Lesson Identify Formative Assessment as it occurs in the lesson Time What are the What is other Check Materials students adult doing? for Elements doing? Understanding ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY Lesson 7 min Completing Taking Class discussion Worksheet Introduction worksheet attendance, following (see (connect & answering completion of attached), Opening activity: build questions the worksheet access to Students will complete Project to Implicit’s Religion IAT () background computers discover how they feel about certain religions in relation to each knowledge) other. Lesson Body Transition/Discussion: Direct 10 Participating in Helping facilitate Based on student Instruction min class discussion class discussion responses, --Why do you think the results were the way they were? teacher will be --Do you think they were accurate? able to determine --How did you get that particular bias? how much --Does religion play a significant role in shaping one’s identity? students (Assumed answer: Christianity ranked higher because that is my/ understand their own biases. my family’s/my community’s religion) -Not one religion is or The “better” “more correct” than another. characters in are Muslim, so to better A Thousand Splendid Suns understand the role religion plays on their actions and to give context, we are going to examine the differences and similarities between Islam and Christianity. Break students into 5 groups based on reading ability. (See Guided 20-25 Reading Walking around Posters will Butcher Practice min. articles, room answering reflect how much paper, attached packets) participating in questions, aiding students markers/ Group 1 will read (parts 1-2) group Lizzie and Micha understand what crayons, Group 2 will read discussion, when needed, they read Islam vs. Group 3 will read creating poster, and making sure Christianity --Lizzie will be in this group and will receive modified gallery walk students are on packets, task modified packet having only they graph packet for Group 4 will read (parts 3-4) Lizzie Group 5 will read (Christianity) --Micha will be in this group Students will create posters about the important information from their readings
Lesson Elements Identify Formative Assessment as it occurs in the lesson Time What are the students doing? What is other adult doing? Check for Understanding Materials Lesson Introduction (connect & build background knowledge) ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY Opening activity: Students will complete Project Implicit’s Religion IAT () to discover how they feel about certain religions in relation to each other. 7 min Completing worksheet Taking attendance, answering questions Class discussion following completion of the worksheet Worksheet (see attached), access to computers Lesson Body Direct Instruction Transition/Discussion: --Why do you think the results were the way they were? --Do you think they were accurate? --How did you get that particular bias? --Does religion play a significant role in shaping one’s identity? (Assumed answer: Christianity ranked higher because that is my/ my family’s/my community’s religion) -Not one religion is “better” or “more correct” than another. The characters in A Thousand Splendid Suns are Muslim, so to better understand the role religion plays on their actions and to give context, we are going to examine the differences and similarities between Islam and Christianity. 10 min Participating in class discussion Helping facilitate class discussion Based on student responses, teacher will be able to determine how much students understand their own biases. Guided Practice Break students into 5 groups based on reading ability. (See attached packets) Group 1 will read (parts 1-2) Group 2 will read Group 3 will read --Lizzie will be in this group and will receive modified packet having only they graph Group 4 will read (parts 3-4) Group 5 will read (Christianity) --Micha will be in this group Students will create posters about the important information from their readings 20-25 min. Reading articles, participating in group discussion, creating poster, gallery walk Walking around room answering questions, aiding Lizzie and Micha when needed, and making sure students are on task Posters will reflect how much students understand what they read Butcher paper, markers/ crayons, Islam vs. Christianity packets, modified packet for Lizzie