Interpreting Modern Martyrs: secondary teachers' guide
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Overview
Develop your own understanding of how the 10 modern martyrs’ statues at Westminster Abbey could be used in lessons about sacrifice and martyrdom. This detailed guide for secondary teachers offers a background to these modern martyrs and suggested activities for exploring this in your classroom. In particular, encourage peer-to-peer learning using one or more of the creative response videos produced by a group of KS4 and post-16 students, which can be the starting point of reflection and debate.
Curriculum links
Themes covered in this resource are aligned to:
OCR (GCSE)
- Christian beliefs, teachings and views on the relationship between God and human suffering
- The way in which the Church is being persecuted
AQA (GCSE)
- Issues of equality, freedom of religion and belief including freedom of religious expression
- Human rights and the responsibilities that come with rights, including the responsibility to respect the rights of others
Edexcel (GCSE)
- The role and importance of the Church in the worldwide community: how and why it works for reconciliation and the problems faced by the persecuted Church
OCR (A level)
- Christian moral action using the teaching and example of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
AQA (A level)
- Christian responses to issues surrounding wealth, tolerance and freedom of religious expression
Edexcel (A level)
- Ethical and religious concepts of equality, including the issues of gender or race or disability and the work of one significant figure in campaigns for equality in the chosen area, significant events in the progress of equality in these areas, perspectives on equality from at least one religion and one secular ethical perspective – with example Martin Luther King Jr
