Alabama Social Studies SS24.HG.7c

Social StudiesGrades 9–12Culture and Geography

The Standard

SS24.HG.7: Describe ways religion influences cultures, citing examples from around the globe.

Explain how religion influences political views around the world.

2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · Culture and Geography

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students explain how religious beliefs, leaders, and groups can shape views on laws and government. They use examples from different countries and recognize that people within the same religion may disagree.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can connect a religious argument to a policy debate, such as abortion law in Poland. They can also explain why people who share a religion might take different positions.
Common Misconceptions: Students may assume everyone in one religion votes alike or that a religious leader speaks for every believer. They may also assume a government policy reflects the beliefs of everyone in that country.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: In Poland, some Catholics support strict abortion laws and others oppose them. Explain one way religious belief might shape a position, then name one other influence on the debate.

Lesson moves

Pin Poland and Iran on a wall map, then add cards about Catholic abortion advocacy and Shia clerics' role in government.
Ask, 'Why might two Catholics disagree about Poland's abortion laws?' Have students write two possible reasons.
Sort cards about clergy endorsements, economic concerns, and party ties into religious, nonreligious, or mixed influences.
Read a Reuters report on Poland's abortion debate and list one religious argument and one nonreligious argument.

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