GCSE Hinduism - Lesson 4/20 [Origins & Nature of Reality, Heavenly Realms, prakriti, purusha...]

This is the third in a series of lessons on Hinduism for GCSE level students for the 'Beliefs, Teachings & Practices' section of the course [section A].

It is designed around the OCR specification and is therefore suitable for teachers using the AQA specification (which is a less detailed equivalent to the OCR spec) and highly relevant to GCSE Religious Studies teachers regardless of the specification used.

The Download (comprising 7(+) files, within one zip file) includes:
-A PPT Containing a Full Lesson
-A complete lesson plan covering: objectives, key-words, differentiation, and lesson timeline
-A double-sided A3 worksheet (in 3 formats depending on your printing capacities)
-Silent debate A3 Worksheets for group activity
-18 Page colour knowledge-hunt (place around the room)
-A pack of classical sitar music to play during the knowledge hunt (SMSC)
-A Homework Task

The topic of the lesson focusses on the following part of the specification: The Nature of Reality

• The meanings of the terms: Maya, Loka, Devas and Asuras
• The concept of Loka (world/realm/space) and the ways the Lokas are divided
• The heavenly realms of the Tri-Murti: Brahma-Loka, Shiva-Loka and Vishnu-Loka/Vaikuntha
• The inhabitants of the different realms, including the belief that people are born into different realms as a result of karma
• The nature of the material world
• The meaning of prakriti, purusha and the trigunas
• The role and relationship of prakritim purusha and the trigunas in the creation and constitution of the material world
• The cycle of creation and destruction as it applies to the universe, including the roles of the Trimurti and the Mahayuga
• Common and divergent teachings and beliefs about worlds and their diverse inhabitants, including Maya, Loka, Devas and Asuras
• The nature of reality, including the way gunas interact to determine the nature of things
• Common and divergent understandings of cosmology and creation by different Hindu groups, including:
• The cyclical universe, trimurti, aum and mahayuga
• The relationship between the material world and the concept of Maya
• Different interpretations and emphases given to sources of wisdom and authority by different Hindu groups

Sources:
• The Nasadiya Sukta (Rig Veda)
• Katha Upanishad III 10–11
• Chandogya Upanishad III 14
• Bhagavad Gita XIII 19–20

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