2013 East Asia Religions and Philosophies Lesson

1. 2013 East Asia Religions and Philosophies Lesson Date your papers: Wednesday, April 24, 2013: Odd Block Thursday, April 25, 2013: Even Block Friday, April 26, 2013 Monday, April 29, 2013 Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Wednesday, May 1, 2013: Learning Station Day---Even if you have Stream Study this day, projects must be dropped off in my classroom before homeroom. Thursday, May 2, 2013: Learning Station Day

2. Block Day: Wednesday, April 24 or Thursday, April 25, 2013 • Quiet Question: Type Two Prompt---Partner Work---On the previous lesson, we watched the United Streaming Film on the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The following information comes from an recent articles on debris found on the coast of the USA from the tsunami and an article published in April 2011 by the United States Congressional Committee examining the impact of this natural disaster. • Ms. Barben is going to read aloud the articles. • As she does, highlight key information. • Consider the Type Two Prompt: How does a natural disaster in one country affect other countries?

3. Block Day • Type Two Prompt: Working with your partner, based upon your film notes and the information above, examine how the natural disaster in Japan affected the world. • Identify, explain, and provide evidence for THREE EXAMPLES. • 1) • 2) • 3)

4. Block Day • Class: We have examined how China and Japan have struggled with nature. Yet, despite the devastation when nature wins, the East Asian cultures still value and appreciate the forces of nature as depicted below in a famous piece of Japanese art of a tsunami. In China, there is the traditional philosophical belief of Yin and Yang which focuses on the balance of the universe. The symbol is based upon astronomy and is also the basis for acupuncture and other medical treatments.

5. Block Day • Class: With this lesson, we are going to begin to examine the Philosophies and Religions of East Asia. To help introduce us, we are going to watch two United Streaming Film Clips. • Ancient Chinese Beliefs: Running time of 3.33 minutes • Traditional Religions of China: Running time of 7.16 minutes • Individual: You will have about 20 minutes to read the identified pages in the textbook and take initial notes on all four religions in the provided graphic organizers. • Textbook Pages: • Confucianism Pages: 90-93, 220-221, 273 “Neo-Confucianism”, 523 “Economic and Social Changes of Tokugawa Era” and 840 “Primary Source: China’s New Life Movement” • Daoism Pages: 92-93, 273 “Religion and Government”, 275 “Painting and Ceramics” • Legalism Pages: 93 and 96 “Political Changes” • Shintoism Pages: 282 “Religion in Early Japan”

6. Block Day • Groups: You are going to be researching your assigned religion/philosophy and create a Religious Historical Caricature on. • Break up the powerpoint into parts, and for the rest of the block and for homework tonight, take notes from your powerpoint section in the provided graphic organizer.

7. Block Day • A)_________________ The caricature was a detailed drawing of a central historical figure. • On the person were objects and details that realistically could be on him and represent key beliefs, characteristics, and events. • Must have a MINIMUM of NINE historical aspects addressed on the figure for ACADEMIC A since smaller groups. • Must have a MINIMUM OF TEN historical aspects addressed on the figure for ACCELERATED since you have larger groups of six members. • You CANNOT REPEAT CONCEPTS OR INFORMATION! If you do, it will not be counted. • Each historical aspect is worth 6 Points for 54 Points for Academic A and 60 Points for Accelerated. • Suggestions • Enlarge the face of your actual historical figure from Ms. Barben’sPowerpoint or the Internet –founders face, famous historical figure who followed the faith, a head of one of their Gods • Thought Bubbles for important beliefs, prayers, a saying, etc… for the religion • Speaking Bubbles for famous quotes or beliefs for the religion • T-Shirt Design and Slogan for important beliefs and/or practices of the religion • Items in each hand for important beliefs and impact on the religion---for example the different holy texts/books in each hand • Items under each foot for things they were against/forbidden to do under the religion • Wearing something on the head relating to important belief or practice of the religion • USE HISTORICAL IMAGES WHENEVER YOU CAN TO BE ACCURATE AND SAVE TIME • DO IN COLOR

