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The Pack contains associated resources for the learning experience, typically in the form of articles and videos. There is a teacher Pack (with only teacher information) and a student Pack (which contains only student information). As a teacher, you can toggle between both to see everything.
Here are the teacher pack items for The Struggle for Religious Freedom:
Overview In this experience, students first brainstorm historical events that were motivated by religion. Then they compare and contrast Spanish missions and English colonies settled for religious freedom. Next they learn about the Pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving, and they reflect on the relationship between harvest and religious festivals. Finally, they explore many individuals who contributed to religious freedom across the English colonies. If you have access to leveled readers that include stories about the Pilgrims or the Puritans, assign them to the students in parallel to this experience. Estimated duration: 45-75 minutes. In scene 4, students write a brief explanation that may require more research. You may choose to have them write a more developed report. Vocabulary words: Objective
You may recall the 3 Gs—gold, God, and glory—that motivated European exploration and settlement of the Americas. In this experience, you will focus on the role of God, or religion.
Objective
The Church Receives subjects from Asia, Africa, and America, by Franz Hoeller (1726)
The John Carter Brown Library description of the print says: “A woman wearing a papal crown and seated on a throne on a dais receives Africans and/or native Americans wearing feathered headdresses and garments. In the background is an Eastern city or settlement with pagodas on one side of the throne and mosques or buildings with crescent moons on them on the other. In the sky is an all-seeing eye in a triangle and a moon. Includes an angel carrying a cross in the sky. Also includes native Americans toppling and breaking statue or idols with axes.”
Historical events have often been motivated by religion, even in our day. If you are familiar with some event that happened because of religion, post it in the table.
Students do not have to post in order to progress to the next screen. Review student posts and allow for a few minutes of discussion. If necessary, offer some of these sample answers: the Crusades, the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, some of the civil wars in Africa (e.g., Sudan), Asia (e.g., Pakistan and India), and Europe (e.g., Ireland or the former Yugoslavia).
