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Religious Diversity and Education: Why do we need to think about it?

Religious Diversity and Education: Why do we need to think about it? . March 7 , 2012. Agenda:. Housekeeping PTE #3! BREAK Sharing Observations Teaching Tolerance: Modesto (Video and Debrief) SQP2RS ( Squeepers ) on the First Amendment and teaching Time to work on the PTE.

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Religious Diversity and Education: Why do we need to think about it?

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  1. Religious Diversity and Education:Why do we need to think about it? March 7, 2012

  2. Agenda: • Housekeeping • PTE #3! • BREAK • Sharing Observations • Teaching Tolerance: Modesto (Video and Debrief) • SQP2RS (Squeepers) on the First Amendment and teaching • Time to work on the PTE

  3. Objectives, March 7, 2012. SWBAT: Content Language Verbally share experiences with a partner, then with the class. Watch a video about a class in Modesto. Consider the readings we did and discuss whether the class would be an important one. Using an instructional framework, read and write a response to FAQs about religion in the classroom. • Develop a better understanding of the cultures encountered at schools. • Recognize stereotypes that pervade American society, and the impact they have on students’ concepts of self and self-esteem. • Examine the way teachers need to think about religion in k-12 classrooms.

  4. PTE #3!

  5. Think…Write…Pair….Share What were some of your reactions to the readings: 9/11 and the Indian Diaspora: Narratives of Race, Place and Immigrant Identity AND How teaching world religions brought a truce to the culture wars in Modesto, California ?

  6. Modesto’s Model of Religious Literacy • How might we develop a greater understanding of religion? How does learning about different religions help students get along in school?

  7. SQP2RS: • We are going to do a reading about the first amendment and religion • Skim/Survey: Take 30 seconds to “skim” the reading, look at headings and pictures. • Question: Take 1 minute to write down 2-3 questions you think will be answered in the text. • Predict: What do you think the most important things in this reading are going to be? (write them down) • Read: Read the reading. • Respond: See if your questions were answered and how accurate your predictions were. Review as a class. • Summarize: Each student should write a one to two paragraph summary of the reading, to turn in.

  8. Objectives, March 7, 2012. SWBAT: Content Language Verbally share experiences with a partner, then with the class. Watch a video about a class in Modesto. Consider the readings we did and discuss whether the class would be an important one. Using an instructional framework, read and write a response to FAQs about religion in the classroom. • Develop a better understanding of the cultures encountered at schools. • Recognize stereotypes that pervade American society, and the impact they have on students’ concepts of self and self-esteem. • Examine the way teachers need to think about religion in k-12 classrooms.

  9. PTE time….

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