Exploring Religion in Israel Unit Overview

In Yoni's Reflection he explores religion, faith, and identity in one of the world's holiest religious centers.  Follow his journey as he encounters the power of faith in peoples' lives, and the challenges of religious tolerance in Israel.

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Reflection: Exploring Religion in Israel by Yoni Kalin

In Yoni's Reflection he explores religion, faith, and identity in one of the world's holiest religious centers.  Follow his journey as he encounters the power of faith in peoples' lives, and the challenges of religious tolerance in Israel.

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Learning Activity: English/Language Arts-Stereotyping A Nation

English/Language Arts / 

9th 10th 11th 12th

 / 2-3 class periods (90-135 min)

Using the One World Reflection, students will embark on a journey to uncover the origins, reasons, and reactions for religious and cultural stereotyping. Students will discuss and learn essential vocabulary related to the topic and explore the cause and effects of stereotyping in their own local community.  Students will then write a paper on the components of stereotyping that was covered in the Learning Activity.

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Learning Activity: Social Studies-Religious Similarities & Differences

Social Studies / 

7th 8th 9th

 / 1-2 Class Periods (45-90 min)

Students will use the One World Reflection and accompanying exercises to increase their understanding of and ability to identify the similarities and differences of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. 

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Unit Resources
Previewing the Reflection: 

A series of open-ended pre-reading questions designed to engage students, assess prior knowledge, and expose any pre-conceived ideas about the person or culture explored in the Reflection.  Previewing the Experience questions are intended to be non-threatening and accessible to a range of students.  Students are encouraged to answer honestly, and to discuss their answers with their classmates.

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Understanding the Reflection: 

This resource is to be used during and after students read the Reflection.  Included in it are a series of reading comprehension questions designed to check for student understanding of the Reflection.  These questions formats include multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, true/false, short response, or other effective questioning strategies.

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Reviewing the Reflection: 

This resource is to be used after students read the Reflection.  It includes a series of post-reading questions designed to encourage student reflection and assess changes in students' perception and understanding of the cultural issues addressed in the unit through some deliberately repeated questions in the "Previewing the Experience" activity.

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Reflection Response: 

This resource should be used after the students read the Reflection. Students are presented with a list of questions intended to illicit a more personal response about the Reflection they have just read. After considering those questions, students compose a letter to the author of the Reflection with their thoughts, observations, questions and comments. Teachers should feel free to contact rachel@oneworldeducation.org if they would like to have their students' finished letters delivered to the One World Ambassador.

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