8. Block Day • B)______________ In the background, there are additional supplementary images that are realistically and historically appropriate and represent additional key beliefs, characteristics, and events. • Must have a Minimum of EIGHT historical aspects addressed in the background for ACADEMIC A • Must have a Minimum of TEN historical aspects addressed in the background for ACCELERATED since you have larger groups of six • You CANNOT REPEAT CONCEPTS OR INFORMATION! If you do, it will not be counted. • Each historical aspect is worth 6 Points for a total of 48 Points for Academic A and 60 Points for Accelerated • Suggestions: • Buildings relating to the religion like place of worship and unique architectural features to the faith • Other historical figures they influenced, contradicted, or agreed with religion • Places and events related to the religion---holy cities they make pilgrimages to or played a key part of the religion’s history • Practices of the religion • Above the figure address the religion’s view of Gods, afterlife, etc.. • Places around the world that this religion is a large majority of the population • Different religion sects • These should not be random or in collage style. • USE HISTORICAL IMAGES WHENEVER YOU CAN TO BE ACCURATE AND SAVE TIME • DO IN COLOR

9. Block Day • C)_____________ At the bottom of the caricature, there is a detailed key explaining the symbolism. • Each key description is a minimum of THREE WELL-DEVELOPED SENTENCES that contains the 5 Ws, How, Causes/Effects, and other Historical Aspects. • A well-developed sentence should either identify and define, give examples and explain, or examine cause/effect or impact relationships. • DO NOT WRITE SHORT OR BRIEF SENTENCES. • DO NOT WRITE VAGUE OR GENERAL STATEMENTS. • DO NOT JUST KEEP REPEATING OR REWORDING THE HISTORICAL INFORMATION. If you do, it will not be counted. • DO NOT WRITE IN PARAGRAPH FORMAT! It makes it too hard to read and take notes from. • WRITE IN BULLET FORMAT. • They should be numbered and the numbers should match the images on the poster. • Each is worth 6 Points for a Total of 102 Points for ACADEMIC A, 120 Points for ACCELELRATED. • You need to include specific information/facts addressing ALL OF THE FOLLOWING: • Founder of the faith and prophets of the religion? • Key historical events in the development of the religion? • What are the main religious beliefs and why? • What are the main religious practices and why? • Where do they worship? What are their places of worship like and why? • What are unique characteristics of their place of worship and why? • Cities or places of religious significance and why? • What are the divisions within the religion? Why? • Effects---short term and long term? • Use the proper historical/religious terms. • This should be TYPED and in Calibri Bold Size 14 Font. • It should be attached to the bottom of your poster to hang front-wise for students to read and look at the art part at the same time.

10. Block Day • d)__________It was done neatly, in an organized manner, labeled with the title of the religion, and the key was spell-checked and grammar-checked. Worth 6 Points • Total: /210 Points for Academic A • Total: /240 Points for Accelerated

11. Chunking of Project • Block Day: Classwork and Homework---Read your assigned sections and take complete notes for those topics covered in the graphic organizer • Friday, April 26: Classwork and Homework---Group-share notes and make sure all graphic organizers are complete, create rough draft for Caricature, assign parts and over weekend print up images and work on sentences • Monday, April 29: Classwork and Homework---Begin to create the Caricature and work on sentences • Tuesday, April 30: Classwork and Homework: Finish Caricature and sentences • Wednesday, May 1: Learning Station Day to take notes on other religions/Stream Study Day • Thursday, May 2: Learning Station Day to take notes on other religions/Stream Study Day

12. Academic A: Homework: Summative Assessment • Academic A: Assignment Rationale: You will be creating a Comic Strip that examines the similarities and differences between the East Asian religions of Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism, and Shintoism. As children, we all read stories that are designed to teach us about certain beliefs or philosophies. One popular type of story is the comic strip. A popular example of this is the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes which is based upon two European philosophers: John Calvin who was a Protestant reformers who believed in pre-destination and his ideas formed the basis for the Presbyterian Church; and Thomas Hobbes who was a British philosopher who believed mankind is selfish by nature.

