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Read pages 191 (from "Religion and the Indifferent Universe") to the end of "The Meaning of Life" reading. How/Why does religion help people answer the questions of our existence? What new ideas does this reading give you about the meaning of life? Class Biz Honors book club seminar THURSDAY 7th period Agenda 1. Thoughts on Religion and Science Are religion and science compatible? Can they work together to illuminate meaning in our lives? Or do they contradict each other? In groups, make a T-chart. Label the left column: "Commonalities between Religion and Science" Label the column on the right: "Areas where you see tension between them" 2. SHARE OUT 3. Stephen Jay Gould's "NOMA" Non-overlapping Magisteria Feel free to read Gould's original article (linked above) for more depth of information! Non-overlapping magisteria (NOMA) is the view advocated by Stephen Jay Gould that science and religion each represent different areas of inquiry, fact vs. values, so there is a difference between the "nets" [1] over which they have "a legitimate magisterium, or domain of teaching authority," and the two domains do not overlap.[2] He suggests, with examples, that "NOMA enjoys strong and fully explicit support, even from the primary cultural stereotypes of hard-line traditionalism" and that it is "a sound position of general consensus, established by long struggle among people of goodwill in both magisteria."[1] Still, there continues to be disagreement over where the boundaries between the two magisteria should be.[3] Quote from Gould: "Our failure to discern a universal good does not record any lack of insight or ingenuity, but merely demonstrates that nature contains no moral messages framed in human terms. Morality is a subject for philosophers, theologians, students of the humanities, indeed for all thinking people. The answers will not be read passively from nature; they do not, and cannot, arise from the data of science. The factual state of the world does not teach us how we, with our powers for good and evil, should alter or preserve it in the most ethical manner" 4. READ The Meaning of Life in a Formula and jot down some notes on your article to help you contribute to our discussion on the following questions:
5. Individual Student-led seminar prep time!
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Starter 16: What are your initial thoughts on the first Question of the Week? Driving Questions for the Week
Class Biz
Agenda 1. Share out starter responses with a partner 2. Review "Willing to be Disturbed" and class norms 3. Read "The Creation" by Eduardo Galeano
4. Watch Rick Warren's TED Talk"A Life of Purpose"
5. Read pages 191 (from "Religion and the Indifferent Universe") to the end of "The Meaning of Life" reading. 6. Discussion: How/Why does religion help people answer the questions of our existence? What new ideas does this reading give you about the meaning of life? 7. Go over the STUDENT-LED SEMINAR Guidelines and then we'll take time for GROUP PREP TIME Starter #14 FREE WRITE!
Class Biz Reminder: We will meet at 8:40 am tomorrow morning at Steaming Bean for Lit Circle meeting #6 Agenda 1. Read and respond to the readings on Solitude and Nature: Key Ingredients to a Life Worth Living? (correction for seminar prep instructions-- Do B and D, but CHOOSE EITHER A or C) 2. Seminar
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Starter #14: Mid-project feedback survey (embedded below too) Class Biz
Agenda Lit Circle Meeting #5
Intro to Mini-seminar: Solitude and Nature: Key Ingredients to a Life Worth Living? Begin reading and preparing for tomorrow's seminar (to be held 6th period) Objectives
Evaluate the role of solitude and nature in creating a life worth living Starter #14
Class Biz
Agenda Review yesterday's reading and key ideas that stood out Turkle TED Talk: Connected But Alone TED Talk
Class Discussion on Turkle's TED Talk
A different perspective from Turkle's TED Talk: "Technology Made Us Humans":
2nd period: Lit Circle Meeting #5
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CategoriesAshley CarruthHumanities 11 Teacher at Animas High School |