KS2 Religious Studies - Easter

This film is from the series My Life, My Religion - Christianity available on BBC Teach.

Nathan, 11, and Lara, 13, tell us about Christian celebrations on Good Friday and Easter Day.

They show us some of the differences and similarities between Roman Catholic and Anglican celebrations.

The festival of Easter is central to Christian belief because it is the day of the resurrection day - when Jesus was raised from the grave. This is why Christians believe in life after death.

Teacher Notes

Pupils could watch the clip and point out the different actions and objects that have a meaning - are symbols for Easter, for Jesus or for Christian beliefs. Often a symbol works as a reminder of a part of the story.

Give pupils this list of 5 symbols they will see in the clip. What does each one stand for, or link to? What reminders do these symbols provide of the stories of Jesus at the first Easter?

1: The fire burning on Easter morning
2: Touching the stone where Jesus fell
3: Hot cross buns
4: Easter eggs
5: Chickens born from the egg

Pupils could share their ideas. Symbolic meaning is often rich and complex so building up a picture of a range of meanings is good.

The meanings might be illustrated in a display of photos of key objects or printed stills from the film around which pupils’ suggestions of meaning could be displayed in ‘think bubbles’.

Curriculum Notes

This topic will be relevant to teaching Religious Education at KS2 or KS3 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and National 2 or 3 in Scotland.

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