Friday, December 13, 2013

Foundations of Christianity Class Presentation

In my absence today you are to work on a collaborative class presentation - here's the link to the Christianity 101 Class Presentation - where you can all add to and continue to work on your own slides simultaneously along with the rest of the class working on their slides.

"Duplicate Slide" to add slides that are IN THE SAME FORMAT as the original one (your name upper right, title upper left, font size 14 white Arial, picture somewhere in the middle) and then immediately change the name to your own and the title, picture, words etc.

You need to figure out who will be working with whom and on what topics.  I've included the beginning of the presentation (link above) as a starting point.

Here are the topics:

  1. Four Gospels of the New Testament
  2. Sermon on the Mount
  3. The rest of the New Testament
  4. Schism between Eastern Orthodox and Roman Churches (1054 CE)
  5. The Crusades (started around 1095 CE)
  6. Martin Luther leads the Protestant Reformation (1517 CE)
  7. King Henry VIII creates the Church of England, aka Anglican Church (1534 CE)
  8. First Vatican Council (1870 CE)
  9. Second Vatican Council (1965 CE)
  10. Modern-day Protestant Churches (Lutheran, Calvinist, Baptist, Methodist, Mormon, Jehovah's Witness)
  11. Modern-day Catholicism and the brand new Pope
  12. Profile of a Great Christian Leaders of the Modern Day (2 only for the whole class, each to be done by one student only)
  13. Cloning and genetic engineering - why is this an issue for many Christians?
For each you should focus on the facts and figures, the main events and then why it is all significant.  The significance to the "church" and to the history of the Christianity and to the modern day practice of Christianity as a tool for social justice and change should be your focus once you have set up the nuts and bolts of your topic.

I think 8 - 10 slides for each topic should suffice but you might need more.  Please limit the writing on each slide to the space available in size 14 Arial based on the first sample slide that I've included.  A sentence or three should suffice - this is to be picture rich, not too much text per slide.

You can work singly or in pairs (NO groups of three).  The entire class needs to spend five minutes, with the help of the supply teacher, picking topics and names for them.

We'll have a look at your work on Tuesday and then everyone can present, informally, your work for the class.




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