ERC+Religious+Experience

Religious Experiences


 * Students must become aware that religious experience is an essential dimension for persons and groups affiliated with a religion. **
 * 1- Moral and Personal Compass:** Where do people get their notions of right and wrong? Where do people get their goals in life? Look at charismatic leaders and maybe other opinion leaders. – Begin work on the antagonist; perhaps get them to look into a possible villain for their story.


 * 2- Nihilism:** Is there really a purpose for doing anything in life? Where do we get purpose in life? Why do we even bother getting up in the morning? – Perhaps begin work on making the profile of the antagonist, due a week or so after the Protagonist profile. It should be based upon something or someone real that the creators personally feel strongly against.


 * 3- Personal Responsibility**: Look into what makes us do good, or even evil. Milgrim experiment is a good idea; "Ring of Invisibility" example from Plato would be a good one as well. You could role-play situations where the students have an ambiguous situation, and they have to get through it in either an ethical, or unethical manner.


 * 4- Developing a personal motto:** What do we want our lives to look like? What is a statement we can live by that we can define who we are from? Look into characters like Lancelot from Arthurian lore (Monty Python's might work well), Satanism perhaps, and other fictional/historical figures. This could be a class about "integrity," or living according to what you believe. The written section about the Protagonist's credo and how it affects his/her decision should be due a week after this.

=Lesson Plans - SEC. IV= by Elijah Richie









=Lesson Plans - SEC. V= by Elijah Richie


 * We look at a wide range of religious experiences by asking students to create a Religion for Dummies book. Students will complete 2 pages (1 page front & back) on each given topic.**
 * Each topic will take 2 class periods:**
 * __Period 1__ - Lesson, discussion, videos**
 * __Period 2__ - Students bring in research, brainstorm what they will include for their 2 pages**
 * __Homework__: Complete the 2 pages (typed with pictures)**

**//__Religion for Dummies__//**

 * Rules of Conduct**




 * Science Vs. Religion**




 * Show the following videos:

1. **Darwin's Heretic** []

2. **Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Non existence of God** []

3. **Schrodinger Cat** []


 * Life, Death and Karma**




 * Brainwashing**




 * Fringe Religions**




 * Show the following video:

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 * Satanic Black Mass**


 * Pilgrimage**




 * Sacred Foods**




 * Show the following videos:

1. **84 egg sandwich - Epic Meal Time** []

2. **Strange Rituals - History Channel - Cannibals** []


 * Teens and Religion**




 * Hollywood Stereotypes**




 * Show the following video:

1. **Kali Ma** []

//Sacred Animals//




 * Show the following videos:

1. **Culture Shock Pt. 6 - Monkey Feast** []

2. **Snake Handling** []




 * Heaven and Hell**






 * Show he following videos:

1. **Christianity in a Nutshell** []

2. **Matrix - The Pill** []





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