1. Sikh Identity Lesson 1 WALT: Understand the origins of the Sikh Identity. Understand what Sri Guru Gobind Singh Jee meant by the ‘Khalsa’ Greeting Task 1: Where’s Wally? Greeting Task 2: Would anyone like to share their homework Sakhi thoughts?

2. Close your eyes, Breathe in, Breathe out, Sing along Enjoy the experience Prayer Time - ismrn

3. 11 Guru Sahibs Each one of the ten Gurus represents a divine attribute: 1. Sri Guru Nanak Dev Jee - Humility 2. Sri Guru Angad Dev Jee - Obedience 3. Sri Guru Amar Das Jee - Equality 4. Sri Guru Ram Das Jee- Service 5. Sri Guru Arjan Dev Jee - Self-Sacrifice 6. Sri Guru Hargobind Sahib Jee - Justice 7. Sri Guru Har Rai Jee - Mercy 8. Sri Guru Har Krishan Jee - Purity 9. Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Jee - Tranquility 10. Sri Guru Gobind Singh Jee - Royal Courage 11. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Jee- the embodiment of all ten Guru Sahibs and attributes

4. Sikhs aren’t Wallies........ “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”

5. Stand out and up for humanity! GROUP TASK: On your person write down all the qualities and characteristics a Sikh should have. Spread them out, make them look pretty please. Please leave space around each word. Qualities: Words (or adjectives) to describe Sikhs.

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7. The Kanhaiya Principles SERVE SELFLESSLY: The Sakhi tells us that we should serve Humanity selflessly (Nishkam) and with complete dedication; To open our minds to see divinity in all beings TREAT ALL EQUALLY: To Serve All of Humanity Equally without discrimination; provide help and assistance to everybody without prejudice or indifference; make no distinction between friend or foe; SERVE WITH COMPASSION & LOVE: It tells us how we should treat even our fallen enemies (when they do not have their swords drawn) with respect, compassion, humility and Love. THE FIVE WEAPONS: The Five Weapons to destroy the five internal Thieves - Deep level of Compassion (Daya), Complete compliance to Truth (Sat), Inner Contentment (Santokh), Overflowing Humility (Nimrata) and Total Love (Pyar). The Sakhi puts into practise the 5 major virtues promoted by Gurbani

8. What’s this? Over the next few lessons we’ll look at how each of these qualities is achieved through our mental and physical identity as ordained to us by the Almighty Vaheguru himself. Blank canvas or billboard We are all walking billboards for Sikhi...what does your billboard say? Self Reflection Time: What does your billboard say? Are you meeting the qualities you wrote down?

9. What is this? TASK: What is the point of a uniform? What does it represent?

10. Sikh Uniform issued on Vaisakhi day... To meet all the qualities your class humans highlighted and to connect to Vaheguru...our disciplined uniform (5 kakkar) was created by Sri Guru Gobind Singh Jee. On Vaisakhi day came the Creation of the Khalsa- our true family

11. Definition: Khalsa which means 'pure' is the name given by Sri Guru Gobind Singh Jee to all Sikhs who have been baptised or initiated by being blessed with Amrit in a ceremony called Amrit Sanchar. The Khalsa are the foot soldiers/army of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Jee. Khalsa "Khalsa mero roop hai khaas.” The Khalsa is my complete image The Sri Sarbloh Granth Sahib Jee is a holy scripture written by the 10th master, Sahib Sri Guru Gobind Singh Jee. One of the more well known hymns contained within the Sri Sarbloh Granth Sahib Jee is the shabad “Khalsa Mero Roop Hai Khas.” Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji gives praise to the Khalsa, his brave warrior nation.

12. Homework TASK 1: Read through Sri Guru Gobind Singh Jee’s beautiful poem about what Khalsa is. Try to revise at least two elements/parts of the Khalsa (this will be an exam question in October) TASK 2: Perhaps write a poem or some words about how you would describe the Khalsa? Obviously Sri Guru Gobind Singh Jee has said it all, but using your human body ideas from today, add some of your thoughts. Deadline: