This document provides guidance for students to complete a journal on a religion project. It includes sections for preparation, work, discoveries, and reflection. Students are prompted to choose an official and personal title, state what they hoped to learn, describe their research process, note what was easiest/hardest, and reflect on how the project impacted them or related to their religion class. The document offers ideas and questions to structure the journal entries.

1. ReligionReligion
JournalJournal
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Year Exam ReligionYear Exam Religion
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2. Section One - IntroductionSection One - Introduction
Open page 3 in your Journal
1. Tick: Journal Work on my own
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3. Official TitleOfficial Title
This is the official title given by the Department of Education that you decided to pick
Look at the next slide and find your official title!
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4. A profile of the role a religious leader plays in one community of
faith in Ireland today.
A case study on the way in which one religious organisation is
helping people in need today.
A study of the historical background to the founding story of one of
the following major world religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam
or Judaism.
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5. Next….
You need to come up with your own personal title for your Journal.
Keep it simple and short!
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6. I was interested in…
I want to learn more
about…
We studied this topic in
class and I found it
fascinating…
I wanted to learn about
something interesting…
Use your handout to help you
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7. What did youWhat did you hopehope to learn?to learn?
You need to fill upYou need to fill up allall the lines!the lines!
Use theUse the worksheetworksheet to help you!to help you!
PickPick 3-4 things you learnt3-4 things you learnt whilst doing your project andwhilst doing your project and
say you hoped to learn about them!say you hoped to learn about them!
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8. SectioSectio
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GettingGetting
StartedStarted
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9. PreparationPreparation
What did you do before you started working on your project?
Research:
•Looked in books
•Investigated
online.
•Found good
websites.
•Talked with my
religion teacher.
•Brainstorm ideas
•Decide how to present
your project
•Prepare Interview
questions
•Get images
•Collect the information
Problems/Challenges
•Internet didn’t work
•Couldn’t find books
•Printer didn’t work
•Didn’t manage my time
•I was not very
organised
•Could not find
someone to interview
•etc
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10. Section 3Section 3
WorkWork
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11. W
O
R
K
Brainstormed my ideas on a piece of paper
Researched online, in books, in magazines
Watched a Documentary
Visited a centre
Asked somebody if you could interview them
Interviewed somebody
Bought a folder to present work in
Ran some ideas by my teacher
Got images
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12. Section 3 WorkSection 3 Work
ContinuedContinued
Detailed description of something you did as part of your project.
This can be why you choose to include:
Researching in the library
Interview
What pictures you included and why
Why did you look online?
etc
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13. 1. What did you find the easiest? Hardest? Most
interesting?
2. Were you surprised to learn anything?
3. What really interested you?
4. Did you discover you like working on your own
or would have preferred a class project?
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14. Section 4Section 4
DiscoveriesDiscoveries
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15. I Learnt….I Learnt….
Show that you learnt something here.
Pick one thing you learnt about whilst doing your
project and write it down in detail.
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16. 
How did this projectHow did this project
impact you?impact you?

Did it change the way youDid it change the way you
think about something?think about something?

Will you do anythingWill you do anything
differently in your life?differently in your life?
For example:
•Volunteer with SVP
•Be more respectful of other
religions
•Go to Mass more
•Get you know my local
priest.
•Appreciate what I have
•Realise there is a lot I need
to learn about world religions.
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17. Tick two skills you used during your project.
Problem-Solving
What problem did you face? How did you overcome it?
Printer wouldn’t work, library wasn’t open, could not find good
information.
Organisational Skills
Time keeping, folder to organised work, planning interview, getting
work done
on time.
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18. 
Talk about how doing this projectTalk about how doing this project
reminded you of studying two topics inreminded you of studying two topics in
the RE Coursethe RE Course
L
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Communities of Faith
The Moral Challenge
Foundations of Christianity
Major World Religions
Celebration of Faith
The Question of Faith
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19. Identify what went well and didn’t go well.
Why? What would you do again/ not do
again? Why?
State your overall opinion of the project.
Did it go well? Did you enjoy it? What
Would you do differently?
I would recommend…
I would suggest…
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