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Gr. 11 World Religions
World Religions
Introduction
Who Are You?
Classroom Expectations
How We Learn
Why Study World Religions
Unit 1: Encountering the Sacred
Religious Identity and Awareness
World Religions Overview
What is Religion?
Rules
The Golden Rule
Our Community
Stereotype, Prejudice, Discrimination
Ladder to Exclusion
Major Approaches to Viewing Other Faiths
World Views
4 World Views
Big Questions
Science vs/and Religion
Summative - Religious Identity Passport
Traits of most Religions
Six-Trait Model of Every Religion
4 Reasons for Religion
Unit 2: Indigenous Spirituality
Introduction
Who are the Indigenous People?
Indigenous groups in Canada
History of Indigenous People and Spirituality
Indigenous Traditions
Indigenous World View
Beliefs about God
Animism
Creation Stories
Mythical stories
Sacred Circle/Medicine Wheel
Talking Feather
European Contact and Indigenous People
Rituals
Prayer
Smudging
Sacred Pipe Ceremony
The Sweat Lodge
Spiritual Teachers
Finding your Spirit Guide
The Medicine Man/Woman
The Elders
Medicine Wheel Teaching
7 Grandfather Teachings
Ethics
Family Life
Anishinaabe
Haudenosaunee
Unit 3: Judaism
Introduction
Shema - the Great Prayer
What do you know about Judaism
Judaism in Canada
Origins of Judaism
Covenant with Abraham
Other important events
Jesus as the prophesied Messiah
History of Judaism
King David and King Solomon
Two Kingdoms
Destruction of the Temples
Christianity and Judaism
Rabbinic Judaism
The Diaspora
Jews in Christian Europe
Jewish Mysticism - the Hasidim
The Enlightenment, the Holocaust (Shoah), and Modern-Day Israel
The Enlightenment
Orthodox, Reform, Conservative Judaism
Orthodox Judaism
Reform Judaism
Conservative Judaism
The Holocaust
Prelude to Genocide
Genocide
Effects of the Holocaust
The State of Israel
Festivals
Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
Channukah
Passover
The Seder Meal
Life Cycle Rituals
Defining Ritual
Covenants
Covenant with Adam and Noah
Covenant with Abraham
Bris Milah
Shabbat
How Shabbat is celebrated
Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Jewish Beliefs About Growinig Up
Betrothal and Marriage
Betrothal
Marriage
Death and Funerals
Death
Funerals
The Jewish Community
The Temple in Jerusalem
The Synagogue
Synagogue - An Inside Look
Morality
The Shema
Moral Decision Making - Hebrew Style
The Tanakh
The Torah
The Talmud
Sin
Forgiveness
Family Life
Intro
Shabbat
Kosher
Sex and Judaism
Tikkun Olam
Summative - Jewish Menu
Unit 4: History of Christianity
Connections between Judaism and Christianity
Christianity in Canada
History of Christianity
Christianity Spreads Around the Mediterranean
Foundation Stones of Christianity
Foundation Stone 1.
Foundation Stone 2
Foundation Stone 3
Emperor Constantine and the Rise of Christianity
Foundation Stone 4
Byzantium
The Visigoths
Unity of the Faith after Constantine
Structure of the Church
The Role of Scripture
St. Augustine; the birth of Theology
The Monastic Movement
The Crusades; the Church goes to War
The Church Divides
The East West Schism
Leadership
The Holy Spirit
Icons
Conflicts- The 4th Crusade
The Protestant Reformation
Martin Luther
Other Reformers
Henry VIII
The Catholic Reformation
30 years war and toleration
Recent Movements
The Way Forward - Vatican II
The Church in the East and West
Catholics and Lutherans
Catholics and Anglicans
Ecumenism an Inter-religious dialogue
Unit 5: Islam
Introduction
Crescent and Star symbol
Work Booklet
Islam around the world and in Canada
Origins of Islam
Mekkah at the time of the Prophet's birth
The Prophet Muhammad
The Kaaba
The Night Journey
The Holy Quran
Islam after Muhammad
Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims
The Five Pillars of Islam
1st Pillar - Shahadah - Declaration of Faith
2nd Pillar - Salah - Prayer
3rd Pillar - Zakat - Almsgiving
4th Pillar - Sawm - Fasting
5th Pillar - Hajj - Pilgrimage to Mecca
Summary of the 5 Pillars
The Muslim Community
The Mosque
Friday Prayer
Lifecycle Rituals
Muslim Birth Ceremonies
Education
Marriage
Death and Funerals
Sexuality
Family Life
Gender Roles
Clothing
Diet
Central Beliefs
The Oneness of God
The Quran
Organization of the Quran
Themes in the Quran
The Hadiths and Sunnah
Creation and the Quran
Jesus in Islam
Sufism
Morality
Implementing Shariah Law
Islam and the Catholic Church
A Difficult Past
Efforts in Dialogue
The Way Forward - Vatican II and Islam
Gr. 11 World Religions
Defining Ritual
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