Introduction to Sikhism
WALT: Develop our own
knowledge of Sikhism
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With the person next to you are to think of as many things
you already know about Sikhism
Sikhism
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Quiz time
You are to get into pairs and try and find as many of the
answers from the quiz as possible.
Remember don’t just guess the answer research the
correct one.
If you think you have
finished try and write
some of your own
questions and
remember to get the
answers.
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Picked out 3 of the questions that surprised you most and make a poster
in order to education other about those points.
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Exploring the Guru’s home
WALT: Understand what the Gurdwara means for
Sikhs
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What is a Gurdwara?
The word Gurdwara can be split up into two
parts.
1. Guru – Gu = Darkness, Ru = Light
2. Dwara = House, or Door
So Gurdwara = The house where darkness
turns to light, or the gateway to the
guru.
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How can you tell this building is
special?
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A Gurdwara can be used for a variety of things,
for a range of people.
Three main categories.
To get guidance
Coming to the presence of the
creator (God) in order to listen
to hymns or to talk to a wiser
person
Copy these
categories
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To be part of a community
Be in the company of other
spiritual people from all ages.
Attend kirtan, punjabi, classes,
and community activities.
To serve God and people
To fulfil the Sikh duty of
helping others. By sharing in Langar
for example which provides
free food for all people.
Look at the layout of a Gurdwara on page 84-85 and draw
the table below, and under each heading write down what
the purpose of the different sections in the Gurdwara is
for.
To get guidance To be part of a
community
To serve God
and others
Thinking about the final task that you will be completing. You are start
taking down some facts and information that you think will be useful.
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You are to now write a code on conduct that you would give to
others visiting the Gurdwara that don’t know anything about
Sikhism and tell them how you would expect someone to behave
and act while at the Gurdwara.
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Write the top 5 most important things you would tell someone
about a Gurdwara if they were going on a visit that they would
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need
to know or do.
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji
WALT:
Explore who the Guru Granth Sahib ji is!
WILF:
All – Know who the Guru Granth Sahib Ji is.
Most – Know the concept of the guru and the importance for the guru to a Sikh
Some – Know the concept of the guru and the importance for the guru to a Sikh
and evaluate this belief in their own lives.
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The person that brings you from darkness to light for the
Sikhs is the Guru (which literally means teacher) the
present guru for the Sikhs is Guru Granth Sahib Ji.
Therefore the Gurdwara is the home of Guru Granth
Sahib Ji, and at the heart of the temple.
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Guru Granth Sahib fact sheet go around the room and find
the different facts about the Guru Granth Sahib and
fill in your sheet.
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Guru Granth Sahib is very sacred for Sikhs
and treated with a lot of respect.
In your books write down the definition of both
sacred and respect and think of examples of
things, people, experiences that you feel are
sacred and have respect for write down what it is
and how you show your respect and that it is
sacred.
Sacred
Dedicated to or set apart for the
worship of a deity.
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Respect
Caring for the guru - Pictionary
With the person next to you draw the card,
using no words or numbers allowing them to guess
how the Guru Granth Sahib Ji is looked after.
Once you have guessed write in your book
and then swap over.
There are 6 all together after each one BOTH you and your partner need
to write down what you were trying to draw.
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Think of something or someone special in your life,
how do you show it/them respect and what could you
do differently to make them feel even more special or
show how much you respect it.
If someone said the Guru Granth Sahib is a book how
would you respond to them in order to teach them about
its significance?
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Sikh belief in God.
WALT: Explore the Sikh belief in God.
WILF
ALL: understand who the current guru is for Sikhs, and begin to think about the
idea of God for Sikhs. L3a-4c
Most: Understand the Mool Mantar, and begin to relate this to oneself. L4b-5c
Some: Evaluate the Mool Mantar in order to understand God and relate this to ones
self. L5b-6a
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In RE we need to both learn about religion and learn from religion. So to check our progress
clearly we are going to set ourselves a target of what we hope to achieve looking at todays
WILF and check whether we have met this at the end of the lesson.
