ERC+Existential+Questions

=Lesson Plans -= =SEC.IV= Existential questions =This handout looks at how various religions have answered basic existential questions comparing 5 major religions,= Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism.

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 * As an introduction to ethics NFB has produced a film called "An Examined Life". This is an attempt to make philosophy accessible to students. Have students watch the excerpt about Peter Singer, and ethicist, and answer questions on the handout.**



A project for students to find religious references in contemporary art and connect them to the source of the religious reference.


 * Students can watch debates from Youtube depending on the questions the teacher chooses to cover. It is suggested that students watch a topic, take notes on the points both debaters make and then write their own conclusion on the each. This is a handout composed to accompany the Dawkins-Lennox first debate at Fixed Point.**




 * The Question of God is a DVD produced by PBS and features Harvard professor comparing the lives of Sigmond Freud and C. S. Lewis and how their worldviews were shaped. It has a panel of individuals discussing their religious and secular worldviews interspersed with actors presenting aspects of what shaped Freud and Lewis's worldviews. Students can engage in a discussion on the same questions as the panel and then listen to them as they present their ideas.**



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 * Human beings have always asked themselves fundamental questions- Who are we? Where do we come from? How have religious traditions or currents of thought offered responses to these questions. **


 * -How have our traditions offered answers to the questions - Who are we? - Where do we come from? What is the significance of these traditions?**


 * -Why do we judge traditions we don't understand?**

__Directions:__ SHOCK ME - Find the most shocking, strangest tradition, ritual or practice. Describe it in detail with it's significance.

by Pasquale Vari

Videos:

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 * Baby Dropping Ritual in India**

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 * Face Piercing**

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 * Foot Binding**

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 * The Rat Temple**

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 * The Standing Babas**

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 * Camel Fair**

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 * Pushkar Mela**

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 * The Giraffe Women**

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 * The Monkey Feast**



Final Project that puts together various existential questions, social justice/ethical issue, reflections on references from art. Who am I? This project requires students to reflect on topics throughout the two years of Cycle 2.

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