Lesson plan

Go, Buddha, Go: Patterns in the Spread of Religions


GeoHistory GeoLiteracy

Description

In this lesson students will gain a better understanding of patterns of cultural diffusion, while also reinforcing their knowledge of where religions began and where they spread to.

Duration

1-2 class periods

Author

Rachael D.
Henry

Standards

1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
2: How to use mental maps (a person's internalized picture of a part of Earth's surface) to organize information about people places, and environments
3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people places, and environments on Earth's surface
10: The characteristics, distribution and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics
17: How to apply geography to interpret the past

Teacher Instructions

HenryGoBuddhaGoT.pdf (104.93 KB)

Student Materials

World-at.pdf (294.64 KB)
ASIA.PDF (437.55 KB)

Materials To Assist Teachers and English Language Learners

Supplemental Files