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Grade 11 World Religions and Belief Traditions (HRT3M)

The Ontario Grade 11 course HRT3M: six strands, from research skills and approaches to the study of the sacred to teachings, rites and social contexts. The museum maps four of them, through Islamic examples only.

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Strand C: Religious and Spiritual Impulse

How people use religions to meet needs and to understand life as a quest for meaning; the museum serves one practice and the ideas of death and the afterlife (C2.3, C2.4).

  1. Pilgrimage as a journey of meaning How a practice such as pilgrimage is tied to a quest for meaning or spiritual understanding (C2.3). StoryPlace
  2. Death, the grave and what follows How ideas about death and the afterlife reflect a tradition's picture of the spiritual journey (C2.4). Reflection × 2

Strand D: Sacred Teachings and Principles

The central tenets, practices and teachings, the sacred writings and oral teachings, and the roles and figures of a tradition.

  1. What believers hold: God, angels and the end The central tenets of a faith and how ideas of the afterlife appear in a tradition's teaching (D1.2, D1.4). Reflection × 3
  2. Giving and fasting Actions people perform to meet their tradition's expectations, and practices that reflect its teachings (D1.3, D1.5). Reflection × 2
  3. Sacred writings and oral teachings Which writings and teachings a tradition treats as significant, how they arose, what principles they set out, and how they compare in importance (D2.1, D2.2, D2.3, D2.4). Story × 2Reflection
  4. Duties, roles and leaders The concepts that define an adherent's duties, the purpose of particular roles, influential figures and the impact of leaders and activists (D3.1, D3.2, D3.3, D3.4). Story × 3Careers

Strand E: Rites and Observance

The daily observances of a tradition, and how its rituals and rites reflect its principles.

  1. The daily prayer The daily practice of prayer: what it is, what teaching it reflects and where it began (E1.1, E1.2, E1.3). Qur'anStory
  2. A festival and a rite of passage The origin and meaning of a festival (E2.2). Story

Strand F: Social and Cultural Contexts

How traditions are embodied in cultural forms and how they meet society; the museum serves cultural forms and one observance against prejudice (F1.2 to F1.4, F2.3).

  1. Images, script and a plain mosque Why a tradition prohibits a cultural form, how it shows in a building, and why some forms hold special significance (F1.2, F1.3, F1.4). ReflectionObjectPlace
  2. Prejudice and misconception Some common prejudices and misconceptions about religions, and how a community has named one of them (F2.3). Story

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