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KEY STAGE 2 UNIT Spring 1a: Kingdom of God Concepts: Kingdom of God Medium Term Plan Year 6 KEY QUESTION Learning Objectives Learning Outcomes Activities Key Vocabulary How does a belief in the Kingdom of God inspire and influence Christians across the world? The children will learn: What Jesus taught about the Kingdom of God. How that belief affects Christians’ lives. To become aware of their own beliefs concerning the Kingdom of God and the impact of the Kingdom in their own lives. By the end of this unit: Emerging (Some children) I can talk the values of the Kingdom of God. I can explain that this is what Christians strive for. Expected (All children) I can say how the belief in the Kingdom of God inspires and influences Christians across the world. Exceeding (Few children) I can say how and why the belief in the Kingdom of God inspires Lesson 1-2 Ask: What would your perfect world look like? Provide a set of pictures that show different aspects of the world and ask the children in small groups to sort the pictures into two groups: ‘Things we would have in our perfect world’ and ‘Things we would not have in our perfect world’. Feedback encouraging all groups to give reasons for their choices. Ask the children to walk round the different groups to see their sorting exercise to get a view of all the images. Play the game “I see a….” No hands up or shouting out, children should say ‘I see a….’ and finish the sentence. Using post-its children should put their name on the image they think most represents the perfect world and be prepared to give a reason for their choices. Compare and contrast all groups’ ideas. Debate: Which top 3 things would we definitely have in our idea of a perfect world? Why? What makes these things worth striving for? List ideas on a working wall. Recall previous work on the Kingdom of God. Revisit images chosen earlier in the lesson and identify the top 3 that they think most represent the Kingdom of God. Words that might help the Wordles: Parables, service, love, faith Lord’s Prayer, Christianity charity, belief, acceptance tolerance, equality, sin, war peace, reconciliation Holy Spirit Resources Images of the for sorting: local church school heaven