2. Bellringer: 8/31 and 9/1
1. Pick up the papers on the desks at the front of the room.
2. Grab some different colored pencils to use on today’s activity/notes.
3. On your Table of Contents sheet, fill in the following:
Page 1: World at 1500 Map Activity
Page 2: Note Chart – World Religions
4. Write down your HW:
Complete your Religions, Trade Routes, & Empires vocab for a HW grade. Due FRIDAY 9/2 and TUESDAY 9/6.

3. Agenda: 8/31 and 9/1 1. Bellringer: Paper Pick-up
2. Map Activity: World at 1500
3. World Religions Recap: Gallery Walk, Notes
4. Video: World Religions
5. Vocab Work Time

4. Map: The 1500
For the first minutes of class, you will be working on a map activity. This map will show you what the world looked like in the year 1500, which is where our course begins.
You will use the directions on the front of the page to fill in the map on the back.
When you are done, please ask Ms. Allen or Mrs. Borg to check your map.
If you finish early, you can work on your unit vocab that you started last class.

5. Video Link: https://vimeo.com/144368235

6. Hinduism Polytheistic or monotheistic?
Monotheistic (one god, many forms)
Location (in 1500):
Indian subcontinent
Location (modern-day):
Primarily Indian subcontinent
Founder:
None
Supreme being:
Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma
Holy text:
Vedas, Upanishads
Holy guidelines: X

7. Buddhism Polytheistic or monotheistic? Non-theistic (no god)
Location (in 1500):
Indian subcontinent, SE Asia, Japan
Location (modern-day):
SE Asia, Japan
Founder:
Siddhartha Gautama
Supreme being:
Buddha
Holy text: X
Holy guidelines:
4 Noble Truths, Eightfold Path

8. Polytheistic or monotheistic? Location (modern-day):
Judaism
Polytheistic or monotheistic?
Monotheistic
Location (in 1500):
Middle East
Location (modern-day):
Israel (in the ME)
Founder:
Abraham
Supreme being:
Yahweh
Holy text:
Torah
Holy guidelines:
10 Commandments

9. Polytheistic or monotheistic? Location (modern-day):
Christianity
Polytheistic or monotheistic?
Monotheistic
Location (in 1500):
Europe, N. America, ME
Location (modern-day):
Founder:
Jesus of Nazareth
Supreme being:
God
Holy text:
Bible
Holy guidelines:
10 Commandments

10. Polytheistic or monotheistic? Location (modern-day):
Islam
Polytheistic or monotheistic?
Monotheistic
Location (in 1500):
Middle East, N. Africa
Location (modern-day):
Founder:
Muhammad
Supreme being:
Allah
Holy text:
Qur'an
Holy guidelines:
5 Pillars

13. World Religions video: