Learning objective
- To identify why some mitzvot have been adapted.
Success criteria
- I can recognise
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Religious Education Council Curriculum Framework for RE in England (non-statutory guidance):
- A3: Explore and
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Cross-curricular links
English
Reading – comprehension
Pupils should be
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Display the Presentation: Gimme five and ask the children to think of five facts they learnt about the Abrahamic religions in the previous lesson.
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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: Melachot (support), which has discussion points and sentence starters to help answer the question: ‘Why does Shabbat look different around the world?’.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could be encouraged to think about the impact that tradition and culture has on a Jewish person’s approach to the melachot.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: recalling the importance of
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Vocabulary definitions
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Liberal
A denomination where followers make personal interpretations and individual choices about how they practice.
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melacha
A singular forbidden labour.
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In this unit
Assessment - R&W Y6: Why does religion look different around the world?
Introductory lesson: What words can be used to describe God?
Lesson 1: How do some religions believe in the same God?
Lesson 2: How might a Jewish person observe Shabbat?
Lesson 3: Why is Friday night dinner different?
Lesson 4: What can a head covering tell us about identity?
Lesson 5: Why might someone want to cover their hair?