Exploring World Religions

Lesson 2
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ELA

Unit 7

3rd Grade

Lesson 2 of 19

Objective


Explain how the author uses details to support the idea that religion has shaped the world we live in today.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: One World, Many Religions: The Ways We Worship by Mary Pope Osborne  — Introduction

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Target Task


Multiple Choice

Which statement about religion would the author most likely agree with?

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Sample Response

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Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

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Writing Prompt

How does the author use details to support the idea that religion has shaped the world we live in today?

Key Questions


  • Read the sentence from the text. "Worship of the sacred was not something separate from daily life - it was life itself." What does it mean if something was sacred? How does the author show that "it was life itself"?
  • How does the author show that people still practice ways of worship from ancient times?
  • How has religion shaped the world we live in?
  • What evidence does the author include to show that all religions "are all wise and enduring"?
  • Where does the word religion come from? 

Vocabulary


worship

v.

to honor or respect someone or something as a god

sacred

adj.

highly valued and important 

enduring

adj.

lasting a long time 

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Common Core Standards


  • RI.3.2 — Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
  • RI.3.8 — Describe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text (e.g., comparison, cause/effect, first/second/third in a sequence).

Supporting Standards

L.3.4
RF.3.3
RF.3.4
RI.3.1
RI.3.4
RI.3.5
RI.3.7
SL.3.1
W.3.10

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Explain what evidence both authors include to show that religion has played an important role in shaping our world.

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