B Block: Socials 8-2: Comparing Religions

Today we used the Internet to gain an overview of some of the world's religions.  Here are some links:

Religion Facts

United Religions: Kids Site

BBC Religions Index

Our goal in Socials 8 is not to expose a great deal of detail of any one religion, but it is necessary for us to have  a general understanding of some of the differences/characteristics of the religions we will be exposed to.  In terms of the Ministry of Ed curricular objectives, it is important for us to see how religions have been a unifying and/or divisive force in history, and also to see to what degree religion was a force of change during the period of our focus (500-1600).

Today we worked in groups and used the hyperlinks (shown above) to create comparison charts of some of the world's religions.

If you would like to make a PowerPoint slide to share your learning, here is a link to a Google Doc:
Socials 8-2 Religions Google Presentation

And for paragraph work:
Socials 8-2 Religions Google Doc