LEARNING OBJECTIVES DIFFERENTIATED I CAN ACHIEVEMENT CRITERIA SUGGESTED TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES RESOURCES EVALUATION AND CROSS CURRICULAR LINKS AT1; To understand the concept of “inter faith dialogue” as talking together with people of different religious beliefs. To recall existing knowledge of religions. To identify religions represented in the school community and wider area. AT2:To talk about their own religious background and commitments. lower I can talk about my own religious background and know what religions are represented in my school. higher I can describe some of the things that are the same and different for religious and non people and know what religions are represented in my local area Do “Quick Quiz” Recall knowledge of other faiths from learning in school and through family and friends. Share knowledge about different places of worship in the local and wider community. Make plans to visit/receive visitors. For this unit it is helpful to establish links between children of different faith backgrounds. If you do not have representation of many other faiths within your school, consider setting up E mail links with another school. Various models for doing this are given on the attached information sheet. See Building E Bridges for detailed guidance. Share things they would like to find out about others’ faith. Share the objective of this unit: to talk to people from different religions and understand some of the religious things that make a difference in their lives. Meet the characters used in Before the Register Chapter 1 of Talking Together book. Give each group all the characters from one religion including their name, description of where they are from and a copy of the world map from Meet the Characters pages 2/3. The group introduce their characters and pupils Quick Quiz sheet attached “Talking Together, conversations about religion” by Sarah Thorley pub. John Hunt. ISBN Building E Bridges, Interfaith dialogue by E mail by Julia Ipgrave, pub. RE today services ISBN A model for schools to establish electronic dialogue in religious education. Geography: knowledge and map of local area. ICT: Information from websites
SUMMARISE LEARNING FROM THE UNIT POSSIBLE ASSESSMENT STATEMENTS: AT1 (B) PRACTICES & WAYS OF LIFE LEVEL 3: Describe some of the things that are the same and different for religious people. LEVEL 4: Use the right religious words to describe and compare what practices and experiences may be involved in belonging to different religious groups. LEVEL 5: Describe why people belong to religions and explain how similarities and differences within and between religions can make a difference to the lives of individuals and communities. acknowledge the similarities and work side by side to achieve their shared goals.” Ashmi , Hindu Visit places of worship identified in lesson 1. Invite a speaker from local interfaith group. Find out about the work of interfaith groups – prepare questions to ask a speaker from your local interfaith group. As a class think of extra things the characters could say to expand on the written scripts in light of the new information the class have found out. Individually pupils write a sentence about what they would personally like to add to this new conversation. “Talking Together, conversations about religion” by Sarah Thorley pub. John Hunt. ISBN