Unit Sequence

1. What words do pupils connect to the idea of ‘God’? What words do Christians connect to their idea of God?

2. What does the Bible say God is like?

3. How can ideas of God be expressed in art?

4. How do some Christians respond to a holy and loving God?

5. How do churches and cathedrals reflect Christian ideas about God?

6. What does it mean if Christians believe God is holy and loving?

Learning Outcomes

• Identify some different types of biblical texts, using technical terms accurately.

• Explain connections between biblical texts and Christian ideas of God, using theological terms

• Make clear connections between Bible texts studied and what Christians believe about God; for example, through how cathedrals are designed.

• Show how Christians put their beliefs into practice in worship

• Weigh up how biblical ideas and teachings about God as holy and loving might make a difference in the world today, developing insights of their own

U2.1 What do different people believe about God?

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

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

3. Describe some of the ways in which Christians describe God (A1).

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

5. Suggest why having a faith or belief in something can be hard (B2).

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).

U2.5 Why are festivals important to religious communities?

1. Ask questions and give ideas about what matters most to believers in festivals (B2).

2. Explore and suggest ideas about what is worth celebrating and remembering in religious communities and in their own lives (C1).

3. Suggest how and why religious festivals are valuable to many people (B2).