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Association of Religion Data Archives
Association of Religion Data Archives: Data Archive
A large collection of surveys, polls and other data related to religion in the United States and around the world. It includes surveys of general population and also surveys taken from members of religious denominations.
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Teaching About Religion: Worldview Sampler
You can "compare" nine worldviews between such religions as Buddhism, Hinduism and other major world religions. You can also examine elements of a particular worldview of interest.
Association of Religion Data Archives
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Religious Data
A huge collection of religious data sorted by countries around the world. Includes maps and data related to religious freedom, the religions practiced by citizens and more. You can search by country or region.
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Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life: u.s. Religion Landscape Survey
Website summarizing the results of a survey on religion in the U.S. Contains maps and charts of information for each specific religion as well as bar graphs comparing the deomographics of the different religious groups. Two full reports...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Human Geography: Language and Religion
AP Human Geography course unit on Language and Religion compares world language, religion and looks at conflict within. Comprehensive resources, multi-media sources and interactive material.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Ancient World Religions
Compare various religions and explore their similarities and differences in this SMART lesson. An opportunity to learn each religion's location of origin and basic tenets is provided as well.
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Nation Master: Country Groups
An interesting site that has sorted countries into groups based on such things as religion, economic factors, common colonial history, or location. They were then compared on the basis of different categories, such as agriculture, crime,...
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Moongadget: A Far Cry From the Official Site Starwars Origins: James Campbell
This site explains the idea of archtypes and "the Hero's Journey" prevalent in myths and many adventure stories. James Campbell wrote The Hero With a Thousand Faces, using the hero journey pattern of departure, initiation, return. Lucas...
Read Works
Read Works: Native American Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational comparing the lives of the Native American Wampanoag tribe in the past and in the present. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Macrohistory: Sumerian Polytheism, Sin and a Great Flood
The religious beliefs in Sumer correlated with nature and agriculture. Read some of their religious stories to better understand their society and compare these stories to well-known Bible stories from today. A bibliography and pictures...
PBS
Pbs Newshour Extra: The Dilemma of Protecting Free Speech
Students will compare various examples of offensive expression. How does the fact that the expressions are offensive to others impact Freedom of Speech? Students will review and analyze and complete a case study of cases where the...
PBS
Pbs Frontline: The Historical Jesus
A well known scholar examines the newer historical scholarship on Jesus in the 1990s and how it compares to earlier attempts to understand his teachings and life.
Library of Congress
Loc: Library of Congress Bible Collection
Explore, compare, and contrast aspects of the Mainz and Gutenberg Bibles as well as sixteen other bibles as you learn about the history and characteristics of each of the Bibles. These Bibles document a history of Western ideas,...
Read Works
Read Works: The Battle of the Bagel
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the differences between Montreal and New York style bagels. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Dhushara: Buddhist Female Deities
An excerpt from a book concerning Buddhist gods, particularly those with female attributes. Compares them to other religions' deities.
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Illinois State Museum: Native American Food
Experiences during the colonial years certainly were not the same for different cultural groups. This site compares and contrasts the housing, clothing, food, religion and family life of Native Americans, French settlers, and African...