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Teaching In A Pluralistic Society

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1. One who believes that the existence of God can neither be proven or unproven. An agnostic does not believe in a God or Goddess.






2. The informal or conversational speech in a community.






3. The fourth largest religion in the world. Founded in 535 b.c. by Siddhartha Gautama - who was believed to be prince of India. They believe in reincarnation and emphasize virture - good conduct - morality - concentration - meditation - mental developm






4. The ability to speak only one language.






5. A conservative religious group founded by rev. Jerry Falwell in 1979 consisting of a Christian action committee who campaigned and supported political candidates who supported Christian 'moral law' - believing that they supported the majority of peop






6. Members comprise the largest Christian church in the world with over 1 billion adherents. Most believers live in Europe - South America - and North America. The numbers of them in Africa and Asia have been growing in recent years. Catholics believe t






7. The English spoken by a particular group of individuals in a community. Typically this group is the professional educated middle class and the group with a high degree of influence and prestige in the community.






8. Groups of people who exist and function apart from the dominant culture.






9. A group of African Americans who now align themselves primarily with the Sunni form of Islam. In the U.S. They had likely had their early beginnings in the late 1800's - but at that time had little in common with traditional Islam. In the 1970's Elij






10. Members of the Roman Catholic Church who believe that the POpe in Rome is God's visible lieutenant on earth and the rightful leader of Christianity.






11. The acceptable written language that is typically found in grammar books.






12. Conservative Christians who fall under a broad umbrella. Some are considered more moderate within the group and focus on social action agendas in addition to their religious agenda. Another group tends to be more conservative and focuses on issues su






13. The general name given to an extremely divers group of Christians - who may differ slightly or greatly from one another. Together they form the second largest Christian group in the world after Roman Catholics. They are centered primarily in Europe a






14. A dialect used by many African Americans and used primarily by those in working-class families.






15. The second largest religion in the world - which is still growing n numbers and influence. It means to submit to the will of Allah or God and is derived from the same Arabic word as 'peace.' It offers hope and salvation to the righteous and God-feari






16. Basic -everyday conversational skills - which English Language Learners can develop in approximately two years.






17. God in Arabic. it is the term used for God by Muslims and Arab Christians.






18. A dialect of the same language that is not considered standard.






19. The term advocated by conservative Protestants who support the teaching of the Biblical account of creation in public schools in addition to or in place of the theory of evolution.






20. Art or science of teaching - which includes instructional strategies and methods.






21. Conservative Christians who advocate the teaching of creation as presented in the Bible as opposed to the theory of evolution. there are many different groups of these and each has their own unique set of differences - which sets them apart from othe






22. Occurs when a second language replaces the first.






23. A theory that only an intelligent being could have created a natural world so complex and well ordered as ours. Some - if not most supporters of the evolution theory - view this as a new term for creationism or creation science.






24. The holy writings of Islam - believed by Muslims to be the exact words revealed by God or Allah to the prophet Muhammad. It is written differently in English.






25. A dialect used by the majority of African Americans and used primarily by those in working-class families.






26. A religion founded by Guru Nanak during the fifteenth or sixteenth century B.C.E in India. He drew from the elements of Hinduism and Islam - and stressed a universal single God. Union with God - he said - is accomplished through meditation and surren






27. The use of two languages as media of instruction. It accepts and develops native language and culture in the instructional process to learn english and to learn academic subject matter. It may use the native language - as well as English - as the med






28. Variations of a language usually determined by region or social class.






29. Protestants who believe in the virgin birth of Jesus - the Bible being inerrant - and Jesus as the son of God as essential to salvation.






30. A day of rest and holiness observed by Jews and a minority of Christian denomination. It is observed from sunset on Friday night until nightfall on Saturday. Most Christian groups observe Sunday as the Sabbath.






31. The adherents of Islam. Estimates are as high as 1.3 billion in the world - and the highest estimates in the U.S. are approximately 7 million. Only about 20% of them live in the Middle East. India and Indonesia have the largest numbers with about 175






32. Protestants who adhere to a simple lifestyle and simple forms of worship. They base their beliefs on the bible - particularly the New Testament - and place much focus on the Sermon on the Mount. They believe the Bible forbids them from going to war -






33. They had their origins with the Swiss Mennonites by broke away in the 1690's because of disagreements over church discipline. Like the Mennonites - they are forbidden to go to war - swear oaths - or hold any public offices. They require their members






34. Occurs when two languages are of equal value and neither dominates the other






35. One who positively does not believe in the existence of a God or Goddess.






36. Students who have limited or no English skills and who are in the process of learning English.






37. Protestants considered to be on the liberal end of the religious continuum who view Christianity in ways meaningful in a world of science and continual change. They stress the right of the individual to determine What is true in religion. They may or






38. The Arabic word for Muslims - which means the struggle in the path of Allah or God. It can mean the struggle against human passions and instincts - which inhibit one from doing the work of God. It can also mean an armed struggle against forces of inj






39. A nonreligiously based philosophy promoting man as the measure of all things. typically rejects the concept of a personal God and regards humans as supreme. Secular humanists tend to see God as a creation of man - rather than man being a creation of






40. A dialect used by the majority of African Americans and used primarily by those in working-class families.






41. A system that translates the English oral or written word into a sign.






42. A religion founded in Korea in 1954 by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon. Individuals outside of the faith refer to the groups adherents as 'Moonies -' considered derogatory by its members. Members refer to themselves as Unificationists. Rev. Moon moved to the






43. A spiritualistic movement that began in the early 1980's. it has roots in the 19th century spiritualism and in the counterculture movement of the 1960's - rejecting materialism and favoring spiritual experience to organized religion. It emphasizes re






44. Christians who have had a conversion experience with a spiritual rebirth into a new life.






45. A position supported by U.S. English - a citizen's action group - which is seeking to have English declared by Congress as the official language of the United States. Individuals who support this movement believe that all public documents - records -






46. How an individual pronounces words






47. A natural language that has been developed and used by persons who are deaf using a system of manual gestures.






48. A statistical phenomenon that implies that scores at the extreme ends of the statistical distribution move toward the population average - with low scores moving higher and high scores moving lower.






49. The major religion of India and the third largest religion in the world - with over 750 -000 adherents and as many as 1 million in the united States. Unlike Christianity and Islam - they do not limit itself to as single religious book of writings - o






50. The most conservative with of a religious group - whether Protestant - Catholic - Jewish - Islamic - etc. These are often groups that dig in their heels to protect their faith from external forces they perceive as attacking their faith and morality.