This document provides information about a lesson on major world religions. It includes a do-now activity asking students to write about creation stories or beliefs about death in an isolated society. The bulk of the document provides multiple choice questions to test students' knowledge of symbols, images, and words associated with different religions like Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shinto. It also defines religious vocabulary words and concepts. The document concludes with an exit ticket asking students to complete a KWL chart for three selected major religions.

1. DO-NOW
Choose one of the two topics to write about. You have
8 minutes. You should be writing the entire time.
1. Imagine that you are part of an isolated society that
has no particular religious beliefs. Write a creation
story that describes your tribe’s beliefs about how
the earth was made.
1. Imagine that you are part of an isolated society that
has no particular religious beliefs. Describe what
this particular tribe thinks happens when a person
dies.

3. MAJOR WORLD RELIGIONS
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
Confucianism
Shinto

4. DIRECTIONS
• Try to answer the following questions as best you can.
• You will be shown symbols, words and images that relate to the world’s
major religions. Your job is to try and identify which religions are
associated with each symbol, image or word.

5. QUESTION #1
SYMBOL POSSIBLE ANSWERS
• Judaism
• Islam
• Christianity
• Hinduism

6. QUESTION #2
• Confucianism
• Judaism
• Christianity
• Islam

7. QUESTION #3
• Islam
• Christianity
• Shinto
• Buddhism

8. QUESTION #4
• Islam
• Christianity
• Shinto
• Buddhism

9. QUESTION #5
• Islam
• Christianity
• Judaism
• Hinduism

10. QUESTION #6
• Buddhism
• Hinduism
• Islam
• Judaism

11. QUESTION #7
• Christianity
• Judaism
• Confucianism
• Islam

12. QUESTION #8
• Islam
• Confucianism
• Shinto
• Judaism

13. QUESTION #9
• Confucianism
• Buddhism
• Judaism
• Islam

14. QUESTION #10
• Christianity
• Shinto
• Buddhism
• Judaism

15. QUESTION #11
• Islam
• Christianity
• Judaism
• Shinto

16. QUESTION #12
• Judaism
• Christianity
• Islam
• Buddhism

17. QUESTION #13
• Christianity
• Judaism
• Islam
• Hinduism

19. RELIGION VOCAB WORDS
• Monotheism
• Polytheism
• Evangelism
• Belief System
• Q’uran/Koran
• Analects
• Bible
• Torah
• Religion

20. DEFINITIONS
• Monotheism - Believe in only one god
• Polytheism - Believe in more than one god
• Evangelism- To preach a particular set of
beliefs with the intent of conversion
• Belief System – mutually supportive beliefs
• Q’uran/Koran – Sacred text of Islam
• Analects – Sacred text of Confucianism
• Bible – Sacred text of Christianity
• Torah – Sacred text of Judaism (First 5 books
of Bible)
• Religion – organized collection of belief
systems, cultural systems and world views

21. EXIT TICKET:
KWL (Know, Want to Know, Learn)
• Choose three (3) of the major religions and complete the K & W of the
KWL chart.
• K = Know. This is what you already know about the religion
• W = Want. This is what you want to know/learn about this religion
• Make sure you write at least 2-4 items under each category.
• Major Religions:
Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Confucianism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto