Ideas for Teaching Belief Systems

Notes based on Regents Grading

1. Use Ms Biddle and Ms Izkowitz to demonstrate sects, in Buddhism and Judaism. Lynch to show Egypt slide show to counter anti-woman stereotype in Islam(Students seem to be mixing up religions, not distinguishing between philosophies and religions, and generalising).

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Clip Art!!

When I was student teaching with Terra, she emphasized the importance of using images on handouts, graphic organizers, rubrics, etc. As I began to create my own documents, I fell in love with clip art. Carefully chosen and placed images not only help students create visual associations, but also make for quick and easy identification of materials by theme or unit. My version of Microsoft Word seems to have a pretty decent bank of clip art, but here are some sites with a nice array of image options.

• Microsoft Clip Art
• Discovery Education Clip Art
• Clipart ETC
• Wise Gorilla Free Educational Clip Art
• Cool Clips
  

9th Grade Links

Here are some helpful links for 9th Grade Humanities

PBS has abundant resources for teachers

• PBS Teachers, Social Studies
• PBS Teachers, ELA

Thirteen.org also has some good resources for global history, separated by theme

• Wide Angle Video Bank- Global History

New York Times Resources

• NYT Learning Network
  

Ancient History Resources

• Ancient History

Women in History

• Women in World History
  

Ancient Japan

• Timeline of Ancient Japan
  

Feudalism

• A Feudalism Webquest: Japan and Europe
  

Ancient Greece

• The Greeks: Lesson Plans
• Ancient Greek World
  

Roman Empire

• Roman Government
• Illustrated History of the Roman Empire
• The Roman Empire
  

Medieval Times

• Internet Medieval Sourcebook
  

Islam

• Internet Islamic History Sourcebook
• Islam, Empire of Faith
  

Ancient Egypt

• Ancient Egyptian Culture
• The Ancient Egypt Site
• Egypt's Golden Empire
  

China

• Condensed Chinese History
  

Mesoamerica

• Conquistadors
• Cracking the Maya Code
  

Protestant Reformation

• Martin Luther
  

Greek Mythology

• Mythweb
• D'aulaires' Book of Greek Myths
• Myths and Heroes
  

Elaine McEwan has some helpful books and a website for helping struggling readers

• 40 Ways to Support Struggling Readers in Content Classrooms, Grades 6-12
• elainemcewan.com

Other Reading Resources

• NYPL Teen Central
• NYPL Teenlink
• NYPL Books for the Teen Age
  

Possible Field Trips

• The Cloisters (for medieval art and architecture)
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Beyond Babylon Exhibit (cultural diffusion)
  

Test

Let the collaboration begin!