Grade 1 - Early world Civilizations

Early World Civilizations: Supplemental Guide 13 | Three World Religions 223

 Lesson Objectives

Core Content Objectives

Students will:

 Identify Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as major monotheistic

world religions

 Locate Jerusalem, Israel, and the area known as the Middle East

on a map

 Defi ne monotheism as the belief in one God

 Identify the Western Wall (or the Wailing Wall) as associated with

Judaism, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre with Christianity, and

the Dome of the Rock with Islam

Language Arts Objectives

The following language arts objectives are addressed in this

lesson. Objectives aligning with the Common Core State

Standards are noted with the corresponding standard in

parentheses. Refer to the Alignment Chart for additional standards

addressed in all lessons in this domain.

Students will:

 Describe the connection between the city of Jerusalem and the

three monotheistic religions of Judaisim, Christianity, and Islam

(RI.1.3)

 Describe illustrations of various religious buildings and use

pictures and details in “Three World Religions” to describe the

read-aloud’s key ideas (RI.1.7)

 Make personal connections between religions they know about

and the topic of “Three World Religions” (W.1.8)

 With assistance, categorize and organize facts and information

from “Three World Religions” to answer questions (W.1.8)

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