30/08/2015 Introduction to Sikhism WALT: Develop our own knowledge of Sikhism

30/08/2015 Sikhism With the person next to you are to think of as many things you already know about Sikhism

30/08/2015 Quiz time You are to get into pairs and try and find as many of the answers from the quiz as possible. Remember don’t just guess the answer research the correct one. If you think you have finished try and write some of your own questions and remember to get the answers.

30/08/2015 Picked out 3 of the questions that surprised you most and make a poster in order to education other about those points.

30/08/2015 Exploring the Guru’s home WALT: Understand what the Gurdwara means for Sikhs

30/08/2015 What is a Gurdwara? The word Gurdwara can be split up into two parts. 1.Guru – Gu = Darkness, Ru = Light 2.Dwara = House, or Door So Gurdwara = The house where darkness turns to light, or the gateway to the guru.

30/08/2015 How can you tell this building is special?

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A Gurdwara can be used for a variety of things, for a range of people. Three main categories. To get guidance Coming to the presence of the creator (God) in order to listen to hymns or to talk to a wiser person To be part of a community Be in the company of other spiritual people from all ages. Attend kirtan, punjabi, classes, and community activities. To serve God and people To fulfil the Sikh duty of helping others. By sharing in Langar for example which provides free food for all people. Copy these categories

30/08/2015 Look at the layout of a Gurdwara on page and draw the table below, and under each heading write down what the purpose of the different sections in the Gurdwara is for. To get guidanceTo be part of a community To serve God and others Thinking about the final task that you will be completing. You are start taking down some facts and information that you think will be useful.

30/08/2015 You are to now write a code on conduct that you would give to others visiting the Gurdwara that don’t know anything about Sikhism and tell them how you would expect someone to behave and act while at the Gurdwara.

30/08/2015 Write the top 5 most important things you would tell someone about a Gurdwara if they were going on a visit that they would need to know or do.

30/08/2015 Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji WALT: Explore who the Guru Granth Sahib ji is!WILF: All All – Know who the Guru Granth Sahib Ji is. Most Most – Know the concept of the guru and the importance for the guru to a Sikh Some Some – Know the concept of the guru and the importance for the guru to a Sikh and evaluate this belief in their own lives.

30/08/2015 The person that brings you from darkness to light for the Sikhs is the Guru (which literally means teacher) the present guru for the Sikhs is Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Therefore the Gurdwara is the home of Guru Granth Sahib Ji, and at the heart of the temple.

30/08/2015 Guru Granth Sahib fact sheet go around the room and find the different facts about the Guru Granth Sahib and fill in your sheet.

30/08/2015 sacred Guru Granth Sahib is very sacred for Sikhs respect and treated with a lot of respect. In your books write down the definition of both sacred and respect and think of examples of things, people, experiences that you feel are sacred and have respect for write down what it is and how you show your respect and that it is sacred. Sacred Respect Dedicated to or set apart for the worship of a deity.

30/08/2015 Caring for the guru Caring for the guru - Pictionary With the person next to you draw the card, using no words or numbers allowing them to guess how the Guru Granth Sahib Ji is looked after. Once you have guessed write in your book and then swap over. There are 6 all together after each one BOTH you and your partner need to write down what you were trying to draw.

30/08/2015 Think of something or someone special in your life, how do you show it/them respect and what could you do differently to make them feel even more special or show how much you respect it. If someone said the Guru Granth Sahib is a book how would you respond to them in order to teach them about its significance?

