REspond … show what you know and can do! By working through the following activities you will help your teachers to plan what you might explore in your RE lessons this year.
Task 1: these activities will help you show what you know about Christianity Draw something which you think represents Christianity Label your drawing and if possible say where you might see what you have drawn Is your drawing something which may be used by a Christian ? If so describe how it may be used, if not say what it is for. Explain how what you have drawn may be important to Christians
Task 2: making links - read the following words then complete the activities baptism prophet pope pilgrim Walsingham priest freedom Jesus cross confirmation Messiah festival vicar Lourdes font reconciliation John the Baptist promise Easter Jerusalem
Task 2 activities Choose any 3 words which you think are connected. Write them down here: _______________ _______________ ______________ Now choose another 3 words which you think are connected: B. ________________ _______________ ______________ Now choose a third set of words which are connected: C. ________________ _______________ ______________ Choose either set A, B or C; describe how words you have chosen are connected. Select your answers to either A, B or C; explain how they might impact on the life of a Christian.
Task 3: what do you know about different religions and belief systems? c f d e
Task 3 activities Name a religion or belief system, other than Christianity, that you have learned about when you were in Year 5 or Year 6. ____________________ Choose a belief system you have learned about and write (a paragraph) about how the members celebrate a rite of passage or a festival and why. Which of the faiths or world views can you identify? B_________________ J_________________ S_________________ I__________________ H_________________
Task 4 – Questions: which of the following questions might have more than one answer? Why do we have weather? Who is God? If we had no eyebrows would we look silly? 600 x 20 = Can anyone stay alive forever? How many cells are in a human body? Why do we need air? Why do we have different religions? How many planets are there? Why do we live if we are going to die anyway?
Task 4 continued… Write down the numbers of the Qs with more than one answer: Explain your own ideas and beliefs in response to an ultimate (‘big’) question
Task 5 Religions sometimes teach their followers about freedom, truth, justice, love and forgiveness. Which religions have taught you about these things? What have you learned?