GCSE Hinduism - L16/20 [Hindu Temples, Shrines, Sites of Pilgrimage, Worship in Nature] Darshan

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

It is designed for AQA and OCR specifications but relevant to all GCSE Hinduism Religious Studies teachers .

The download includes:
-A PPT Containing a Full Lesson
-A detailed lesson plan covering: objectives, key-words, differentiation, and lesson timeline
-A double-sided A3 worksheet
-A Knowledge Hunt file with learning points and images
-Homework

This lesson focuses on Sacred Spaces in Hinduism:

• The nature and importance of sacred places and spaces for Hindu worship:
• Temples
• Shrines
• Sites of pilgrimage
• Outdoors
• Hills and rivers

• The purpose and practice of pilgrimage
• Sites of pilgrimage, including varanasi and the river Ganges, and the purpose of pilgrimage to different sites
• The significance of pilgrimage and practices for Hindus, and their relationship to the different yogas
• The importance of darshan and the different forms it can take in relation to murti, holy people and sites of holy places
• Common and divergent emphases given to the sources of wisdom and authority by different Hindi groups
• Different interpretations and emphases given to sources of wisdom and authority by different Hindu groups

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