Friday, May 23, 2008

Week 19, Syllabus

Mr. Ditzenberger-Church History
Lessons: Islam
Week 19, May 26th-30th
Unit: Other Belief Systems

Objectives:
1. Students will present the main points of the world religions that they choose to study and summarize.
2. Students will list key beliefs of the world religions including Buddhism, Hinduism, Mormonism, and Naturalism.
3. Students will review the main concepts, people, events, and the overall development of the Christ’s church throughout history.

Monday
1. Student summaries of world religions.

Tuesday
1. Test on world religions.

Wednesday
1. review

Thursday
1. review Presentations

Friday
1. No class.

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Week 18, Syllabus

Mr. Ditzenberger-Church History
Lessons: Islam
Week 18, May 19th-23rd
Unit: Other Belief Systems
Objectives:
1. Students will read and discuss the main tenants of Islam.
2. Students will compare Hinduism with Christianity.
3. Students will prepare for lessons on Buddhism, Eastern Philosophies, the New Age, and Judaism.

Monday
1. Vesak Day

Tuesday
1. Hinduism handout (world religions/Hinduism)
2. In groups, compare the three major teachings of Hinduism.

Wednesday
Belief systems of student’s choice.

Thursday
Presentations

Friday
Presentations

Monday, May 12, 2008

Week 17, Syllabus

Mr. Ditzenberger-Church History
Lessons: Islam Week 17, May 12th-16th Unit: Other Belief Systems
Objectives:
1. Students will read and discuss the main tenants of Islam.
2. Students will compare Hinduism with Christianity.
3. Students will prepare for lessons on Buddhism, Eastern Philosophies, the New Age, and Judaism.

Monday
1. Finish reading on Islam.

Tuesday
1. Hinduism handout (world religions/Hinduism)
2. In groups, compare the three major teachings of Hinduism.

Wednesday
1. Hinduism continued.

Thursday
1. Lesson Preparations-Buddhism – ch. 8, 2. Eastern Philosophies – ch. 9 3. New Age – ch. 10, 4. Judaism – ch. 2

2. Lesson preparations

Friday
1. Lesson preparations

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

4th Q Project

Church History-4th Quarter Project

You have spent the entire year, so far, learning about what God has done in the past 2000 years. If Christ does not return in the 21st century, what do you think God hopes to accomplish through his church? Your project this quarter is to answer this question. You can do this in a variety of formats. You can turn it into a group project or simply work alone. You can research the Bible and Christian thinkers; you can interview your pastor, missionaries, Bible school/seminary professors and/or ICS teachers that might have some insights. The project can be presented as a PowerPoint, a video, or a research paper/essay (for other alternatives, please see me for prior approval). The form is flexible; the substance is subjective; the question is the only constant. What does God want to accomplish through the Body of Christ, his church, in the next 100 years or so?

The project is due the 20th of May. Groups may be up to three people and roughly equal work should be done by each member.

At least one rubric should be submitted with each project:


Name __________________________________________ Date ______________________ Score /75

Category Specifications

10 points
Alternative
Question X 2
The question is thoroughly addressed. A biblical and historical perspective has been offered in the answer.

Form X 2
Whether the form of the question is written, spoken (in terms of a presentation), or displayed in a video, it represents excellence in its quality.

Length-video-5 to 10 minutes; presentation-10-15 minutes; written-4-7 pages. X 1
The length is appropriate given its form.

Introduction and Conclusion X 1
The presentation has an engaging introduction and a conclusion that summarizes the essence of the information presented.

Documentation X 1
If a video or PowerPoint presentation is given, simple credits acknowledging the sources uses should be provided. If a paper is submitted, a works cited page in proper MLA format should be given.

Conventions X .5
Proper English language conventions should be used, no matter the form.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Week 15, Syllabus

Mr. Ditzenberger-Church History
Lessons: Atheism Week 15, April 28th-May 2nd Unit: Other Belief Systems
Objectives:

1. Students will evaluate the arguments in favor and against theism and atheism by evaluating arguments in the textbook and analyzing the debates given by Dennett, Hutchins, Dawkins, and D’Souza.

Monday
1. Principles of debate.
2. Dennett and D’Souza

Tuesday
1. Senior Trip

Wednesday
1. Senior Trip

Thursday
1. Holiday

Friday
1. Holiday

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Week 14, Syllabus

Mr. Ditzenberger-Church History
Lessons: Belief Systems-Introduction Week 14, April 21st-25th Unit: Other Belief Systems
Objectives:
1. Students will list the basic principles of the study of world religions and probe different fundamental questions related to those basic principles.
2. Students will read and discuss the introduction to Bruce and Stan’s…
3. Students will evaluate the arguments in favor and against theism and atheism by evaluating arguments in the textbook and analyzing the debates given by Dennett, Dawkins, and D’Souza.

Monday
1. Basic Principles of approaching life’s biggest questions and the evaluation of world religions.
2. Questions to Consider
3. Questions Handout

Tuesday
1. Introduction of Other Belief Systems
2. Introduction to Bruce and Stan’ s Guide to World Religions -read and summarize intro-7-15
3. Atheism (strong) vs. Monotheism Debate.

Wednesday
1. Lesson 3-Atheism. Chapter 11, Bruce and Stan’s Guide

Thursday
1. Atheism-Richard Dawkins video-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr-9N9fEgNA
2. Dinesh D’Souza Debates with

Friday
Dinesh D’Souza Debates with Daniel Dennett http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw7J15TeDG4&feature=related

Friday, April 11, 2008

Week 13, Syllabus

Mr. Ditzenberger-Church History
Lessons: Modern Church History
Week 13, April 14th-18th
Unit: Church History
Objectives:
1. Students will watch a video on the great reformer, Martin Luther.
2. Students will reflect on Luther’s main contributions.
3. Students will explore modern trends and movements in the evolving history of the church.
4. Students will analyze the role of the house church movement, including its potential and its possible shortcomings.

Monday
1. Luther Video.

Tuesday
1. Luther Video

Wednesday
1. Handout – Luther’s Tower Experience

The spread of Luther’s ideas was greatly aided by the invention of the printing press.
He was supported by wealthy aristocrats.
He was revolutionary – first translation of Bible into German, view of justification, married, words caused peasants to revolt
He was not perfect – he ranted and raved against Jews. Hitler used some of his words to support Nazism.
His last written words were “We are all beggars. That is true.” Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Lecture on Missions from Operation World-Audio/PowerPoint.

Thursday
1. Trends
· Moving south – Africa, Asia, Latin America - possibly a 4th Christendom.
· Poverty – most Christians are extremely poor by Western standards.
· Persecution – clash with Islam, atheism and homosexual agenda
· Atheism
· Homosexual agenda
· Relativism – there is no absolute truth or standard that we must follow
· Prayer
· House Church

Handout – Jenkins- Make one topic from handout into a newspaper article.

Friday
1. Lesson 3 – House Church Debate-see notes