30/08/2015 Sikh belief in God. WALT: Explore the Sikh belief in God. WILF ALL: understand who the current guru is for Sikhs, and begin to think about the idea of God for Sikhs. L3a-4c Most: Understand the Mool Mantar, and begin to relate this to oneself. L4b-5c Some: Evaluate the Mool Mantar in order to understand God and relate this to ones self. L5b-6a

30/08/2015 In RE we need to both learn about religion and learn from religion. So to check our progress clearly we are going to set ourselves a target of what we hope to achieve looking at todays WILF and check whether we have met this at the end of the lesson. My target for the lesson is... WALT: Explore the Sikh belief in God. ALL: understand who the current guru is for Sikhs, and begin to think about the idea of God for Sikhs. L3a-4c WALT: Explore the Sikh belief in God. Most: Understand the Mool Mantar, and begin to relate this to oneself. L4b-5c WALT: Explore the Sikh belief in God. Some: Evaluate the Mool Mantar in order to understand God and relate this to oneself. L5b-6a Start Middle End Target 1 In order to progress I will I achieved my target because

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Imagine you are the captain of the year 6 football or netball team and you are moving onto secondary school but care about the team and want to make sure that the different things that you have put into place are not changed and ruined. So what would you do to make sure that things don’t change? Think and discuss this with the person next to you and write the solution in your book. This is the decision and the choice that the tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh Ji was faced with and therefore he decided the next Guru for the Sikhs would be the Guru Granth Sahib Ji.

30/08/2015 Ik Onkar is a symbol that represents a central key concept in Sikhism, and captures the idea of God. Read through the information on the card and add as many labels to your symbol as possible. You have one minute. Swap books with the person next to you and look through their labelling and add anything you think they have missed or detail they could include in order to achieve todays aim.

30/08/2015 Think of someone important in your life and mind map some different words that you would use to describe them and their qualities. Loving Trustworthy

30/08/2015 We have learnt about religion now, looking at your target what do you think we now need to do in order meet your target. Write it down in your book. WALT: Explore the Sikh belief in God. ALL: understand who the current guru is for Sikhs, and begin to think about the idea of God for Sikhs. L3a-4c WALT: Explore the Sikh belief in God. Most: Understand the Mool Mantar, and begin to relate this to oneself. L4b-5c WALT: Explore the Sikh belief in God. Some: Evaluate the Mool Mantar in order to understand God and relate this to oneself. L5b-6a Start Middle End Target 1 In order to progress I will I achieved my target because

30/08/2015 Ik Onkaar There is only one God. Sat Naam Truth is his name Kartaa Purakh He is the creator Nirbhao He is without fear Nirvair He is without hate Akaal Moorat He is timeless and without form Ajoonee Saibhang He is beyond birth and death, The enlightened one Gur Parsaad He can be known by the Guru’s grace Jap Embrace His meditation Aad Sach. He was present in the beginning Jugaad Sach He was present before the world began. Hai Bhee Sach He is present now Naanak Hosee Bhee Sach. ||1|| (Guru) Nanak (Dev Ji) says that he shall be present in the future

30/08/2015 Read through the Mool Mantar with the person next to you and working through each line think about what this is telling us about; 1.the belief of God, 2.What we should do in order to get to God. This could mean that God is honesty and therefore in order to get to God we have to be truthful This could mean that God is beyond any person or being, and that he is beyond everything and everyone to be able to create the world. Ik onkar There is only one God. Sat Naam Truth is his name Kartaa Purakh He is the creator Nirbhao He is without fear

30/08/2015 Thinking back to the person in the middle of your mind map, use the words you used to describe them and write your own piece of creative writing to praise them or thank them. This can be in the form of; A rap A acrostic poem A rhyme or poem

30/08/2015 Have we achieved todays WALT Mini quiz Write down 2 questions about anything you have learnt this lesson. You have 1 minute to go around the room and ask your question to as many people as possible and answer their question.

30/08/2015 Have I achieved my target... I have achieved / nearly achieved my target... In order to progress I need to... WALT: Explore the Sikh belief in God. ALL: understand who the current guru is for Sikhs, and begin to think about the idea of God for Sikhs. L3a-4c WALT: Explore the Sikh belief in God. Most: Understand the Mool Mantar, and begin to relate this to oneself. L4b-5c WALT: Explore the Sikh belief in God. Some: Evaluate the Mool Mantar in order to understand God and relate this to oneself. L5b-6a Start Middle End Target 1 In order to progress I will I achieved my target because

30/08/2015 What does it mean to be a Sikh? WALT: Explore what it means to have a Sikh identity

30/08/2015 Can you pick out the Sikhs and the Hindus out of this crowd?

