Spirituality: How do music and silence express beliefs?
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Why this why now
This unit comes at the end of Year 3 as pupils will have a grounding in the worldviews they have studied. This important knowledge will enable them to investigate the idea of spirituality with understanding. It is important for pupils to see that many worldviews look beyond texts for meaning, but also that attitudes are diverse and contested.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils will know that there are different types of music and that music can be traditional and modern.
- Pupils know that some Christians will worship God in church.
- Pupils will know that most Muslims believe in one God known in Arabic as Allah.
- Pupils will know that different people may have different views within a worldview.
Threads
Why this why now
This unit comes at the end of Year 3 as pupils will have a grounding in the worldviews they have studied. This important knowledge will enable them to investigate the idea of spirituality with understanding. It is important for pupils to see that many worldviews look beyond texts for meaning, but also that attitudes are diverse and contested.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils will know that there are different types of music and that music can be traditional and modern.
- Pupils know that some Christians will worship God in church.
- Pupils will know that most Muslims believe in one God known in Arabic as Allah.
- Pupils will know that different people may have different views within a worldview.
Theology
Spirituality: How do music and silence express beliefs?
In this unit pupils will examine the role of music and silence within Christianity, Muslim and Sikh worldviews. They will investigate how music is used differently within worldviews, and how worldviews may have different attitudes to the use of music and silence.
6 lessons in unit
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