Lesson 3: What does RE mean?

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Lesson 3: What is belief?

Program lesson 4

1. Repeat vocabulary 

2. Belief and faith

3. Get to work!

4. Assignment

Lesson goals:

1. Understand what belief means
   
2. Explore the difference between a belief, a fact and an opinion
   
3. Make connections between belief and faith
   

What is NOT a place of worship

1. Mandir
2. Synagogue
3. Office
4. Tempel

Which sacred writing do you know?

How do you say 'Feest' in English?

Grondlegger

1. Founder
2. Leader
3. Symbool
4. Feest

1. Geloof
2. Beïnvloeden
3. Reden
4. Geloven
5. Begrijpen
6. Feit
7. Verklaring
8. Volgen    

1. Faith
2. To influence
   
3. Reason
   
4. To believe
   
5. To understand
   
6. Fact
   
7. Statement
   
8. To follow
   

Belief vs Faith

Belief: Something that you can feel is true, but you cannot prove

Faith: Trust and confidence in something or someone

Belief, a fact, an opinion

A belief is a statement you think is true but you cannot prove.

An opinion is your own personal view on a subject.

A fact is something you can prove to be true.

Get to work

Together: Read page 8-9

Alone: Do question 1, 3 and 4 (page 8-9)

Done? Continue to page 10-11, read the text and make question 1, 2, 4 and 5

Discuss questions 1, 3, 4

Arsenal is the best football team

1. Belief
2. Fact
3. Opinion

The United Kingdom has a prime minister

1. Belief
2. Fact
3. Opinion

Chewing gum helps you concentrate

1. Belief
2. Fact
3. Opinion

The Qur'an is the Muslim holy book

1. Belief
2. Fact
3. Opinion

Flowers are beautiful

1. Belief
2. Fact
3. Opinion

People cannot travel faster than the speed of light

1. Belief
2. Fact
3. Opinion

It is wrong to murder

1. Belief
2. Fact
3. Opinion

The Eightfold Path of Buddhism is a pattern for living

1. Belief
2. Fact
3. Opinion

The universe exists

1. Belief
2. Fact
3. Opinion

Prayer can make things happen

1. Belief
2. Fact
3. Opinion

What makes someone religious?

Go to page 10-11 of you book.

Read the text and make question 1, 2, 4 and 5

Done? Together with your neighbor make a collage of pictures of religious acts --> collect pictures online of religious acts

Collage

Collage