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.

13-minute video lesson
Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.
Watch free for a monthWhat your child will learn
- Explain what a big question is
- Name religious and non-religious worldviews
- Describe beliefs about God
- Discuss respectfully
The method
- What's the question asking?
- What do worldviews say?
- What do you think?
- 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?
- Step 1: Meaning
Answer: a deep question about life that people answer differently
Question 2
Name a religious worldview.
- Step 1: Faith
Answer: e.g. Christianity / Islam / Judaism / Hinduism / Sikhism / Buddhism
Question 3
Name a non-religious worldview.
- Step 1: Human
Answer: Humanism