What does this word mean?
Discuss your ideas with a Partner
and be ready to share with the
class!
LO: To know what a
martyr is and to
explore beliefs.
Think about your most important belief...
How would you feel if this belief
was banned? What would you do?
How are people’s beliefs
sometime banned?
Have you heard of the word
Talk Partner’s about what you
think this word means.
• 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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.