---
title: Religious Diversity in the Ottoman Empire
description: Students will understand how the Ottoman Empire (1299-1922) maintained control over a religiously diverse group of peoples.
image: https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/religious_diversity_in_the_ottoman_empire-001.png
---

**Subject: Social Studies**

**Lesson Length: 60 - 65 mins**

**Topic: Empires and Diverse Peoples**

**Grade Level: 7**

**Standards / Framework: **

- [C3: D2.His.1.6-8](https://www.socialstudies.org/sites/default/files/2017/Jun/c3-framework-for-social-studies-rev0617.pdf)
- [C3:D2.His.5.6-8](https://www.socialstudies.org/sites/default/files/2017/Jun/c3-framework-for-social-studies-rev0617.pdf)

**Brief Description:**  Students will understand how the Ottoman Empire (1299-1922) maintained control over a religiously diverse group of peoples.

**Know Before You Start:** Students should have an understanding of the location of the Ottoman Empire, its growth over time, and types of peoples they conquered as they grew their empire.

**Hook:**

- Read and discuss the sample comic focusing on how religion plays a role in every society and how it has been the root of conflicts.

**Activity:**

- Have students research how the Ottoman Empire treated those who did not practice their religion. 
- Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a three-panel comic illustrating how the Ottomans maintained control over large groups of diverse peoples. The comic should focus on one method of control used.

**Closure:**

- Students will discuss their findings in small groups or with the whole class.

**Differentiation:**

- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Assign a specific strategy the Ottoman Empire used for keeping diverse groups under control.
- Students could research the rules/laws created by different Sultans.

**Resources:**

- Comic to print or display: [Comic](https://share.pixton.com/qcvvz8h).

**Suggested Content:**

- [![](https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/thumbnail-islam.png) Islam ](https://content.pixton.com/islam)
- [![](https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/thumbnail-christianity-revised.png) Christianity ](https://content.pixton.com/christianity)
- [![](https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/thumbnail-judaism.png) Judaism ](https://content.pixton.com/judaism)

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