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Teaching In A Pluralistic Society

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1. 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






2. How an individual pronounces words






3. The language considered proper in a community.






4. 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






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






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






7. 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






8. 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.






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






10. Somewhat secret vocabulary of a co-culture group.






11. 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






12. 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






13. The informal or conversational speech in a community.






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






15. 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






16. An initiative passed by California voters in 1998 that required all language minority students to be educated in sheltered English immersion programs - not normally intended to exceed one year. Although it has not completely succeeded - i was designe






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






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






19. The oldest - most conservative - and most diverse form of Judaism. They look upon every word in their sacred texts as being divinely inspired. They adhere to a strict dietary law (kosher) - which requires the use of special ingredients and preparatio






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






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. 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






25. 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






26. 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.






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






28. 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






29. Written or spoken human speech. It is a system that enables people to communicate with one another and to share their thoughts and ideas with one another.






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






31. An individual who has the ability to speak or utilize two or more dialects.






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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.






39. The higher levels of proficiency required in highly structured academic situations.






40. 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






41. 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






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






43. 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






44. 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.






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






46. The ability to function in two languages. While some contend that bilingualism implies native-like fluency - others measure competency in two languages as adequate to be considered bilingual.






47. 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.






48. 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






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






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