1. Pilgrimage To know what pilgrimage is and why it is important to religious believers.

2. Starter Think of a special place which is important to you. You must have a reason why it is important.

3. A Rough Guide to Pilgrimages: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/the- rough-guide-to-miracles-and- pilgrimages/2879.htmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/the- rough-guide-to-miracles-and- pilgrimages/2879.html

4. All will know what pilgrimage is. Most will be able to understand why pilgrimage is significant to religious believer. Some will be able to reflect on some of the benefits gained from going on pilgrimage. Success criterias

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7. Here are some places which are special to some people… River Ganges in Varanasi, India.

8. Bodh Gaya

9. Ka’aba, Holy City of Mecca

10. Golden Temple, Amritsar

11. The Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem

12. Western Wall, Jerusalem

13. The Holy Land, Jerusalem.

14. For this topic everyone is going to have a pilgrimage passport where you can record which different places of pilgrimage we have looked at 1. You need to fill in the details page of your passport 2. Your homework is to make an interesting cover for your passport. 3. Each lesson you need to design a ‘visa stamp’ for each of the places you have looked at. Each stamp should show something about the place.

15. What is a Pilgrimage ? Pilgrimage is a journey of spiritual significance. Often, a pilgrimage involves visiting a significant place which reflects spiritual and religious beliefs.

16. Places of Pilgrimage often become “special” because of something that happened there. Have you somewhere that is special to you – perhaps because of happy memories, or because it is peaceful and beautiful?

17. Extension Task – 5 W’s Factfile Select one of the places of pilgrimage. Create a fact file, including: where, what, when, why and who.

18. Recap All will know what pilgrimage is. Most will be able to understand why pilgrimage is significant to religious believer. Some will be able to reflect on some of the benefits gained from going on pilgrimage.