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Living a Hindu life: Belonging Aim: To explore Hinduisms special occasions and why religions mark these important moments?

Starter: What special occasions or ceremonies have you been through? (Religious, non-religious, rites of passage) Q: Discuss what effect have they had on you?

Q: Have they changed you in any way (physically, mentally, and spiritually)?

Q: Discuss whether other people treat you differently having been through an important ceremony?

Q: Discuss why these ceremonies are important?

Special Hindu occasions: Birth, naming and sacred thread.

How to make notes:

Copy: Special ceremonies are preformed throughout a Hindu’s life and Write subheading - Before they area called samskars.

A Hindubirth: will hope in their life to please Notes reduce the paragraph Brahman- and each ceremony brings them closer to God. They make up part read of a way to live eachsentences.

Hindu is also part you into 1 orand 2 full Youof a wider community.

give detail and explain what is happening.

Tasks:

1. Read p42-43 Hinduism textbooks – Sue Penney

Eg. Before birth: 2. Make notes and explain what happens to a Hindu at birth and atpray, the naming ceremony.

Before a baby arrives Hindu’s they make prayers to protect the notes mother, and forhappens a 3. Make and baby explain what at the healthy birth. sacred thread ceremony.

Q: Why are ceremonies like these so important to: • The Hindu child?

• The Hindu family?

• The Hindu community?

Task: Stick books Hindu ceremonies, birth,into naming, sacred thread. – Video

and complete

“There are many family ceremonies

Discuss Q: What do you think about these religious and they happen at all the key stages ceremonies?

Hindu in the life of a ________.

Discuss Q: Are they important in growing up?

A really important ceremony for boys sacred thread ceremony. is the _______ Suggested tasks: thread for The boy will wear the _______ 1. Imagine you have attended one of these rituals for a baby/ child. Write the a letter about it to someone yourest know. of his life and it marks growing up. The • What happened? another stage in ________ • What did it mean? ceremony is another way of saying you • The thoughts and feelings are of the people there (especially infant theand I no longer an _______ parents). thought people • Your thoughts and feelings at being there. would treat me with a respect little more ________.”

2. Create a card to express the sentiment of one ceremony studied.

Infant and Sacred Growing Hindu Thread Respect • Draw beautiful designs, images symbols for the front cover.

• Write a well wishing note to the recipient

Plenary: 1. In a spider diagram - List the key elements at the centre of any special ceremony, religious, non-religious

Reflections

Feeling special

Celebrating

Sharing Religious symbols beliefs Being together

Reflection – What have I learned: Making promises

Religious ceremonies

Gathering a community Belonging

Rituals Q: How do religious ceremonies help us to Expressing our explore what life means? Use the words beliefs A special listen in your diagram to make a paragraph. place Tradition Creating an Celebrating Celebrating life faith

Being equal

identity

Dedication to God (Brahman)