The Manor CP School Medium
Term Plan/Scheme of work for RE:Hinduism
Carol Rainbow created this scheme of work for years 3 and 4. It is based on the requirements of the Oxfordshire Syllabus for RE as they stand in 1999. The time allocation is 1 hours per week but the cross-curricular activities
are independent of this timing. I have split the work into approximate lesson sections but sometimes a section may cover two weeks especially if you cover the Hindu stories attached to a festival or something like that.
If you can use any of the scheme in any way please feel free to do so.
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Activities and Organisation What the children will do |
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RE AT 2 a AT3 a b c Eng AT1 3 |
Introduce concepts of varied religions, cultures, ways of life. Learn that respect and tolerance are an important part of modern life. Introduce India, Indus valley, and Hinduism.
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Discussion; what do we already know about any of the main world religions? What is a religion? Is culture linked to religion? Brainstorm children's prior knowledge and record on a web to go into their folders. Look in the atlas at India. On an outline map mark in the Indus valley and the Himalayas. Introduce the Hindu religion. Discuss its age, number of followers and its one god that is present in all things. Write brief notes about Hinduism under the map.
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Atlas Sheets with the Indus Valley outline |
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RE AT2b Eng AT1 Art AT1
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2.What are the Hindu gods Learn that Hindus have one god: Brahman. Explore the Hindu concept of many aspects of god, all having different names and being worshipped in their own right. |
Look at posters, photographs of models and pictures of gods. Learn about each god being one aspect of whole god Brahman. Study aspects of A) Teacher, B) Pupil. Compare Brahman with the children's concept of God. Learn characteristics of various "favourite" aspects of god: - Ganesh, Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma. Children to draw and describe some of the gods. Understand the cycle of Destruction, Creation and Preservation, which gives the on-going pattern to Hindu life. |
Sets of postersbooks, Colour pictures of the gods, models of the gods
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RE AT 2b Eng AT 1,3 Art AT1
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3.What is Hindu worship? Learn about personal worship.Learn about public worship. Learn vocabulary puja, prasad, shrines, shirie (eaten by the worshipper).
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Study the household shrines, what they are and what they are used for. (Sit round the shrine with the lights off, the incense burning, Indian music playing, try to chant the aum and experience a little of the feeling of meditation, worship, concentration.) Discuss similarities in our own experience, church, assembly etc. Study the parts of the puja tray and draw the artefacts. Write notes on what each part is for. Read accounts of going to the temple. Discuss the local temple. Show photographs, (they are on the Hindu Homepage) and show the temple scenes from the Hindu videos. |
Hindu homepage on the computer Photos. The shrine puja tray. music Video Temple visit accounts |
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4. What are the main Hindu Festivals Learn about DIWALI. |
Talk about the ten-day festivals and the social aspect of gathering to worship, study and eat. Study festival of Diwali. Watch the video. Compare Diwali with our festival; Christmas. Use reference books and CD-ROM to find out the customs associated with Diwali. Make a comparison chart between Diwali and Christmas. |
Hinduism homepage Video Books |
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5.Learn about Holi |
Read the stories of Holi. Listen to stories from the Ramayana, the birth of Krishna, retell that story or the stories from his childhood. Pick out common features of festivals, compare this one with any of ours. Which one is it most similar to…what is the origin of ours? Could they have a similar common origin? |
Hinduism Homepage Video Books |
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6 Learn the story of Rama and Sita, the triumph of good over evil. Possible look at the festival; Durga Puja, again the triumph of good over evil. |
Fold a piece of paper into quarters widthways and three or four down the length, in each portion draw a picture to re-tell the story. Compare this story with any that we use to show the power of good over evil. |
Story of Rama and Sita |
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7.Learn about the Hindu holy books: Ramayana. Vedas Mahabharata |
Compare Hindu holy books with other holy books that we know of. Learn the difference between Shruti and Smriti. |
Word Search Hinduism Homepage Crossword |
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8. Find out about Pilgrimage, ritual cleansing, and cremation. |
Learn about sacred places, concept of pilgrimage Benares. Study Hindu beliefs of cremation, how does this country try to help them fulfil their role in the process of death? Look at the photos of the gods set up in shower trays, find out about ritual cleansing and fire ceremonies. |
Internet CD-ROMS Books |
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9 Hindu beliefs |
Find out about Reincarnation, the duty guiding one's life, Sacred cows and Hindu symbols. Compare and contrast with what the children believe about life, death, heaven etc.
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Books CD-ROMS Internet |
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10 Hindu Ceremonies Compare and contrast some of the common Hindu ceremonies with what we already know from any other religions. |
Talk about the naming ceremony and relate it to a baptism or Christening. Look at photographs of a Hindu wedding, talk about the similarities and differences between our white wedding and a Hindu wedding. |
Photos. Video if available |
Related Curricular Activities
Each time we do the Hindu project we choose a few cross-curricular activities to fit the topic. These are some of the ones that we have done either this time or when we did Hinduism two years ago.
Art
1.In art make rangoli or mendi type of patterns.
2.We make group collages or group paintings on about A2 card of some of the Hindu Gods.
Design and Technology
Literacy Hour
With the Literacy Hour this year we looked for ways of building Hinduism into our language work. We found that note taking from the videos, then expanding texts from notes very useful. We used bullet points to list main points in our own research.
We make up haiku on Diwali (some of these are linked to the Diwali page).
The texts of any of the stories (Ganesh, Krishna, the Ramayana, Ram and Sita are just a few) can be read and worked on in the shared text section of Literacy Hour.
Crosswords, word searches, cloze procedure can be used for the group work sections of Literacy Hour.
ICT
Music, Dance and Drama