STA.

ELENA HIGH SCHOOL

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Humanities and Social Sciences/Introduction to World Religions and Belief
Systems

Name of Learner: Rosacena, Andrelle Josh P. Date:

Grade Level: 12 Section: Sociability

Origin of World of Religions

Learning Competency: Cite regions or places where specific religions evolved
Code: HUMSS_WRB12- I/IIIb-2.1

Directions/Instructions:

Motivational Activity: Each picture symbolizes a type of religion. Identify a religion that
each picture tries to depict. Write a brief explanation on why you identified that religion
with one of the given pictures.

Islam
1. The picture shows an example or the Qur’an

Buddhism
2. The photo shows Siddartha Gautama, or the “Buddha”, founder of Buddhism
Taoism
3. The photo shows the symbol of Yin and Yang which is the most popular
symbol of taoism

Hinduism
4. The photo shows a hindu god, Vishnu.

Confucianism
5. This is a photo of Confucius, the founder of Confucianism

Shintoism
6. This photo shows a shrine or gate that marks the separation of the sacred
from the wordly

Procedure: Illustrate or draw the Geo-cultural map of the Arabian Peninsula/Label the
significant places that account to the origin of the known major world religions.
 Questions:
1. Describe the physical and geographical characteristics of the Arabian peninsula.
 The arabian peninsula contain deserts dotted with oases. Plains that line
the southern and western coasts are the Coastal Plains, and the Mountain
Ranges divide these coastal plains from the deserts.
2. Identify which world religions originated from the Arabian peninsula.
 Islam originated in the Arabian Peninsula
3. How is religion affected by geography and culture?
 Before when airplanes are non-existent, people can only travel by horses
or boats. Landforms like mountain ranges can be a hindrance in travelling
so people tend to go the other way. This was done by the pioneers of
religion and missionaries who wish to travel to gather believers.

Rubrics for scoring:

Criteria Description Points Score obtained
Organization The concept was clearly and
creatively conveyed
Content Illustrations were appropriate to the
subject content

Visual Presentation The idea was clearly presented based

on the pictures and words used
Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20

Closure: Geography and culture have an effect on the establishment and

 development of religions.

STA. ELENA HIGH SCHOOL

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Humanities and Social Sciences/Introduction to World Religions and Belief
Systems

Answer Key:

Prepared by:
VALENTIN D. BATOC
Introduction to World Religions and Belief Systems/HUMSS