Download WHAT MUSLIMS BELIEVE KEY STAGE 2 SUGGESTED

WHAT MUSLIMS BELIEVE
KEY STAGE 2
SUGGESTED ASSESSMENT FOCUS
AT1 Show understanding of what it means to be a practicing Muslim
AT2 Ask questions and suggest answers about the lifestyle of a practicing Muslim
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
ACTIVITIES
Lesson 1 To understand about unity & diversity
AT 2
To know that Muslims belong to a world
wide family who all read the Qur’an, say
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the same prayers & follow the teachings of
Allah
To know the 5 beliefs of Islam that are
basic duties for all Muslims
Discuss what pupils understand about unity
& diversity in society. In 2 columns fill in:
What unites the community/world?
What divides the community/world?
Work on a poem/prayer for unity & world
peace. On 5 columns (pillars) write the 5
Muslim beliefs. Draw a roof over them to
explain how Muslims see their faith as a
temple for Allah
Lesson 2 To understand about commitment and
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faithfulness
Pupils could share things they are
committed to & why. Discuss what
promises are made & easily broken &
others that remain for life. Read the
shahadah. Know it is part of the Adhan, call
to prayer & spoken 5 times a day from
mosque minarets. Tell the story of Ibrahim
smashing the idols. Muslims believe they
should emulate the perfect virtues of Allah.
Select 5 attributes they could aspire to from
the 99 Names of Allah. Draw a large hand,
pupils write their name in the centre with
one attribute on each finger.
AT1
AT1&2
To know that the shahadah is the Muslim
declaration of belief & how it is worked
out in practice
RESOURCES
http://stschool.eduweb.co.uk/carolrb/islam
(Link with KS2 units Faith in Action and
Pilgrimmage)
Holy Places Makkah and other Islamic
Holy places Big Book
ISBN 0-431-15524-0 Heinmann
Glossary in Islam within RE (SDBE)
Teaching RE Islam 5-11 CEM
Exploring Islam CEM
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Shahadah (declaration of faith)
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Salah (prayer 5 times daily)
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Zakah (giving to the poor)
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Sawm (fasting in Ramadan)
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Hajj (pilgrimage to Makkah)
Islam within RE (SDBE)
Pathways of Belief Islam BBC (prog 1)
Refer to unit ‘The Muslim way of Life’ for
work on the Prophet Muhammad.
Shahadah: ‘I bear witness that there is no
god but Allah & that Muhammad is his
prophet’
Story of Ibrahim (Information sheet)
99 Beautiful Names of Allah (SDBE)
Lesson 3
To know how the five beliefs of Islam are
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all part of prayer and worship
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To know how Muslims prepare for prayer
AT1
To understand that salah is the daily
practice of prayer for Muslims & that it
helps them to draw nearer to Allah
Hear the story of Bilal & the call to prayer.
Discuss where Muslims pray. Use a
compass to find the direction of Makkah. If
possible ask a Muslim to demonstrate wudu
(ritual washing). Look at a prayer mat &
discuss its use and patterns. Learn that
Friday is the special day of prayer for
Muslims. In groups design a sacred place
where you could be quiet to think or pray.
Islam within RE (SDBE)
Pathways of Belief Islam (prog 2)
Lesson 4
AT1
To know that it is an obligation for a
Muslim to give to charity.
How would you feel if you were desperate
for help? Discuss the principle of giving
zakah before Id so that all Muslims can
celebrate. How does giving benefit the
giver & receiver? How does zakah differ
from collecting for Children In Need or
Red Nose Day? What would be your
reasons for giving to charity? Divide the
class into 4 groups & prepare persuasive
arguments for a charity. Present to class.
Zakah is compulsory. Muslims give 2½%
of their wealth after necessary expenditure
AT2
To appreciate the importance of the spirit
of giving zakah
Prayer mat, compass, world map.
