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Learning Objectives
- Awareness of how students make their own moral decisions.
- Assess the value of Christian moral decision making.
- Evaluate how to make moral decisions.
1. Awareness of how students make their own moral decisions.
The Dark Knight View Lesson»
The Joker poses a life-or-death dilemma for the people of Gotham city, prompting your students to consider how a person’s worldview affects their moral decision making.
Students will:
- Reflect upon what makes some decisions difficult to make
- Reflect upon the moral implications of a life and death choice from the film The Dark Knight
- Analyse six different approaches to making moral decisions and apply each to the dilemma from The Dark Knight
- Apply the six ethical approaches to one or more other hypothetical moral dilemmas
- Analyse Bible passages to determine some of the factors that Christians might consider when making moral decisions
- Synthesise learning by writing a discussion between different superheroes, each of whom subscribes to a different approach 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
Thunderbirds View Lesson»
Alan Tracy literally has the life of his enemy in his hands – will he spare him, or let him die? Alan’s dilemma prompts a lesson about different ethical approaches to moral decision making.
Students will:
- know what is meant by the term 'moral decision'
- Consider how they make moral decisions
- Be aware of different ethical approaches to moral decision making
- Analyse and evaluate the consequences of each approach
- Understand how Christians make moral decisions
- Compare the Christian viewpoint with other ethical approaches
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
Cricket World Cup Controversy View Lesson»
The debate concerning England’s participation in the Cricket World Cup provides the backdrop for this consideration of the different factors that we take into account when making decisions.
- Students to be aware of the different factors that influence decision making, and to see how a Christian point of view affects their relative significance.
Spider-Man (2) View Lesson»
Spider-Man’s impossible moral dilemma leads into a lesson on how people make decisions.
Students will:
- know what is meant by the term 'moral decision'
- Consider how they make moral decisions
- Be aware of different ethical approaches to moral decision making
- Analyse and evaluate the consequences of each approach
- Understand how Christians make moral decisions
- Compare the Christian viewpoint with other ethical approaches
2. Assess the value of Christian moral decision making.
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 Dark Knight View Lesson»
The Joker poses a life-or-death dilemma for the people of Gotham city, prompting your students to consider how a person’s worldview affects their moral decision making.
Students will:
- Reflect upon what makes some decisions difficult to make
- Reflect upon the moral implications of a life and death choice from the film The Dark Knight
- Analyse six different approaches to making moral decisions and apply each to the dilemma from The Dark Knight
- Apply the six ethical approaches to one or more other hypothetical moral dilemmas
- Analyse Bible passages to determine some of the factors that Christians might consider when making moral decisions
- Synthesise learning by writing a discussion between different superheroes, each of whom subscribes to a different approach 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
Thunderbirds View Lesson»
Alan Tracy literally has the life of his enemy in his hands – will he spare him, or let him die? Alan’s dilemma prompts a lesson about different ethical approaches to moral decision making.
Students will:
- know what is meant by the term 'moral decision'
- Consider how they make moral decisions
- Be aware of different ethical approaches to moral decision making
- Analyse and evaluate the consequences of each approach
- Understand how Christians make moral decisions
- Compare the Christian viewpoint with other ethical approaches
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
Cricket World Cup Controversy View Lesson»
The debate concerning England’s participation in the Cricket World Cup provides the backdrop for this consideration of the different factors that we take into account when making decisions.
- Students to be aware of the different factors that influence decision making, and to see how a Christian point of view affects their relative significance.
Spider-Man (2) View Lesson»
Spider-Man’s impossible moral dilemma leads into a lesson on how people make decisions.
Students will:
- know what is meant by the term 'moral decision'
- Consider how they make moral decisions
- Be aware of different ethical approaches to moral decision making
- Analyse and evaluate the consequences of each approach
- Understand how Christians make moral decisions
- Compare the Christian viewpoint with other ethical approaches
3. Evaluate how to make moral decisions.
The Dark Knight View Lesson»
The Joker poses a life-or-death dilemma for the people of Gotham city, prompting your students to consider how a person’s worldview affects their moral decision making.
Students will:
- Reflect upon what makes some decisions difficult to make
- Reflect upon the moral implications of a life and death choice from the film The Dark Knight
- Analyse six different approaches to making moral decisions and apply each to the dilemma from The Dark Knight
- Apply the six ethical approaches to one or more other hypothetical moral dilemmas
- Analyse Bible passages to determine some of the factors that Christians might consider when making moral decisions
- Synthesise learning by writing a discussion between different superheroes, each of whom subscribes to a different approach 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
Thunderbirds View Lesson»
Alan Tracy literally has the life of his enemy in his hands – will he spare him, or let him die? Alan’s dilemma prompts a lesson about different ethical approaches to moral decision making.
Students will:
- know what is meant by the term 'moral decision'
- Consider how they make moral decisions
- Be aware of different ethical approaches to moral decision making
- Analyse and evaluate the consequences of each approach
- Understand how Christians make moral decisions
- Compare the Christian viewpoint with other ethical approaches
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
Cricket World Cup Controversy View Lesson»
The debate concerning England’s participation in the Cricket World Cup provides the backdrop for this consideration of the different factors that we take into account when making decisions.
- Students to be aware of the different factors that influence decision making, and to see how a Christian point of view affects their relative significance.
Spider-Man (2) View Lesson»
Spider-Man’s impossible moral dilemma leads into a lesson on how people make decisions.
Students will:
- know what is meant by the term 'moral decision'
- Consider how they make moral decisions
- Be aware of different ethical approaches to moral decision making
- Analyse and evaluate the consequences of each approach
- Understand how Christians make moral decisions
- Compare the Christian viewpoint with other ethical approaches
Star Trek Insurrection View Lesson»
What should characters in the film do when faced with a particular moral dilemma? Students consider the arguments on both sides of the issue, and come to a decision as to what is the right course of action.
- An understanding of both sides of a particular argument, and an awareness of how a Christian would be likely to resolve the dilemma.