RE at key stages 1 and 2
Unit RA: What are harvest festivals?
Section 2: What is a Christian harvest festival?
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Objectives |
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- that some Christians like to say thank you to God for the harvest
- that there are times in their own lives when they want to say thank you
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Activities |
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- Show the children some pictures of Christian harvest festivals. Discuss how and why Christians like to say thank you to God for the harvest.
- Ask the children to listen to (or learn) a harvest hymn.
- Ask the children to look at the words of a harvest prayer.
- Introduce the idea of thankfulness and the different ways that we 'say' thank you. Ask the children what they say thank you for and to whom.
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- show their knowledge and understanding of harvest by talking about how and why some Christians like to say thank you to God for the harvest by holding a harvest festival
- identify occasions when they want to say thank you for something, and talk about the reasons why
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Points to note |
- Use pictures of Christian harvest festivals from around the world.
- The order of the lessons could be altered to suit the timing of the school's harvest festival and the date of Sukkot.
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This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of
activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by
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