Year 8

  

Buddhism

 

What you will learn about…

 

The Life of the Buddha

  

Buddhist beliefs:-

 

The Four Noble Truths

The Eightfold Path

The Three Jewels

  

Buddhist Worship:-

 Shrines

Meditation

 

Buddhist Monks and Nuns:-

The 5 Precepts

  

Buddhist festivals and other special occasions

  

The spread of different types of Buddhism

 

 Your Homework…

 

Task A

 

Use this link to look again at one part of the story of the Life of the Buddha.

 

http://www.buddhanet.net/lotbmain.htm

 

Click under the first picture you come to

Look at the box containing Part One of the story

Choose ONE of the following parts of the story to click onto and do the exercise that is attached to it.

 

Part 7, 8, 9, 10

 

Task B

 

In class this week we have talked about Buddha statues which are used during meditation, Buddhist worship.  In each picture of statue of the Buddha, the position (mudra) of his hands is very important.  Using this site draw or describe in writing at least TWO mudras.  For each one you MUST explain what it means.

 

 http://www.buddhanet.net/gallery.htm

Go to hand mudras

  

Task C

 

Use this site to find out what information you can about one Buddhist festival.  This information will be used in your poster work next lesson.

 

http://www.fwbo.org/buddhism.html

 

Follow link to festivals

 

Christianity

  

What you will learn about…

 

Christian beliefs:- 

Jesus teaching on Sermon on Mount

Jesus’ miracles

The Crucifixion

  

Global Diversity:-

 

Denominations – an overview

The Salvation Army

Orthodox Christianity

 

 

Christian Scripture:-The Bible – an overview

Different interpretations of miracle stories

Jesus’ parables

 

Religion through Art:-

Orthodox Art

  

Christian Worship:-

Easter Vigil

  

Christian Worship:-

Pilgrimage and introduction

Pilgrimage in Catholic Christianity

  

Rites of Passage:-

Baptism

 

Your Homework…

 

Task A

 

To research the life of a Saint you could use one of the links below

  

Task B

 

Look at the images of some of the saints shown in the links below. 

Write a list of words to describe these images and pictures. 

What do they have in common?

What sort of people do they look like?

                                                                                     

www.orthodox.net/questions/

 

www.cin.org/saints.html

 

 Martin Luther King

  

What you will learn about…

  

Background to prejudice, particularly racism

 

The major events in Martin Luther King’s Life

 

His beliefs and personality

 

His sayings and speeches

 

What effect he had on others.

 

 Your Homework…

  

Task A – extension work

 

Using this link go to interactive classroom

Go to Study Guide

Choose at least two questions to answer.

You must write out the question before you answer it.

 

http://www.seattletimes.com/mlk

 

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