Vocabulary: salah, wudu, qiblah, Makkah
Islam by Alan Brine Themes in Religion
Pub Longman ISBN 0 582 02967 8
(teacher resource)
Lesson 5
AT1
AT2
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To know that Ramadan is a time to think
about Allah by fasting, praying and
reading the Qur’an
To appreciate the value of self discipline
and obedience
To know that Muslims celebrate Id ul Fitr
at the end of the month of Ramadan
Talk about what it means to be really
hungry. Cite examples from situations in
the world of famine. If given £5 what
essentials would you buy for a starving
child? Consider the spirit in which
Ramadan should be kept & the difficulty of
self discipline. Tel the story of Muhammad
& the bad tempered woman.
Find out how Muslims celebrate Id ul Fitr.
Make Id cards include ‘Id Mubarak’.
Ramadan information sheet.
Islam within RE (SDBE)
The Story of Muhammad & the bad
tempered woman (Information sheet)
Lesson 6 To know that Hajj is the pilgrimage to
Makkah that is an obligation for all
AT1
Muslims & is prescribed in the Qur’an
AT1
AT1
AT2
To know some of the rituals of Hajj & that
Id ul Adha is celebrated as part of Hajj
Show understanding of what it means to
be a practicing Muslim
Ask questions and suggest answers about
the lifestyle of a practicing Muslim
Refer lesson 3 to find where Makkah is.
Find Arabia on a map. Make imaginary
Hajj diaries recording the sequence of the
hajj on a map. Talk about the symbolism of
ihram. Read the stories that give rise to
Hajj. Discuss the feelings of Ibrahim and
Isma’il during and after the events. Talk
about times when disobedience is difficult
at home or at school. Think of the meaning
of the word sacrifice & if it just applies to
religion.
Get pupils to review their learning about
what it means to be a practicing Muslim
and set activities to assess their
understanding of Islam and what they have
learnt from it.
World map/globe
Teaching RE Islam CEM
Hajj resource pack – Lewisham RE Centre
Hajj stories (information sheet)
Video: Islam through the eyes of a Muslim
child (CEM)
Festivals by Khadijah Knight Pub
Heinemann ISBN 0 431 06951 4
IBRAHIM AND THE WORSHIPPERS OF IDOLS
Ibrahim first lived in Ur in the valley of the Euphrates River. His people worshipped the nature gods such as the sun and
moon as well as idols they had made themselves. When he was young, Ibrahim felt that he had to decide which was the true
God to worship. One clear night when the stars shone in the sky and he was alone, he looked up and saw a very bright star.
‘That star is the greatest in the sky so it must be the God to worship’. As soon as he had the thought the star faded and the
moon rose. ‘That star cannot be God,’ he said to himself. Then he saw the silvery light of the moon that brought the light
down to earth and drove away some of the darkness. So now he thought ‘The moon must be my God’. But as the night wore
on the sun rose & the moon vanished. He thought again, ‘The sun, which is the biggest and hottest thing in the sky must be
God’. He continued to think throughout the day until the sun set and the stars returned. It was then that he realised that God
must be a greater than the stars, the moon and the sun, indeed he must be the creator of everything. He would not fade or
disappear but would always be the same. Now all he had to do was to tell his family and the rest of his people that they
should stop worshipping their images and idols and worship God alone. However the people laughed at him when he tried to
tell them that their idols had no power to provide food and water for them.
One day when the people were going about their daily business, Ibrahim went to the place where all the idols were kept. He
broke them into pieces. The clay idols he smashed to the ground, the wooden ones he split into pieces and the stone idols he
hammered into fragments. He left just one idol standing and unbroken and that was the biggest and fiercest looking one in the
temple. When the people found their idols smashed and broken they remembered what Ibrahim had said and immediately
thought he must be to blame. They went and accused him – ‘Did you do this terrible thing?’ Who me? Not at all, it was that
fierce looking god in the temple. Why don’t you ask him instead?’ The people replied, ‘You are talking nonsense Ibrahim,
that is just an idol made of stone, you know it can’t speak. You know it has no power to create or destroy anything.’ Ibrahim
said ‘Yes I know that, but if you know that as well as me, then why do you worship such things? Why don’t you worship the
one God who created the world and has power over everything?’
