Where do our morals come from?
Thinking about how people decide what it means to live a good life, children reflect on their own opinions about what is right and wrong.
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Where do our morals come from?
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Explain what morals, rules and guidance are.
- Identify some of the ways people decide what is right and wrong.
- Evaluate how Golden Rules might help people make moral decisions today.
- Explain how some people remember important guidance using physical items.
- Identify similarities and differences between different religious guidance.
- Identify common themes across religious and non-religious guidance.
- Present their own ideas for a moral code and explain their ideas clearly.
Lessons 4 and 5 require some pre-prepared sticky notes. Refer to the Before the lesson section in Lessons 4 and 5 to prepare for this.
In Lesson 6, the children create their own origami book following the instructions in the Pupil video: Making an origami book. Depending on the needs of the children, some or all of the origami books could be pre-made before the lesson. Please be aware this lesson may take longer than 1 hour.
Suggested prior learning
Teacher video: Where do we get our morals from?
Lessons
Lesson 1: How do we know what is right and wrong?
- To explain what morals are.
Lesson 2: What do some Christian and Jewish people believe about right and wrong?
- To evaluate the importance of religious guidance to some Christian and Jewish people.
Lesson 3: How do people remember the rules?
- To explore how some people remember moral guidance.
Lesson 4: Is all religious guidance the same?
- To describe how some people apply religious guidance in daily life.
Lesson 5: How do some Buddhists make moral decisions?
- To analyse religious and non-religious guidance.
Lesson 6: What is your moral code?
- To express and justify opinions about moral guidance.
Key skills
Key knowledge
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – R&W Y3: Where do our morals come from?
Aimed at pupils, a single page that gives key facts and definitions from the 'Where do our morals come from?'…
Vocabulary: R&W – Y3 Where do our morals come from?
Display versions of the year group key vocabulary and unit vocabulary from the 'Where do our morals come from?' unit.
Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Spoken language
RSE: Respectful relationships
British values: Tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs, Mutual respect, Rule of law, Individual liberty.