30/08/2015 Guru Gobind Singh Ji the 10 th guru of the Sikhs realised that you could not tell a Sikh from a Hindu or a Muslim and so he wanted to give them a unique identity to Sikhs, by which they could be recognised. He introduced the Khalsa who were those Sikhs who had been baptised, wore the 5k’s and following the teaching of the Guru Granth Sahib Ji.

30/08/2015 How much do you already know? Symbolism on a Sikh – A baptized Sikh wears 5 different things to show they believe in God. Fill in your sheet highlighting the symbolism of each of the 5k’s.

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If you had your own faith and wanted people to wear or have certain things what would they be and what would they symbolise, design and draw them in your books.

30/08/2015 The philosophy of the first Guru. WALT: Investigate who Guru Nanak Dev Ji is and what he taught.

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Guru Nanak dev Ji was born in ( ) Read the quotes and stick them in your books and write down what you think Guru Nanak Dev Ji is trying to teach and what type of person you think he is and why.

30/08/2015 Read through the story on page 99 about Bhai Lalo and Malik Bhago and explain how it teaches Sikhs to live a good life. Once you have done that you need to now plan a role play with 2 or 3 people, using the moral from the story.

30/08/2015 Sikhs belief in action WALT: Understand how Sikhs put their beliefs into action.

30/08/2015 The importance of the Guru’s for Sikhs Research one of the following Gurus and find out what they did and started. Guru Gobind Singh Ji Guru HarKrishan Ji Guru Amar Das Ji

30/08/2015 Now that we know what the Guru’s were like and why they are so important to the Sikhs we need to think about how they turn their beliefs and inspiration from the Guru’s into actions. Research Khalsa Aid using the textbook ‘This is RE 2’ and the internet and in your groups devise a presentation using the whole of the sugar paper explaining the teaching that they use and how they turn their Sikh beliefs into actions to benefit the whole world.

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Sikhi assessment WALT: Show our understanding of Sikhi

30/08/2015 As part of this assessment you are to complete you leaflet explaining the following categories. 1.What is a Gurdwara and what/who is at the heart of the Gurdwara 2. What do Sikhs believe about God 3. Explain one of the Sikh Guru, and what they have done and how they can effect the actions of a Sikh. 4. How Sikhs turn their beliefs into actions 5. What you have found interesting about Sikhism and what you can learn from it.

30/08/2015 Level 3: Show understanding of the Gurdwara and the Guru Level 4: Show understanding of the Gurdwara and the Guru, Show understanding of what do Sikhs believe about God, Level 5: Show understanding of the gurdwra, Guru, and belief of God. Show understanding of the Sikh Guru and evaluate their actions and how these can inspire the actions of Sikhs Explain what you have found interesting about Sikhism and what you can learn from it. Level 6: Show understanding of the gurdwra, Guru, and belief of God. Show understanding of the Sikh Guru and evaluate their actions and how these can inspire the actions of Sikhs. Develop understanding of symbolism within the religion and what certain objects and symbols mean to a Sikh. Explain what you have found interesting about Sikhism and what you can learn from it

30/08/2015 The temple WALT: Explore what we understood from visiting the Gurdwara.

30/08/2015 Think about what was going on in the temple and in your groups on your A3 paper discuss what you saw, and the different meaning you understood from the things you saw. LANGAR WALKIN G IN THE DOME COLOURS

30/08/2015 What does it mean to belong to a community WALT Understand what it means to be apart of a community

30/08/2015 Having come back from the Gurdwara what type of questions would you like to ask a Sikh about their life? With the person next to you think of 5 questions you would like to ask.

30/08/2015 You are to create a leaflet informing others of your experience of Sikhism. You need to include; Information about a Sikh temple, What it means to be a Sikh, A interview with a Sikh