1. Diffusion of Religion11/26 O Use the map on 124 and 125. Write the following sentence stems: O I see _____________. I can infer this means ______. O I wonder why _________ because ___________. O I am confused by ___________________.

2. O Universalizing: Religions that spread and proselytize others. Have a founder and date of origin ( Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism) O Ethnic religions: No founder or date of origin. Do not purposely spread or convert people (Hinduism and Judaism)

3. Map activity O Create a map of the origins and diffusions of the 3 universalizing religions and the 2 ethnic religions.

4. Diffusion cont’d2/20 O Bell-ringer: O What was difficult about the activity yesterday? O What did you do to help yourself be successful at the activity?

6. REFLECTION: O Make three inferences about why these religions diffused as they did. O When doing this activity, I wondered …. O In general, Christianity diffused to … O In general, Islam diffused to … O In general, Buddhism diffused to …

8. Spread of Christianity

9. Spread of Islam

13. Spread of Hinduism