Seventh graders explore five of the world's major religions, where each began and what its followers broadly believe, to understand how faith has shaped cultures across history, taught factually and respectfully.
Students will be able to…
Billions of people follow one of a handful of major religions, each begun in a different time and place. How have these beliefs shaped cultures across history?
Project this and open each card to explore a major world religion, where it began, and what its followers broadly believe.
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Billions of people follow one of a handful of major religions, each begun in a different time and place. How have these beliefs shaped the world's cultures?
Students explore the major world religions.
Students map origins and compare.
Students compare religions respectfully.
Students reflect on world religions.
Aligned to the C3 Framework for Social Studies and Common Core literacy in social studies.
Analyze how major religions and belief systems developed and spread over time.
Explain how cultural and religious characteristics of places shape human identities.
Explain multiple causes and effects of cultural developments in world history.
Analyze how two or more authors present information on the same topic.
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Have students choose two religions, list a belief and a practice for each, and note one thing they share, so comparison stays respectful and factual. A printable world-religions worksheet is in the Social Studies library.
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