Learning objective
- To explore the creation of laws and teachings within communities.
Success criteria
- I can identify where laws might come from.
- I
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Religious Education Council Curriculum Framework for RE in England (non-statutory guidance):
- A1: Describe, explain and analyse
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Cross-curricular links
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Pupils should be taught
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Before starting this unit, you might want to check the children can recall: The definition of a prophet is a special person chosen by God to share important lessons and messages with people. Muhammad is a very important figure and prophet in the Muslim worldview. Muslims generally follow his name with ‘peace be upon him’…
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support:
Could work with a partner to order the Resource: Creating laws; should watch the video using the link: BBC - The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), Allah and the Qur'an before the lesson as part of pre-teaching to help them identify keywords used during the activity describing Muhammad.
Pupils working at greater depth:
Could analyse and compare the Presentation: Creating laws to how laws might be created in other parts of the world; should consider how monarchs on and before this time were considered as God’s representatives on earth and how the order of the creation of laws differs to those of today.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: explaining the process of how religious
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Vocabulary definitions
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government
A group of people who make decisions and rules for a country or area.
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law
A rule that everyone in a place must follow, decided by the people in charge.
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In this unit
Assessment - R&W Y5: Who should get to be in charge?
Lesson 1: How are laws created?
Lesson 2: How is a leader chosen?
Lesson 3: Where do religious laws come from?
Lesson 4: How did Guru Nanak choose a successor?
Lesson 5: When can someone become a leader?
Lesson 6: How can religious texts be leaders?