BY THE END OF THIS UNIT MOST PUPILS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO:

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1 UPPER KEY STAGE 2/UNIT 2B.3 People of How can following bring freedom and justice? OUTCOMES BY THE END OF THIS UNIT MOST PUPILS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO: Explain connections between the story of and the concepts of freedom and salvation, using theological terms. Make clear connections between the Bible texts studied and what Christians believe about being the People of and how they should behave. Explain ways in which some Christians put their beliefs into practice by trying to bring freedom to others. SOME PUPILS WILL BE ABLE TO: Identify ideas about freedom and justice arising from their study of Bible texts and comment on how far these are helpful or inspiring. Justifying their responses. Identify examples of law texts and suggest how believers might interpret them. Weigh up how Christian ideas about justice relate to the issues, problems and opportunities of their own lives and the world today, developing insights of their own.

2 KNOWLEDGE BUILDING BLOCKS PUPILS WILL KNOW THAT: The Old Testament tells the story of a particular group of people, the children of Israel, known as the People of - and their relationship with. The story of and the Exodus shows how rescued his people from slavery in Egypt; Christians see this story as looking forward to how Jesus death and resurrection also rescue people from slavery to sin. Christians apply this idea to living today by trying to serve and to bring freedom to others; for example, loving others, caring for them, bringing health, food, justice, and telling the story of Jesus. Christians see the Christian church as the People of, and try to live in a way that attracts others to ; for example, as salt and light in the world.

3 1 Knowledge The Old Testament pieces together the story of the People of The story of and the Exodus shows how rescued his people from slavery Recognise that the relationship between and his People still continues Identify with the suffering and hardship that the Hebrews went through yet remained faithful Exodus 1:8-14, 22 Exodus 2:1-15 s daughter Making sense of the text: remind children about context of this story- Abraham had Isaac and Isaac had two sons Esau and Jacob. Jacob brought his family to Egypt they had been there for 400 years but were now slaves Still the People of Read Exodus 1:8-22 Introduce children to life as a slave in ancient Egypt. Look at pictures while reading information about life as a slave: With your partner or in a group - Discuss What life must have been like for a Hebrew slave in Egypt What did they have to do? How were their families affected? What would they have liked to do? Hot-seating: What was your job? Did you have to do as you were told? Who was in your family? How did you deal with this situation every day? Where did you get your strength from? There are 8 important events in life we are going to investigate the first 2 1. in the basket 2. Killing the task master Let s READ Exodus 2:1-10 birth; Exodus 2:11-15 killing of task master; Year 5/6 Write a brief synopsis of the story so far in your books. Why did do it? Year 4 Draw two pictures one of in river and other of him killing the Egyptian and write 2 sentences under each to explain the story. Year 3/SEN. Order pictures in books and make a basket. (Mrs Moody) Plenary: share stories and demonstrate understanding that the Hebrew people are still s People. Plenary: Did have a sense of injustice for his own people?

4 2/3 Knowledge The Old Testament pieces together the story of the People of Recognise that the relationship between and his People still continues Make connections between Bible text and ideas about freedom Exodus 1:8-14, 22 Exodus 2:1-15 Exodus 3 Exodus 5-8 s daughter Aaron Rod Plagues Making sense of the text Recap story so far Watch powerpoint Read Exodus 2:15 3 leaves Egypt Burning bush - runs away to the mountains to Midian. He marries Zipporah and has a family and becomes a shepherd. What are feelings about returning to Egypt? Why was this? (adjectives) Let s continue the story The ten plagues STOP at plague 8 and ask children to give reasons for and against for carrying on or giving up! Also for and against for letting Hebrews go and for keeping them. Last two plagues Year 6/5/4 Pupils retell story in own words (5/6 express your own thought on why continued and why kept refusing) and draw a picture that details the ten plagues.(30 seconds drawing each of the 10 plagues) Year 3 with Mrs Moody(SEN) Draw a picture that includes the ten plagues. Divided sheet of paper. (2min pictures) Plenary: Identify some of the main themes in this story. Freedom, Suffering, Leadership, obedience any others? Can you link this to another story in the New Testament?

