Heroes* (lower KS 3)

(* Stress you are using the term to include both men and women)

This lesson:

• Complements QCA non-statutory unit 5d 'How do the beliefs of Christians influence their actions?' and 7b 'What does justice mean to Christians?'
• Provides opportunity for moral and cultural development
• Supports RE's contribution to Citizenship

Learning Objectives

Pupils will:

• Explore ideas about what makes someone a hero
• Look at John the Baptist as an example of a Biblical hero
• Look at how values and beliefs influence people's actions

Resources:

• Scrap paper for teams to write scores
• Sticky labels or something similar that can be written on and temporarily stuck on a chair
• Calculator (optional)
• Up to seven chairs set aside
• List of famous black people (PDF)
• Luke 3: 3-20
• Biography of Mary McLeod Bethune
• IT access

Articles

Lesson Plan -

Files Section

These are links to files that you might like to access and/or download for printing etc

Hall of fame (PDF) -