Images+of+God

Hi - I hope you are enjoying this unit with Year 8. I am finding they are very inquisitive about the similies and metaphors for God found in the Old Testament. I have placed a worksheet you may like to use on your desks.

I have also found a brilliant site for the study of Egyptian Gods. Have a look at [|www.britishmuseoum.org/explore/world_cultures/africa/ancient_egypt.aspx] as there are great teacher resources for background information. I played Banarama's "Walk Like an Egyptian" as the students were entering the room. Initially I gave students Gods and Goddesses worksheet (a DK worksheet). Note there are no stickers so students just draw in the space the image of the scarab beetle, the ibis and the cat. The worksheet is designed to appeal to our developing students as is pitched to their level. I asked students to highlight any tricky words which were spelt and explained briefly. Students went back to finishing those worksheets when they had completed other work.

We had already looked at God in Exodus so we had a firm basis to use critical thinking skills to compare and contrast monotheism and polytheism. Students were making good comparisons in the different belief systems. There are great short biographies on the gods and goddesses so students selected which ones interested them the most and then went ahead, draw a sketch, annotated the appearance and the purpose of the god or goddess. We got through 6 in the lesson - allowing approximately 5- 7 minutes for the sketch, annotation and discussion. We also copied out the opening page on the website which provided background to what we were about to learn about.

Students rated the lesson between 8-10/10. I look forward to hearing about your lesson plans and what the students are learning about.