5 3/4 Knowledge Christians see the story as looking forward to how Jesus death and resurrection rescues people from slavery to sin. Make clear links between the story of and the concepts of freedom and salvation Start to identify ways in which Christians put their beliefs into practice today Exodus 1:8-14, 22 Exodus 2:1-15 s daughter Aaron Rod Plagues Making Connections! Story so far! Recap Show film or powerpoint The great escape the leader leads Israelites out of Egypt Crossing of the Red Sea Discuss: Was a great leader? Why did choose Him? In Groups : work together to form a tableaux showing leadership, salvation, freedom, suffering,, in the story. Which theme is most central to the life of and why? didn t ask them to obey his rules first. rescues his people in the story of by delivering them from Egypt and then making a covenant with them How far does following bring freedom and justice? Photo evidence Many Christians see the story of the Exodus as looking forward to salvation, being freed from the slavery of sin through Jesus. Year 3 and SEN work with Mrs Moody to make display artwork of red sea crossing. Year 4/5/6 Investigate with Mrs Hickling the parallels between the Red Sea crossing and the salvation Jesus brings. Jesus saves us unconditionally, Faith, Saviour, Freedom, Justice Posters for display Plenary: Share with class

6 5/6 Knowledge Christians apply ideas of being rescued to living today by trying to serve and to bring freedom to others, e.g. loving others, caring for others, bringing health, food, justice and telling the story of Jesus. Explain connections between story of and concepts of freedom and salvation. Explain ways in which some Christians put their beliefs into practice by trying to bring freedom to others. Exodus 20 s daughter Aaron Rod Plagues Commandments Starter: Recap from last week Watch powerpoint: Ten commandments Discuss each commandment that was given to on Mount Sinai Resource sheet 1. What do you think the people must have been doing? You don t need rules to tell you to do something that you are already doing! Discuss: Do you think we need these rules today? How different or similar is the world now? Can you think of 3 good reasons as to why Christians and Jews argue that the 10 commandments are just as important today. Which of these do you think would be hardest to keep? Is it possible to always keep all ten? Is it harder not to be greedy than not to kill or always tell the truth? What happens when humans fail to live up to the standard? Should a person be punished or helped? Which commandments would have most impact on the world today if everyone followed them? In Groups: Mrs Hickling to work with Year 3 and SEN Mrs Moody to support other groups (worksheet) Write 10 Lessons for Living What we can all do to bring more freedom and justice, good lessons for living. Plenary: Can you think of steps you could take towards freedom and justice for yourself?

7 7 Knowledge Christians see the Christian church as the People of and try to live in a way that attracts others to ; e.g. as salt and light in the world. Show how Christians put their beliefs about living as the people of into practice in different ways; e.g. through the Five Marks of Mission, in the community and individually Demonstrate how Christian ideas about justice and freedom relate to the issues and problems in the world today Matthew 5: s daughter Aaron Rod Plagues Commandments Starter: Groups mixed ability Children list the reasons why salt is useful and why light is useful 2 columns. These were really important in biblical times. Today Christians believe it is necessary for people to have a close relationship with so try to attract others to him by being salt and light. Salt Preserves Light setting an example lighting dark areas and giving knowledge about the Light of the World Read:-Matthew 5:13-16 Discuss Worksheet 3: Explore what Christians might do as People of by looking at TELL, TEACH, TEND, TRANSFORM, TREASURE 5 Marks of Mission Groups: Each group finds out about 1 mark and the actions that Christians might do to fulfil it. Each group produces a visual representation of what they have found out. Each group teaches the other groups about the mark they have researched. Remind us what each mark is why it s so important what can be done to fulfil each mark Lots of visual cues Plenary: Can you explain how Christian beliefs about freedom and justice relate to these 5 marks and the problems in the world today? How do these beliefs affect the world today?

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