2. Saturday, 01 August 2015 Religions Factfile By the end of this lesson I will: Know the key features of the six major World Religions. Be able to identify religious symbols. Have used numerical skills to create a bar graph to show what World Religions the class have studied.

3. Saturday, 01 August 2015 Your Task Use the sorting cards to identify the main facts and symbols of each of the six world religions. You may use the textbooks to help you. Work in groups. You have ten minutes!

4. Check your answers

5. Saturday, 01 August 2015 Christianity Symbol: Cross Founder: Jesus Place of Worship: Church Book: The Bible Followers: Christians

6. Saturday, 01 August 2015 Islam Symbol: Crescent moon and star Founder: Muhammad Place of Worship: Mosque Book: The Qur’an Followers: Muslims

7. Saturday, 01 August 2015 Hinduism Symbol: Aum Founder: Unknown, the community Place of Worship: Mandir Book: The Vedas Followers: Hindus

8. Saturday, 01 August 2015 Judaism Symbol: Star of David Founders: Abraham and Moses Place of Worship: Synagogue Book: The Torah Followers: Jews

9. Saturday, 01 August 2015 Sikhism Symbol: Khanda Founder: Guru Nanak Place of Worship: Gurdwara Book: Guru Granth Sahib Followers: Sikhs

10. Saturday, 01 August 2015 Buddhism Symbol: Wheel Founder: The Buddha Place of Worship: Vihara Book: The Three Baskets or the Pali Scriptures Followers: Buddhists

11. Saturday, 01 August 2015 You now need to transfer all the details on each religion into a Fact File grid. Take a whole page in your exercise book and create the following grid. ReligionFounderPlace of Worship Holy BookReligious leader Symbol Christianity Judaism Buddhism Sikhism Islam Hinduism

12. Saturday, 01 August 2015 What religions have we studied? What religions did you study at primary school? ChristianityJudaismIslam BuddhismHinduismSikhism How many of us studied each religion? Create a bar graph to show the class results.

13. Saturday, 01 August 2015 Homework Collect a Simpsons World Religions Test from your teacher. Complete the grid. You may ask for help from parents, brothers or sisters, or use reference books, or the Internet to help you.