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Religion and Law Assessment

Mr Bigg — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:45:32 +0000

Learning Objective: To write a newspaper article exploring the way law operates in different religions.

The point of this assessment is to see how well you can explain what different religions believe about law. Really good assessments will analyse and evalualte the ideas. For the assignment handout click here.

Marking:
This project will be marked on effort, understanding and independence. You will get raffle tickets for each category, and the winner of the raffle will get a prize! The more raffle tickets you get the better your chances!

You might want a bit more information about what the different religions believe, so look below.

Judaism:
Judaism 101 on Halakhah
ReligionFacts.com (quite complex).
MyJewishLearning.com

Islam:
BBC Religion

Buddhism:
Buddhism for Children – Search for “Karma” or “Precepts” on the page.

Christianity:

Christianity 101 – Grace
Christianity for Kids
This is quite a difficult topic, so please ask me if you want help.

Good luck! Remember that copying and pasting from Wikipedia proves nothing and won’t get you any marks!

Jesus in other cultures

Mr Bigg — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:41:44 +0000

Jesus as a man from the Middle East (Israel). However, many people draw pictures of him as a person from another culture to show that Jesus is not just there for people from Israel – he is for everybody.

Have a look at some of the pictures from this website and use them to illustrate the point that Jesus is for everyone.

Of course, all of the pictures tell us different things about Jesus too. You will do even better if you can explain what else these pictures might say about Jesus. I have a little book explaining each one if you want to try this.

Art of Jesus’ birth

Mr Bigg — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:36:20 +0000

In this lesson we looked at several piece of art showing Jesus’ birth. In each we tried to identify how four key teachings came out:

Jesus is fully human AND fully God.
Jesus somehow reconnects human beings to God.
Jesus, the “light of the world”, brings God’s peace.
Jesus is the most important person ever to live.

The main picture we looked at was Botticelli’s Nativity:

Do you remember the things we talked about? Your essay needs to try to explain what they mean:

Jesus is right in the middle
Jesus is naked
Angels and human beings are hugging at the bottom
A demon is running away in the bottom right
Angels are coming down out of heaven

Here are some of the other pictures. Remember to ask yourself…

Who or what is the main thing in the picture? How do you know it is the main thing?
Where is the light coming from?
What can we tell about the way the main characters are feeling? How can you tell? What is it trying to say?
What is happening in the rest of the picture? What do these things tell you about the main bit?

Ghirlandaio’s Nativity:

Previtali’s Nativity:

Rubens: