What is God's job?
Investigating the roles of God through stories and sacred texts, children look at the things God does and what this means to different people.
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What is God’s job?
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Share their interpretations of what different names for God tell people about what God does.
- Discuss opinions about belief about what God does while respecting others’ views.
- Recognise that for many Jewish people, God is believed to have a special relationship with them and explore stories to understand this relationship.
- Identify which of the 99 names are similar to how God’s job is described in the quotes.
- Discuss why stories about miracles performed by Jesus are important to people who follow the Christian worldview.
- Recognise that for some Hindus, God has many forms that help people understand what God does and explore stories to learn about these forms.
- Compare Zoroastrian beliefs to other religious or worldview concepts of good and bad.
- Make thoughtful observations about how this belief influences moral choices in daily life.
Lesson 6 suggests inviting a visitor from the local Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Muslim or Zoroastrian community to speak to the children about their beliefs about what God does.
Suggested prior learning
What do some people believe God looks like?
Get startedTeacher video: What is God's job?
An overview video to support the teaching of this unit.
Lessons
Lesson 1: How do the 99 names of God tell us about what some Muslims believe God does?
- To investigate different beliefs about God through exploring the 99 names of Allah.
Lesson 2: Why have some people decided to trust God?
- To identify beliefs about special relationships with God from a Jewish story.
Lesson 3: What does the Tenak say about God?
- To describe what some people believe about God using Jewish scripture.
Lesson 4: What do some people believe God might do as a person?
- To describe what some people believe about God using a Christian story.
Lesson 5: What do some Hindu people believe about God?
- To understand what some Hindus believe about God’s different forms and identify the roles of the Trimurti.
Lesson 6: What do some Zoroastrian people believe about God?
- To explore some Zoroastrian beliefs about God through their creation story.
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Unit resources
Religion and worldviews
Knowledge organiser – R&W Y1: What is God’s job?
Aimed at pupils, a single page document that gives key facts and definitions from the 'What is God's job?' unit.
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Vocabulary: R&W – Year 1 What is God’s job?
Display versions of the year group key vocabulary and unit vocabulary from the 'What is God's job?' unit.
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