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UOI 4 - I Believe
14th February - 12th March

Transdisciplinary Theme
How We Express Ourselves
Central Idea
Beliefs and values are conveyed in different ways.

Overview
During this unit students will be comparing and contrasting different religions. As we do this we will be discussing how individuals and groups convey their beliefs and values, and what is important to us.

Primary Research




Islamic Center on PhotoPeach

Pre Field Trip Links
BrainPop Religions

Catholicism
Catholicism Video 

Buddhism
School Website
Buddhism Video
History of Buddhism

Judaism
Judaism Video
Website 1
School Website

Islam
Islam Video
School Website
Wesbite 2


Sikhism
School Website
Sikhism Video
Website 2
Website 3

Comparing and Contrasting Two Religions 2011

Religions Research Wiki
This wiki is helping the students coordinate their research as they undertake the first part of collecting research from the internet.

Nonfiction response focus
During this unit we are focusing on our nonfiction reading responses. As well as undertaking many different activities looking at nonfiction texts, students will critique their own responses using the rubric below.
nonfiction response rubric
Andys Classroom (cc) 2011