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- 9th - 12th
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Students determine the purpose of the Jataka Tales, and what karma and samsara are. They explain how these concepts in the tale teaches the lessons of the stories. They complete the associated worksheets. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students create Venn diagrams showing the differences and similarities between the religions of Hinduism and Buddhism. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students research and identify various aspects of five major world religions including Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. They use Microsoft Word tables to chart and compare their findings. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students compare and contrast beliefs of the Hindu and Buddhist religions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students use various primary and secondary sources to examine, interpret, and compare the main ideas of Hinduism and Buddhism. They compose a short history of Hinduism and Buddhism by writing sentences that link given terms to the next. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explain how Buddhism spread and influenced peoples and their cultures in Ceylon, Central Asia, and East Asia. They write a fictional description of what it might have been like to be a person in one of these Southeast or Central Asian countries when Buddhism was becoming popular. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students compare and contrast the characteristics of Buddhism and Hinduism. Using the internet, they research the importance of religion to people in Nepal. To end the lesson, they compare their religion to either Buddhism or Hinduism and answer specific questions on the role of religion in the United States. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students study at least two major world religions. They create comparison Venn diagrams or other graphic organizers. Students recognize the similarities that most religions share. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discover the true meaning of karma and the related concept of samsara by reading the Jataka Tales. Students work in groups to become familiar with one form of Buddhist storytelling and examine how Jataka Tales are used as teaching tools. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify the historical origins, cultural foundations, and central ideas of major world relgions including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. They then recognize philosophies including Confucianism and Daoism and using maps, trace the diffusion and impact of major religions and philosophical traditions. Full Review »
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