Core Questions the Module should address:

1. How are religions created?
   • When?
   • Where did they start and where did they diffuse?
   • Why?
   • Who?
     - Lesson Plan: Religions of the World Poster
     - Lesson Plan: Religion Alphabet Book
     - Lesson Plan: World's Most Practiced Religions
     - Lesson Plan: Religions of Eastern Asia
     - Lesson Plan: Great Religions of China


2. How does religion influence the way people live?
   • Family
   • Government
   • Power
   • Art & Architecture
   • Scriptures/literature
   • Education
   • Gender Roles
   • Discrimination
   • Values
     - Lesson Plan: African Proverbs
     - Handout: African Proverbs
     - Handout: Confucian Sayings
     - Handout: Taoist Sayings
   • Language
   • Ceremony
   • Traditions
     - Lesson Plan: Nectar in a Sieve |  Nectar in a Sieve Annotations
     - Lesson Plan: Native American Religious Beliefs and Practices
   • Perception of non-believers and stereotyping...


3. How has religion changed throughout history?
   • Division and creation of new religions
     - Lesson Plan: The Eastern Schism Debate
     - Lesson Plan: The Great Schism Debate
     - Lesson Plan: Leaders of the Protestant Reformation
   • Changing influence and power within a society
     - Lesson Plan: The U.S. Courts and Religious Freedom
   • Religious minorities and discrimination within a society
     - Lesson Plan: Genocide
   • War and Peace


4. What is the role of religion and spirituality within the global community?
   • Immigration and migration
   • Spread and diffusion
     - Lesson Plan: Islamic Roots of Judaeo-Christian Culture
   • Environment
   • Development
     - Lesson Plan: Religion Fair
   • Inter-communal relations
     - Lesson Plan: Religious Freedom and Persecution throughout the World
   • International Relations
     - Lesson Plan: Creation of Israel
   • Economics
   • War and Peace
   • Minority Groups