Grade 1 - Early world Civilizations

226 Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 13 | Three World Religions

Note: Introducing the Read-Aloud and Extensions may have activity

options which exceed the time allocated for that part of the lesson.

To remain within the time periods allocated for each portion of

the lesson, you will need to make conscious choices about which

activities to include based on the needs of your students.

Exercise Materials Details

Introducing the Read-Aloud (10 minutes)

What Have We Already

Learned?

You may wish to replace polytheistic with

the phrase “belief in many, many gods,”

and monotheistic with the phrase “belief

in one God.”

Personal Connections

Where Are We Map of Mesopotamia and Ancient

Egypt; red crayon; world map or

globe

You may wish to have students locate

Mesopotamia and Egypt on their own

map.

Have students locate Jerusalem on their

map and circle it red.

Vocabulary Preview: Judaism/

Christianity/Islam

Image 13A-3: Three world religions

Purpose for Listening

Presenting the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Three World Religions

Discussing the Read-Aloud (15 minutes)

Comprehension Questions

Word Work: Faithful

 Complete Remainder of the Lesson Later in the Day

Extensions (20 minutes)

Three World Religions

Comparison Chart

Instructional Masters 13B-1, 13B-2 You may wish to fill in parts of the chart

throughout this lesson.