Unit 68: Relgious bios

Here are the guidelines for your biographies.

• 1.5-2 pages typed and double-spaced
• Choose a religious figure (such as a saint) or an important figure who lived by religious principles (such as Abraham Lincoln)
• No two people can choose the same person. Register your choice here on the blog. Read everyone else's choice first. If someone else has claimed your first choice, make a second choice.
• Use five of the verbs that we learned for indirect speech.

As to content, I am looking for the following:

• Who was this person?
• What was the shape of the world that X lived in? (eg ML King grew up in a country that talked about freedom and equality, but denied it to many of its citizens.)
• What ideas did X live by? (eg Gandhi believed in the principles of Satyagraha, non-violent resistence to oppression and turning the other cheek when hit.)
• How did X put these ideas into practice? (eg Mother Theresa identified with the poorest of the poor and she dedicated her life to helping people that no one else would touch.)
  What did X have to sacrifice to follow his/her principles? (eg When Reb Shlomo was seen coming out of a church, he was fired from his job as a Jewish rabbi.)
• How is the world better or worse because of X? (Because of Osama bin Laden, thousands of people died horribly and extra security measures are needed in the airports. Many people no longer feel safe when travelling because anyone could be a fanatic.)
• Why did you choose this person?

Thank you. I hope this is clear enough. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me in class.