Learning objective

  • To make links and comparisons between different meditative practices performed by some Buddhists.

Success criteria

  • I can explain why there are different

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Religious Education Council Curriculum Framework for RE in England (non-statutory guidance):

  • A1: Describe and make connections

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support:

Could use the Resource: Review card to make notes about how they find each practice to refer to later; could choose just two practices to experience and compare them.

Pupils working at greater depth: 

Should consider how each practice might support a Buddhist in fulfilling other disciplines in the Eightfold Path; could carry out research on the practices that are traditional to certain Buddhist schools or groups.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: giving reasons why Buddhist disciplines

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Vocabulary definitions

  • Eightfold Path

    Eight practices that many Buddhists try to follow to live a fulfilled life.

  • impermanence

    The idea that all things, including the self, are constantly changing.

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