WHG II: MAJOR RELIGIONS

REVIEW OF WHG I

MATRIX EXERCISE (HALF or ONE BLOCK PERIOD)

•People

•Ideas/Beliefs

•Sacred Texts

•Places/Images

•Time Periods

•Symbology

MORE VISUAL THAN SIMPLE REVIEW MATRIX?

EXERCISE

SMALL 4-5 Person Groups

Medium Size Sheet of Construction Paper

Markers & Glue Sticks

Subject Handouts (Already cut up)

MISSION

Groups make up their own design of a review chart, putting subject terms where they belong by religion.

PEOPLE

JESUS

ABRAHAM

MUHAMMAD

SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA

BUDDHA

ARYANS

MOSES

POPE

CALIPHS

IDEAS/BELIEFS

4 NOBLE TRUTHS

8-FOLD PATH

MONOTHEISM

MONOTHEISM

MONOTHEISM

5 PILLARS

DIVINITY OF JESUS

ETERNAL SALVATION

KARMA

DHARMA

CHOSEN PEOPLE

REINCARNATION CASTE SYSTEM

NIRVANA

MOKSHA

REINCARNATION

10 COMMANDMENTS 10 COMMANDMENTS

SHARIA

SACRED TEXTS

QURAN

TRIPITAKA KOREANA

BIBLE

TORAH

VEDAS UPANISHADS

HADITH

IMAGES

SYMBOLS

PLACES

ROME

MECCA

INDIA

JAPAN

CHINA

SOUTHEAST ASIA

NORTH AFRICA

MEDINAPALESTINE

KOREA

IMAGES

MAP LOCATIONS

TIME PERIODS

30-100 AD

1200-800 BC

1900-1700 BC

600-700 AD 500 BC

JUDAISMABRAHAM

MOSES

MONOTHEISM

10 COMMANDMENTS

10 COMMANDMENTS TORAH

PALESTINE

1900-1700 BC

HINDUISM

1200-800 BC

INDIA

VEDAS

MOKSHA

DHARMA

REINCARNATION

CASTE SYSTEM

KARMA

ARYANS

UPANISHADS

BUDDHISM

500 BC

CHINA

JAPAN

SOUTHEAST ASIA

TRIPITAKA KOREANA

4 NOBLE TRUTHS

8-FOLD PATH

NIRVANA

KOREA

REINCARNATION

BUDDHA

CHRISTIANITY

30-100 AD

ROMEBIBLE

ETERNAL SALVATION

DIVINITY OF JESUS

MONOTHEISM

10 COMMANDMENTS

JESUS

ISLAM

600-700 AD

MECCA

MEDINA

NORTH AFRICA

5 PILLARS

MONOTHEISMMUHAMMAD

RELIGIONS HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

MATCHING EXERCISE

1. _____ Karma

2. _____ Reincarnation

3. _____ Monotheism

4. _____ Five Pillars

5. _____ Four Noble Truths

6. _____ Torah

7. _____ Sharia

8. _____ Jesus

9. _____ Siddhartha Gautama

10. _____ Caste System

11. _____ Dharma

12. _____ Vedas

13. _____ Quran

14. _____ India

15. _____ Mecca

16. _____ Mosque

17. _____ Aryans

18. _____ Kaaba

19. _____ Asia

20. _____ Muhammad

A. Buddhism is the predominant religion here.

B. Traditional system of social class division in Hindu India

C. Holiest city for Muslims

D. Founder of Christianity

E. 1st five books of the Old Testament; sacred text of Judaism

F. Muslim place of worship

G. Hindu/Buddhist belief in the cycle of death and rebirth of the soul

H. Belief in one deity, common to Islam, Judaism and Christianity

I. Sacred texts and traditions of Hinduism

J. Hindu prince who founded Buddhism

K. Sacred text of Islam

L. Hindu belief that how one lives one’s life determines the next life

M. Holiest shrine of Islam

N. Hinduism is the predominant religion here

O. Code of Islamic life based on religious principles

P. People who established foundations of Hinduism

Q. Buddhist philosophy on the nature of human suffering

R. Essential duties of all adult Muslims

S. Founder of Islam

T. Hindu term for one’s duties according to one’s varna, or caste.