Understanding
Christianity, Islam, and Judaism WebLesson
Mrs.
Cernick and Mrs. Timson
A
Collaborative Social Studies Project
EALR’s: Social
Studies Frameworks-recommended guidelines G 3.3.2b and others
GLE’s: Reading
3.1.1
Information Literacy: Benchmark 2
Task:
You will explore and learn
about three major religions of the
Procedure:
Read and collect information from 2 sources (Mrs.
Cernick and 1 internet site) that covers the following topics:
God, key beliefs, holy book, practices and rituals, worship services and sects
Next use the Comparing
Three Religions of the Middle East table to compare and contrast the three
religions to answer the essential questions below. You might want to use a
Venn Diagram to assist you. Teacher discussion will take place at this
point to help you compare/contrast the information you've collected on your
table.
Finally you will create a
PowerPoint presentation to share with others
in your class.
Notes From Class-For Teacher Discussion
Essential Questions:
1. What might be a source of unity between the people of the three religions ?
2. What might be a source of conflict between the people of the three religions?
Guiding Questions:
1. What are some of the unique characteristics of
each religion? Christianity? Islam?
Judaism?
2. What do the three religions have
in common?
3. In what ways are the three religions different? How might this be a source of conflict?
4. What did you learn in this activity that
you did not know before regarding religions of the
Internet Resources on
Religions:
King County Library WebSites about
Religions
Assessment: