PEACE

KEY STAGE 2

NATIONAL
“I CAN STATEMENT /

“I CAN” ATTAINMENT STRANDS FOR PEACE UNIT

AT1(C)-FORMS OF EXPRESSION

AT2 (B) MEANING, PURPOSE AND TRUTH

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AT1(C)-FORMS OF EXPRESSION

LEVEL3:Use religious words to describe some of the different ways in which people show their beliefs
LEVEL4:Express religious beliefs in a range of styles and words used by believers and suggest what they mean
LEVEL5:Use a wide religious vocabulary in suggesting reasons for the similarities and differences in forms of religious expression found within and between religions /

AT2 (B) MEANING, PURPOSE AND TRUTH

LEVEL3: Ask important questions about life and compare my ideas with those of other people.
LEVEL4: Ask questions about meaning and purpose of life and suggest a range of answers which might be given by me as well as members of different religious groups or individuals.
LEVEL5: Ask questions about the meaning and purpose of life and suggest answers which relate to the search for truth in my own and others’ lives.

I CAN STATEMENTFOR THIS

SDBE UNIT /

COMMENT ON ANY SPECIFIC ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY COMPLETED

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LEVEL3: Write a poem about peace from the point of view of a particular religious leader or someone from a particular religion.

LEVEL4: Explain how the religious views of people make them pursue peace.
LEVEL5: Compare the way people with different religious and non religious views pursue peace. / LEVEL3: Suggest what it means to be a peaceful person and compare my ideas with others.
LEVEL4: Ask and answer questions about how my own and other people’s religious views affect their idea of a peaceful person.
LEVEL5: Compare my understanding of being a peaceful person with others.
CLASS
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NUMBERS OF PUPILS WORKING AT LEVELS (Some schools may wish to keep a class list tick sheet record over the year)

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COMMENT ON PUPILS ABOVE AND BELOW EXPECTED LEVEL

/ COMMENT FOR NEXT STEPS IN PUPILS’ LEARNING AND TEACHERS’ METHODS OF DELIVERY.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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ACTIVITIES

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RESOURCES

AT2 / To discover how to be peaceful people / Introduce the lesson by playing some noisy music followed by some quiet music. How does each piece make you feel? Discuss whether people need periods of stillness as well as noisy times in their day?
Use the structure of Circle Time to think about times when they can feel peaceful. What influences that? (being on good terms with others, being quiet & still). Read ‘The Seeds of Peace’ or use other narrative and art work to discuss the issue of being peaceful people. / Pieces of contrasting music.
E.g. 1812 Overture (cannons) Tchaikovsky
The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams
The Seeds of Peace by Berkeley. Barefoot Books ISBN 1 84148 006 1
Lesson 2
AT1
AT2 / To understand how peaceful people can be a calming influence to those around them / Play a listening game. Sit very still and listen to sounds around. Sing ‘Shalom’. Discuss whether feeling peaceful makes a difference in the class, in the family or between friends.
Read ‘Peacetimes’. Make a display of pictures or photos that illustrate some of the statements in the book / Shalom (Come & Praise 141)
Peacetimes by Scholes. Belitha Press
ISBN 1 85561 761 7
Camera, art materials. Photographs, pictures from newspapers of topical situations.
Lesson 3
AT1
AT2 / To understand Jesus’ teaching ‘Blessed are the peacemakers’. / Discuss the tradition of sharing the peace by shaking hands. What is its significance in the communion service?
Invent scenarios at home, school or in the community where a peacemaker would be needed. Agree on peaceful outcomes. Make a list of things a peacemaker might do in the playground at dinnertime. Discuss what sort of people peacemakers would be.

Illustrate Jesus’ words by making a collage of news articles with speech bubbles for outcomes or make 5 rules for peace in the home, school & the world.

/ Bibles (Matthew 5)
Common worship Service Book. Communion Service.
‘May the peace of the Lord be always with you’ ‘And also with you’.
‘Go in peace to love and serve the Lord’. ‘In the name of Christ’
Newspapers
Lesson 4
AT1
AT2 / To know that justice that leads to peace can be explored by non violent means / Research the life of Gandhi from the internet, library or RE resources.
Read about Martin Luther-King’s struggles
Discuss ‘I had a dream…’ Write your own dreams for a better world. Display them on dove outlines. / Link with FAITH IN ACTION unit

Free at Last (Martin Luther-King)
ISBN 0 08 022907 7
Song: Let there be peace on earth (Alleluia)
Lesson 5
AT1
AT2 / To understand how Jesus’ life and death demonstrates peace to Christians
To know that the Bible teaches Christians how to overcome evil with good / Recall understanding from work on Easter, Miracles, Healing of Jesus listing evidence from Jesus’ words or actions that offer peace to those around him.
Read Ephesians 6: 10-18. Think about what kind of battle Christians are involved in. Work out the symbolism of the armour of God. Fit the armour on an outline of a person & match the words of the text to each piece. / Luke 19: 28-38
Bibles
Palm Cross
The pollen of peace
Come & Praise No 145
Lesson 6
AT2
AT1
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Suggest situations in own experience and community where good can overcome evil

LEVEL3: Write a poem about peace from the point of view of a particular religious leader or someone from a particular religion.

LEVEL4: Explain how the religious views of people make them pursue peace.
LEVEL5: Compare the way people with different religious and non religious views
LEVEL3: Suggest what it means to be a peaceful person and compare my ideas with others.
LEVEL4: Ask and answer questions about how my own and other people’s religious views affect their idea of a peaceful person.
LEVEL5: Compare my understanding of being a peaceful person with others. pursue peace. / Research the work of Amnesty International exploring the symbolism of the circle of barbed wire. Investigate other current examples of peace initiatives and the inspiration and values (religious and secular) that lie behind them.
Write poems about peace from the point of view of a particular religious leader or someone from a particular religion.
Pupils read out and talk about these poems and use as basis for discussion and assessment. / Bibles
Song: Make me a channel of your peace Junior Praise No 161

Draft revision SDBE units of work with I can statements 2006-7