Learning objective
- To explore beliefs about suffering and goodness through scripture and personal responses.
Success criteria
- To interpret stories
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Religious Education Council Curriculum Framework for RE in England (non-statutory guidance):
- A2: Describe and understand links
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Cross-curricular links
English
Reading – comprehension
Pupils
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Display the Presentation: Odd one out and ask children to look at the images and decide which one could be the odd one out and why, writing their ideas on whiteboards or discuss them with a partner.
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Extended-mode explainer videos
How to extend your display to view the lesson page and preseantion mode simultaneously. Choose your operating system below to watch the video
Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could use the Activity: Reaction word cards (support) to add possible responses to the events in the Attention grabber; could have a printed version of the story audio on the Presentation: The story of Job to follow while listening.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should make links between Jesus’ temptation in the desert, Job’s story and Noah’s story; could add more than one example for each reason in the Activity: The story of Job; should explain why some reasons for suffering may seem contradictory or controversial during the Wrapping up.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: identifying key parts of
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Vocabulary definitions
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blessings
Protection or help from God.
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contradictory
The opposite opinion or fact to something else.
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In this unit
Assessment - R&W Y6: Why is there suffering? (Part 1)
Lesson 1: How do people suffer?
Lesson 2: What is free will?
Lesson 3: Why do we cause suffering?
Lesson 4: Does being good always mean less suffering?
Lesson 5: If God is all-powerful, can suffering not be stopped?
Lesson 6: How might beliefs about Jesus affect responses to suffering?