Message from rramirez

[Anonymous]

One thing I did last year with my students was to introduce them to the three beliefs system (Buddhism, Confucianism and Daoism) with some materials from the HIstory Alive series. The material was some condensed notes and you had to have the students highlight important features about each belief system.
As a followup, I gave them a homework assignment in which each student had to decide which belief system is most similiar to me as their teacher. They had to defend their answer by tying together the way I run my class and my discipline policies to the beliefs of either Buddhism, Confucianism or Daoism. Most kids thought I was a Daoist, because they said I go with the flow of things a lot and don't "trip" about little things like other teachers do. The troublemakers and the overachievers of the school said I was more of a Confucianist because I promote respect for elders, hard work and education.
The next day I had some of the kids present their point of view to the class and debate it informally for a few minutes. It was a fun way to present the Three Beliefs System and also to get the kids to think a different way.
Ryan