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.
Lessons 4 and 5 require some pre-prepared sticky notes. Refer to the Before the lesson section in Lessons 4 and 5 to prepare for this.
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. Please be aware this lesson may take longer than 1 hour.
Suggested prior learning
What makes us human?
Get startedTeacher video: Where do we get our morals from?
Lessons
Lesson 1: How do we know what is right and wrong?
Lesson 2: What do some Christian and Jewish people believe about right and wrong?
Lesson 3: How do people remember the rules?
Lesson 4: Is all religious guidance the same?
Lesson 5: How do some Buddhists make moral decisions?
Lesson 6: What is your moral code?
Key skills
- Identifying similarities
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Key knowledge
To know:
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Key vocabulary
adultery
Christian Bible
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Unit resources
Assessment – Religion and worldviews Y3: Where do our morals come from?
Assessment resources for this unit. Use
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Knowledge organiser
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Subject resources
Religion and worldviews: Long-term plans
Long-term plans giving a suggested order
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Equipment list
A list of essential and optional
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Religion and worldviews: Progression of pupils skills and knowledge
Progression documents showing how skills and
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Knowledge and skills progression
Available in 2024. Aimed at the
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Key vocabulary
Available in 2024. Vocabulary progression document
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Assessment
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National curriculum mapping
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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.