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KEY STAGE 2
Mid-term planning
Year 6: Unit 4
Term: Spring 2
Is the resurrection important to Christians?
Year:
Key Concepts: Resurrection; Reincarnation; Funeral;
Heaven
Learning Objective: to explore the resurrection of
Jesus, the Easter narrative and concepts of life after
death
Attainment Target Focus:
 AT1 Knowledge about religion – Believing;
Belonging
 AT2 Learning from religion - Making sense of life
Syllabus Questions addressed:
 Should religious people be sad when someone
dies?
 How well do funeral and mourning rituals tell you
about what a religion believes about life after
death?
Assessment Criteria: (L4 & L5)
 Describe an understanding of concepts, beliefs and sources, making some comparisons between religions
(L4), showing an understanding of similarities and differences between religions and suggest reasons (L5)
 Describe and show understanding of feeling and experiences and the impact of religion on people’s lives
(L4), explain the impact of beliefs on individuals and communities and how sources are used to provide
answers to ethical questions (L5)
 Suggest meanings for religious forms and practices (L4), recognising diversity within and between religions
(L5)
 Raise and suggest answers to questions of identity and belonging (L4), ask and suggest answers to questions
of identity and belonging (L5)
 Raise and suggest answers to questions of meaning, purpose and truth (L4); ask and suggest answers to
questions of meaning, purpose and truth (L5)
 Raise and suggest answers to questions of values and commitments (L4); ask and suggest answers to
questions of values and commitments (L5)
Engage:
 Ask the question: What happens when people die? Take suggestions. The children grade them from likely to
unlikely. Discuss whether death is the same for everyone or everything. Think about seeds. The seed dies
and rots in the ground, but look at what grows from it. Discuss whether that is really dying or whether it is
something else. Watch or read the resurrection of Aslan in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Discuss
the image, looking at the effect it has on the story, the characters.
Enquire & Explore: (AT1)
 Watch the resurrection of Christ in the Miracle Maker; what does this show about Christian beliefs about
death? Why do Christians believe it? Do other religions have similar beliefs? Explore briefly Hindu and Sikh
beliefs in reincarnation, establishing the differences between resurrection and reincarnation (resurrection –
return to life as self; reincarnation – being reborn as something or someone else). Research the way
different faiths conduct funerals, looking to see whether the funeral reflects the beliefs and in what way.
Explore Christian/other faith views of “Heaven” especially in Revelation 22.
 Interview a Vicar or a Funeral Director to see how they understand death and resurrection.
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Evaluate: (AT2 Impersonal)
 Do Christian beliefs about the resurrection of Jesus make a difference to the way Christians do/should live?
Read 1 Corinthians 15 and discuss what it might mean. Look at: www.request.org.uk for interviews with
Tom Wright and Amy Orr-Ewing about life after death. Does resurrection stop Christians being sad when
someone dies? Should it mean that they rejoice at the funeral of a Christian? Do Christian funeral practices
reflect these beliefs? Does it matter if the resurrection is not a fact but a symbol? What difference might that
make to what Christians believe and how they behave?
Reflect & Communicate: (AT2 Personal)
 What are the children’s own beliefs about life after death? How do they compare to the beliefs of
Christianity and other faiths? Does it matter what the children believe? Design either a memorial, a funeral
service, paint a picture of heaven or imagine being reincarnated or resurrected. How does what they believe
influence what they think any of these items should be like? Do the children need to reconsider their ideas in
the light of what they have found out?
Evaluation:
 What went well?
 Even better if:
Some suggested resources:
 www.request.org.uk
 Bible – 1 Corinthians 15; Revelation 22, Easter narrative (end of all four gospels)
 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (book or film)
 The Miracle Maker – animated film
 RE Today Publications - Opening Up Easter;
Exploring a Theme – the Journey of Life and Death
 Churchyard with gravestones; war memorials
 Funeral Director or Vicar
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CLASS RECORD SHEET
Assessment opportunities & activities
Year 6: Unit 4
Term: Spring 2
Year:
Is the resurrection important to Christians?
Some pupils will have made more progress and be working at Level 5 and
will use a developing religious vocabulary to:
 Make a Wordle or Taxedo to show the differences between resurrection
and reincarnation
 Explain what it means for a Christian to take the story of the resurrection
seriously or read it as a symbolic text
 Enquire into and explain Christian funeral practices with relation to
Christian beliefs in the resurrection, comparing them to the practices of
one other faith
 Express their own views about life and death, using religious language and
comparing with the beliefs of one or more faiths
 Design a memorial that shows the Christian or Sikh view of death; design a
memorial for themselves and compare the two
Most pupils will be working at Level 4 and able to use an increasing religious
vocabulary to:
 Describe a Christian funeral making links to Christian beliefs about
resurrection
 Hot seat as a Christian to show understanding of what it means to believe
in the resurrection
 Compare and contrast the resurrection of Jesus to the Sikh/Hindu
understanding of reincarnation
 Devise four good questions to ask about why people choose to believe in
the resurrection/heaven/life after death and suggest the answers a
Christian or a Hindu might give
 Create a statement of personal belief in response to the question about
the resurrection, referring to Christian belief
Pupils working at Level 3 will be able to use religious words and phrases to:
 Describe the main Christian beliefs about Easter and the resurrection and
say what difference it makes to believers
 Compare Jesus to an avatar of Vishnu, using the correct religious language
 Ask questions and investigate answers about why people choose to
believe in life after death
 Suggest the reasons for their own beliefs
 Prepare a reflection on why the resurrection matters to Christians at
Easter and what matters to them
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