Year 5 · Religious education · Beliefs and big questions · Lesson 3

How do we know what is right and wrong?

How different religions and Humanism guide right and wrong: the Ten Commandments, Five Pillars, Five Precepts, seva, dharma, ahimsa, empathy and the Golden Rule.

13-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

Explain sources of moral guidance
Describe key teachings from different worldviews
Explain the Golden Rule
Think through a moral dilemma

The method

What are the choices?
Who is affected?
What would worldviews say?
What do you decide?

Key words: Golden Rule, Ten Commandments, Five Precepts, seva, ahimsa, conscience.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

What is the Golden Rule?

Step 1: Treat

Answer: treat others as you want to be treated

Question 2

Who received the Ten Commandments?

Step 1: M...

Answer: Moses

Question 3

Give one of the Ten Commandments.

Step 1: Steal

Answer: do not steal / do not kill / honour your parents