Religious Education Draft - PDST

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION • OUR RELIGIOUS STORY • FAITH IN ACTION
Unit 4: Faith in Action
LEARNING OUTCOMES
TEACHER GUIDELINES
The student will be able to:
1. identify key religious figures
2. explain the commitment and
motivation of these figures
Pair work – Study key religious figures –
Jesus – Mohammed – modern figures
such as Gandi, The Dalar Lama, Mother
Teresa, Jean Vanier – use of video,
documentary, film, text.
Explore their commitment, inspiration,
motivation, approach, the community
they built around them, their way of
teaching, and caring.
Present findings to group, compare aims,
approaches lifestyles.
3. recognise a lived faith in community
4. suggest possibilities for faith in action.
Invite key figures from the local
religious communities to address the
class - how is their faith a living faith, an
active faith, how does the community
nourish and support their faith.
Where appropriate students assess their
role as members of religious
communities – responsibility to the
community – how young people can
become actively involved in their
religious communities.
Faith Friends Programme. It may
be possible to engage students in
this or another witnessing programme.
Other programmes include; The Why
Programme, The Discovery
Programme, Impact.
Organise a class retreat – to allow the
students present themselves as a
community of believers.
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