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- Grade Range
- 8th - 10th
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This activity gives students an opportunity to learn about the three major monotheistic religions in a fun and challenging way, while also allowing them to hone their library research skills. Students research one of the three religions. They complete a worksheet. Students discuss the results of their research. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students explore Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. They research the religions through a WebQuest. They will then create a brochure or a PowerPoint that compares the five major world religions. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students identify the major religions and relate them to the empires that emerged in the Mediterranean basin, China, and India. Students describe or compare and contrast the major religions in terms of leaders, key beliefs, and locations. Students trace, describe or analyze the spread of major religions and cultural traditions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students participate in the retelling of a story. After reading the story Diwali, students working in groups retell the significant events in the story through role play. In addition, they discuss the significance of the Hindu elements in the story. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students use a blank map of the Eastern Hemisphere and add symbols to indicate which goods, technologies and ideas traveled along various trade routes. They add to their legend any symbols put on the map. Information includes goods, from West Africa, technology from China, and ideas such as the spread of religions. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students engage in a lesson that is about the monotheistic religions of the world. They conduct research using a variety of resources with the help of the internet. The information is analyzed by the students in order to create a context for class discussion. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students engage in an investigation of the major religions of the world in order to find the common factors they all may have in common. They go through a variety of lessons before reaching a final assessment. The lesson includes some sample questions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students engage in a lesson that is about the religion of Buddhism. They are required to conduct research using a variety of resources. Students reflect upon the differences found in some of the major religions with the focus upon Hinduism. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students listen as the teacher lectures about the settlement of Southeast and East Asia. They work in small groups to research one cultural characteristic. Students write a report on their topic and create illustrations to accompany the report. Students read from teacher selected sources about their topic. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students take a virtual geography field trip to compare the climate zones, geographical features, animal life, and cultures of Antarctica, Asia and Australia. They focus on the countries of Oman, China and Nepal in Asia and look at regions in Australia and Antarctica. As they research in small groups, they complete a compare and contrast chart. Full Review »
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