life of Jesus

		RE Year 8
Unit 8A The Life of Jesus		Last modified 10/09/02 by P Clark
About the unit In this unit pupils explore the person of Jesus. They will learn about the affect that Jesus had on people and the way that his story still has meaning not only for Christians today but to everyone. Pupils will reflect upon Jesus moral teachings and consider their own beliefs in the light of the teachings and stories about Jesus. Where the unit fits in This unit builds on work done in year 7 introduction to Religion. It also builds on work done about religious figures in Key Stage 2. It leads in to work about Christianity in GCSE highlighting the motive for Christian attitudes towards moral decision making.	Expectations At the end of this unit all pupils will: know about the life of Jesus accurately and describe key events in his life; understand the reasons for and the results of these key events in his life; explain how the principal beliefs and teachings of Jesus impact on the lives of believers today; reflect on questions about the meaning and purpose of human existence, formulating their own response to such questions most pupils will: know when Jesus lived, and describe some of the key events from his life; know some principal beliefs and teachings of Jesus; make informed responses to other people’s values and commitments in the light of their learning some pupils will have progressed further and will: know in detail the life story of Jesus, understanding the importance of key events in their historical and cultural setting; explain how religious beliefs, teachings, practices and lifestyles of believers today relate to Jesus’ teachings; evaluate religious answers to questions of meaning and purpose using appropriate evidence and examples; reflect on questions about meaning and purpose of human existence, formulating their own informed response to such questions
Language for learning Through the activities in this unit pupils will be able to understand, use and spell correctly words relating to the study of: · Religion, hypocrisy, blasphemy, parables, Samaritan, resurrection Speaking and Listening—through the activities pupils could: · Answer questions using relevant evidence or reasons · Present information in small groups Writing—through the activities pupils could: · Plan and develop ideas and lines of thinking in continuous text · Create and explain stories · Design News articles relating to the life of Jesus · ·	Prior Learning It is helpful is pupils have: · Learnt some basic detail about the life of Jesus · Learnt to use technical terminology within the study of religion · Learnt to use artefacts and pictures as sources · Had an opportunity to develop skills of interpretation and reflection ·

The Life of Jesus

Learning Objectives

Pupils should learn:

Possible teaching activities

Learning outcomes

Pupils:

Points to note

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Introduction Life of Jesus

·To establish what students already know about Jesus

·To show the effect the story has had

·To raise the question of the historicity of Jesus

·Teacher lead Question and Answer session. What facts do we know about Jesus?

·Look at pictures of how people think Jesus looked

·Draw image of Jesus

·Worksheet, ‘Jesus?’

·Recognise that as a historic character the person of Jesus has had a significant effect on the world.

·Are aware of the sources of information about Jesus

·Homework Find out 3 facts about Jesus for discussion lesson 2 (see intro to F&L scheme of work)

·Worksheets

·Text books

What do we know about Jesus?

·To consider whether information we have about Jesus is ‘true’.

·To Teach students to use the bible

·Look at historical evidence for Jesus

·Look at how the gospels are sources of information

·Go through how the bible ‘works’

·Investigate further sources of information about Jesus

·Are aware that many pictures of Jesus are incorrect

·Understand some of the context of the bible and the gospels

·Research leading from questions raised in the lesson

·Bibles

The Land that Jesus Lived in

·To fit the stories of Jesus into an historical and geographical context

·Using Textbooks finding out about the land of Jesus

·Making notes possibly using worksheet ‘The Land Jesus Lived in’

· Colouring and labelling maps of the area

·Understand the geographical and historical background of Jesus

·Can compare this with today

·Find out the current situation in Palestine

·Text books

·Maps

The Birth of Jesus

· To consider the familiar story of Christmas

· About the nature of the Christian God as represented in Jesus

· About the significance of the story for Christians

·Brainstorm the story establishing key points

·Read through the Biblical account

·Use drama to portray the story

·Deign a cartoon strip to show the story

·Understand the significance of the Christmas story

·Understand what the story shows Christians about the nature of God

· Homework, using a Christmas card with a nativity scene explain the importance of the scene

· Bibles

Parables

·To Show some of the messages and methods of Jesus’ as a teacher

·To demonstrate the nature of parable

·Read the parables from the bible

·Re-tell in a modern way

·Use drama to go through the stories again

·Can re-tell the parables (good Samaritan and Lost Son)

·Can explain the meaning of the stories

·Can explain why stories are a good method of teaching

·Write up modern versions of the Good Samaritan or Prodigal Son

·This could take 2 lessons

Miracle stories

· To give a definition of miracles

· To examine some of the stories of Jesus’ miracles

·Watch Video ‘Life of Jesus’ Look up references using bibles

·Draw pictures of each miracle and write a little about each one (Display)

·Make Newspaper front pages to cover the detail of the stories

·Use ICT to design the front pages

·Know and can relate the miracles of Jesus

·Understand the impact of these miracles and how they would affect us today

· This may take 2 or 3 lessons

· Bibles

· Equipment for display work

Jesus Last Week

·To learn about the significance of holy week

·To understand how these events affect believers today

·Using Bible, video and text book look at each of the significant aspects of holy week

·Record this information in written or visual form

·Make wanted posters detailing the reasons that the Romans and the Jews wanted Jesus dead

·Know and understand the events of the last week

·Can explain the significance of these events for Christians

·Match the events of holy week with the festival of Easter

·Bibles

7. Trial and Crucifixion

·Give information about the death and crucifixion of Jesus

·Consider reasons for his death

·Watch video of his trial and crucifixion

·Record events from different viewpoints. (friends, Romans, Pharisees)

·Understand the significance of Jesus’ death for Christians

·Can recount the events of Jesus’ trial and Crucifixion

·Complete best versions of task lesson 5

·Video

·Writing

8. Summary

·To discover what we have learned

·To finish unfinished work

·Discussion

·Worksheet ‘Life of Jesus’

·Can explain the significance of the unit and recount what they have learnt

·Worksheet

BUXTON COMMUNITY SCHOOL RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

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Expectations

At the end of this unit