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Year 5 · Religious education · Beliefs and big questions · Lesson 1

What are big questions?

What big questions are, examples of big questions, and how different religious and non-religious worldviews understand God.

Whiteboard video lesson: What are big questions?

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 what a big question is
  • Name religious and non-religious worldviews
  • Describe beliefs about God
  • Discuss respectfully

The method

  1. What's the question asking?
  2. What do worldviews say?
  3. What do you think?
  4. Listen respectfully.

Key words: big question, worldview, belief, God, Humanism, respect.

Worked examples

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

Question 1

What is a big question?

  1. Step 1: Meaning

Answer: a deep question about life that people answer differently

Question 2

Name a religious worldview.

  1. Step 1: Faith

Answer: e.g. Christianity / Islam / Judaism / Hinduism / Sikhism / Buddhism

Question 3

Name a non-religious worldview.

  1. Step 1: Human

Answer: Humanism