Religion

Ch. 6 Religion

Lessons:

Lesson 1: Universalizing and Ethnic Religions

Lecture

Country Data: Look up the major religions practiced in your country. Which are Ethnic? Which are universal?

Article: Revival of Ethnic Religion in China

Lesson 2: Diffusion of Religion & Traits of religious practice

Where did your country's religion most likely come from? Or, if ethnic, which other countries share this religion, if any?

Lesson 3: Religious spaces

Research one major religious space or site within your country (church/cathedral/pagoda/statue/location, etc)

Article: Modern Religious Spaces

Examine modern spaces for each religion and determine how well they conform to traditional models

Lesson 4: Religious Conflict

Article: Sunni  Shiite potential Conflict during Hajj

Lectures

Religious background

Religious Issues

Reading

Pg. 195-196 : What makes Jews an exception to the rules regarding diffusion of ethnic religion?

Pg. 200-201: Compare and Contrast each religious calendar described. What role does it play for each religion?

Ch. 5 Language

Ch. 5- Language

Bold items need to be looked up for your country 

Lesson 1: Intro to Language and English Dialects

What is the language of your chosen country? Is it an “official language”, are there more than one “official” languages? Are there any regional dialects?

use the everyculture.com

Dialect in politics

Lesson 2: World Languages

What are the other languages around your country? Based on your classwork, how are these languages related to one another? Or, if they're not, where did they come from?

article: Tamil language struggling

Pgs. 161-67

Using the in-class organizer, break down the various world regional language families

Lesson 3: World language issues

Lecture
Immigrant Parents needs kids to read internet for them

Lesson 4: “Standard” English

Article on Language "Gatekeepers"

Assigned readings 

Include these answers with your articles when turning them in.

•       174: English on the internet.

•       Why is English the dominant language on the internet? Do you predict that this will change? Why or why not?

•       176-177: The future of Fr and Sp in America:

•       How does the reaction to non-english languages differ between the USA and Quebec? What might account for this difference?

 151: Differences between British and American English

•       Explain how this divergence occurred, especially the role played by webster