KS1 RE - Comparing Special Books!

In this engaging and informative lesson, students develop their understanding of the Bible, the Megillat Esther, and the Guru Granth Sahib, through comparing and contrasting the three texts. They learn and remember key facts about the texts, before discovering how to use connectives to write comparing and contrasting sentences.

The learning is guided by a clear and colourful PowerPoint presentation, which guides students through the following step-by-step journey:
-Playing an engaging game (embedded in slide show) to remember key facts about the Bible, the Megillat Esther and the Guru Granth Sahib);
-Learning more key facts about the three texts;
-Understanding how adding and contrasting connectives can be used to write comparative sentences;
-Applying this knowledge to write comparative sentences about the three religious texts;
-Peer assessing each others’ comparative sentences;
-Consider which books are special to them, and write about what makes them special;
-Self-reflecting on the extent to which they feel they have met the learning objective.

This resource pack includes the comprehensive PowerPoint presentation (20 slides) which has everything that you need to teach the lesson.

In the past, I have used this lesson with children from across Key Stage 1 - the key learning is aligned with curriculum expectations for RE, and also the content prescribed by most diocese regions. All images are licensed for commercial use.