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Learning Objectives
- Understand the Christian worldview, as it relates to making moral decisions.
- Understand key concepts (Ten Commandments, Sermon on the Mount).
- Awareness of student's own worldview.
1. Understand the Christian worldview, as it relates to making moral decisions.
The Jane Austen Book Club View Lesson»
A married woman halts before starting an affair to consider what Jane Austen would do. Students consider what factors influence them in their moral decision making, and examine the influence that faith in Jesus has on Christians’ decision making.
Students will:
- reflect upon the people they would turn to for advice in different circumstances
- Analyse a film clip to determine what influences affected one particular moral decision, and why those influences were significant to the character making the decision
- Evaluate the factors that would influence them in making a similar moral decision
- Analyse Bible passages to determine how Christians might answer the question ‘What would Jesus do?’
- Reflect upon other parts of the Bible which Christians might find helpful in making moral decisions
- Synthesise learning by summarising how different people might advise responding to different moral dilemmas
Doctor Who: Dalek View Lesson»
Different worldviews and their effect on decision making are shown from an episode of the science-fiction serial.
Students will:
- Reflect upon the significance of worldview in shaping behaviour and decisions
- Evaluate two extreme worldviews, as expressed in clips from Doctor Who
- Contrast these worldviewe with a Christian worldview
- Analyse the significance of a Christian worldview in shaping behaviour and decisions
- Produce a piece of written work speculating on how someone with a Christian worldview might react to the situation in the scenes from Doctor Who
Collateral View Lesson»
A hit-man justifies his life to a harassed taxi driver, revealing a worldview that accepts no sense of purpose or hope.
Students will:
- Reflect upon the significance of worldview in shaping behaviour and decisions
- Evaluate one particular worldview, as expressed in film clips
- Contrast this worldview with a Christian worldview
- Analyse the significance of a Christian worldview in shaping behaviour and decisions
- Produce a piece of written work presenting careers advice that is based on a Christian worldview.
Ten Commandments Survey View Lesson»
A recent survey that revealed a general lack of awareness about the Ten Commandments by young people is the starting point for this lesson on the Christian worldview.
Students will:
- Consider the role of rules in making moral decisions
- Explore the significance of the Ten Commandments as part of the Christian worldview
- Come up with a definition and description of the Christian worldview
- Consider what their own worldview is and how it shapes their decisions
The Eleventh Commandment View Lesson»
A recent competition to find an eleventh Commandment leads into a lesson explaining the significance for Christians of the other ten.
Students will:
- Reflect upon the values that determine how they live their lives.
- Evaluate whether or not sets of life-rules, such as the Ten Commandments, are a good thing to follow.
- Suggest an eleventh Commandment to add to the existing ten.
- Reflect upon the difference between rules and relationships.
- Analyse whether the Ten Commandments are still relevant to modern life
- Analyse the effect of people not keeping the Ten Commandments (for themselves and on other people)
- Reflect what life might be like if everyone tried to keep the Ten Commandments.
The Miracle Maker View Lesson»
This teaching block begins with a clip of Jesus teaching the crowd, taken from the film The Miracle Maker, and goes on to consider the relevance and impact of the moral framework contained in the Sermon on the Mount.
- To write a list of alternative Beatitudes, reflecting the world as it is today.
- An account on how Christians should live today if they were trying to obey Jesus’ teaching in the Sermon on the Mount.
The Ten Commandments View Lesson»
Understand the key concepts (Ten Commandments, Sermon on the Mount)
- A list of Ten Commandments for today, with explanation of how this would make for a better society.
- An acrostic poem suggesting what society would be like if everyone used the Ten Commandments as the basis for how they behave.
2. Understand key concepts (Ten Commandments, Sermon on the Mount).
Quantum of Solace View Lesson»
James Bond and a friend discuss the difficulties of telling right from wrong. Students do likewise (but without entering into a world of death, betrayal and international espionage. Not during lesson time, anyway).
