Y3/4 (B): Where do our morals come from?
Thinking about how people decide what it means to live a good life, children reflect on their own opinions about what is right and wrong.
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Year 3/4 (B): Where do our morals come from?
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Explain what morals, rules and guidance are.
- Identify some of the ways people decide what is right and wrong.
- Evaluate how Golden Rules might help people make moral decisions today.
- Explain how some people remember important guidance using physical items.
- Identify similarities and differences between different religious guidance.
- Identify common themes across religious and non-religious guidance.
- Present their own ideas for a moral code and explain their ideas clearly.
In Lesson 6, the children create their own origami book following the instructions in the Pupil video: Making an origami book. Depending on the needs of the children, some or all of the origami books could be pre-made before the lesson.
Suggested prior learning
Lessons
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 1: How do we know what is right and wrong?
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 2: What do some Christian and Jewish people believe about right and wrong?
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 3: How do people remember the rules?
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 4: Is all religious guidance the same?
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 5: How do some Buddhists make moral decisions?
Y3/4 (B): Lesson 6: What helps you make moral decisions?
Key skills
Key knowledge
Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
Full equipment list for the subject
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Wonder box ×1
- A5 paper ×30
- Tallis ×1
- Kippah ×1
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‘What would Jesus Do?’ wristband
×1 - School uniform ×8
- Hijab ×8
- Pin badge ×1
- Wedding ring ×1
- Kum kum powder ×1
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Large paper
×8 -
Sticky notes in four colours
×30
Equipment list
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Wonder box ×1
- A5 paper ×30
- Tallis ×1
- Kippah ×1
-
‘What would Jesus Do?’ wristband
×1 - School uniform ×8
- Hijab ×8
- Pin badge ×1
- Wedding ring ×1
- Kum kum powder ×1
-
Large paper
×8 -
Sticky notes in four colours
×30
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Unit resources
Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Spoken language
RSE: Respectful relationships
British values: Tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs, Mutual respect, Rule of law, Individual liberty.
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