Lesson Plans and Activities:
- Ancient Civilizations Comparison Unit – Troy Hammon – 2.1 (1.1, 1.2, 4.1, 7.1)
- ABC’s of Culture
- 5 Themes of Geography Chart
- 5 Things of Civilization Chart
- 5 Themes/Things Comparison Chart
- Position Paper – World’s Best Ancient Civilization
- Ancient Empires Simulation
- Conflict Where Three Continents Meet: Introduction to the Lessons – Hilary Steinhardt – 2.1, 2.2,2.4
- Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – Mapping Assignment
- Vocabulary Requirement Sheet: Conflict Where Three Continents Meet
- Religious Divisions (Lesson 1)
- Roots of Conflict (Lesson 2)
- Fatah vs. Hamas: Continued Strife in the Gaza Region (Lesson 3)
- A Proposal for Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Lesson 4)
- Europe: Religion and Reformation – Steve Cisczon – Part of a Unit on Europe. See the Resource section for the entire unit.
- Religions of the World, The – Matthew Himmelhaver – 2.1, 2.2
- Southwest Asia Unit Plan – Jessica Niksch – 2.1, 2.2
- Spread of Buddhism – a National Geographic Xpeditions lesson with links to associated images, articles, and maps.
- World Religions Unit – Sarah Wilson – 2.1, 2.2
- Why did Religions Begin and What did they Explain?
- Judaism: Beliefs and Cultures Jigsaw Project
- Hinduism: Class vs. Caste Systems – Understanding the Difference
- Buddhism: Creating a Zen Garden
- Christian Stained Glass Windows
- Islam Information Brochure
- …Isms Religion Power Point
Other Materials:
Black Muslim Religion in the Nation of Islam, 1960-1975; by Edward E. Curtis IV; University of North Carolina Press, 2006; ISBN-10, 0807857718. Via local bookstores or Amazon.com for about $9.00 – $20.00.
The British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies has an on-line series of World Religion Photo Library. The series’ include a 4-8 images and a brief expanation. Stock includes ancient and modern images, places of workshop, foods, festivals, and much more.
FactMonster has “quick” information about the world’s major religions.
PBS has information available addressing a variety of world religion studies. Three Religions, One God ties together historical and geographic information, images, and additional resource possibilties.
An on-line source of information for educators about Puja, Expressions of Hindu Devotionwith easy-to-understand explanations, short video clips, clear images, and comments from young American Hindus.
Religions of the World Video Series available via libraryvideo.com. Variety of videos addressing a variety of religions/issues. On-line Educator Guides are downloadable. General cost of the videos is $39.95. Each video is 50 minutes.
Religious Studies in Secondary Schools (RSiSS) has available an on-line suggestion list of books for educators and high school students about various aspects of world religions: ancient, modern, specific examples, general overview, region, hemisphere…
Dr. Laurance Michalak of the University of California-Berkeley has put together a slide presentation on Three Monotheistic Religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Some of the images may be useful in the high school classroom or conduct the activity as Dr. Michalak suggests.
Wikimedia Commons provides easy-to-understand and visually appealing maps of world religions, an on-line atlas.