Sharing Beliefs and Ideas

Are you done covering the Industrial Revolution and ready to hand out the end of the unit exam? If so, you may consider giving your class a well-composed study guide. This guide includes nine vocabulary words, three important events, the...

Delve deep into Emily Dickinson's poetry and philosophy with the ninth of ten lessons in a poetry unit. Once they have read an (attached) essay about Dickinson's beliefs and worldview, readers discuss how her ideas inform their...

Covering the rise of Islam just got easier. This presentation covers the spread of Islam via trade routes, politics, and unification through the Profit Muhammad. Islamic beliefs and practices are also touched upon, including an image...

Learners examine cultural diffusion. In this Silk Road lesson, students research primary sources to compare and contrast the religious beliefs encountered and shared by those who traded along the Silk Road route.

Continue along the Buddha's path as he travels back to his childhood home high in the Himalayas. After his death we find that his ideas live strong even as a battle between Greece, India, and Persia raged on.

In the 5th Century BC Varanasi was founded, it was one of the first religious centers in India. In this episode we are introduced to the caste system and Iron Age society. This video series is very well done but slightly disjointed in...

What are your pupils' life philosophies? Help them explore their beliefs in this activity, which uses the Switchfoot song "Gone" and Robert Herrick's poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." The activity includes a graphic organizer...

What is on your pupils' "Bucket Lists" - the list of things they want to do before they die? Their choices of activities for this list could be very revealing, and is a great source of inspiration for a personal poem. The lesson prompts...

This is an extensive resource that focuses on the characteristics of life. Scientists read a series of short passages, highlighting main ideas and answering comprehension questions as they go. After they have completed the reading,...

Meet the Buddha as he seeks enlightenment, you will see the actual tree where the Buddha sat. This introduction leads us into the depth of Indian history and religion.