Learning objective

  • To describe how certain practices and traditions may help a Sikh person cope with the death of someone.

Success criteria

  • I can interpret Guru Nanak’s final

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Religious Education Council Curriculum Framework for RE in England (non-statutory guidance):

  • A3: Explore and

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1: Lesson plan

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could listen to the Guru Nanak story prior to the lesson using the Resource: The unseen flowers of Guru Nanak; could record their ideas using digital recording devices rather than using the Activity: Finding comfort; could use the Resource: Knowledge organiser: Religion and worldviews – What happens when we die? (Part 1) during the Wrapping up.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should consider how different people may have interpreted Guru Nanak’s final message; could organise the different practices and funeral rites reflecting ideas about how comforting they might be for themselves and different people and justify their reasons; should write a short paragraph explaining their ideas about some of the practices and funeral rites that they think would be most and least comforting and explain justify their ideas.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: considering what Guru Nanak’s values

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Vocabulary definitions

  • Ardaas

    A formal Sikh prayer to seek guidance and blessings.

  • cremation

    The burning of a body after death to create ashes.

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