Religion Journal 3rd Year Exam Religion ©MsKeleghan’sEducationBlog

Section One - Introduction Open page 3 in your Journal 1. Tick: Journal Work on my own ©MsKeleghan’sEducationBlog

Official Title Look at the next slide and find your official title! This is the official title given by the Department of Education that you decided to pick Look at the next slide and find your official title! ©MsKeleghan’sEducationBlog

A profile of the role a religious leader plays in one community of faith in Ireland today. A case study on the way in which one religious organisation is helping people in need today. A study of the historical background to the founding story of one of the following major world religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam or Judaism. ©MsKeleghan’sEducationBlog

Keep it simple and short! Next…. You need to come up with your own personal title for your Journal. Keep it simple and short! ©MsKeleghan’sEducationBlog

Use your handout to help you I was interested in… We studied this topic in class and I found it fascinating… I want to learn more about… I wanted to learn about something interesting… Use your handout to help you ©MsKeleghan’sEducationBlog

What did you hope to learn? You need to fill up all the lines! Use the worksheet to help you! Pick 3-4 things you learnt whilst doing your project and say you hoped to learn about them! ©MsKeleghan’sEducationBlog

Section 2 Getting Started ©MsKeleghan’sEducationBlog

Preparation Research: What did you do before you started working on your project? Research: Looked in books Investigated online. Found good websites. Talked with my religion teacher. Brainstorm ideas Decide how to present your project Prepare Interview questions Get images Collect the information Problems/Challenges Internet didn’t work Couldn’t find books Printer didn’t work Didn’t manage my time I was not very organised Could not find someone to interview etc ©MsKeleghan’sEducationBlog

Section 3 Work ©MsKeleghan’sEducationBlog

WORK Brainstormed my ideas on a piece of paper Researched online, in books, in magazines Watched a Documentary Visited a centre Asked somebody if you could interview them Interviewed somebody Bought a folder to present work in Ran some ideas by my teacher Got images ©MsKeleghan’sEducationBlog

Section 3 Work Continued Detailed description of something you did as part of your project. This can be why you choose to include: Researching in the library Interview What pictures you included and why Why did you look online? etc ©MsKeleghan’sEducationBlog

What did you find the easiest? Hardest? Most interesting? Were you surprised to learn anything? What really interested you? Did you discover you like working on your own or would have preferred a class project? ©MsKeleghan’sEducationBlog

Section 4 Discoveries ©MsKeleghan’sEducationBlog

I Learnt…. Show that you learnt something here. Pick one thing you learnt about whilst doing your project and write it down in detail. ©MsKeleghan’sEducationBlog

How did this project impact you? Did it change the way you think about something? Will you do anything differently in your life? For example: Volunteer with SVP Be more respectful of other religions Go to Mass more Get you know my local priest. Appreciate what I have Realise there is a lot I need to learn about world religions. ©MsKeleghan’sEducationBlog

Tick two skills you used during your project. Problem-Solving What problem did you face? How did you overcome it? Printer wouldn’t work, library wasn’t open, could not find good information. Organisational Skills Time keeping, folder to organised work, planning interview, getting work done on time. Tick two skills you used during your project. ©MsKeleghan’sEducationBlog

Talk about how doing this project reminded you of studying two topics in the RE Course Linking Foundations of Christianity Major World Religions Celebration of Faith Communities of Faith The Moral Challenge The Question of Faith ©MsKeleghan’sEducationBlog

Identify what went well and didn’t go well. Why? What would you do again/ not do again? Why? State your overall opinion of the project. Did it go well? Did you enjoy it? What Would you do differently? I would recommend… I would suggest… ©MsKeleghan’sEducationBlog