Nicole Keith

nkeith@gcs.k12.in.us

Grade Level: 10^th Grade

Subject Area: World Civilizations/History

Topic: World Religions

Subject Standards: WH 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 5.3, 5.7, 11.1, 11.2

ISTE Standards: I, II

Directions: Your assignment is to choose one of the religions we have studied (Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, or Christianity) and divulge (explain) it a bit further. You can choose to do ONE of the following projects: Power Point Presentation, Poem, or Rap to explain the following items about your religion:

Your Project, NO MATTER WHICH ONE YOU CHOOSE, MUST include the following:

1) Founder/Most Important Person of the religion

2) Number of followers of that religion

3) Sacred Text Name

4) Sacred Symbol(s) Name(s)

5) Sacred Site

6) Worship Center

7) Sacred Ceremony

8) Sacred Holiday or Festival

9) Famous Person who was/is a follower of that religion

PowerPoint Rubric

* Title Slide with name of religion, name of group members, and class period _____/9

* One slide listing Founder/Most Important Person of the religion

* Name _____/5

* 3 statements about that person (2 pts. for each statement) _____/6

* Picture of Founder/Most Important Person of the religion _____/2

* One slide listing number of followers of the religion _____/2

* One slide listing Sacred Text

* Name _____/5

* Picture of text _____/2

* 2 statements describing the text (2 pts. for each statement) _____/4

* One slide listing AT LEAST ONE sacred symbol

* Name _____/5

* Picture _____/2

* 2 statements describing symbol (2 pts. for each statement) _____/4

* One slide listing Sacred Site

* Name _____/5

* Picture _____/2

* 2 statements describing site (2 pts. for each statement) _____/4

* One slide listing worship center

* Name _____/5

* Picture _____/2

* 2 statements describing symbol (2 pts. each) _____/4

* One slide listing one Sacred Ceremony

* Name _____/5

* 3 statements describing ceremony (2 pts. each) _____/6

* One slide listing Sacred Holiday

* Name _____/5

* 3 statements describing (2 pts. each) _____/6

* One slide listing Famous Worshipper

* Name _____/5

* Picture _____/2

* 3 statements describing that person/contribution to religion (2 pts. each) _____/6

* Creative 1 2 3 4 5

* Must contain a Bibliography Slide at the end USING AT LEAST THREE SOURCES _____/15

Project Total Worth: _____/ 121 pts

* Above and Beyond (1 pts. each up to 3)

* For each extra symbol, holiday, ceremony, famous worshipper listed/described/photo _____/12 poss. extra