1. Starter for 5!
Who did Shi’a Muslims believe should take over after Muhammad?
Give two examples of ways Christians have been persecuted for their faith.
Give two things that happen during a believers baptism in Christianity.
Give one positive of using fines as a type of punishment.
Which quote means God wants people to be punished for their wrong actions to they can learn from their mistakes?

2. Starter for 5!
Who did Shi’a Muslims believe should take over after Muhammad? Ali
Give two examples of ways Christians have been persecuted for their faith. E.g. being made to pay higher taxes, attacks on their homes/churches, being killed for their faith
Give two things that happen during a believers baptism in Christianity. They have baptism classes, they give their testimony, they make promises to God, they are fully immersed in water
Give one positive of using fines as a type of punishment. The community is repaid financially for the crime, the money can be used to help victims of crime
Which quote means God wants people to be punished for their wrong actions to they can learn from their mistakes? ‘God disciplines the ones he loves.’

3. What is important to Kim Kardashian?
This is a concentric circle – what would she put in the middle, what would she put nearer the outside? E.g. Food, Water, Money, Pets, Holidays, Mother, Sister, Car, House, Swimming Pool, Clothes, Phone, Make Up, Music, Film Star, Cinema, Walk, Mountains, Hot Tub, Views, Sweets, Motor Bike, Football, Sport, Brother, Hair Cut, Dad, Shopping, Jewellery, Shoes, Sun, Books, Basketball, Jeans, Bike, Jewellery, Sleep

4. What is important to you?
Now students need to do the same for themselves – what is most important to them?
Explain we will be coming back to this idea later in the lesson.

5. Tawhid
Learning Objective: To understand the concept of Tawhid and it’s importance in Islam.
I can explain the Muslim concept of Tawhid
I can apply the Muslim concept of Tawhid
I can compare the Muslim concept of Tawhid to the Christian concept of the Trinity

6. What’s the most important thing to a Muslim?
I bear witness that there is no god but God and that Muhammad is the Messenger of God.
He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; None is born of Him, nor is He born; And there is none like Him.
It is Allah alone who created all things, is all things. We would have nothing without Allah.
Can you think of one way they could impact a believer?
What do these statements mean?
What do they all have in common?

7. The Oneness and the unity of God.
Tawhid
Keyword: Tawhid
The Oneness and the unity of God.
This means God…
has no partners
is omniscient (knows all things)
is omnipotent (can do anything, is all- powerful)
is the one God of all time and all humankind
Following on from the statements explain the concept of Tawhid.

8. Key Quote
Make sure students have this quote in their books as this quote is in the exam specification. Students could practice memorising this in pairs.
‘He is God the One, God the eternal. He begot no one nor was He begotten. No one is comparable to him.’

9. Tawhid
Learning Objective: To understand the concept of Tawhid and it’s importance in Islam.
I can explain the Muslim concept of Tawhid
I can apply the Muslim concept of Tawhid
I can compare the Muslim concept of Tawhid to the Christian concept of the Trinity

10. Apply Tawhid Spot the Difference
Draw out that a key difference between Christianity and Islam is the use of images. Explain to students that the belief in the oneness of God means Muslims do not allow images or pictures of God because he is unique, there is nothing we can compare God to. So a Mosque will be decorated with geometric patterns or with verses from the Qur’an. They also do not allow images of Muhammad as he should not be worshiped as this would be idolatry.

11. Watch the following clip…
Apply Tawhid
Watch the following clip…
How would a Muslim respond to what he is saying?
For Muslims it is not enough to just believe in one God, they must show this in their daily lives. Muslims must never make anything in their lives more important than God, including their family, their money or their jobs.
Watch the clip on the greed speech from the original wolf of wall street where he says that ‘greed is good’. Get students to apply the idea of Tawhid to this. Explain how important it is for Muslims to show their belief in the oneness of God in their daily lives.

12. Apply Tawhid
On one post it note write down an example of Tawhid in action and on the other post it note write down an example of Tawhid not in action.
Tawhid in Action
Tawhid not in Action
Summarise their understanding of how Tawhid applies to a Muslim’s everyday life by getting students to give examples of Tawhid in action and not in action.

13. What is important to a Muslim?
Apply Tawhid
What is important to a Muslim?
Based on what they have learned about tawhid, what would a Muslim put in their concentric circle?
Question here as to how this compares to their own concentric circle.

14. Tawhid
Learning Objective: To understand the concept of Tawhid and it’s importance in Islam.
I can explain the Muslim concept of Tawhid
I can apply the Muslim concept of Tawhid
I can compare the Muslim concept of Tawhid to the Christian concept of the Trinity

15. Which concept do you prefer and why?
Tawhid Vs. Trinity
Tawhid
Vs.
The Trinity
Use this as an opportunity to recap Christian beliefs about the Trinity. You could do this as a group, written reflection, verbal boxing.
What are the similarities and differences between Tawhid and the trinity?
Which concept do you prefer and why?

16. Tawhid
Learning Objective: To understand the concept of Tawhid and it’s importance in Islam.
I can explain the Muslim concept of Tawhid
I can apply the Muslim concept of Tawhid
I can compare the Muslim concept of Tawhid to the Christian concept of the Trinity