Quarter+One


 * Humanities Quarter One**: __Religions and Beliefs__


 * Essential Questions**:

1. How do values manifest themselves in characters' actions? 2. What is the relationship between religious beliefs, values, philosophy and daily life for groups, individuals, ETC., as presented in literature? 3. What are the different religions of East/West Asia? (focus on major religions???) How does the physical geography of a region affect its the mobility of a group? In turn, movement of culture, art, and religion?
 * How is Buddha similar/different than Govinda (actions)?
 * Origins and Structure
 * Spreading of religion
 * Modern day existence
 * Geography and Art - connections and influence. direction of artifacts


 * Skills**:

1. Identifying and defining key vocabulary 2. Differentiate between fiction and non-fiction 3. Active Reading - Effective Annotations 4. Using Multi-media to express ideas/relay information 5. Prediction in texts 6. Evaluation of character choices 7. Identify how characters/groups justify beliefs and actions 8. Grammar - parts of speech, dependent vs. independent clauses, conjunctions 9. Reading maps - regions and distribution of groups


 * Assessments**:

1. Research (Wiki Page) different religions to compare and contrast 2. Compare and Contrast yourself with Siddhartha - essay 3. Mapping - Create a Map showing religious distributions throughout Asia (modern day) 4. Journaling 5. Message Board Response to reading questions 6. Reading Comprehension quizzes


 * Student Wiki pages will be a continuous work (portfolio); however, there will be specific projects that be create a comprehensive and creative project (create own religious belief, class system, cultural elements, etc.) These will have to use the information covered in class to support or contrast their ideas - need to make specific reference to either.


 * Resources**:

__Siddhartha__ The Story Behind India (pbs.org) Biography.com __Ramayana__ __The Analects__


 * Some things to consider moving forward**:

1. Which religions do we focus on? Should the focus be the major religions/beliefs? 2. Religious leaders/philosophers? (Dalai Lama, Confucius, Lao Tze, Siddhartha, Buddha, ETC.) 3. What are the boundaries that make up East and West Asia? 4. Need to find additional resources/texts to supplement major texts (Siddhartha and The Colors of the Mountain)