1. What do you think this means for you?
SILENT STARTER
Amos said,
‘Let justice roll like a river and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.’
What do you think this means for you?
Would your priorities be different to those of a young person living somewhere else in the world, eg Africa?

2. Listen to the song ‘God of Justice’ by Tim Hughes

4. Learning objective: to interpret the teaching of Amos about justice
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
Must know examples of the teaching of Amos about justice
Should be able to explain different interpretations of this teaching (Levels 5-6)
Might be able to analyse how this teaching might mean different things to different people as a result of when and where they lived (L7+).
Skills
Analysis
Effective participator
Attributes
Reasoning and responsible learner
Christian value: justice

5. THINK ABOUT BEING AN EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATOR

6. CAN YOU BE A SILENT EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATOR?
Sort out your cards to make a verse from book of Amos.
NO TALKING!
This is a race!!

7. Record your verse at the top of your grid

8. Can you scrutinise information?
Investigate
Consider
Criticise
Examine
Deduce
Explore
4 Analysing

10. Learning objective: to interpret the teaching of Amos about justice
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
Must know examples of the teaching of Amos about justice
Should be able to explain different interpretations of this teaching (Levels 5-6)
Might be able to analyse how this teaching might mean different things to different people as a result of when and where they lived (L7+).
Skills
Analysis
Effective participator
Attributes
Reasoning and responsible learner
Christian value: justice

11. WORK IN GROUPS TO FILL IN THE ANALYSIS SHEET ABOUT YOUR VERSE

12. RALLY ROBIN

13. Record your ideas

14. Read your information card about life at the time of Amos
Read your information card about life at the time of Amos. Use it to think about your quote.
What was Amos talking about? What was his message to the people of his time?
Record your ideas.

15. Record your ideas. It is the depth of explanation here which will help you to HIGH LEVELS.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE UNDERSTOOD THIS. YOU WILL HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT TO ANOTHER GROUP!

17. Check through the analysis sheets.
Make sure you are ready to teach another group
about what your quote might mean today
what it might have meant at the time of Amos
any important information about history and culture that they will need to know
How could you make your teaching exciting? Would a whiteboard or a plasticene model help?

18. Record what you learn on the summary grid
JIGSAW GROUPS
Record what you learn on the summary grid

20. WRITING YOUR ASSESSMENT Write a paragraph about each verse from Amos
WRITING YOUR ASSESSMENT Write a paragraph about each verse from Amos. Use the three steps to write each paragraph. Remember – you will get high levels for original and creative thinking about the issue. Deduce connections between background information and meanings. Synthesise information and deduce new meanings for Christians today.

22. Learning objective: to interpret the teaching of Amos about justice
Learning outcomes
Knowledge
Must know examples of the teaching of Amos about justice
Should be able to explain different interpretations of this teaching (Levels 5-6)
Might be able to analyse how this teaching might mean different things to different people as a result of when and where they lived (L7+).
Skills
Analysis
Effective participator
Attributes
Reasoning and responsible learner
Christian value: justice