Aed 204 Religious Impact Matrix
Associate Level Material
Appendix F
Impact Matrix Assignment
Directions: Assume that you are on the school board of your school district and you are tasked with the job of strategic planning for issues facing your district. Complete the matrix below to determine the potential response of each of the religious groups in your community. Use the attached links to research the basic moral and ethical principles believed by each group. Then determine how you believe each group will react to the issue based on what you find. Provide a brief justification for your answer. After completing the matrix, write a 300- to 500-word summary of the significant similarities and differences among the different religious groups.
|SCHOOL ISSUES |
|Prayer in School |Creationism v.
Evolution |Studying Women’s Rights in the Middle East |Saying the Pledge of Allegiance |Starting a Gay and Lesbian Support Group |Inter-Racial Dating | |COMMUNITY RELIGIOUS GROUPS |Pro/Con |Justify your answer |Pro/Con |Justify your answer |Pro/Con |Justify your answer |Pro/Con |Justify your answer |Pro/Con |Justify your answer |Pro/Con |Justify your answer | |Atheist |Con |The BBC website shows many atheists are “hostile” to any special treatment given to organized religion; they may find prayer in school to be offensive, as atheists tend to believe that a God is not a necessary belief. |Pro Evolution |Atheists would be pro-evolution, as evolution tends to use scientific evidence to justify its assumptions. From the BBC website, “Atheists say that far from God being a good explanation for the world, it’s God that now requires explaining.” They would most likely be uncomfortable with creationism, as it is based on Christian values. |Pro |Atheists stress the equality of male and female and would
Appendix F
Impact Matrix Assignment
Directions: Assume that you are on the school board of your school district and you are tasked with the job of strategic planning for issues facing your district. Complete the matrix below to determine the potential response of each of the religious groups in your community. Use the attached links to research the basic moral and ethical principles believed by each group. Then determine how you believe each group will react to the issue based on what you find. Provide a brief justification for your answer. After completing the matrix, write a 300- to 500-word summary of the significant similarities and differences among the different religious groups.
|SCHOOL ISSUES |
|Prayer in School |Creationism v.
Evolution |Studying Women’s Rights in the Middle East |Saying the Pledge of Allegiance |Starting a Gay and Lesbian Support Group |Inter-Racial Dating | |COMMUNITY RELIGIOUS GROUPS |Pro/Con |Justify your answer |Pro/Con |Justify your answer |Pro/Con |Justify your answer |Pro/Con |Justify your answer |Pro/Con |Justify your answer |Pro/Con |Justify your answer | |Atheist |Con |The BBC website shows many atheists are “hostile” to any special treatment given to organized religion; they may find prayer in school to be offensive, as atheists tend to believe that a God is not a necessary belief. |Pro Evolution |Atheists would be pro-evolution, as evolution tends to use scientific evidence to justify its assumptions. From the BBC website, “Atheists say that far from God being a good explanation for the world, it’s God that now requires explaining.” They would most likely be uncomfortable with creationism, as it is based on Christian values. |Pro |Atheists stress the equality of male and female and would