1. 1. Craig Evans, Jasmin Peppiatt, Katy Lord,Amanda Dowling, Emma HerdReligious EducationActivity PlanAbington GraveyardPedagogical Principles: Seek head, heart and hand.Learning Objective: To discuss and think aboutthe emotions and feelings we experience in thegraveyard setting and why.Part of activity(timing)Description AssessmentIntroduction to thegraveyard(10 minutes)Start by clarifying where we can/cannotwalk in the graveyard, and why.Teacher will have hidden differentemotion signs ( ). Children will havecollected these and talk about why peoplemight or might not feel like this in thegraveyard.- Can children expresstheir ideas andreason/justify them?Main activity forthe day (25minutes)Mixed-ability groups of five/six childrentake an iPad and video each otherspeaking about their emotions theyexperience in the graveyard. Those whoare less confident with expressing theirfeelings can use the sentence starter: Inthe graveyard, I feel _____. This is because______.After this, they will come back to the class,and show their videos. Videos will beuseful as those children who would notusually want to talk about their feelings infront of the class and still give acontribution but through a video insteadof face-to-face with their peers.- Can childrenunderstand theemotions themselvesand their peers feel inthe graveyard?- Can children identifydifferent emotions?End activity toconsolidateknowledge(5 minutes)Discuss and reflect on their learning andhow their emotions have changed anddiffered during the day. The teachershould also introduce the idea that somechildren and adults view death in adifferent way; some religions see it as areincarnation this can be continued inthe next lesson.Can children discussdifferent peoples andreligious groupsfeelings about death?
2. 2. Craig Evans, Jasmin Peppiatt, Katy Lord,Amanda Dowling, Emma HerdHomeworkChildren can talk to a parent/carer athome, or another member of staff atschool, about how they feel when theyvisit a graveyard.Can children identifythe emotions felt byothers?D-i fferentiation- Use pictures to support learners- Word bank to support vocabulary whenexplaining our emotions/feelings- Sentences starters can be providedSuccess Criteria- I can identify emotions I feel in a graveyard- I can describe how other people feel and theemotions they experience- I can understand why some people and religiousgroups feel differently about deathFollow-up LessonThis will follow on from how different groups of religious people feel differently andbelieve different things about death.