January 10th and 13th, 2014
AP Human Geography Agenda
Religion
At the end of this unit, students will be able to:
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2.
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Discuss the differences between universalizing and ethnic religions
Explain the important components of the world’s major religions including Christianity, Judaism, Islam,
Hinduism and Buddhism
Understand the importance of sacred spaces and holy places
Compare and contrast the different religious hotspot in the world.
Big Framing Objective
Understand the differences in
Universalizing and Ethnic Religions,
and explain hotspots of religious
tensions.
By the end of today, we will
1. Define Religion
2. Discuss the differences and similarities with the universalizing religions.
Part I: Do now – What do I remember? (5 minutes): Individual
1. Who was the founder of Christianity? Of Islam? Of Buddhism?
2. What are the 3 branches of Christianity? 2 of Islam? 2 of Buddhism?
Part II: Chart and Thesis statements (30 minutes): Groups
Using your homework and working in groups, answer the following on a separate sheet of paper:
a.
Support this statement: Universalizing religions are more similar than different. Explain using 58 pieces of specific information.
b. It may seem that the differences between the universalizing religions are minor – yet how
significant are these differences? Answer using 2-3 examples.
Part III: Intro Religions and Universalizing Religions (about 25 minutes of Davies and 10 minutes
of Griffis): Class Discussion
Let’s really define what religion is and how it can be categorized.
Part IV: Project Assignment (rest of class): Groups
Let’s go over what this will entail Part IV: Do Later – what did I learn (end of class): Individual
1. Define Religion
2. Define Universalizing religion
What needs to be turned in at the
end of this class?
 Do Now Do Later
 Thesis Answers
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UpComing Events:
14/15: Process Ehtnic and Universalizing Religions; Project
16/17: Ethnic Conflicts; Projects
MIDTERM
What is due next class?
 Ethnic Religions
Chart
IF YOU LEARN ONLY 3 THINGS IN THIS UNIT:
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There are 5 primary relgions in the world today: Christianity, Islam, Judaism (the 3 “western”
religions) and Hinduism and Buddhism (the 2 “eastern” religions). Christianity is the largest
religion in the world with just over 2 billion followers. Islam is the fastest growing religion in the
world.
Religions are defined as monotheistic or polytheistic, and ethnic (born into) or universalizing (may
convert into).
There are architectual differences in religious structures around the world. Christians use
churches, Jews use synagogues, Muslims use mosques, Hindus use temples, and Buddhist use
pagodas.
Geography Facts - word find
This Day in History
1521 Martin Luther excommunicated by Pope Leo
X.
1777 George Washington defeated Cornwallis's
forces at the Battle of Princeton.
1870 Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began.
1920 The New York Yankees acquired Babe Ruth
and so began the "curse of the Bambino" that haunted
the Boston Red Sox until 2004.
1958 Sir Edmund Hillary reached the South Pole
overland.
1967 Jack Ruby, the man who shot John Kennedy's
assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, died.
1987 Aretha Franklin became the first woman to
be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
INTERFAITH CONFLICTS
Place
China (Tibet)
Nigeria
Interfaith Boundary
Tibetan Buddhism and
Atheism
Islam and Christianity
India
Hinduism and Sikhism
India and
Pakistan
Former
Yugoslavia
Hinduism and Islam
Central African
Republic
Muslim and
Christianity
Burma/Myanmar
Buddhism and Islam
Christianity and Islam
Conflict
The atheist Chinese government id destroying Tibetan Buddhist
monasteries, and overall trying to suppress the religion.
Islam prevails in the northern region while Christianity and local
religions prevail in the South. Lead to power based tensions for
government control
Sikhs in the NW state of Punjab demand autonomy from the Hinducontrolled government of India
Pakistan was established as a Muslim state in 1948. Pakistan and
India are fighting over territory called Jammu and Kashmir
In the Yugoslavian civil wars of the 1990s, Serb leader Slobadan
Milosevic tried to kill or evict the Muslim population in Bosnia and
the other Serbian controlled lands in the region
With its Muslim-Christian overtones risks escalating into sustained
violence along religious lines and spilling beyond the country’s
borders, further destabilizing the whole region
Though Muslims nationwide have been targeted, members of one
particular ethnic group, the Rohingya, have borne the brunt of the
violence. Many Buddhists view the Rohingya Muslims, who live
along the border with Bangladesh, as illegal immigrants, even
though many have been in Myanmar for generations.
INTRAFAITH CONFLICTS
Place
Iraq
Intrafaith Boundary
Islam: Sunni and
Shiite
US
Christian:
Fundamentalism and
moderate Christianity
Christian: Protestant
and Catholic
Northern Ireland
Conflict
After the fall of the largely Sunni government controlled by
Saddam Hussein, both Sunnis and Shiites are warring for
control of the newly forming political landscape
Christians have conflicted in the US over political-cultural
issues such as homosexuality, evolution, and abortion. In
some cases, violent tactics have been used
British Colonialism deposited large numbers of Protestants
in traditionally Catholic Northern Ireland. Has caused violent
conflicts between the 2 groups in the regions