Learning objective

  • To understand what some Hindus believe about God’s different forms and the Trimurti.

Success criteria

  • I can identify the Hindu forms of God
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Religious Education Council Curriculum Framework for RE in England (non-statutory guidance):

  • A1. Recall and name different
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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Explain that the children will use the Knowledge organiser to help them remember what they have learnt about the different beliefs people have about God. Display the Presentation: Using the Knowledge organiser and hand out one copy of the Knowledge organiser to each pair. Read the instructions on the slide aloud and model how to…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Should use the Knowledge organiser as a visual prompt; could refer to the pictures on the Activity: Trimurti as a prompt for the actions in the Main event.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should discuss the significance of each form of God in helping Hindus understand what God does, using the terms creator, caretaker and destroyer accurately; should recognise similarities between the Trimurti and other beliefs about God explored earlier in the unit (for example, The Creator in Islam or Christianity); could create their own actions to represent each deity’s role and explain how these actions show God’s power to create, protect and renew; could use the Activity: Trimurti: extension version during the optional activity in the Main event; could suggest examples of when they have seen these roles in real life.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: recognising that for some Hindus, God

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Vocabulary definitions

  • Brahma

    A Hindu name for God as the creator.

  • Brahman

    The Hindu name for God (Bhagavân is also used).

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