2014 East Asia Religions and Philosophies Graphic Organizer for Research for Historical Caricature
Confucianism Concepts
Founders/Origins/History
What is Confucianism
Basic Beliefs
Views on Peace and Order
Definitions/Key Characteristics
Importance/Impact/Effects
Confucianism Concepts
Views on Respect
for Elders: Filial Piety
Views on Ethics
Views on Human Relationships
Five Ideals
Definitions/Key Characteristics
Importance/Impact/Effects
Confucianism Concepts
Jen
Yi
Li
Ren
Holy Texts
Five Virtues
Definitions/Key Characteristics
Importance/Impact/Effects
Confucianism Concepts
Five Constant Relationships
Views on Government
/Roles of Emperor
Ceremonies and Rituals
Legacy/Impact of Confucianism
Definitions/Key Characteristics
Importance/Impact/Effects
Confucianism Concepts
Definitions/Key Characteristics
Importance/Impact/Effects
Definitions/Key Characteristics
Importance/Impact/Effects
Neo-Confucianism
Confucianism as a Religion
and Not Philosophy
Ties to Mandate of Heaven
Daoism/Taoism Concepts
Founder
What is Daoism
Daoism/Taoism Concepts
Definitions/Key Characteristics
Importance/Impact/Effects
Yin and Yang
Three Meanings of Tao
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Beliefs
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Philosophical Taosim
Religious Taoism
Daoism/Taoism Concepts
Definitions/Key Characteristics
Importance/Impact/Effects
Vitalizing Taoism
Views on Material Things
Ties to Nature/The Natural Way
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Wu Wei
De
Daoism/Taoism Concepts
Definitions/Key Characteristics
Importance/Impact/Effects
Three Jewels
Views on Government
Influence/Impact of Taoism
Ways of Living
Legalism Concepts
Founders
Definitions/Key Characteristics
Impact/Importance/Effects
Legalism Concepts
What is Legalism
Beliefs
Holy Texts
How Used by Qin Dynasty
Views on Human Nature
Definitions/Key Characteristics
Impact/Importance/Effects
Legalism Concepts
Requirements of a Ruler
Fa-The Law
Shi-Legitimacy
Shu-Arts of the Ruler
Characteristics of
Good Government
Definitions/Key Characteristics
Impact/Importance/Effects
Legalism Concepts
Views on Education
Views on Laws
Views on Household
Legacy/Long-Term Impact of Legalism
Ten Things in a Culture
Definitions/Key Characteristics
Impact/Importance/Effects
Shintoism Concepts:
Number of followers
and where
Views on Gods and Kami
What is Shintoism
Important Figures
and Creation Myth
Definitions/Key Characteristics
Impact/Effects/Importance
Shintoism Concepts:
Amaterasu, Sun Goddess
Holy Texts
Key Beliefs
Priests and Miko
Definitions/Key Characteristics
Impact/Effects/Importance
Shintoism Concepts:
Connections to Other Religions
Makoto
Purity and Impurity
Ten Precepts
Definitions/Key Characteristics
Impact/Effects/Importance
Shintoism Concepts:
Four Affirmations
Shrines
Ways of Worship
Rituals and Ceremonies
Definitions/Key Characteristics
Impact/Effects/Importance
Shintoism Concepts:
Sects
Festivals
Shintoism in Japanese Culture
Definitions/Key Characteristics
Impact/Effects/Importance