World Religions Lessons for Middle & High School

This fantastic download on the major World Religions features engaging activities on each religion for an entire unit!

Your download features 6 folders stocked full of resources on Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, plus Chinese philosophies of Legalism, Confucianism, and Daoism!

Inside each of the individual folders are reading worksheets, PowerPoints, interactive notebook activities, worksheets, projects, & a lot more!

In this one download, you get close to 60 teaching resources!

Everything you need is there, including an overview PowerPoint on all of the religions, multiple resources on each religion, reading materials, review worksheets, PowerPoints with guided notes pages, a review game, this 40-question editable unit test with answer key and more!

Plus, you also get a cooperative learning research project on World Religions, this PowerPoint on the Founding & Growth of Christianity, this gigantic Islamic Civilizations Unit Bundle, and much, much more!

All of the resources are numbered by day throughout and a unit guide provides suggestions on how to implement all of the resources with your students!

You can download this amazing unit of activities right here.

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Interactive Notebook for Islam and Islamic Civilizations

This download features 8 Interactive Notebook pages all about the rise of Islam and Islamic Civilizations of the Middle Ages! These amazing Interactive Notebook pages include graphic organizers, creative foldables, pop-ups, timelines, and more!

These are incredible resources for getting students engaged and active in their learning and allowing them to be creative with their notes.
Topics covered include:

• Muhammad's life and the origins of Islam
• The growth and spread of Islam in the Middle East
• The 5 Pillars and key beliefs of Islam
• Early Caliphs and Islamic Dynasties
• The Sunni-Shi'a division
• Achievements of Islam's Golden Age 
• The Seljuk Turks
• Vocabulary activities and more!

These resources are guaranteed to help your students enjoy learning about these ancient civilizations while gaining a better understanding of important concepts, events, and people.

Each interactive notebook page is designed to engage students and get them thinking critically while also forming a personal connection to the material. Your download is filled with pictures of completed pages so you and your students can easily see how each page should be cut, pasted, folded, or completed.

An online, digital version of pages like thee can be found here in the Islamic Civilizations Google Drive Interactive Notebook. You can also find more great resources for teaching about this era with this Islamic Civilizations Unit Bundle.

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Islam: Growth & Spread of Islamic Civilizations PowerPoint

This PowerPoint covers Islam's growth across the Middle East after the death of the prophet Muhammad. Each visually-engaging slide includes simple notes for students to better understand the essential information. 

An editable guided notes worksheet is also included in this download! 

Each of these topics are discussed in the PowerPoint: 

• Abu Bakr and The 4 Rightly Guided Caliphs
• The Sunni-Shi'a split
• The geography of the Arabian Peninsula and Islam's growth
• Reasons for the growth of Islam
• Effects of Islam's spread
• Important vocabulary
• Plus more! 

This is an excellent and even-handed overview of Islam's growth for the 100+ years after Muhammad's death in 632. I have fine tuned it over years with my World History classes and students are consistently engaged during the presentation. The guided notes page is also an excellent tool to keep students focused on your key points and not be overwhelmed with writing notes. 

A similar PowerPoint on the founding and early years of Islam can be found here.

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Islamic Civilizations Google Drive Interactive Notebook

This digital download for teaching about Islam's history and Islamic Civilizations features a link to a set of 10 fully-editable Interactive pages using Google Drive!

These super-engaging pages can be completed all online with laptops, tablets, or any other device that supports Google Drive!

Topics covered on Islamic Civilizations include:

•  Muhammad and the origins of Islam
•  The 5 Pillars and beliefs of Islam
•  Islam's growth and spread
•  The "Rightly Guided Caliphs" of Islam and later dynasties
•  The Sunni- Shi'a split
•  The rise of the Seljuk Turks
•  The Crusades
•  Vocabulary activities and more!

Students use the included links to research, then type directly on the pages, insert images, and drag and drop information for a variety of engaging, interactive activities! This is a fantastic way to integrate technology into your classroom and can be completed without printing any paper! Awesome for a 1:1 school or just a trip to the computer lab.

An answer key for all 10 pages is included along with 2 pages of teacher directions. All you only need is a Google account and you're ready to go! You can download it by clicking here!

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