Study Guides & Summaries
Mr. Ott at Park East High School's Belief Systems Overview Wiki: This wiki page overviews the major world religions by discussing their beliefs, traditions, & histories.
Indian & Chinese Religions - Note Taking Study Guide from Prentice Hall: This resource summarizes the development of Hinduism & Buddhism in India as well as the development of Confucianism & Daoism (Taoism) in China. It includes graphic organizers, review questions, and bolded vocabulary terms after each 3 to 4 paragraph summary for students to summarize the main ideas of the passage.
Download the PDF file below named "Indian & Chinese Religions - Note Taking Study Guide from Prentice Hall" or click on the link above to access this resource (pages 27-28 & pages 31-33 only).
Christianity - Note Taking Study Guide from Prentice Hall: This resource summarizes the development of Christianity in the Roman Empire. It includes a graphic organizer, review questions, and bolded vocabulary terms after the 5 to 6 paragraph summary for students to summarize the main idea of the passage.
Download the PDF file below named "Christianity - Note Taking Study Guide from Prentice Hall" or click on the link above to access this resource (pages 54-55 only).
Judaism - Note Taking Study Guide from Prentice Hall: This resource summarizes the development of Judaism in Israel. It includes a graphic organizer, review questions, and bolded vocabulary terms after the 5 to 6 paragraph summary for students to summarize the main idea of the passage.
Download the PDF file below named "Judaism - Note Taking Study Guide from Prentice Hall" or click on the link above to access this resource (pages 23-24 only).
Islam - Note Taking Study Guide from Prentice Hall: This resource summarizes the development of Islam in the Arabian Peninsula as well as the emergence of Muslim civilization. It includes graphic organizers, review questions, and bolded vocabulary terms after the 4 to 6 paragraph summaries for students to summarize the main ideas of the passages.
Download the PDF file below named "Islam - Note Taking Study Guide from Prentice Hall" or click on the link above to access this resource.
Global History & Geography Regents Review Packet - Unit 1 from John Russo at White Plains High School: This Google Doc summarizes the major world religions in an outline format, making note of important vocabulary, events, concepts, & people (pages 5 through page 6).
Global History & Geography Regents Review Packet - Unit 2 from John Russo at White Plains High School: This Google Doc summarizes the effects that the development of the major world religions had on societies and cultures in an outline format, making note of important vocabulary, events, concepts, & people.
Belief Systems Page from Mrs. Panepento at Oakland-Alabama Central School District: This webpage offers an overview of the World Religions, vocabulary lists, PowerPoints, & a Jeopardy Review activity.
Interactive or Audio Guided Map Tours for the Spread of Buddhism, Christianity, & Islam from Prentice Hall: These websites use maps to illustrate the effects of spread of Buddhism, Christianity, & Islam. They ask students to explore the maps and or listen to the descriptions of how these religions spread to various areas, and after, are prompted to respond to study questions.
Navigating Jerusalem Interactive Tour from National Geographic: This resource allows students to learn about the significance of the city of Jerusalem for members of the Christian, Islamic, & Jewish faith. It also shows 3 significant religious sites for each religion outlined in black on the interactive map & explains the significance of these religious sites.
Videos on the Birth of Christianity, History of Ramadan, History of Rosh Hashanah, & Religions on the End of the World video series from History.com: These videos highlight the either the histories of these religions, or the traditions, beliefs, & holidays of the world religions. The "Religions on the End of the World" series includes perspectives from members of the Christian, Islamic, Jewish, Hindu, & Buddhist faiths on the end of the world that exemplify larger themes/beliefs held by members of those religious groups.
Video on the Spread of Islam Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, & Judaism with Timeline from Business Insider (YouTube): This video uses a 3D globe & timeline to show how the 5 major religions spread globally as a result of historical events in world history.
Chinese Ancestor Worship Today from the Smithsonian: This interactive website highlights how ancestor worship has evolved into the present day by describing current religious practices of Chinese Americans.
Mansa Musa, Constantine, The Crusades, & The Mahabharata YouTube Videos from History for Music Lovers by Amy Burvall aka "HistoryTeachers": These catchy songs on YouTube are about certain topics relating to the world religions set to modern musical numbers.
Vocabulary
Mr. Ott at Park East High School's Belief Systems Vocabulary Wiki: This wiki page overviews the major world religions, includes a vocabulary list with definitions, links to Quizlet vocabulary sets, & includes a multiple choice quiz on the major world religions.
Belief Systems Vocabulary, Belief Systems, & World Religions Vocabulary from Quizlet: Vocabulary sets where students can view vocabulary terms in list format or practice memorization with the study feature.
Self Tests
Self Tests on Judaism, Hinduism & Buddhism, Islam, & Christianity from Prentice Hall: These websites offer students the oppurtunity to take self-assessments on the topics above in either an interactive ("Know it? Show it") or a traditional multiple choice ("Progress Monitoring Online") format.
Mr. Ott at Park East High School's Track A Belief Systems Quiz & Track B Belief Systems Quiz: These wiki pages offer quizzes on the major belief systems. Students can take the quiz & then view their results at the end without entering their personal information.
World Religions Questions & World Religions Vocab. & Questions from Quizlet: Vocabulary & question sets where students can view vocabulary terms in list format or practice memorization with the study feature.
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