Curriculum / ELA / 3rd Grade / Unit 7: Exploring World Religions / Lesson 18
ELA
Unit 7
3rd Grade
Lesson 18 of 19
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Discuss why it is important to learn about other religions.
Book: One World, Many Religions: The Ways We Worship by Mary Pope Osborne
Book: What Is Religion? by Bobbie Kalman
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Using everything you’ve learned in the unit, discuss the following unit Essential Question.
An example response to the Target Task at the level of detail expected of the students.
Questions about the text that will help guide the students understanding
How can we respect religious difference between religious communities?
If I believe differently than another, what can I do to also be caring and respectful?
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RI.3.2 — Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
SL.3.1 — Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Standards that are practiced daily but are not priority standards of the unit
L.3.6 — Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).
SL.3.6 — Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.
W.3.10 — Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Lesson 17
Lesson 19
Describe what a religion is and the way religions are similar and different.
RI.3.2
Explain how the author uses details to support the idea that religion has shaped the world we live in today.
RI.3.2 RI.3.8
Discussion & Writing – 2 days
Explain what evidence both authors include to show that religion has played an important role in shaping our world.
L.3.1.h L.3.1.i RI.3.9 SL.3.1 W.3.2
Explain what the section “The Story of Judaism” is mostly about and what details the author includes to support the main ideas by determining the main idea.
Explain the history and beliefs of Judaism.
RI.3.3 RI.3.8
Analyze the evidence the author includes to support the idea that “for centuries, holidays and traditions have been an essential part of Jewish life."
Discussion & Writing
Explain what both authors want a reader to know and understand about the key beliefs and aspects of Judaism.
RI.3.9 SL.3.1 W.3.2 W.3.2.a W.3.2.b W.3.2.d
Explain what the sections “The Story of Jesus” and “Many Kinds of Christians” are mostly about and what details the author includes to support the main idea.
Explain the history and beliefs of Christianity.
Explain if all Christian groups, or denominations, are the same and what evidence the author gives to either support or disprove this idea.
Explain what both authors want a reader to know and understand about the key beliefs and aspects of Christianity.
Explain what the section “The Story of Islam” is mostly about and what details the author includes to support the main idea.
Explain the history and beliefs of Islam.
Explain the five pillars of Islam and why each pillar is important.
RI.3.3
Explain what both authors want a reader to know and understand about the key beliefs and aspects of Islam.
2 days
Research and take notes about either Hinduism or Buddhism by reading multiple texts to determine and synthesize key information about a topic.
RI.3.2 W.3.2 W.3.2.a W.3.2.b W.3.2.d W.3.7 W.3.8
Writing – 5 days
Write a research report describing key aspects of Buddhism or Hinduism by writing informative texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
W.3.2 W.3.2.a W.3.2.b W.3.2.d W.3.7 W.3.8
Discussion
RI.3.2 SL.3.1
Assessment
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