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Religions of the World

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A perfect resource for encouraging an understanding of the world's religions and note taking skills. Text is broken into a classic note taking style, ideal for teaching good habits. Content includes a break down of major religions, separated into monotheistic and polytheistic categories. All seven major religions plus two secondary religions are discussed.

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note-taking skills, buddhism, world religions, belief systems, christianity, confucianism, hinduism, islam, judaism, sikhism, taoism

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buddhism, christianity, confucianism, hinduism, islam, judaism, monotheism, note taking, sikhism, taoism, world religions, polytheism, shinto, Religion, social studies
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Presentations
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For Teacher Use
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31

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7th Grade World Religions Research Worksheet

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A perfect resource to guide your young research analysts as they dive into a paper about any one of the major world religions. It includes very basic questions that pertain to the information necessary to compose a good expository paper...
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Chalkboard Challenge: The Five Major Religions

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Employing a game format, this Jeopardy-influenced game provides questions to help learners review information related to the study of world religions. The questions involve an exploration of the Hindu, Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and...
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World Religions: 7th Grade Geography

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This presentation is well-organized. Each of the world's five major religions are totally defined by holy book, founder, icons, traditions, location, and history. While there is a lot of great info for Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and...
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The Soldier’s Experience—Vietnam versus World War I

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The Vietnam War and World War I were two very important—and different—wars. To understand the differences, and similarities, class members watch videos, examine primary source documents, and then create a newscast that examines the...
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Chronicling America: Uncovering a World at War

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As part of a study of World War I, class members read newspaper articles from the time that urge American involvement, non-involvement, or neutrality. Using the provided worksheet, groups analyze the articles noting the central argument...
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The Carolingian Dynasty

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