PROGRAMME OF STUDY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Pupils should be given the opportunity to:

a) identify some books and stories that are special to them or that have special authority;.
b) listen to stories, poems, teachings etc that appear in key religious books and consider the ideas or beliefs that might be expressed through them;
c) share ideas about why particular stories or books may be special to themselves or others;
d) learn about how religious books are used .

WHERE THIS SAMPLE UNIT FITS IN

This unit is designed for Year 2 – Spring Term. It connects with units 3 and 9 in dealing with people's values and commintments and with units 6 and 7 in dealing with ways of expressing religious ideas, beliefs and feelings.

FEATURED FAITH(S): Christianity and Judaism

TIME: This unit is planned for 7 sessions of 1 hour each.

• Collection of special books
• BBC Video 'Pathways of Belief'
• Collection of Bibles
• Cooling, T., (ed.) Cracking RE Autumn 1999 edition, Stapleford Centre
• CEM, Teaching RE - The Bible/Judaism
• Bible Stories: Moses, David, The Prodigal Son
• Torah Scroll
• Mezuzah

OBJECTIVES FOR LEARNING AND ASSESSMENT

C1 Recognise symbols used in Christianity and Judaism and recall elements of stories as conveyed through forms of religious expression.
C2 Identify and give a possible meaning or message underlying a story from the Bible or the Torah.
F1 Identify why books are of value and concern to themselves and give a reason.
F2 Identify books that are of value and concern to Christians and Jewish people.