N.India/ Tibet Buddhism
Bethlehem
Jerusalem,
Israel
Mecca Islam
Ur in IraqJudaism
India (River
Indus) Hinduism
Recap on the World’s Major
Religions.
Pakistan Sikhism
1. Label the place names
2. Label which main religion came from
there
•Bethlehem & Jerusalem =
Christianity
•Ur in Iraq = Judaism
• Medina & Mecca = Islam
• River Indus = Hinduism, Pakistan
= Sikhism,
N. India/ Nepal (for Buddhism)
3.Add the dates when that religion
started
2000BC 600AD 1500AD 480BC 0AD
1500BC
Spread of these religions
Christianity
Judaism
Sikhism
Buddhism
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
What do you already know
about Buddhism ?
Title page: HW include the 8
spoke wheel (symbol of
Buddhism)
Write out the following questions –
1.
2.
3.
4.
Who was the Buddha ?
What do Buddhists believe? (3
things)
What is nirvana, and how can you
reach it ?
What are the 2 symbols of Buddhism
and what do they mean?
Who was the Buddha ?
•Buddhists follow the
teachings of Siddharta
Gautama. He was given the
special name Buddha when
he achieved enlightenment.
•Buddhists believe that the
Buddha saw the truth about
what the world is like.
•The symbol used the most for
Buddhism is the wheel with eight
spokes, which represents the eight
teachings of Buddhism.
•Another symbol is the lotus
flower. It grows in mud at the
bottom of a pond but makes a
beautiful flower. This is a symbol of
rising above all things in life that are
not
satisfactory,
and
gaining
enlightenment
• What do Buddhists believe?
Buddhists do not believe in a God
who is all-powerful.
•Buddhist believe people can gain
enlightenment by following the
Buddha’s teachings.
•Buddhists
believe
that
when
someone dies, they will be reborn in
a cycle that goes on and on.
How can you reach
Nirvana ?
Nirvana is escape from the
cycle of rebirth into perfect
peace. Buddhists try to
reach Nirvana by following
the Buddha’s teaching and
by meditation. This brings
you enlightenment – a
state of mind from which
you can enter Nirvana.
What do these Buddhist
terms mean? Stick in your table then
The Enlightened
One.
write out the terms/ definitions in your table.
Dukkha
A state of perfect
bliss and happiness
reached by the
enlightened.
Karma
Anatta
Enlightenment
The Buddha’s
teachings
That nothing lasts
Bodhisattva
Dalai Lama
Test your partner on the key
words.
Meditation
Quiz Quiz Trade
• If you can tell your partner the
definition of their word, and
they can tell you yours correctly,
swap cards…and find another
partner !
Go back to your
mind map, and
add on other
things about
Buddhism you
have learnt this
lesson.
• If either of you are wrong…don’t
swap cards…and find another
partner!
**From your key
words, why do you
think Buddhism could
be describe as more
like a philosophy than
a religion ?
Plenary
Interview the person next to you and find out three things they
have learnt from today’s lesson.