What is Easter? | Religious Studies - My Life, My Religion: Christianity

Suitable for ages 7 to 14. Nathan, 11, and Lara, 13, tell us about Christian celebrations on Good Friday and Easter Day.They show us some of the differences and similarities between Catholics and Anglicans. Subscribe for more Religious Education clips from BBC Teach on Mondays when we have them in: http://bit.ly/BBCSubscribeTeach If you found this video helpful, give it a like. Share it with someone. Add the video to your own teaching playlists. Create an account, subscribe to the channel and create playlists for different age groups, sets and syllabuses. ===================== The festival of Easter is central to Christian belief because it is the Resurrection day, when Jesus was raised from the grave, alive again. This is why Christians believe in life after death. This clip is from the BBC series My Life, My Religion. In this BBC series we find out about living the Christian faith through the eyes of young practicing Christians Nathan (aged 11), Kirsty (aged 13) Kiera (aged 8) and Santos (aged 8). For more clips from My Life, My Religion - Christianity: http://bit.ly/TeachMLMRC For our Religious Studies playlist: http://bit.ly/BBCTeachRS For Class Clips users, the original reference for the clip was p02n5wvr. ===================== Teaching Religious Studies? Key Stage 2: Idea 1: Making sense of the symbols of Easter: What do they mean? Ask pupils to watch the clip and notice a number of actions and objects that have a meaning: They are symbols for Easter, for Jesus or for Christian beliefs. Often a symbol works as a reminder of a part of the story. Give pupils this list of 5 symbols they will see in the clip. What does each one stand for, or link to? What reminders do these symbols provide of the stories of Jesus at the first Easter? What is the meaning of… - The fire burning on Easter morning - Touching the stone where Jesus fell - Hot crossed buns - The Easter egg - The chicken born from the egg Pupils share their ideas: Symbolic meaning is often rich and complex, not a simple ‘one to one’ code! Building up a picture of a range of meanings is good. The meanings might be illustrated in a display of photos of key objects, or printed stills from the film clip, around which pupils’ suggestions of meaning could be displayed in ‘think bubbles’. Key Stage 2: Idea 2: From the Bible: Risen from the grave? Read one or more of the accounts of Jesus appearing alive again to his disciples from the Gospels with your pupils. Examples come from Luke 24 or John 20 and 21. Teach the concept of a miracle – an extraordinary event done by God. Easter is a festival of miracle, celebrating belief in Jesus coming back from the dead. Ask children to consider why Christians believe this: what is their evidence? And ask pupils to think about what it means. Here are four possibilities for them to discuss: - Easter means we do not have to fear death. Jesus came back to life to prove there is life after this life. - The real meaning of Easter is that human evil is not as powerful as God’s love. - The main thing to remember at Easter is that new life can always take us by surprise and make things better. - Easter means that love is stronger than death. This topic will be relevant to teaching Religious Education at KS2 or KS3 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and National 2 or 3 in Scotland. ===================== For more clips from other subjects at the BBC Teach YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/bbcteach More from BBC Learning Zone: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone More resources from BBC Bitesize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/education ===================== Subscribe to create your own customised playlists, and get notified about our latest clips. As we have them, new videos will be uploaded on the following days: Mondays: Biology, Computer Science, Music, Religious Studies Tuesdays: Drama and Performance, English Language, Maths, Physical Education Wednesdays: Languages, Media and Film studies, Modern Studies and PSHE, Physics Thursdays: Art and Design, Chemistry, Geography, History Fridays: Business Studies, Design and Technology, English Literature