Religious Education Draft - PDST

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION • OUR RELIGIOUS STORY • RELIGION AND STORY
Unit 1: Religion and Story
LEARNING OUTCOMES
TEACHER GUIDELINES
The student will be able to:
1. explain the power of story to
communicate a truth on many levels
Explore the concept of story using
videos, such as Disney’s Beauty and the
Beast and The Lion King.
Discuss the power and richness of story.
Explore morals, myth and symbolism.
2. recall stories of faithful people in
sacred texts
Present stories from sacred texts such as
Creation stories, prophets, kings, during
story-telling sessions in class.
Identify the messages that are told in
each story.
Relate the message of the story
to life today.
Examine the story of a major religious
leader e.g. Jesus, Mohammed. Using
relevant sacred texts tell his story.
Examine parables - ancient and
contemporary - as a story-telling form
and say how they are relevant today.
Make a compendium of favourite
stories from among those studied
(Produce a storybook).
3. examine our history for traces of the
sacred in our Celtic past
Research our Celtic story under the
following headings:
• The burial of the dead.
• Sacred art and artefacts
• Rites of passage and initiation
• Rites of sacrifice
• Spirituality and nature.
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