KEY STAGE 2

THE TORAH (b)Learning Experiencesrelating to Areas 1 8 8Learning Experiencesrelating to Areas 2 8 3Design a pamphlet for parents of new pupils telling them whatare the school's values & where they might expect to seeevidence of these in the life of the school community.Invite a religious leader to talk about her/his values& how they affect daily life.Read Leviticus 19:18 &: Matthew 7:12.Make a display of similar sayings from otherreligions.• Hear the story of Ruth.* Invite in someone who works in the communitye.g. Councillor, Social Worker - to talk about their values &how they affect what they do.* Talk about implications for their own lives.* Useof literalure to explore values* Complete sentences: -"I would like to learn in a school where"I would like to live in a community where"I would like to live in a world where* Simulation exercises involving moral decisions* Hold a'values auction'* Read case study of young person in the Third World.Discuss what is valued cf. with own lives.* Invite an elderly or disabled person to talk aboutthe special problems they face & what others cando to help.• Use photographs/video to introduce differenttraditions within Judaism, e.g. Orthodox & Reform• Simulation exercises involving moral derisions.* Watch a Bar Mttzvah ceremony.Discuss implications commitment choiceWrite an entry for a diary as if a person experiencing Bar/BatMitzvah.responsibility.* Research differences within Orthodox Sr Reformtraditionsconcerning the ceremony.* Pind out about/observe video & talk about thecelebration of Simchat Torah.* Design a poster to advertise Simchat Toraheelabrations ata Synagogue.* Working in groups, discuss the meanings of particular pointsof law for today.e.g. Exodus 20 vv 8 &12, Leviticus 19 vv 4,9&10 and 33.* Talk to a Rabbi about his studies.© ManchesterChy Council3.53