Myths about teaching can hold you back
- Year 10
Living as a cultural Christian or Jew
I can explain how some people may feel culturally or ethnically aligned with a religion, but may not participate in any or all of its beliefs and practices.
- Year 10
Living as a cultural Christian or Jew
I can explain how some people may feel culturally or ethnically aligned with a religion, but may not participate in any or all of its beliefs and practices.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Great Britain has an established church, the Church of England.
- This makes it officially a Christian country, which is reflected in some laws and traditions.
- Many British people identify as Christian, but are not practising.
- Many Jewish people identify ethnically as well as, or instead of, religiously due to shared anscestry and culture.
Keywords
Cultural Christianity - a form of Christianity where someone identifies with Christian traditions, holidays, or values without actively believing in or practising the religion
Ethno-religious - where a religion is often inherited, communal, and tied to ancestry, culture, or peoplehood
Secular Judaism - a form of Judaism where Jews identify with Jewish culture, history, or ethnicity but do not follow all Jewish religious beliefs or practices
Common misconception
The majority of people who identify as Christian in the UK are regular church attenders.
According to PEW research, the majority of Christians in the UK are non-practising and do not attend church services more than a few times a year.
To help you plan your year 10 religious education lesson on: Living as a cultural Christian or Jew, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 10 religious education lesson on: Living as a cultural Christian or Jew, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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The assessment exit quiz will test your pupils' understanding of the key learning points.
Our video is a tool for planning, showing how other teachers might teach the lesson, offering helpful tips, modelled explanations and inspiration for your own delivery in the classroom. Plus, you can set it as homework or revision for pupils and keep their learning on track by sharing an online pupil version of this lesson.
Explore more key stage 4 religious education lessons from the Identity: how does religion or belief look now and what might the future bring? unit, dive into the full secondary religious education curriculum, or learn more about lesson planning.
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