Message from sspringer

[Anonymous]

I especially enjoyed the part of the discussion which brought up the topic: philosophy vs. religion, how do you tell the difference? I can see using philosophy ( how do we decide what is important and our decisions) as one lesson, followed by religions ( the general information, facts, and personal student sharing), and the discussion of philosophy/religion as a third component. To encourage individual student thinking, I like to use a Venn Diagram to display information and then encourage students to create more creative web designs to organize their information. For example, they may draw 2 catapillars entangled ( a metaphor for philosophy relating to religion) and by drawing oval legs, they can put a piece of information in each leg. A leg broken off could indicate a religious doctrine/thought that was removed from the religious practice, etc. You get the picture.