1. On your note card… Name, Block, Teacher 3 Things I learned
1 Question I still have

2. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Middle East Peace Process
Mr. Patterson

3. Where is this region? 3 2 1

4. European Colonization of Africa African Countries Today
Link
European Colonization of Africa
African Countries Today

5. What happens when people are randomly group together in a country?

10. Inequality…

11. Standard of Living… Yemen Average Income Life Expectancy Qatar
$2,500
Life Expectancy
64 years
Qatar
Average Income
$102,100
Life Expectancy
79 years

12. Middle East - Link 3 1 2

13. With your groups… What is the definition or purpose of religion?
What do you know about Christianity, Judaism, and Islam?
What does it mean to be agnostic?
What does it mean to be atheist?
Can we learn about religion in school?

14. What is religion?
The purpose of religion is to explain the following three points:
Where we come from.
Why we are here.
Where we go after we die.

15. Those points are answered by…
Prophets (leaders)
Religious books
People who believe in these, have similar:
Practices/customs (clothing, diets, values)
Symbols
Places of worship

16. Modern Religion
The three main world religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are incredibly similar.
But, why?
They build off of each other.
Monotheism
Mono – one
Theism – belief in God

17. People have different interpretations…
Christianity
Jesus is prophet
Bible is holy book
Within religions, people have different opinions of prophets and holy book.
Lutherans
Catholics
Protestants
…?!

18. Middle East 3 1 2

19. Using academic words correctly…
People
Jews are people who practice…
Muslims are people who practice…
Christians are people who practice…
Religion
Judaism.
Islam.
Christianity.

20. People have different interpretations…
Christians
Lutherans
Catholics
Protestants
Baptist
Atheist, Agnostic

21. Monotheism

22. Monotheism
The belief that there is only one God.

23. Judaism
+ Torah +

24. Judaism
A monotheistic religion with Abraham as the main prophet and the Torah as the holy book.

25. Christianity
+ Bible +

26. Christianity
A monotheistic religion with Jesus as the main prophet and the Bible as the holy book.

27. Islam
+ Quran + Muhammad

28. Islam
A monotheistic religion with Muhammad as the main prophet and the Quran as its holy book.
YouTube Clip - Link

30. Exit Slip
Using what you wrote down on your notecard, write a paragraph response to the question below.
What is religion?