Lesson 1: Values

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Lesson 1: Values and Religion

Program

1. Welcome

2. Vocabulary ethics

3. Values

4. Assignment

5. §3.1 Religion and science

Lesson goals: You know the meaning of the words value, morality and virtue

You can give examples of how value influences actions

Vocabulary Ethics - Copy in your notebook

Value -> Individual beliefs that motivate people to act one way or another. Important principles. They serve as a guide for human behavior. 

In Dutch: waarde (Normen&waarden = Norms&Values)

Morality -> Morality is the human attempt to define what is right and wrong in thought and behavior, resulting in a system or set of ideas about good vs. bad action/behavior.

In Dutch: moraal 

Virtue -> Good character trait

In Dutch: deugd

Values

- Explain what values you learned from home

- Write down which 3 values you find important and why

Values and religion

Values influence how you act/behave

Religions often have clear values set out that (strongly) define how their followers should act

Make a line 

Stand in alphabetical order based on your last name

Mercy = genade

Redemption = redding

Humility = nederigheid

Servanthood = dienstbaarheid

Evangelims = evangelisatie

Submission = onderwerping

Justice = rechtvaardigheid

Repentance = berouw

Community = gemeenschap 

Covenant = verbond

Conduct = gedrag

Righteousness = gerechtigheid 

Hospitality = gastvrijheid

Assignment

- 6 teams

- Get a note from the box

- Run back to your team and read the note

- Try to explain your word (in English) without using the word itself (Charades)

- Don't know the meaning? Return it in the box and get a new one

OR use the dictionary

- Team with most notes wins

Interaction language

- When you act like .... or ... you are showing this word in action

- The opposite of this word is ....

- Part of this word is similar to ... or ... 

1. Elaha

2. Jarne

3. Jaci

4. Julia

5. Pieter 

6. Ragnar

7. Femke

8. Ties

9. Saul

10. Hila

11. Zuhal

12. Danaz

13. Tasnim

14. Reece

15. Boaz

16. Jaidyn

17. Oumayra

18. Yaro

19. Noan

20. Xi-Anne

21. Jelle

22. Mike

23. Grace

24. Abhinav

25. Dominiek 

Groep 1: 1, 2, 3, 4

Groep 2: 5, 6, 7, 8

Groep 3: 9, 10, 11, 12

Groep 4: 13, 14, 15, 16

Groep 5: 17, 18, 19, 20

Groep 6: 21, 22, 23, 24

Assignment

Copy the table below on your sheet of A3

Write down which of the values you have collected belong to which religion

Religion	Value
Judaism
Christianity
Islam

Christianity:

1. Compassion and mercy

2. Kindness

3. Give to the poor

4. Love

5. Hope and eternal life

6. Forgiveness and redemption

7. Humility and Servanthood

8. Mission/Evangelism

9. Peace

10. Forgiveness

Islam

1. Submission to the will of God

2. Faith

3. Righteousness and morality

4. Mercy

5. Justice

6. Humility and modesty

7. Forgiveness and Repentance

8. Unity and Brotherhood

Judaism

1. Monotheism

2. Covenant

3. Study of the holy books

4. Ethical Conduct

5. Justice and Righteousness

6. Community and Family

7. Hospitality

8. Repairing the World (Tikkun Olam)

9. Education and Lifelong Learning

§3.1 Religion and Science

4 principles of science 

Fill in the gap

Scientists generalize. Scientists try to find the basic laws of nature. For example, all objects with mass experience the attractive force of gravity. 

Scientists investigate. Scientists conduct observable experiments in order to find out how things work. Scientists look for repeatable results because they know that a single observation might be mistaken

§3.1 Religion and Science

4 principles of science 

1: generalize; nature; gravity

2: investigate; experiments; mistaken

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3. Scientists must keep up to date

4. Scientists develop theories

Johannes Kepler

One the most important figures of the Scientific Revolution and a scientist who was motivated by his Christian beliefs. 

"I was merely thinking God's thoughts after him."