Special People, Special Places

Pilgrimage is a fascinating topic and very much 'alive and kicking' for Christians today. This book explores the wide-ranging concept of pilgrimage and seeks to inform and inspire Key Stage Two teachers, enabling them to introduce children to this exciting and challenging topic as part of their RE lessons. All the material is curriculum-linked in order to supplement the teaching of various units of study in the QCA national framework for RE and QCA non-statutory guidelines. The book is divided into three separate, yet interdependent, sections comprising: Life as a journey: designed to encourage children to explore ways in which relationships, places and experiences shape us as we grow and develop spiritually as well as physically Christians on the move: featuring ten famous Christian pilgrimage sites across Britain Pilgrimage in the Bible: examples of journeys from both the Old and New Testaments, showing how the concept of pilgrimage has been instrumental in shaping the lives of God's people Each section includes teacher fact files outlining background information, followed by creative activities to apply the learning, including dramatic readings, play scripts, poems, reading texts, photocopiable activity sheets, questions for discussion, drama, art and craft ideas, dance and music.

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