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Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Grade 6 Social Studies: Spread of World Religions Lesson PlanLouisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Grade 6 Social Studies: Spread of World Religions Lesson Plan
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Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Grade 6 Social Studies: Spread of World Religions

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This instructional task asks students to explain the impact that religion had on cultural diffusion in the Eastern Hemisphere. It contains a set of authentic source documents. Students engage with the sources to build their understanding of the content and explain how society, the environment, the political and economic landscape, and historical events influence perspectives, values, traditions, and ideas by corroborating sources and evaluating evidence.

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buddhism, christianity, hinduism, judaism

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louisiana curriculum hub: social studies: grade 6: spread of world religions, monotheism, religous, spread of islam, religion
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6th - 7th
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Social Studies & History
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