1. Religion and Ethnicity Bell Work

2. Bell Work #1 Step 1 – How would you define identity?
Step 2 – Write down 5 words you would use to identify yourself.
Step 3 - On scale of 1-10 (1 being least important, 10 being most) how important is religion:
In your home?
In the United States?
In the world?
How many people wrote down something about religion as a way to identify yourself?

3. Bell Ringer #2 * Watch a video on religious hearths and the
diffusion of the world’s five major religions.
* Write down the world’s religious cultural
hearths and by population, the world’s five
major world religions.

4. Bell Work #3
Why can religion be such a major piece of one’s identity?

5. Bell Work #4
List the 5 major religions of the world in order of number of followers and where do you find these religions?

6. Bell Work #5
Define Secularism and Fundamentalism. Using a religion of your choice, explain how religious beliefs can drive people to extremist behaviors.

7. Bell Work #6
North Africa and Middle East Map Quiz

8. Bell Work #7 List one claim Israel has over the Holy Land.
List one claim the Palestinians have over the Holy Land.

9. Bell Work #8 Define Race. Is race genetic?
How could you define your own nationality, ethnicity and race?

10. Bell Work #9
What is Apartheid? What were the consequences of Apartheid in South Africa?

11. Bell Work #10
Define nationalism and list one way in which countries display nationalism.

12. Bell Work #11
What is the difference between ethnic cleansing and genocide?