What do some people believe God looks like?
Exploring how other people understand God on Earth; considering different representations of God and understanding why this is challenging.
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Y1/2 (A): What do some people believe God looks like?
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Recognise that different people have different beliefs about God’s form and appearance.
- Explain how art can be used to express feelings towards God.
- Recognise that some Hindu people believe God has many forms.
- Understand and explain that the story shows some people believe Jesus is the son of God and God on Earth.
- Recognise and explain how Christian, Muslim and Hindu people refer to God.
- Identify and describe one representation of God from these religions.
- Show respect for differences and similarities in how different religions represent God.
- Explain why people use different names for God and show respect for the different names for God across religions.
In Lesson 5, there is an option to visit a local Christian, Hindu or Muslim place of worship so the children can look for different representations of God.
Alternatively, teachers could invite a visitor to speak to the children about how they represent and refer to God.
In Lesson 6, there is an option to ask parents and carers to send in the meaning of their child’s name or why they chose this name.
Suggested prior learning
This is the first unit in the Kapow Primary Religion and worldviews scheme.Lessons
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 1: How might ideas about God be represented?
- To express ideas about God.
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 2: What do some Muslim people believe about God?
- To explain how some Muslim people express their ideas about God.
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 3: What do some Hindu people believe God looks like?
- To recognise some of the different forms of God in the Hindu worldview.
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 4: What do some Christian people believe God looks like?
- To recognise that many Christian people believe Jesus is the son of God and God on Earth.
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 5: Do all people share the same beliefs about what God looks like?
- To identify how some religious worldviews refer to and represent God.
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 6: Why do people have different names for God?
- To identify and explain some of the different names people use for God.
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – R&W Y1/2 (A): What do some people believe God looks like?
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Vocabulary: R&W – Y1/2 What do some people believe God looks like?
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