Places of worship: what makes them sacred?
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Why this why now
In Year 1 pupils built up an understanding of how belonging is central to most worldviews. In this unit they will apply this understanding to a unit focussed in depth on churches, mosques and synagogues. It is situated here as pupils have deeper knowledge of the worldviews and so can look at diversity in more depth through a series of carefully chosen case studies. They will revisit these ideas in Key Stage 2.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils should know the names of places of worship for different religions.
- Pupils should know the names of followers of religions.
- Know what the titles of religious leaders in a community e.g vicar
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Why this why now
In Year 1 pupils built up an understanding of how belonging is central to most worldviews. In this unit they will apply this understanding to a unit focussed in depth on churches, mosques and synagogues. It is situated here as pupils have deeper knowledge of the worldviews and so can look at diversity in more depth through a series of carefully chosen case studies. They will revisit these ideas in Key Stage 2.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils should know the names of places of worship for different religions.
- Pupils should know the names of followers of religions.
- Know what the titles of religious leaders in a community e.g vicar
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Places of worship: what makes them sacred?
In this unit pupils build on their understanding of belonging to investigate similarities and differences between churches, synagogues and mosques. They will explore how their is diversity within religious buildings as well as between worldviews.
6 lessons in unit
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