Many people were angry at Ibrahim but others were ashamed by Ibrahim’s reply and thought he was right.
(This story is in the Qur’an. Surahs 6:77f, 26:70-82, 37:66-69,29:16f)
THE STORY OF MUHAMMAD & THE BAD TEMPERED WOMAN
RAMADAN INFORMATION
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The Qur’an, Surah 2:183-188 is about Ramadan.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim year when Muslims remember that Allah revealed the Qur’an to
Muhammad.
The Qur’an is divided into 30, portions. The whole Qur’an is read in the mosque each evening of the month of
Ramadan.
The 27th night of Ramadan is called Laylat-ul-Qadr, the Night of Power, when the Qur’an was revealed.
Some Muslims pray all night in the mosque
Allah has commanded fasting during Ramadan
The self discipline of fasting shows love for Allah & obedience to the Qur’an. It is not a penance but a joyful duty.
After dark they thank Allah for strength for a successful fast. They have a snack of water, dates and fruit.
After sunset prayers the main meal is eaten.
Id-ul-Fitr is the joyful festival of breaking the fast and is celebrated at the end of Ramadan on the first day of the month
of Shawal.
Presents and cards are given with the greeting ‘Id Mubarak’ (blessings of the festival). New clothes are worn
Families and friends celebrate together.
Zakat-ul-Fitr is the money given to charity to help everyone celebrate Id.
Information about pupils’ fasting during Ramadan can be found in Islam within RE for Key Stages 1 and 2 (SDBE).
STORIES LINKED TO HAJJ
ADAM AND EVE
According to the Islamic version of the story of Adam and Eve, after they were expelled from heaven they were sent to
different places on the earth. They finally met on the Plains of Arafat and the Mount of Mercy, where God forgave them.
The Qur’an says that Adam built the first house of worship at Makkah. After his death the house was destroyed by the Flood
and left in ruins. An Islamic legend says that when Adam was cast down to earth, a stone also fell from heaven and this stone
was built into the Kab’ah.
IBRAHIM AND ISMA’IL
As in the Biblical version of the story Sarah was childless and gave permission for Ibrahim to take her slave girl, Hagar, as
his second wife. She had a son Isma’il. The Islamic version is then as follows:
God told Ibrahim to separate from Hagar and her son Isma’il. God told Ibrahim he wanted to test him and that he should take
Hagar and Isma’il to Makkah and leave them there. God would look after them. Ibrahim obeyed God and left his wife and
son with a few dates and a small amount of water. Fearing that they would die of thirst, Hagar ran between the tops of the
two hills of Safa and Marwah looking for water, but to no avail. Suddenly an angel called her and pointed to a spring where
Isma’il had been kicking the sand with his foot. She called out ‘Zam! Zam!’ meaning ‘Stop! Stop! Hence the name of the
well, Zamzam.
Years later in a dream Ibrahim promised God he would sacrifice his most precious possession to God. He immediately
thought of his camels. In a second dream Ibrahim realised he hadn’t sacrificed his most precious possession & in his dream
he saw himself sacrificing his only son Isma’il. Ibrahim loved him very much and travelled to find him. He told Isma’il the
dream who told his father to do what he had to do. They went to Mina where the sacrifice was to take place. On the way the
devil appeared in human form and tried to tempt Ibrahim to change his mind. Both Ibrahim and Isma’il ignored the devil and
drove him away by throwing stones at him. Isma’il lay on the altar & Ibrahim was about to kill him when God spoke and
stopped him. Ibrahim’s reward would be that his other wife Sarah would give birth to a son, Isaac. The traditional place of
sacrifice was Mina where sacrifices are performed during Hajj.
Ibrahim went back to Sarah and years later Isma’il and his father were reunited in Makkah where they built the Ka’bah. God
showed them where to begin digging the foundations and they found the ruin of Adam’s house of worship. They built the
square walled sanctuary and placed at its eastern corner a bright stone from heaven. Over the years it has blackened and is
now known as the Black Stone. When the Ka’bah was finished they prayed to God and walked round it seven times in
imitation of the angels who, it is said, constantly circle the throne of God.