Starter for 5! What does the term ‘predestination’ mean? Which angel will blow their trumpet to announce the world will be destroyed and be totally transformed into a new world (akhirah)? Which word for God means he will judge and punish us fairly? Give a quote that could be used to support fighting in a war. Give a quote that would be against the use of corporal punishment.
Starter for 5! What does the term ‘predestination’ mean? The idea that God knows everything that will happen in the universe. Which angel will blow their trumpet to announce the world will be destroyed and be totally transformed into a new world (akhirah)? Israfil Which word for God means he will judge and punish us fairly? All-merciful Give a quote that could be used to support fighting in a war. ‘An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth’, ‘beat the cutting blades of your ploughs into swords and your pruning hooks into spears’. Give a quote that would be against the use of corporal punishment. E.g. ‘turn the other cheek’, ‘love your neighbour as yourself.’
The Afterlife in Islam Learning Objective: To explore Muslim beliefs about life after death. I can understand how Muslim beliefs about the afterlife affect how a Muslim lives in this life. I can explain Muslim beliefs about the afterlife and the day of judgement. I can apply Muslim beliefs about heaven and hell.
What would they have written down? Your ‘Book of Deeds’ Imagine that angels have been recording all of your actions and words over the past week. All of your ‘good’ actions/words have been written on the right page and all of the ‘bad’ have been written on the left. What would they have written down? E.g. offering to stay after school to help Give students two post it notes and get them to write down a couple of examples – this is anonymous but they don’t have to be too honest! Get students to stick them up on the right and left hand side of the board. Question students here: e.g. how would it make you feel if this happened and would be read out? Would it make you act any differently? Which post it note was easier to fill out? E.g. lying about being late
What does this teach Muslims about responsibility and accountability? Judgement How would Muslim beliefs in the Day of Judgement and Book of Deeds affect the way they live their life? Muslims believe that on the Day of Judgement they will be given new bodies and their ‘Book of Deeds’ will be handed to them to be read out. If people are given the book in their right hand they will go to heaven, if they receive it in their left they will go to hell. How does this link to the concept of justice and God being all-merciful? What does this teach Muslims about responsibility and accountability? Think, pair, share – students to discuss the three questions on the board. Draw out it will mean they will try to be a good Muslim, e.g. pray 5 times a day, give to the poor etc. It also teaches them that from the age of puberty everyone is responsible for their actions and God will hold them accountable. It shows believers that there is fairness and justice, people will not get away with doing wrong actions and will be punished for their wrongdoing. Equally the good will be rewarded.
The Afterlife in Islam Learning Objective: To explore Muslim beliefs about life after death. I can understand how Muslim beliefs about the afterlife affect how a Muslim lives in this life. I can explain Muslim beliefs about the afterlife and the day of judgement. I can apply Muslim beliefs about heaven and hell.
Muslim beliefs about the afterlife… You will each have a sheet with information on Muslim beliefs about the afterlife but you will notice there are some words missing. You will need to scan the QR codes around the room to find the missing words and work out which gap they fill. On each QR code there will also be a word in quotation marks underneath each word. Write these words down on the back of your sheet and when you have collected them all you need to put them into a sentence – the first group to fill in all the gaps and create the sentence win e-refs! Link on from this and explain that students will now being learning more about the day of judgement and what heaven and hell are believed to be like in Islam.
Key Knowledge Check Which term means everlasting life after death in Islam? Barzakh b) Akhirah c) Resurrection d) Salvation Which term means that when you die you will enter a state of waiting for the Day of Judgement? Barzakh b) Predestination c) Resurrection d) Israfil 3. What hand will your ‘book of deeds’ be given in if you are going to hell? Right b) Left 4. Belief in life after death is a key belief in Sunni (6 articles of faith) and Shi’a (5 roots) Islam. True b) False 5. How many angels will be sent to you in the grave to question you about your faith? 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 5 6. Fill in the gap in this quote to describe heaven: ‘Feasting on … and honoured in the garden of delight’ a) Meat b) Sugar c) Plants d) Fruit Complete the quick multiple choice questions with students before moving on. They could do this by standing up to indicate which letter they think it is etc. or moving to different corners of the room.
The Afterlife in Islam Learning Objective: To explore Muslim beliefs about life after death. I can understand how Muslim beliefs about the afterlife affect how a Muslim lives in this life. I can explain Muslim beliefs about the afterlife and the day of judgement. I can apply Muslim beliefs about heaven and hell.
Postcards from Heaven/Hell Half of the room is going to send a postcard from heaven. You need to include: A description of what heaven/paradise is like (include quotes) What you did in order to get there e.g. pray 5x a day How it felt having your book of deeds read out Your advice to other people on how to get there An illustration for the front of your postcard Half of the room is going to send a postcard from hell. You need to include: A description of what hell is like (include quotes) What you did in order to get there i.e. not following Muslim teachings How it felt having your book of deeds read out Your advice to other people on how to avoid going to hell An illustration for the front of your postcard
The Afterlife in Islam Learning Objective: To explore Muslim beliefs about life after death. I can understand how Muslim beliefs about the afterlife affect how a Muslim lives in this life. I can explain Muslim beliefs about the afterlife and the day of judgement. I can apply Muslim beliefs about heaven and hell.