What does this word mean?

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Belief

• What does this word mean?
• Discuss your ideas with a Partner and be ready to
  share with the class!

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LO To know what a martyr is and to explore
beliefs.
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• Think about your most important belief...
• How would you feel if this belief was banned?
  What would you do?

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• How are peoples beliefs sometime banned?

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• Have you heard of the word
• Talk Partners about what you think this word
  means.

Martyr
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Who is this woman?
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• Mother Teresa, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize,
  died on September 5, 1997, in her convent in
  India.
• She was 87. Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in 1910 in
  Skopje, Yugoslavia. She took the name "Teresa"
  after St. Teresa of Lisieux, patroness of the
  Missionaries.

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• In 1948, she came across a half-dead woman lying
  in front of a Calcutta hospital. She stayed with
  the woman until she died. From that point on, she
  dedicated the majority of her life to helping the
  poorest of the poor in India, thus gaining her
  the name "Saint of the Gutters."

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• She founded an order of nuns called the
  Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India
  dedicated to serving the poor. Almost 50 years
  later, the Missionaries of Charity have grown
  from 12 sisters in India to over 3,000 in 517
  missions throughout 100 countries world-wide.

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• In 1952, she founded a special home for the dying
  in a former temple in Calcutta. It was there that
  they would care for the dying Indians that were
  found on the streets. Mother Teresa saw goodness
  in everyone. She did not judge people. She wanted
  them to be able to die in peace and with dignity.
  For over 50 years, she worked selflessly helping
  the poor. This devotion won her respect
  throughout the world and the Nobel Peace Prize in
  1979.

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• Mother Teresa had suffered from heart problems.
  She suffered a serious heart attack in 1989. It
  was then that a pacemaker was installed. She died
  in 1997, suffering from malaria and being treated
  for a chest infection. Many people think of her
  as a living saint and she is still widely talked
  about today.

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Do you think Mother Teresa was a Martyr?
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What are your most important beliefs?
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YOUR TASK

• In your groups, play Take A Stand!
• You will be given strips of paper. Think about
  your most important belief, and write this down
  secretly!
• One person at a time to reveal their belief,
  discuss your reasons for choosing this belief.
  Pass it around one at a time so others in your
  group can talk about how they feel about this
  belief too.

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Finally

• As a group, order the beliefs in order of
  importance.
• When you have negotiated and decided the order,
  write the list down in your books.
• Lastly, write about your chosen belief and what
  it means to you.