My target for the lesson is . . .
WALT: Explore the Sikh belief in God.
ALL: understand who the current guru
is for Sikhs, and begin to think about
the idea of God for Sikhs. L3a-4c
Start
Target 1
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WALT: Explore the Sikh belief in God.
Most: Understand the Mool Mantar,
and begin to relate this to oneself.
L4b-5c
WALT: Explore the Sikh belief in God.
Some: Evaluate the Mool Mantar in
order to understand God and relate
this to oneself. L5b-6a
Middle
In order to progress I will
End
I achieved my target because
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Imagine you are the captain of the year 6 football or netball team
and you are moving onto secondary school but care about the team
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So what would you do to make sure that things don’t change?
Think and discuss this with the person next to you and write the
solution in your book.
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Ik Onkar is a symbol that represents a central key concept in Sikhism,
and captures the idea of God.
Read through the information on the card and add as many labels to
your symbol as possible. You have one minute.
Swap books with the person next to you and look through their labelling and
add anything you think they have missed or detail they could
include in order to achieve todays aim.
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Loving
Think of someone
important in your life and
mind map some different
words that you would use
to describe them and
their qualities.
Trustworthy
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We have learnt about religion now, looking at your target what do
you think we now need to do in order meet your target.
Write it down in your book.
WALT: Explore the Sikh belief in God.
ALL: understand who the current guru
is for Sikhs, and begin to think about
the idea of God for Sikhs. L3a-4c
Start
Target 1
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WALT: Explore the Sikh belief in God.
Most: Understand the Mool Mantar,
and begin to relate this to oneself.
L4b-5c
Middle
In order to progress I will
WALT: Explore the Sikh belief in God.
Some: Evaluate the Mool Mantar in
order to understand God and relate
this to oneself. L5b-6a
End
I achieved my target because
Ik Onkaar
There is only one God.
Sat Naam
Truth is his name
Kartaa Purakh
He is the creator
Nirbhao
He is without fear
Nirvair
He is without hate
Akaal Moorat
He is timeless and without form
Ajoonee Saibhang
He is beyond birth and death,
The enlightened one
Gur Parsaad
He can be known by the Guru’s
grace
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Jap
Embrace His meditation
Aad Sach.
He was present in the
beginning
Jugaad Sach
He was present before the
world began.
Hai Bhee Sach
He is present now
Naanak Hosee Bhee
Sach. ||1||
(Guru) Nanak (Dev Ji) says
that he shall be present in
the future
Read through the Mool Mantar with the person next to you and working through each line
think about what this is telling us about;
1.the belief of God,
2.What we should do in order to get to God.
This could mean that God is honesty and therefore in order
to get to God we have to be truthful
Ik onkar
There is only one God.
Sat Naam
Truth is his name
Kartaa Purakh
He is the creator
Nirbhao
He is without fear
This could mean that God is beyond any person or being, and that he is
beyond everything and everyone to be able to create the world.
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Thinking back to the person in the middle
of your mind map, use the words you used
to describe them and write your own
piece of creative writing to praise them
or thank them.
This can be in the form of;
•A rap
•A acrostic poem
•A rhyme or poem
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Have we achieved todays WALT
Mini quiz
Write down 2 questions about anything you have learnt this lesson.
You have 1 minute to go around the room and ask your question to as many
people as possible and answer their question.
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Have I achieved my target . . .
I have achieved / nearly achieved my target . . .
In order to progress I need to . . .
WALT: Explore the Sikh belief in God.
ALL: understand who the current guru
is for Sikhs, and begin to think about
the idea of God for Sikhs. L3a-4c
WALT: Explore the Sikh belief in God.
Most: Understand the Mool Mantar,
and begin to relate this to oneself.
L4b-5c
Start
Middle
Target 1
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In order to progress I will
WALT: Explore the Sikh belief in God.
