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Subject Description: The course explores the main tenets and practices of major world religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Theravada Buddhism, Mahayana
Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism and Shintoism. It aims to help learners understand the historical contexts of nine religions, appreciate their uniqueness and similarities and
promote mutual understanding among believers of different faiths. They are expected to demonstrate understanding and appreciation of ones faith and that of others.
Number
of days
Date
1. QUARTER I
2. Lesson 1
Definition of Terms
3.
Lesson/Topics
Learning
Competencies
Learning
Strategies/Meth
ods
Activity 1:
(Pre- test)
Core Values
Materials
1. Give an example of a
belief system of
Respect
worldview
2. Differentiate religion Direction: Identify the words below by
Religious
from Spirituality,
Tolerance
analyzing the given definitions.
4. 1. Understanding
Theology and Philosophy
1. R _ LI_I_N - the belief in the
Definitions of the
of Religion
worship of a superhuman controlling
following concepts:
3. Formulate an
power, especially a personal God or
a. Religion
inference about Belief
gods.
b. Belief System
system, Religion and
2. _H_OL_GY the study of the nature
c. Philosophy of
Spirituality
and powers of God
Religion
d. Theology
4. Prepare character
e. Spirituality
sketches of a person who
f. Monoistic
is spiritual but not
g. Polytheistic
religious and a person
h. Monotheistic
who is religious
i. Atheistic
Assessment
Power point
presentation
Video clip
Picture of
personalities
and activities
that may or
may not
associated
with religion
Board chalk
Pre- test
Individual
References
3. W_R_DV__W - a collection of
beliefs about life and the universe
held by an individual or a group
4. SP_R_TU_LI_Y - the quality or
state of being concerned with
religion or religious matters
5. _OLY_HE_TI_ - the belief in many
gods.
Religiosity
Formative
Individual
Activity 2
Formative
Individual
Philosophy
and
Christian
Theology
(http://plato
.stanford.ed
u/entries/ch
ristiantheol
ogyphilosophy/
)
Philosophy
of Religion
(http://plato
.stanford.ed
u/entries/ph
ilosophyreligion/)
(Note: the
above
online
references
will be
edited by
the teacher
for easier
understand
ing of
students)
Formative
Individual
Spirituality
Formative
Individual
Being
Catholic as
Reflexive
Spirituality:
The Case of
Religiously
Involved
Filipino by
Jayeel
Cornelio
http://www.
ari.nus.edu.
sg/wps/wps
10_146.pdf
Summative
Group
(product with
rubric)
_______________
Lesson 2: How
World Religions
Began
1.Cite regions or places
1.Religions in
where specific religions
Various Continents: evolved
A Historical
2. Analyze the culture of
Overview
the region that gave rise
2. Culture and
to specific religions
Region:
3. Explain how
Determinants of
geography influences
Religion
religion and religion
3. Impact and
affects culture
Influence of
Culture in Shaping
Religion
Power point
presentation
World Map
showing
dominant
religions of
various
countries
Videos
Board chalk
Pre-test
Individual
Formative
Individual
Formative
Individual
Human
Geography
Ethnic
and
Universaliz
ing
Religions
https://ww
w.youtube.c
om/watch?
v=EPkbvT
RDqQA
Activity 3
(Formative)
Direction. Compare and contrast.
Differentiate the difference between
theology and philosophy of religion
Formative
Individual
Power point
presentation
poems and
internet articles
Videos
Board chalk
Formative
Individual
Summative
Individual
_______________
Lesson 3: Positive
and Negative
Effects of Religion
1. Religion: Its
Positive and
Negative Effects
2. Religion as a
Factor in Shaping
History: A Critical
Evidence
Goodwill
Understand
ing
Pre- test
Individual
3. Religion: A
Force for Good or
Evil?
