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What's a fun way you've got to teach about the major world religions in a one or two days?

Bryan Dibble

Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Zoroastrianism.  This is what Google tells me are the top 8.  We are going to put the religions lessons in with Threshold 7, Agriculture. Unfortunately, we only have a trimester to teach ALL of Big History.  I hate cramming everything into 12 weeks, but that's our lot in life.  What do you do?  Any creative lessons?  Hands on?  

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    I've got two ideas I've been toying around with.

    1.  Religions tend to have #'s.   Ten Commandments, Five Noble Truths, Seven Pillars, I'd like to create an assignment where the kids have to find the #'s associated with belief systems and then compare and contrast some of the core components.

    2. Once kids have a handle on what each religion believes, have them find a song from modern times that somehow promotes one of the belief systems.   I did this with "You Can't Always Get What You Want" last year.  I'll find the thread.

  • 0 in reply to Chris Scaturo

    I love both of these ideas - the numbers and the songs.  I teach 6th, 7th, and 8th.  I only use WHP with my 8th graders, but there are always some jewels to pluck from WHP to support my 6th and 7th graders. Sixth grade is currently studying world religions as part of their World Cultures curriculum..  This year I compiled a collection of music from the "Big 5" religions and just had them pause and listen and reflect on each of the pieces of music.  Sometimes, beyond the important facts, the students just need to "feel."  It was wonderful the way they journaled on the mood created by each piece of music.  As with most things in history, they eventually found more commonalities than differences. 

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  • 0 in reply to Chris Scaturo

    I love both of these ideas - the numbers and the songs.  I teach 6th, 7th, and 8th.  I only use WHP with my 8th graders, but there are always some jewels to pluck from WHP to support my 6th and 7th graders. Sixth grade is currently studying world religions as part of their World Cultures curriculum..  This year I compiled a collection of music from the "Big 5" religions and just had them pause and listen and reflect on each of the pieces of music.  Sometimes, beyond the important facts, the students just need to "feel."  It was wonderful the way they journaled on the mood created by each piece of music.  As with most things in history, they eventually found more commonalities than differences. 

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