Religions+around+the+World

=CEC - Monday, December 17th= =ECE - Tuesday, December 18th=

In the midst of the Christian holiday season, many Americans forget that this world is vast, old, and diverse. Many of the world's citizens forget that their friends, co-workers, peers, or teachers may not share the same belief system. In this activity, you will research several religions and create an "Awareness Ornament" for the one you randomly select (It cannot be your own religious belief). Your ornament must symbolically represent your chosen religious ideology. On Monday/Tuesday, we will share our ornaments with one another and hang them on our "Religious Diversity Tree."

Here are the religions:
 * Humanism
 * CEC WD1: Katlyn
 * Bahai’
 * CEC WD1: Megan
 * Buddhism
 * CEC WD1: Kory
 * Candomble
 * CEC WD1: Sarah
 * Deism
 * CEC WD1: Corbin
 * Hinduism
 * CEC WD1: Sydney
 * Islam
 * CEC WD1: Dalis
 * Jainism
 * CEC WD1: Nikki
 * Jehovah's Witnesses
 * CEC WD1: Makaya
 * Judaism
 * CEC WD1: Connor
 * Mormonism
 * CEC WD1: John-Mark
 * Paganism
 * CEC WD1: Uniqua
 * Protestant Christianity
 * CEC WD1: Justin
 * Rastafari
 * CEC WD1: Mackenzie
 * Roman Catholicism
 * CEC WD1: Stephanie, Taylor
 * Santeria
 * CEC WD1: William
 * Scientology
 * CEC WD1: Asante
 * Shinto
 * CEC WD1: Jamal
 * Sikhism
 * CEC WD1: Katie, Sar
 * Taoism
 * CEC WD1: Buddy, Dalton
 * Unitarian Universalism
 * CEC WD1: Alex
 * Zoroastrianism
 * CEC WD1: Bryan, Hunter

Rubric (250 Points): [Because of the amount of plagiarism, and confusion with the rubric, the grade was calculated differently]

-- All of the following need to be present on the "Awareness Ornament":

25 Points: Your Ornament is neatly done, organized, and created with care. 25 Points: Your "Awareness Ornament" is shaped and decorated in a way that symbolically represents the faith 15 Points: Key beliefs (e.g., Islam's 5 Pillars) 05 Points: Founder(s) or "key figures" of the Religion 05 Points: Date and location of the religion's origin 25 Points: Holidays/Celebrations/Significant Days 100 Points: Research Form 50 Points: Works Cited

Research Template



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Major religious organization websites (I will add more later):

Humanism - http://www.americanhumanist.org/ Bahai - http://www.bahai.org/ Buddhism -http://www.shambhala.org/buddhism.php Islam - http://theislamiccenter.com/ Jehovah's Witnesses -http://www.jw.org/en Mormanism - http://mormon.org/?gclid=CMj55c7lkrQCFQyDnQod7RQAzQ Roman Catholicism - http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm Sikhism - http://www.sikhcoalition.org/ Scientology - http://www.scientology.org Unitarian Universalist - http://www.uua.org/ Judaism - http://www.chabad.org/