Formative
Pair-off
With rubric
Power point
presentation
Holy Bible
Videos
Board chalk
Materials for
comic strip
Formative
Individual
With rubric
Formative
Individual
With rubric
Summative
Group
With Rubric
_______________
QUARTER II
Religion in
History by
Alfred
North
Whitehead.
http://www.
mountainm
an.com.au/
whiteh_1.ht
m
Lesson 4: Judaism
1. Abraham and
Moses: Founding
Fathers of Judaism
2.Sacred Texts:
Torah, Poetry,
Prophets, Talmud
3.Doctrines: Ten
Commandments
and 618 Rules
4.Various Sects in
Judaism: A
Comparative
Analysis
5.Issues
Confronting
Judaism and Jews
Pre-test
Individual
Obedience
Respect for
Parents
Compassion
Power point
presentation
Holy Bible
Videos
Board chalk
Materials for
Who wants to be
a Millionaire
Formative
Group
With rubric
Formative
Individual
Power point
presentation
Quran
Videos
Board chalk
Crossword
Puzzle
_______________
Formative
Individual
Summative
Individual
Lesson 5:
Christianity
1.Knowing and
Appreciating Jesus
2. Sacred Texts
3. Doctrines and
Teachings of
Christianity
4. God: Trinity
5. Various Sects in
Christianity: A
Comparative
Analysis
6.Issues
Confronting
Love of
God
Pre-test
Individual
Empathy
Formative
Christianity and
Christians
4. Interview a Christian
parent or couple on why
they are Christians and
what beliefs and
practices they adhere to.
Individual
Power point
presentation
Sacred Texts of
the three
religions/referenc
es
Videos
Board chalk
Formative
Individual
Formative
Pair-off
Formative
Pair-off
Summative
Group
With rubric
_______________
Lesson 6: Islam
1.Knowing Prophet
Muhammad
2. Sacred texts
3. Doctrines
4. God: Allah
Charity
1. Read the opening lines
of Quran preferably
from an English Version
Sacrifice
Power point
presentation
Sacred Texts of
the Hinduism
Videos/Pictures
Gallery wall
Pre-test
Individual
5. Practitioners:
Sunni, Shiite and
Sufi
6. Issues
Board chalk
Power point
presentation
Sacred Texts
Videos/Pictures
Materials for
Poster-making
,Board chalk
Formative
Individual
Formative
Pair-off
With rubric
_______________
Lesson 7:
Comparative
Analysis
Summative
Group
With rubric
1. Judaism,
Christianity and
Islam: Views on
origin, morality,
purpose, destiny,
and views on
women.
_______________
QUARTER III
Lesson 8:
Hinduism
1. Identify the
uniqueness and
similarities of Judaism,
Christianity and Islam
2 Provide evidence that
Judaism, Christianity and
Islam share common
roots from Patriarch
Abraham
3. Justify that Judaism,
Christianity and Islam, as
monotheistic religions,
have largely influenced
the world today.
4.Conduct a group
research on the doctrines
of each of the three
religions and compare
them in the aspects of
origin, morality, purpose,
destiny, and views on
women
Pre-test
Individual
Power point
presentation
Sacred Texts
Videos/Pictures
,Board chalk
Formative
Individual
Formative
Pair-off
With rubric
Summative
Individual
Resilience
1. Knowing and
Appreciating the
Aryans
2. Sacred Texts
3. Doctrines and
Teachings of
Christianity
4. God: 33 million
gods and goddesses
Pre-test
Individual
Power point
presentation
Formative
Group
5. Issues: Gender
Inequality, Caste
System, Poverty
the attainment of
liberation in the
identification of Atman
and Brahman through the
Four Yogas.
4. Simulate a particular
yoga and write a
reflection paper on your
insights on Hinduism
Sacred Texts
Videos/Pictures
Board chalk
With rubric
Formative
Individual
Summative
Group
With rubric
_______________
Lesson 9:
Theravada
Buddhism
Love
1. Knowing and
Appreciating
Siddharta Gautama
2. Sacred Texts
3. Doctrines
4. God: non-theistic
5. Issues: Territory
conflict in
Mainland Southeast
Asia
Pre-test
Individual
Formative
Individual
Power point
presentation
Sacred Texts of
_______________
Lesson 10:
Mahayana
Buddhism
pleasure and
mortification).
