#TheCompleteSeries5lessons
Complete with lesson plans, slides, differentiated activities and a range of printable resources, this 'Jewish Worship and Community' scheme of work contains everything you need for a half term of RE teaching.
#Lesson1FeaturesofWorship
This introductory lesson gives your class a brief history of Judaism before going on to look at what worship means to Jewish people. It explores some of the key features of worship in Judaism, including where they worship, what the Siddur and Torah are, and what happens during the weekly keeping of Shabbat.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Information sheet
- Question cards
#Lesson2Prayer
This lesson looks at prayer as being central to Jewish worship and encourages your class to think about what and how Jews might pray, including the use of tefillin, prayer shawls and kippahs. Children will have the chance to look at some specific Jewish prayers for themselves and see if they can interpret their meaning.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
#Lesson3CommunityRituals
What does it mean to belong to a community? This lesson explore this question and looks at some of the initiation rituals in Judaism, looking particularly at Bar and Bat Mitzvah. Your class will explore the purposes and meaning behind a Bar or Bat Mitzvah and find out about ways in which they are celebrated by families and communities.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Picture cards
#Lesson4GivingintheCommunity
This lesson gives your class the chance to reflect on how belonging to a faith community affects your actions in the wider community and studies some of the charitable works undertaken by different faith groups. They will then go on to look at the Jewish law of 'tzedakah' and how this affects Jews in their daily lives, as well as considering global and local causes your children would consider supporting themselves.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- Information sheet
#Lesson5ExpressingFaith
The final lesson in this series looks at what happens when Jews go to the synagogue to worship, introducing the rabbi and cantor, and looking at how the Torah and other objects are used during worship, before questioning the significance of the Star of David for Jewish worshippers.
What's included:
- Lesson plan
- Slides
- Activity ideas
- Differentiated worksheets
- End of unit quiz
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