The main purpose, however, is to impress upon the students the many things that these three religions have in common, as well as their differences, which should lead to greater understanding and respect for other beliefs. Teachers may go straight to the slide show with identifications as a basis for discussion or they can follow the suggested activity below.
Students number a page from one to twenty.
For this first run through the slide show students will be looking for visual clues and guessing. Afterwards, the teacher goes over the slides again with the students, asking what associations they had with each slide and why, and providing the information that goes with the slides. The teacher should emphasize these things that the three religions have in common and that it should not be surprising that they have a lot in common since, after all, they arose in the same part of the world at different times, and each religion incorporates things that antedate it. Bar Mitzvah, ceremony at age 13 which marks the attaining of religious majority. An Icon for Orthodox or Eastern Christians.