Religion and Civilization Essay - Mrs. Temme BHS



Religion and Civilization Essay

Prompt: Analyze the impact of religion on the classical civilizations.

Students may choose any of the following civilizations/religions as examples in their papers:

• Indian society and Hinduism

• Indian society and Buddhism

• Chinese society and Daoism

• Chinese society and Confucianism

• Greek society and Greek mythology

• Roman society and Christianity

****Students should write a general thesis statement discussing the impact of religion on a civilization and then use examples from any of the above civilizations to make their argument throughout their paper.

Ex. Religion impacts a society through reasons a., b., and c.

Paper Due Date:

Name: ___________________________________________

Grading Rubric:

Thesis ___/10

Thesis is acceptable – contains the main idea of the paper and three supporting arguments.

Thesis relates to the question posed and does not mention a specific religion/civilization.

Evidence (what ; the examples from a specific religion/civilization)

There is accurate and sufficient evidence for each major point of the argument. ___/20

Evidence is pertinent to the argument.

Analysis (how/why the examples answer the prompt) ___/20

The evidence used is related to the thesis argument.

The thesis argument is proven and valid.

Requirements, Grammar and Organization ___/15

Paper follows 5-paragraph format (intro w/ thesis, body, conclusion)

Paper is typed, double-spaced, 12 point font.

Paper is grammatically correct with no spelling errors.

Transitions between paragraphs are smooth.

Total ___/65

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