Thelenberg 2011 12

Homework

Worksheet on Presidential elections to be downloaded here

Read + sum up ==> notes/annotations on worksheet. Be prepared to explain phases! Mark + look up useful vocab on "politics" that you find in the text!

Basic Skills & Information

• Information on homework and oral grades
• Reading and Marking technique - SQ3R Method A useful method to read, mark and annotate texts.
• Working with Cartoons
• Answering questions on the text
• Starting a paragraph
• Starting an Essay/Comment
• Writing an interview
• Mediation
• Characterization
• Building an Argument

Religion in the US and the UK

TV Evangelism

• Joel Osteen - The Power of "I AM!"

The Amish in the USA

• Look at text1 and text2.
• Write an interview with an Amish, supposedly done when you visited the USA as a tourist!
• It should cover the topics of electricity and cars, of the strange clothes they wear and of their attitude to being photographed!

Talks on Religion

1. Creationism and intelligent design vs. science - Burger/Müller(2)
2. Religious landscape in the US – Main Churches … Importance of religion in families, at work, in education - Kuhn/Albert (2)
3. TV Evangelism in the USA (2)
4. The Amish - L. Hein (1)
5. Muslims in the UK today. Numbers, self-perception, difficulties for Muslims and Christians - A. Rossmanith/L. Schineller(2)
6. Religion in Britain – Christian Denominations, Religious Values in Education/Society (2)