Students will:
- Reflect upon a number of moral scenarios, determining in each whether the actions described are morally right or morally wrong
- Assess the ease or difficulty of determining right from wrong
- Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of six different approaches to making moral decisions
- Analyse a Christian perspective on making moral decisions, evaluating the strengths and weaknesses
- Synthesise learning by writing a continuation of a scene from the film Quantum of Solace
The Jane Austen Book Club View Lesson»
A married woman halts before starting an affair to consider what Jane Austen would do. Students consider what factors influence them in their moral decision making, and examine the influence that faith in Jesus has on Christians’ decision making.
Students will:
- reflect upon the people they would turn to for advice in different circumstances
- Analyse a film clip to determine what influences affected one particular moral decision, and why those influences were significant to the character making the decision
- Evaluate the factors that would influence them in making a similar moral decision
- Analyse Bible passages to determine how Christians might answer the question ‘What would Jesus do?’
- Reflect upon other parts of the Bible which Christians might find helpful in making moral decisions
- Synthesise learning by summarising how different people might advise responding to different moral dilemmas
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End View Lesson»
The decision-making at the Pirates’ Brethren Council is compared with the way modern Christians interpret tradition and the Bible in making moral decisions.
Students will:
- Reflect upon the case for breaking rules
- Identify different attitudes towards tradition and rules from a film clip
- Evaluate the merits of the Ten Commandments
- Evaluate Christian rules for life from the Bible
- Analyse the demands of Jesus’ approach to rules
- Consider whether obeying the letter of the law is harder or easier than obeying the spirit of the law
- Synthesise learning by identifying some rules that apply in modern life, and suggesting the difference between complying with the letter and the spirit of those rules.
Ten Commandments Survey View Lesson»
A recent survey that revealed a general lack of awareness about the Ten Commandments by young people is the starting point for this lesson on the Christian worldview.
Students will:
- Consider the role of rules in making moral decisions
- Explore the significance of the Ten Commandments as part of the Christian worldview
- Come up with a definition and description of the Christian worldview
- Consider what their own worldview is and how it shapes their decisions
The Eleventh Commandment View Lesson»
A recent competition to find an eleventh Commandment leads into a lesson explaining the significance for Christians of the other ten.
Students will:
- Reflect upon the values that determine how they live their lives.
- Evaluate whether or not sets of life-rules, such as the Ten Commandments, are a good thing to follow.
- Suggest an eleventh Commandment to add to the existing ten.
- Reflect upon the difference between rules and relationships.
- Analyse whether the Ten Commandments are still relevant to modern life
- Analyse the effect of people not keeping the Ten Commandments (for themselves and on other people)
- Reflect what life might be like if everyone tried to keep the Ten Commandments.
Pirates of the Caribbean (2) View Lesson»
A light-hearted introduction blockbuster movie Pirates of the Caribbean leads to a study of how Christians follow rules for life.
Students will:
- Understand the difference between a rule and a guideline
- Evaluate Christian rules for life from the Bible
- Analyse the demands of Jesus’ approach to rules
- Consider whether obeying the letter of the law is harder or easier than obeying the spirit of the law
- Produce a personal rule to live by and analyse the implication of applying that rule in different ways
The Good Girl (3) View Lesson»
The moral choices faced by Jennifer Aniston’s character in The Good Girl provides the starting point for an examination of how pupils go about making moral decisions.
Students will:
- Investigate how they make moral decisions
- Explore the consequences of moral decisions
- Discover what moral guidance is offered by the Ten Commandments
The Miracle Maker View Lesson»
This teaching block begins with a clip of Jesus teaching the crowd, taken from the film The Miracle Maker, and goes on to consider the relevance and impact of the moral framework contained in the Sermon on the Mount.
- To write a list of alternative Beatitudes, reflecting the world as it is today.
- An account on how Christians should live today if they were trying to obey Jesus’ teaching in the Sermon on the Mount.
The Ten Commandments View Lesson»
Understand the key concepts (Ten Commandments, Sermon on the Mount)
- A list of Ten Commandments for today, with explanation of how this would make for a better society.
