Unit Sequence

1. How do many Hindus describe ultimate reality?

2. How might the idea of Brahman being in everything affect how you live?

3. What can we find out about some Hindu deities?

4. How do many Hindus understand deities?

5. What can we learn about deities from Ganesh?

Learning Outcomes

• Identify some Hindu deities and say how they help Hindus describe God

• Make clear links between some stories (e.g. Svetaketu, Ganesh, Diwali) and what Hindus believe about God

• Offer informed suggestions about what Hindu murtis express about God

• Make simple links between beliefs about God and how Hindus live (e.g. choosing a deity and worshiping at a home shrine; celebrating Diwali)

• Identify some different ways in which Hindus worship

• Raise questions and suggest answers about whether it is good to think about the cycle of create/preserve/destroy in the world today

• Make links between the Hindu idea of everyone having a ‘spark’ of God in them and ideas about the value of people in the world today, giving good reasons for their ideas

L2.1 What do different people believe about God?

1. Identify beliefs about God that are held by Hindus (B1)

2. Retell and suggest the meanings of stories from sacred texts about people who encountered God (A1).

3. Expected:

4. Describe some of the ways in which Hindus describe God (A1).

5. Ask questions and suggest some of their own responses to ideas about God (C1).

6. Identify how and say why it makes a difference in people’s lives to believe in God (B1).

7. Discuss and present their own ideas about why there are many ideas about God and express their own understanding of God through words, symbols and the arts (C1).

L2.8 What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today?

1. Identify and name examples of what Hindus have and do in their families and at mandir to show their faith (A3).

2. Ask good questions about what Hindus do to show their faith (B1).

3. Expected:

4. Describe some examples of what Hindus do to show their faith, and make connections with some Hindu beliefs and teachings about aims and duties in life (A1).

5. Discuss links between the actions of Hindus in helping others and ways in which people of other faiths and beliefs, including pupils themselves, help others (C2).

U2.8 What difference does it make to believe in Ahimsa (harmlessness), Grace, and Ummah (community)?

1. Describe what Ahimsa means to religious people (A1).

2. Respond sensitively to examples of religious practice with ideas of their own (B2).

3. Consider and evaluate the significance of Ahimsa, in relation to their own ideas (B3).