families, so the religious traditions in families was in the minority.' Religious beliefs' became 'ethics or morals' or more just beliefs. We needed to delve into why they believed a particular thing.

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Watch Judaism My Life My Religion (on school server

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The deep understanding was definitely reached with the majority of students and a lot of myths about Islam dispelled. We need to give equal balance to Judaism next year as most students are still a little confused about

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Rocket writing task. What do you know now about the 3 monotheistic religions.?

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3 way Venn Diagrams
Formative Assessment

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Visit to the Islamic Museum in Thornbury

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World Religions webquest

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World Religions for Children doing their homework

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Watch youtube video

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Beriefly shows how islam is related to the other two monotheisitic faiths and books sent by GOD, ALLAH. If you are interested in reading The Holy Quran translated in to English i recommend a book called "The Meaning Of The Holy Quran" by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, published by Amana Publications.

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Deconstruction of Central Idea comments and thoughts

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Brainstorm other religions. What do we know about them?

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Deconstruction of the key idea. What do you think it means?
Essential question: How do your religious beliefs and ideas shape what you do?

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Religious beliefs and ideas shape peoples thinking and action.
Deep Understanding
The nature of religion in Jewish Islamic and Christian faiths and that their fundamental values are all very similar.