1. Quick Write: What is “religion?” What do you associate with the term?

2. Intro to World Religions

3. What is “Religion”?
A specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects.
Concerns the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe
especially when considered at the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies
Involves devotional and ritual observances
Contains a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs

4. What is ‘RELIGION’? a set of COMMON BELIEFS and PRACTICES
PRAYER, RITUAL, religious law
cultural TRADITION, writings, history, mythology
personal FAITH and MYSTIC experience

5. Questions to Ponder… Why are religions first formed?
What are the purposes of religion?
Why do you think we still have it today?

6. Five Major Religions and an Ethical System
Hinduism
Islam
Christianity
Judaism
Buddhism
______________
Confucianism
Stresses providing guidance for personal behavior
Then KWL

7. Symbols??? A Christianity D B Islam F B Hinduism E Buddhism A Judaism
Confucianism D B E A F C B F C E D

8. Religious Founders? E A Christianity Islam Confucianism Buddhism
Judaism
*Hinduism – No founder
D (Jesus)
E (prophet Muhammed)
B (Kong Qiu – K’ung Ch’iu)
A (Buddha)
C (Abraham) D C B

9. Holy Books? E Christianity A A Islam C Hinduism E Buddhism D Judaism B

10. Place of Worship? C A Christianity Islam D Hinduism E Buddhism F
Judaism D E F A C F E D

11. St. Peter’s Basilica
Vatican City

12. Notre Dame Cathedral
Paris, France

13. St. Mark’s Cathedral
Venice, Italy

14. Kölner Dom
Cologne, Germany

15. Sagrada Familia
Barcelona, Spain

16. St. Mary’s Church
Cracow, Poland

17. Westminser Abbey
London, England

18. Catedral de Guadalajara
Guadalajara, Mexico

19. Catedral Metropolitana de Brasília
Brasília, Brasil

20. Salt Lake Mormon Temple
Salt Lake City, United States

21. St. Basil’s Cathedral
Moscow, Russia

22. The Great Synagogue
Jerusalem, Israel

23. Blue Mosque
Istanbul, Turkey

24. Masjid al-Haram (The Sacred Mosque)
Mecca, Saudi Arabia

25. The Great Mosque of Djenné
Djenné, Mali

26. Buddhist Temple ‘Lama’
Beijing, China

27. Buddhist Temple ‘Borobudur’
Java, Indonesia

28. Buddhist Temple ‘Kawasaki Daishi’
Kawasaki, Japan

29. Hindu Temple ‘Sri Mariamman’
Singapore

30. Lotus Temple
New Dehli, India

31. Origin of Major Religions
SJw

32. 2005

33. Map Activity
Use the powerpoint map and the internet/atlas to map where the 5 major world religions are:
Shade the areas that are predominantly Christian red
Shade the areas that are predominantly Jewish purple
Shade the areas that are predominantly Muslim (Islam) green
Shade the areas that are predominantly Hindu yellow
Shade the areas that are predominantly Buddhist orange
Shade the areas that are predominantly Chinese religions blue
Label Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, North America, South America and Antarctica
Draw and label the Prime Meridian and the Equator
Label the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian and Arctic Oceans
Label the Mediterranean Sea
Label the compass rose on the map with these directions: north, south, east, and west

34. World Religion