Religious Observation Template 
Instructions: This assignment is designed to get students to think critically about their own personal experiences with religion. Students will be asked to observe a physical or virtual space and make an argument about what they observed in that space and how it connects to religion and spirituality. Students will discuss who they observed, what they observed, where they did the observation, when the observation took place, and why they chose this particular space to observe. Students will then make an argument about the observation. This essay should be at least 1,000 words.
Template:
Paragraph 1: What did you observe?
Paragraph 2: Who did you observe?
Paragraph 3: Where did your observation take place?
Paragraph 4: When did the observation take place?
Paragraph 5: Why did you choose this observation?
Paragraph 6: How does this observation connect to our class?
Final Paragraph: What argument are you making after conducting your observation? What was the most important thing that you discovered?