Star of David powerpoint - Explains the reason for the star of David and ends with an activity of the children creating their own star of David
Introduction to Judaism - Goes through the main parts of what is involved with the religion. A whistle stop tour to introduce the subject before going into more detail about each section.
Powerpoint that tells the story of Jesus’s life from before birth to death. IT is in a story format to make it easier with pictures. Includes worksheet for high/middle and lower. High is ordering small chunks of tect, middle is ordering sentences and lowers is ordering pictures.
This is a full lesson discussing what a parable is with a key vocab slide with missing words.
It then concentrates on two stories - the house built on sand and water and the lost coin. there is a link to watch a you tube video of the stories.
Once they have watched a discussion needs to take place about the meaning behind the story.
Then the children stick in a picture and write the meaning behind each story.
This is a full lesson that discusses each day of Holy Week and what happened to Jesus.
The children then have to write what happens on the main days. there is a differentiated section where they match up the day with a statement.
Powerpoint
. reminds children of the easter story
.discusses what happens on easter day in churches now and what is important about it.
.work = acrostic poem using a word related to Easter
This powerpoint has two complete lessons included
1st lesson - introduces new vocabulary, extract of the story from the bible, discusses if the story is a symbolic or literal truth, includes one interpretation. The children then have to order the story and explain if they think the story is the literal truth or symbolic
2nd lesson - recap of the story through a video, key vocabulary, includes the artwork from:
Johann Wenzel Peter - Adam and Eve in the Earthly Paradise (1800-1829)
Benjamin West - The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise (1791)
there is an explanation to what these paintings symbolise
for the work the children stick in the paintings and write an explanation of them
This is a powerpoint explains what is rangoli?, when it is made, how the designs are created, what rangoli is made from and what is created in the rangoli pattern.
After completing the powerpoint i would use the dotted maths paper to create their own rangoli pattern.
This is a full lesson with work at the end of the powerpoint.
Has a brief descrition of where the Ten Commandments came from.
Followed by an extract from the bible.
Then there is a slide for each commandment with a picture as reference to help them remember.
Explanation of why Christians need the 10 Commandments.
For the work the children are given the 10 Commandments and they have to discuss which one they find is the most important and put them in an order.
Lower ability children are given the 10 commandments with the pictures that they saw on the powerpoint. Both of these worksheets are at the end of the powerpoint
This is a complete lesson on the journey of the Three Wise Men.
Starts with a key vocab slide looking at the key words they will come across in the lesson.
Then it is the story of the three wise men - matthew chapter 2 verses 1-12
After this there is explanation of the three gifts and what they were.
Then the Epiphany is explained.
We three kings song is then listened to - video from you tube on powerpoint
this is then pulled apart and discussed as to what each section means - this is my interpretation of the song
To finish off the children have some questions to answer on what they have learnt during the lesson.
This could possibly be split into two lessons if needed
This is a lesson. on Diwali
It looks at why Diwali is celebrated / when it is celebrated/ what they do during Diwali and looks at each day/ recap of Rama and Sita story(during the video)
There are two videos included from the bbc to watch
There are questions to answer at the end (answers included on the next slide)
This is a full lesson
Starts with a vocab slide on what will be included in the lesson
Key questions that are covered -
What is the Quran?
What does the Quran do?
How is the Quran part of everyday life?
How is the Quran treated by Muslims?
video of the washing ritual
It then includes the story of God revealing the quran to Muhammad and a short clip of what it would hve been like in the hills where Muhammad was.
work
Think about important things in their life and compare it to the importance of things in a Muslim childs life
challenge -
thinking about the respect Muslims have for the Quran and what this teaches us about them
Starts with vocab slides for that session
Discusses what the Qur’an is and why it is important for Muslims
There is a short recitation of the Bismillah and what that is/ what is means
Looks at how we can represent people through pictures or words. There are two slides - one with just words and they have to guess who the character is and then a following slide with pictures and they have to guess who the character is. Then a discussion is needed as to which is best - words or picrtures.
Then it looks at how Muslims believe it is better for Allah to be described through words (99 names) and it shows then the first 5 names that Muslims refer to Allah as.
There is then a comprehension style task (answers included)
Then as an extension they have to design a poster to help people remember some of Allah’s 99 names.
This is a 6 week pack of lessons.
lesson 1 - to identify the meaning of the word sacred and to explaore why the Quran is important to Muslims.
lesson 2 - To know what the Qur’an teaches about God and to reflect on your own ideas about God.
lesson 3 - To know that the behaviour of Muslims is influenced by the Qur’an.
lesson 4 - To study ways in which Muslim children learn about the Qur’an.
lesson 5 - To be able to explain the significance of the Qur’an to Muslims today.
lesson 6 - End of unit quiz
This powerpoint is an introduction into Judaism and the Jewish beliefs
powerpoint includes info on -
when and where Judaism started
who started Judaism
Where in the world Jews live today (2018 census)
special places for jews - Jerusalem with key facts and the synagogue
includes a link to an interactive synagogue - so looking at the key areas you would find
looks at who leads the service and the Jewish holy book
what is imncluded in the Torah - ten commandments
What/when and why the Sabbath happens
comprehension task with answers
This powerpoint gives brief detail about why Easter is celebrated - includes a short bbc video
Then looks at the importance of the palm leaf and why it was used.
followed by the story of Jesus entering Jerusalem
I have added a link to a video of what it would have been like when Jesus entered and looked at the word Hosanna and what it means.
There are a couple of discussion questions and then the task is to complete a story board of what happened that day
This powerpoint looks into the story of Hanukkah and how it is celebrated.
included:- which other religion celebrates a festival of light
what is Hanukkah and when it is celebrated
The story of Hanukkah - includes a link to a video of the story (cartoon style)
looks at the menorah and what that is used for
how Hanukkah is celebrated - food eaten, games played
link to a bbc video on Hanukkah from the eyes of an 11 year old
task - complete a table with questions about Hanukkah
This is part of a block of lessons on Christian rites of passage, so please check out my shop for the other sessions.
This is a complete lesson on the funeral process.
The powerpoint includes:
Key vocabulary
what Christians believes happen when you die
What is a funeral
what happens during the funeral service
committal
what happens after the funeral
task - draw what they think a Christian heaven would look like a label the key parts with an explanation
This is a unit of work on Jewish Worship and community.
lesson 1 - To find out about some of the key features of worship in Judaism.
lesson 2 - To understand the significance of prayer in Judaism.
lesson 3 - To find out the meaning of Jewish rituals in relation to joining the Jewish community.
lesson 4 - To find out how belonging to a faith community affects your actions.
lesson 5 - To explore how faith is expressed through worship.
lesson 6 - End of unit quiz
I will be putting these on individually aswell if you are looking for a specific one so please check out my shop :)
This powerpoint looks at what happens in the synagogue and what is important their for Jews.
questions asked and answered - What is a Rabbi?
What is a cantor?
How is the Torah used during worship?
The star of David
It has a video link to a bbc video of a girl talking through the important parts and also a link to an interactive synagogue
Task - list the six features of Jewish worship and their significance.
This is one full lesson on prayer.
it includes:-
importance of public worship
formal and informal prayer
what is worn during prayer
what is the tefillin and what is it used for
task - examples of prayers from the Torah and the children have to match up which type of situation the prayer would be read out.
This is part of a unit od work so please check out my shop for the unit if you would like :)