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.

Teacher video: Where do we get our morals from?

An overview video to support the teaching of this unit.

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

Personal

  • Presenting different
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Key knowledge

Substantive

To know:

  • Morals are our
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Key vocabulary

Buddha

covenant

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Knowledge organiser – R&W Y3: Where do our morals come from?

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Vocabulary: R&W – Y3 Where do our morals come from?

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