`CHRISTAN STUDIES UNIT PLAN Peace Lutheran Primary School

UNIT TITLE
Images of God and the Trinity CB CC

STAGE 3

Term 2, 2012 Teachers: Jo, Anna, Scott, Dom

CW BAND C DURATION OF UNIT 10 weeks

CL

KEY IDEAS three in one separate yet the same God is known as God the Father, God the Son & Holy Spirit

OUTCOMES

CB 4.1 Students analyse Christian beliefs about the ways God reveals himself as one God: Father, Son and Hold Spirit. Students/ learners profile UNIT OVERVIEW Students will examine their concept of God as Father, Son & Holy Spirit. Students look at various images of God Prior learning/ interests/ needs of students and key Bible passages to find out the different names referring to the trinity. Students explore how God communicates with us through his word, as a person, through Jesus and the spirit. Variety of religious backgrounds including atheist and some very open & strong Christians. Students are familiar with technology use. Male members of the class are often hard to engage.

Contribution to Lifelong Qualities for Learners

Self-directed, insightful investigator and learner Open, responsive communicator and facilitator Discerning, resourceful problem solver and implementer Principled, resilient leader and collaborator Adept, creative producer and contributor Caring, steadfast supporter and advocate

Essential and Guiding Questions

Links to other (statement that makes explicit the central, curriculum areas
core idea developed in unit) When you think of God what do you see? If you had to create an image of God what would it be? What is your idea of the trinity Father, Son & Holy Spirit If you had to create an image of God what would it be? What attributes of a person does God have? School values Bounce Back Games factory

Values
Love Humility Justice Courage Compassion Hope Forgiveness Quality Service Appreciation

Students Know
(Identify specific knowledge students need to achieve the outcomes) God is Father, Son & Holy Spirit

Students Can
(Identify what students will have the opportunity to demonstrate) Communicate their concept of God: Father,

Student Questions
What does trinity mean? How can there be three parts if there is only one God?

God has many other names as referred to in the Bible The concept of the trinity How God reveals himself Through his word As person (e.g. in the garden of Eden) Through the incarnation Jesus the word of God among us As creator, provider, protector, preserver, sustainer, healer Through continuing creation

Son & Holy Spirit Identify some of the various names of God Explain their understanding of Gods complex nature through a multimodal text

How do we know what God looks like?

Develop Assessment
Type of Assessment (Observation, Consultation, Focused Analysis, Peer/ Self Assessment) O C FA P/SA Inform reporting Year 5 Students discuss the concept of the trinity in more depth. Investigate symbols such as the Shamrock and how they represent the trinity. Students create their own image of the Trinity from a real life example and explain how it relates. Year 6 & 7 Students are to choose from one of the songs and put images of God with the song. Students may be able to brain storm appropriate songs. They are to create at least one image that relates to God. Students appropriateness of representations for God and the Trinity. Students ability to justify their images and representations of God and the Trinity. Commenced in week 3 Due in week 6 What will be assessed When it will be assessed

Make Judgments
Purpose of Assessment Assessable Elements

Multimodal text created by Year 6 To broaden students & 7 students and oral explanation understanding of the way in which the trinity is represented, how God Self-created image of the trinity shows himself and how he is and written explanation. represented in the bible and the world.

Review students beliefs/ opinions on God, Jesus, Holy Spirit, Church, worship, their spiritual life. Students display their current understanding of God and the Holy Trinity in their work books (words, sentences, bible references, images). Students show and explain their display to the class. The class then views the images of God and discuss. When you think of God what do you see? If you had to create an image of God what would it be? What is your idea of the trinity Father, Son & Holy Spirit If you had to create an image of the trinity what would it be? Look at Christian based ideas from Stage 2 and discuss that there are 3 parts to 1 body Look at Real life examples (apple, egg and shamrock) Giving examples of our own version of the Trinity (Like Annas Surfboard)

Week 1 Friday Zone Carnival

Sequence of learning opportunities and teaching strategies

Adjustments for needs of learners

Ensure that regular checks are done of student progress on work and assessment. Allow for alternative methods of communication of ideas use of iPads to record ideas, consultation with teacher to complete explanation of topics, group work to complete tasks where appropriate. Allow for digital versions of drawings if students prefer this method.

Resources

The Trinity Worksheets

Father Deuteronomy 33:27 Matthew 28:20 Psalm 145:15 Son John 14:6 John 10:30 Holy Spirit Acts 2:5-47 Mark 1:10 Acts 2:2

Week 2 Monday Secondary Encounters Y7, Wednesday ANZAC day

Brainstorm symbols, words, pictures, images which are used to describe God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit, burning bush, Garden of Eden). Draw into book in a Y Chart. Discuss each and how they symbolise God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Identify which ones students have seen and which ones they relate to

most. Look at bible stories/verses for each one

# whoever has the computers on the Monday of Week 3, they will need to have looked at Images of Jesus prior to beginning assessment task Week 3 Year 5
Assessment

Acts 2:3 Isaiah 11:2 1 Corinthians 12:3

Students discuss the concept of the trinity in more depth. Investigate symbols such as the Shamrock and how they represent the trinity. Students create their own image of the Trinity from a real life example and explain how it relates.

Music tracks Indescribable - Chris Tomlin Our God is an Awesome God stage 2 server Lord of Lords Hillsong http://www.turnbacktogod.co m/tag/hillsongs/ - Third Day Holy Spirit and Jesus Images server stage 3 Bible Verses LIFE curriculum Annas Powerpoint server stage 3 Bible

Year 6 & 7

Students are to choose from one of the songs and put images of God with the song. Students may be able to brain storm appropriate songs. They are to create at least one image that relates to God of their own.

Week 4 Labour Day

Work on Assessment task focussing on Jesus Images and related Bible Verses. Week 5 Work on Assessment task focussing on God Images and related Bible Verses.

Work on Assessment task focussing on Holy Spirit Images and related Bible Verses. Assessment Due at the end of Week 6. It will be presented to the class by listening to the song and the student having their images run on the screen. Students will also have captions under pictures to tell the audience of what the picture means to them. There needs to be 1 image for each part of the Trinity created by the students (either by a picture they have taken or one they have drawn/created)

Week 6

Week 7 - 10
Students investigate some leaders in the bible and how God communicated with them and the images of God that are created by reading about it. Characters could include Moses, Gideon, Solomon, and Nehemiah. Students look at some past and present day examples of Christian leaders and discuss how they acted and hypothesise how God communicated with them.

Use the Leaders in the Bible worksheet to go through each leader in the bible and the bible verses that go with this leader.

Portfolios
3 images that students have created of the trinity Study notes of PP Copy of the words to the song 1 leader that they have researched

Evaluation of unit