13. Academic A • Writer’s Purpose: Your comic strip will teach its young readers about all four of the East Asian religions. • Writer’s Role: You are a comic book artist and writer. You have been contacted by the Chinese Department of Education to create a comic strip that serves to introduce and teach the basic fundamentals of the East Asian religions. • ***Ms. Barben has examples of Historical Comic Strips uploaded on her teacher page for you to use as a model.***

14. Academic A • FCAs: • FCA One: The comic strip must explain each religion/philosophy in detail. Include specific beliefs, practices, etc…This information may be illustrated within the concepts or demonstrated through examples and storytelling rather than explicitly stating them. Worth 35 Points • FCA Two: Your comic needs to represent the four religions/philosophies in some way as people using historical figures, animals, etc… Create a world in which these characters might exist. Consider how these characters would interact and why. Would there be friendship or conflict? Worth 30 Points • FCA Three: The comic should have a minimum of six to ten slides or scenes like a normal Sunday morning comic strip. The pictures may be drawn by hand or done on computer using computer images. Worth 60 Points • No Excuses: The written portion must be typed and edited. The illustration portion should be in color. Worth 10 Points • Total: /135 Points

15. Accelerated: Homework Summative Assessment • Accelerated: Assignment Rationale: You will be writing an Advice Column, like Dear Abby, on current situations from the viewpoint of a chosen East Asian religion/philosophy. This is to examine how religious views that are over thousands of years old still dictate/drive the opinions and actions of every day citizens in China and Japan. • Writer’s Purpose: To apply your knowledge of the East Asian religions to current situations and successfully integrate primary source quotes within your writing. • Writer’ s Role: You have a choice from the following East Asian religions: • You are Confucius or Mencius responding from the viewpoint of Confucianism. • You are Lao Zi or Lao-Tzu responding from the viewpoint of Daoism. • You are Han Feizi or Shangzi responding from the viewpoint of Legalism. • You are a Shinto Priest responding from the viewpoint of Shintoism. • Format: Advice Colum • ***Ms. Barben has Historical Advice Column Examples uploaded on her teacher page to help you use as a working model.***

16. Accelerated • Process: • 1. You are to decide which religion you are going to write from. It may be a good idea to select a religion different from what you did the Historical Caricature on, so you can expand your knowledge base much more. • 2. Select one of the school situations and select one of the current event situations to respond to. You must download this document from Ms. Barben’s Teacher Page. • 3. Refer to your notes, and do a pre-write organizing the main beliefs and practices of the chosen religion that apply to each situation. • 4. Go to Ms. Barben’s Teacher Page and access the primary sources for your religion and select at least two different primary source quotes you can use in your advice column responses. • 5. Begin to write in first person. Be sure to explain how “you” view the situation and why explaining your beliefs. Explore how “you” think the situation should be handled and why based upon your beliefs. Be sure to incorporate the primary source quotes.

17. Accelerated • FCAS: • FCA One: The student wrote accurately from the religious figure’s viewpoint and substantiated the positions for each situation using strong historical content. Worth 60 Points (30 Points per each situation) • FCA Two: The student incorporated at least TWO different primary source quotes into each of the two responses and made connections between the primary source quotes and the position. Worth 30 Points (15 Points per each situation) • FCA Three: The student used correct historical/religious terms, specific historical beliefs, and specific historical events related to the chosen religion in the advice responses. Worth 30 Points • No Excuses: There was a self-edited fully written out rough draft that had grammar, spelling, capitalization, and content revisions. It was typed, spell-checked, grammar-checked, and edited for capitalization inconsistencies. Worth 15 Points • Total: /135 Points

18. Upcoming Due Dates • First East Asia Unit Test: Tuesday, May 7 • Geography of China • Geography of Japan • East Asian Religions • Japanese Empires History • East Asian Religions Homework: Friday, May 10 • Academic A: Comic Strip • Accelerated: Advice Column