Learning objective

  • To understand what a prophecy is and explore beliefs about prophecies.

Success criteria

  • I can describe what a prophecy is.
  • I can

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

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Arrange children into pairs and hand out whiteboards and pens (one each). Show the Presentation: Sermon on the Mount and ask the children to write down on their whiteboards some key ideas from the teachings of Jesus. Examples of teachings could include: That when people are kind, share and help people, their hearts are happy.…

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could record their ideas about the prophecy into an audio playback device or could work with a partner to read prophecies.

Pupils working at greater depth

Could critically analyse the prophecies, considering the historical context; could debate the reliability of their chosen prophecy and its fulfilment, justifying their answers with evidence from the sources used in the lesson.

 

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: discussing the reliability

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Vocabulary definitions

  • messiah

    A leader or saviour in Jewish and Christian beliefs, often linked to prophecies.

  • prophecy

    A prediction about the future, often found in religious texts.

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