Summer School 2012 - Day 2
Aim: How do the characteristics of a belief system effect the society in which they are practiced?
Do Now: Belief System Packet
Lesson Overview:
| Item | Approx Time |
| Do Now | 20 Min |
| Mini Lesson | 30 Min |
| Activity | 35 Min |
| Quiz | 13 Min |
Belief Systems
Essential Questions
- Do belief systems unite or divide people
- How do movements of people and ideas affect people, places, and regions?
- What defines a turning point?
Focus Questions
- How did the fundamental beliefs and ideas of the religions, philosophies, and belief systems affect different areas of the world?
- How do these belief systems affect peoples lives today?
- In what ways are Christianity, Islam and Judaism systems similar and different?
- How did the religions that emerged in this period unite the peoples of diverse political and ethnic identities?
- How did religions such as Buddhism and Islam foster cultural exchanges throughout Afro-Eurasia?
- How did the expansion of Islam, Confucianism, Christianity, and Buddhism encourage the encounter and exchanges of peoples, goods, and ideas?
- What role did missionaries, traders, and conquerors play in the spread of religions?
- What individuals and groups are associated with the major religions of the world?
- What holy books or texts are associated with the major religions of the world?
- How did a culture’s belief system impact its arts?
- How did Judaism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam affect gender status, gender roles, and the development of patriarchal societies?
Classwork & Homework
Lesson PowerPoint: Belief Systems Overview
Lesson Activity:
Homework: Belief Systems Focus Questions