- An acrostic poem suggesting what society would be like if everyone used the Ten Commandments as the basis for how they behave.
3. Awareness of student's own worldview.
The Jane Austen Book Club View Lesson»
A married woman halts before starting an affair to consider what Jane Austen would do. Students consider what factors influence them in their moral decision making, and examine the influence that faith in Jesus has on Christians’ decision making.
Students will:
- reflect upon the people they would turn to for advice in different circumstances
- Analyse a film clip to determine what influences affected one particular moral decision, and why those influences were significant to the character making the decision
- Evaluate the factors that would influence them in making a similar moral decision
- Analyse Bible passages to determine how Christians might answer the question ‘What would Jesus do?’
- Reflect upon other parts of the Bible which Christians might find helpful in making moral decisions
- Synthesise learning by summarising how different people might advise responding to different moral dilemmas
Tristan and Isolde View Lesson»
Love or honour: which matters most? Students use Tristan and Isolde’s dilemma as a springboard for exploring different concepts of right and wrong.
Students will:
- Reflect upon the way that their perspective on life influences the decisions that they make
- Reflect upon the worldviews displayed by two film characters in resolving a personal dilemma
- Analyse the positive and negative aspects of the courses of action urged by each of the two characters
- Analyse a number of ethical philosophies, reflecting on the positive and negative aspects of each
- Apply a number of ethical philosophies to hypothetical scenarios, considering how each philosophy might influence decision making
- Analyse a number of Bible passages and consider how they might be applied to the dilemma from the film clips and other scenarios
- Synthesise a summary of the students' own worldview
- Synthesise a summary of the strengths and weaknesses of all of the ethical philosophies considered in the lesson
Doctor Who: Dalek View Lesson»
Different worldviews and their effect on decision making are shown from an episode of the science-fiction serial.
Students will:
- Reflect upon the significance of worldview in shaping behaviour and decisions
- Evaluate two extreme worldviews, as expressed in clips from Doctor Who
- Contrast these worldviewe with a Christian worldview
- Analyse the significance of a Christian worldview in shaping behaviour and decisions
- Produce a piece of written work speculating on how someone with a Christian worldview might react to the situation in the scenes from Doctor Who
Collateral View Lesson»
A hit-man justifies his life to a harassed taxi driver, revealing a worldview that accepts no sense of purpose or hope.
Students will:
- Reflect upon the significance of worldview in shaping behaviour and decisions
- Evaluate one particular worldview, as expressed in film clips
- Contrast this worldview with a Christian worldview
- Analyse the significance of a Christian worldview in shaping behaviour and decisions
- Produce a piece of written work presenting careers advice that is based on a Christian worldview.
Ten Commandments Survey View Lesson»
A recent survey that revealed a general lack of awareness about the Ten Commandments by young people is the starting point for this lesson on the Christian worldview.
Students will:
- Consider the role of rules in making moral decisions
- Explore the significance of the Ten Commandments as part of the Christian worldview
- Come up with a definition and description of the Christian worldview
- Consider what their own worldview is and how it shapes their decisions
The Eleventh Commandment View Lesson»
A recent competition to find an eleventh Commandment leads into a lesson explaining the significance for Christians of the other ten.
Students will:
- Reflect upon the values that determine how they live their lives.
- Evaluate whether or not sets of life-rules, such as the Ten Commandments, are a good thing to follow.
- Suggest an eleventh Commandment to add to the existing ten.
- Reflect upon the difference between rules and relationships.
- Analyse whether the Ten Commandments are still relevant to modern life
- Analyse the effect of people not keeping the Ten Commandments (for themselves and on other people)
- Reflect what life might be like if everyone tried to keep the Ten Commandments.
The Beach View Lesson»
The film The Beach shows us how a dominant worldview will shape a group’s behaviour and guide it’s decision making process. Students imagine their own ideal communities and consider what they reveal about their own worldview.
- Students produce a worksheet showing what they believe would be important in a community, and a summary of how this reflects their own worldview.