"Man the Believer"

Конспект урока на тему: ‘Man The Believer”

The objective of the lesson:

To develop students’ knowledge in the history of the four main religions: Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Buddhism.

To develop students’ skills of oral speech

To introduce strategies of Critical Thinking Methodology (Venn Diagram,)

To analyze the results of the psychological test about people’s beliefs (students and teachers)

The equipment of the lesson:

Textbooks after O. V. Afanasyeva and I.V. Mikheeva for the 10- th grade

Cassette with “The Story Of Jesus” (International School Project, Moscow )

Pictures of the symbols of the four main religions, their sacred buildings; picture of Mona Lisa.

Tablets with the results of the psychological test.

The procedure of the lesson

Warm -up: Speak about people’s beliefs and fill up the diagram.

God, Religions, The world progress, The postulate “Beauty will save the world”, Love at first sight, The idea that love conquers everything, The fortune,

Yourself

The idea that all events are predetermined

The postulate that every new generation is wiser than the previous one

Friendship

UFOs

Life after death

The postulate that money and power cannot make us happy

Horoscopes

The superstitions

Oral speech: 1) Four main religions:

Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism

2). Listening to the cassette “The Story of Jesus”

Venn Diagram (common features of all religions)

3) The postulate that “ Beauty will save the world”

The poem “Mona Lisa” by Brenda M. Weber

А)in English в)in Russian

4) The idea that love conquers everything:

Love at first sight

Love to all our universe

5) The world progress

6) Superstitions: Ill luck brought by black cats

It is lucky to touch wood, etc.

7) The idea that all the events are predetermined: Intuition, Fortune

8) Yourself

Character: A successful career , Great will

Analyses of the results of the psychological test: (work with the tablets on the slides)

Students’ collages. Protecting of the collages.

Prince Charles

Prince of Wales

1

Lady Diana

Spencer

1961-1997

Prince

William

2

Prince

Henry

3