Global Faiths: Exploring World Religions through Bar Charts

• Religious education
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

What do you already know about the distribution of world religions?

Global Faiths: Exploring World Religions through Bar Charts

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to create and interpret bar charts representing the number of people in different world religions.

Introduction to World Religions

Explore the major world religions and their global distribution.

Christianity -32%

Islam-23%

Hinduism-15%

Buddhism-7%

Chinese religion-13%

Buddhism-7%

Other-10%

Understanding Bar Charts

Learn the basics of bar charts and how they visually represent data.

Creating Bar Charts

Use the collected data to create bar charts for each world religion.

Remember requirements of a bar chart:

Each column of the graph should have equal width

All the bars should have a common base 

The height of the bar should correspond to the data value

Key 

Y and X axis

Title 

The data 

Equal distance between each bar should be the same 

Interpreting Bar Charts

Analyze the bar charts to draw conclusions about the distribution of world religions.

Example 

The bar chart shows that.……. 

Interactive Activity

Engage in a group activity to discuss the implications of the bar chart findings.

Conclusion and Reflection

Summarize the key takeaways from the lesson and reflect on the significance of visualizing world religion data.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.