4. Evaluate the Eightfold Path in terms of how
it achieves the Middle
Way
the Confucianism
Videos/Pictures
Board chalk
Summative
Pair-off
With rubric
Generosity
1. Knowing and
Appreciating
Siddharta Gautama
2. Sacred Texts
3. Doctrines
4. God: non-theistic
5. Issues: Tibet
invasion, Engaged
activism
6. Universality and
growth of sects:
Development of
Buddhism to Zen
(Chan) Buddhism
as the fruit of its
encounter with
Taoism.
_______________
Pre-test
Individual
Formative
Individual
Formative
Individual
Power point
presentation
Sacred Texts
Newspaper
clippings
Summative
Individual
With rubric
Videos/Pictures
Board chalk
Lesson 11:
Comparative
Analysis
Hinduism,
Theravada
Buddhism and
Mahayana
Buddhism: Views
on origin, morality,
purpose, destiny,
and views on
women.
1. Identify the
uniqueness and
similarities of Hinduism,
Theravada Buddhism and
Mahayana Buddhism
2. Provide evidence that
Hinduism,
Theravada Buddhism and
Mahayana Buddhism
share common roots from
India
3. Justify that Hinduism,
Theravada Buddhism and
Mahayana Buddhism, as
Vedic religions, have
largely influenced the
world today.
4. Draw the insight from
the acts of generosity of
Tzu Chi Foundation that
reflect the core teaching
of Mahayana Buddhism
Respect
for women
Pre-test
Individual
Power point
presentation
Sacred Texts
Newspaper
clippings
Videos/Pictures
Board chalk
Formative
Individual
Summative
Individual
_______________
With rubric
QUARTER IV
Lesson 12:
Confucianism
1. Knowing and
Appreciating
Confucius
2. Sacred Texts
3. Doctrines
4. God: Heaven
5. Issues: Gender
inequality and
Authoritarianism
Righteous
ness
Power point
presentation
Sacred Texts
Newspaper
clippings
Videos/Pictures
Board chalk
Pre-test
Individual
Formative
Individual
Formative
Individual
With rubric
Summative
Individual
_______________
Lesson 13: Taoism
1. Knowing and
Appreciating Lao
Tzu
2. Sacred Texts
3. Doctrines
4. Tao as the Origin
of all Beings,
unnameable and
eternal
5. Issues: Inaction,
Superstitious
practices,
Environmentalism
_______________
Lesson 14:
Shintoism
1.Pre-historic
Animists of Japan
2.Sacred Texts
3. Doctrines: belief
Pre-test
Individual
Formative
Individual
Formative
Individual
Summative
Individual
Pre-test
Individual
in kami and
divinity of
emperors
4. Gods: kami
5. Issues: Shrine
visits of Japanese
Prime Ministers
2. Explain why is it
important for Japanese
people to worship gods
3. Evaluate: The core
teaching of Shintoism is
to worship the ancestors
and forces of nature to
achieve harmony in all
dimensions.
4. Interpret the Kojiki
creation story creatively
Formative
Individual
Formative
Individual
Summative
Individual
_______________
Lesson 15:
Comparative
Analysis
Confucianism,
Taoism and
Shintoism: Views
on origin, morality,
purpose, destiny,
and views on
women.
Pre-test
Individual
Formative
Individual
Formative
Individual
Theology
Philsophy
________________ of Religion
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Lesson 16:
Synthesis
1.Simulate a panel
discussion of interreligious dialogue that
reflects the following:
a. the meaning and
ultimate value of life
b. how one is to relate to
ones self, family, society
and nature
c. the way to achieve
personal happiness and
fulfillment
Activity 4
(Formative)
Direction: Read and analyze
Being Catholic as Reflexive Spirituality:
The Case of Religiously Involved Filipino.
After reading infer 5 ideas regarding the
main points of the said article.
Summative
Individual
With Rubric
Activity 5
(Formative)
Direction. Create sketches of a person who
is spiritual but not religious and a person
who is religious. Explain the similarities and
the differences of the two individuals.
