Students could breakdown Students might create an acrostic poem Acrostic poem each of the key elements on the word Tawhid. In order to template created on and look at these in detail. facilitate this it is important that word processor. students have a good understanding of this word. An appropriate video to explain the Students share their acrostic poems concept of Tawhid. with the class and teacher nominates a winner. Differentiation and extension opportunity: Students could be given prompts to simplify the acrostic poem task with a visual aid or a bank of words to choose from. The more able could be asked to complete these using full sentences. Lesson Topic title Subject-specific Guidance Learning activity Resources Number detail God as a guide. Lesson The nature of Omnipotence, The focus in this lesson is Students could be asked to use words Lynch, Claire 4 to look at the qualities of to describe God. Maybe give them an God beneficence, mercy, Clinton, Janet God and how Muslims example to start off. Feedback could be fairness and justice Orchard and understand the nature of as a whole class or in groups and set (Adalat in Shi’a Islam), Deborah Weston, God through them. the scene for the lesson. including different ideas Islam in Today’s about God’s Religion in World, Students could look at the 99 beautiful relationship with the Focus Series, gives names of Allah and discuss how they world: immanence and an excellent enhance understanding of Tawhid. transcendence. explanation. Study some of the following: Surahs 1, 4 and 112. Group work on Surah 1, the
Students could breakdown each of the key elements and look at these in detail. Students might create an acrostic poem on the word Tawhid. In order to facilitate this it is important that students have a good understanding of this word. Students share their acrostic poems with the class and teacher nominates a winner. Differentiation and extension opportunity: Students could be given prompts to simplify the acrostic poem task with a visual aid or a bank of words to choose from. The more able could be asked to complete these using full sentences. Acrostic poem template created on word processor. An appropriate video to explain the concept of Tawhid. Lesson Number Topic title Subject-specific detail Guidance Learning activity Resources Lesson 4 The nature of God Omnipotence, beneficence, mercy, fairness and justice (Adalat in Shi’a Islam), including different ideas about God’s relationship with the world: immanence and transcendence. The focus in this lesson is to look at the qualities of God and how Muslims understand the nature of God through them. Students could be asked to use words to describe God. Maybe give them an example to start off. Feedback could be as a whole class or in groups and set the scene for the lesson. Students could look at the 99 beautiful names of Allah and discuss how they enhance understanding of Tawhid. Study some of the following: Surahs 1, 4 and 112. Group work on Surah 1, the God as a guide. Lynch, Claire Clinton, Janet Orchard and Deborah Weston, Islam in Today’s World, Religion in Focus Series, gives an excellent explanation.
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