Some: Evaluate the Mool Mantar in
order to understand God and relate
this to oneself. L5b-6a
End
I achieved my target
because
What does it
mean to be a
Sikh?
WALT: Explore
what it means to
have a Sikh
identity
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Can you pick out the Sikhs and the Hindus out of this crowd?
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Guru Gobind Singh Ji the 10th
guru of the Sikhs realised that
you could not tell a Sikh from a
Hindu or a Muslim and so he
wanted to give them a unique
identity to Sikhs, by which they
could be recognised.
He introduced the Khalsa who
were those Sikhs who had been
baptised, wore the 5k’s and
following the teaching of the Guru
Granth Sahib Ji.
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How much do you already know? Symbolism on a Sikh – A baptized Sikh wears 5 different
things to show they believe in God. Fill in your sheet highlighting the symbolism of each of
the 5k’s.
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If you had your own faith and wanted people to wear or have certain things
what would they be and what would they symbolise, design and draw them
in your books.
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The philosophy of the first Guru.
WALT: Investigate who Guru Nanak Dev Ji is
and what he taught.
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Guru Nanak dev Ji was born in (1469-1539)
Read the quotes and stick them in your books and write
down what you think Guru Nanak Dev Ji is trying to
teach and what type of person you think he is and why.
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Read through the story on page 99 about Bhai Lalo
and Malik Bhago and explain how it teaches Sikhs to
live a good life.
Once you have done that you need to now
plan a role play with 2 or 3 people, using the
moral from the story.
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Sikhs belief in action
WALT: Understand how Sikhs put their beliefs into
action.
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The importance of the Guru’s for Sikhs
Research one of the following Gurus and find out what they
did and started.
Guru
HarKrishan Ji
Guru Gobind
Singh Ji
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Guru Amar
Das Ji
Now that we know what the Guru’s were like and why they are so
important to the Sikhs we need to think about how they turn their beliefs
and inspiration from the Guru’s into actions.
Research Khalsa Aid using the textbook
‘This is RE 2’ and the internet and in your groups devise
a presentation using the whole of the sugar paper
explaining the teaching that they use and how
they turn their Sikh beliefs into actions to benefit
the whole world.
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Sikhi assessment
WALT: Show our understanding of Sikhi
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As part of this assessment you are to complete you leaflet
explaining the following categories.
1. What is a Gurdwara and what/who is at the heart of the Gurdwara
2. What do Sikhs believe about God
3. Explain one of the Sikh Guru, and what they have done and how they
can effect the actions of a Sikh.
4. How Sikhs turn their beliefs into actions
5. What you have found interesting about Sikhism and what you
can learn from it.
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Level 3: Show understanding of the Gurdwara and the Guru
Level 4: Show understanding of the Gurdwara and the Guru,
Show understanding of what do Sikhs believe about God,
Level 5: Show understanding of the gurdwra, Guru, and belief of God.
Show understanding of the Sikh Guru and evaluate their actions and how these
can inspire the actions of Sikhs
Explain what you have found interesting about Sikhism and what you
can learn from it.
Level 6: Show understanding of the gurdwra, Guru, and belief of God.
Show understanding of the Sikh Guru and evaluate their actions and how these
can inspire the actions of Sikhs.
Develop understanding of symbolism within the religion and what certain objects
and symbols mean to a Sikh.
Explain what you have found interesting about Sikhism and what you can learn
from it
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The temple
WALT: Explore what we understood from visiting the
Gurdwara.
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Think about what was going on in the temple and in your groups
on your A3 paper discuss what you saw, and the different
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meaning
you understood from the things you saw.
What does it mean to belong to a community
WALT
Understand what it means to be apart of a
community
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Having come back from the Gurdwara what type of
questions would you like to ask a Sikh about their
life?
With the person next to you think of 5 questions you
would like to ask.
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You are to create a leaflet informing others of your
experience of Sikhism.
You need to include;
Information about a Sikh temple,
What it means to be a Sikh,
A interview with a Sikh
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