1. WHG II: MAJOR RELIGIONS
REVIEW OF WHG I
MATRIX EXERCISE (HALF or ONE BLOCK PERIOD)
People
Ideas/Beliefs
Sacred Texts
Places/Images
Time Periods
Symbology
MORE VISUAL THAN SIMPLE REVIEW MATRIX?

2. EXERCISE
SMALL 4-5 Person Groups
Medium Size Sheet of Construction Paper
Markers & Glue Sticks
Subject Handouts (Already cut up)

3. MISSION
Groups make up their own design of a review chart, putting subject terms where they belong by religion.

4. PEOPLE CALIPHS SIDDHARTHA GAUTAMA JESUS ARYANS MUHAMMAD MOSES ABRAHAM
POPE
BUDDHA
PEOPLE

5. IDEAS/BELIEFS NIRVANA SHARIA REINCARNATION MONOTHEISM 5 PILLARS
4 NOBLE TRUTHS
MONOTHEISM
10 COMMANDMENTS
10 COMMANDMENTS
KARMA
MOKSHA
IDEAS/BELIEFS
CHOSEN PEOPLE
DIVINITY OF JESUS
8-FOLD PATH
DHARMA
CASTE SYSTEM
REINCARNATION
MONOTHEISM
ETERNAL SALVATION

6. SACRED TEXTS QURAN BIBLE UPANISHADS VEDAS HADITH TORAH
TRIPITAKA KOREANA

7. IMAGES

8. SYMBOLS

9. PLACES KOREA CHINA PALESTINE MEDINA JAPAN MECCA NORTH AFRICA INDIA
ROME
SOUTHEAST ASIA

10. IMAGES

11. MAP LOCATIONS

12. AD BC
TIME PERIODS BC AD
500 BC

13. JUDAISM 1900-1700 BC 10 COMMANDMENTS TORAH ABRAHAM 10 COMMANDMENTS
MONOTHEISM
JUDAISM
ABRAHAM
PALESTINE BC
10 COMMANDMENTS
MOSES

14. 1200-800 BC HINDUISM VEDAS UPANISHADS REINCARNATION ARYANS INDIA KARMA
DHARMA
MOKSHA
CASTE SYSTEM

15. 500 BC BUDDHISM KOREA 4 NOBLE TRUTHS TRIPITAKA KOREANA CHINA BUDDHA
JAPAN
REINCARNATION
4 NOBLE TRUTHS
NIRVANA
SOUTHEAST ASIA
8-FOLD PATH
TRIPITAKA KOREANA

16. 30-100 AD CHRISTIANITY BIBLE MONOTHEISM ETERNAL SALVATION JESUS
10 COMMANDMENTS
DIVINITY OF JESUS
BIBLE
ROME

17. 600-700 AD ISLAM 5 PILLARS MUHAMMAD MONOTHEISM NORTH AFRICA MEDINA
MECCA

18. RELIGIONS HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
MATCHING EXERCISE
_____ Karma
_____ Reincarnation
_____ Monotheism
_____ Five Pillars
_____ Four Noble Truths
_____ Torah
_____ Sharia
_____ Jesus
_____ Siddhartha Gautama
_____ Caste System
_____ Dharma
_____ Vedas
_____ Quran
_____ India
_____ Mecca
_____ Mosque
_____ Aryans
_____ Kaaba
_____ Asia
_____ Muhammad
Buddhism is the predominant religion here.
Traditional system of social class division in Hindu India
Holiest city for Muslims
Founder of Christianity
1st five books of the Old Testament; sacred text of Judaism
Muslim place of worship
Hindu/Buddhist belief in the cycle of death and rebirth of the soul
Belief in one deity, common to Islam, Judaism and Christianity
Sacred texts and traditions of Hinduism
Hindu prince who founded Buddhism
Sacred text of Islam
Hindu belief that how one lives one’s life determines the next life
Holiest shrine of Islam
Hinduism is the predominant religion here
Code of Islamic life based on religious principles
People who established foundations of Hinduism
Buddhist philosophy on the nature of human suffering
Essential duties of all adult Muslims
Founder of Islam
Hindu term for one’s duties according to one’s varna, or caste.