Origins and Founders

To understand that the six major

religions can be divided into two main
groups ‘Eastern’ and ‘Western’.
To know where and when these
traditions began and the names of their
founders.

To understand and explain why religion

is important to some people

ON THE MAP COLOUR CODE

THE SIX WORLD RELIGIONS
IN THE KEY AT THE
BOTTOM OF THE SHEET
AND WHERE EACH
RELIGION STARTED
Origins and Founders
The founder of the
oldest western
religion is
Abraham who
was alive in 1900
BCE

Jesus was
alive in the
year 0, he
founded
Christianity
Origins and Founders
Islam began
with
Mohammad
in 620 CE

Hinduism has
NO
FOUNDER it
began around
3000 BCE
Origins and Founders
Siddhartha
grew up in
about 1500
BCE, he
founded
Buddhism

Guru Nanak
founded the
newest Eastern
faith in 1500
CE
Origins and Founders
To know where and when
these traditions began and
the names of their founders.

To understand and explain

why religion is important to
some people

Complete the heads and

tails activity on the sheet
of who founded each
religion

Using a full page –

create a timeline to
explain when each
religion was started and
who by
USING A FULL PAGE IN YOUR BOOKS CREATE A TIMELINE BASED
ON WHEN EACH RELIGION BEGAN AND WHO FOUNDED (STARTED)
EACH RELIGION
3000 1900 1500 620 1500
BCE BCE BCE
0 CE CE
 Origins and Founders
Answer the following questions in your books...

1.How can you tell if someone is religious?

 You can know some people are religious because....
 However you might not know some people are religious because...

2. Do you think religious people behave differently to

others?
 I think that a religious person does/does not behave in a different way
because...

3. Why do you think religious people try and stick to

special rules?
 I think that a religious person tries to stick to special rules because...

4. Do you think it is easy or hard to be religious. Give

reasons for what you think.
 I think that it is easy/hard to be religious because...
HOMEWORK DUE 3 RD
OCT
COMPLETE THE
PRAYER
WORKSHEET
YOU MUST WRITE YOUR
OWN PRAYER INSIDE
THE HAND, DECORATE
AND COLOUR

THE BEST ONES ARE

GOING ON
DISPLAY!!!!
AN EXAMPLE OF A PRAYER
Thank you (God) for all the wonderful things in
my life; my family and friends and my pet dog
chocolate.
I would like you to forgive me for all the bad
things I have done to my brother and sister and for
lying to my parents about smashing my Grandma’s
vase.
Please help the soldiers who are at war in the
world as well as those people who are being hurt
because of it. Also, please help those people who are
being killed or have lost their possessions due to
natural disasters.
Amen
Izabella
BUDDHISM MUHAMMAD

CHRISTIANITY NO IDEA
HINDUISM GURU NANAK

ISLAM BUDDHA

JUDAISM JESUS
SIKHISM ABRAHAM