Activity 6
(Summative)
Direction. Perform a skit about the value of
respecting other religions
____________________
Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Activity 4
Religion
Geograp
hy
Culture
Activity 5.
Activity 1
Direction: Read and analyze the poem. After
reading, answer the questions below.
Guide Questions:
1. Whats the main message of the
poem?
2. Do you agree to the notion that
religion is only based on faith and
not on evidence?
Activity 2
Activity 3
Activity 4
Activity 5
Activity 1:
Pre-test
Activity 2
Activity 3
Activity 4
Activity 5
Activity 1
Pre-test
Direction: Answer 15 questions regarding
Christianity. (Who wants to be a Millionaire
Format)
Activity 2
Direction: Complete the missing words in
the Nicene Creed.
Activity 3
Direction: Read the parable of the Prodigal
Son. Interpret and analyze the meanings and
symbolisms in the said story.
Activity 4
Direction: Select a partner and discuss the
core teaching of Christianity is the message
that a loving God sent His begotten Son in
order to redeem humankind from eternal
damnation
Activity 5
Direction: Interview members of Couples
for Christ/Marriage Encounter Members and
other similar groups and ask them the guide
questions provided by the teacher.
Activity 6
Direction: Select a particular event in the
life of Jesus that your group wanted to
present. Prepare the necessary materials as
instructed by the teacher.
Activity 1
Pre-test
Direction: Crossword. Find the words that
are connected to five pillars of Islam
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Activity 2
Direction: Read page 57 of your textbook
specifically the topic about Origin and
Development of Islam. After that, answer
this question: what do you value about
Muslim practices of Faith?
Activity 3
Direction: Create a 2D picture panorama
depicting the life of Prophet Muhammad.
Activity 4
Direction: Conduct a panel discussion on
Muslim beliefs and practices.
Activity 1
Pre-test
Direction: Answer the 10 item quiz about
the three religions.
Activity 2
Direction: Research at least 5 uniqueness
and similarities of Judaism, Christianity and
Islam. Make 3 columns and identify the said
uniqueness and similarities.
Activity 3
Direction: Write a lyrics about the influence
and impact of Judaism, Christianity and
Islam.
Activity 4
Direction: Research the guide questions
given by the teacher. Answer the
Comparative Analysis Table.
Activity 1
Pre-test
Direction: Identify significant contributions
of Hinduism in the History of the World.
The teacher will provide pictures with short
details about each picture.
Activity 2
Direction: Research about Hindu deities and
make human statue depicting the said gods
and deities.
Activity 3
Direction: Watch a short video clip of yoga.
After that try to simulate the body
movements.
Activity 4
Direction: Research about Hinduism and
make a gallery wall about it.
Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Activity 1
Pre-test
Direction : The teacher will give 10
statements and the students will determine
whether or not the said statements are in
accordance with the belief of Theravada
Buddhism
Activity 2
Activity 3
Activity 4
Activity 1
Pre-test
Direction : The teacher will give 20
statements/characteristics and students are
required to identify whether its connected
to Hinduism, Theravada Buddhism and
Mahayana Buddhism
Activity 2
Direction : Provide strong evidence that
Hinduism, Theravada Buddhism and
Mahayana Buddhism originated in India.
Activity 3
Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Direction: Present a character sketch of a
person who personifies Confucian virtues.
Activity 4
Direction: Answer pages 151-152 of your
reference book.
Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Direction: Present a character sketch of a
person who personifies the Philosophy of
Tao..
Activity 4
Direction: Answer a lesson test to be given
by the teacher.
Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Direction: Write a haiku about Shintoism
Activity 4
Direction: Answer a lesson test to be given
by the teacher.
Activity 1
Pre-test
Direction: Answer the 15 item quiz about
the three religions.
Activity 2
Direction: Research at least 5 uniqueness
and similarities of Confucianism, Taoism
and Shintoism. Make 3 columns and
identify the said uniqueness and similarities.
Activity 3
Direction: Write a lyrics about the influence
and impact of Chinese Philosophy in the
Activity 4
Direction: Research the guide questions
given by the teacher. Answer the
Comparative Analysis Table.