The role and importance of pilgrimage

Key stage

KS4

Subject

Religious Education

Collection

Pilgrimage

Format

PPT (1mb), PDF (1mb)

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Illustration of Benedictine monks at the Shrine of St Edward the Confessorwithin Westminster Abbey

Overview

Introduce the topic of pilgrimages for Christians to your students in this overview lesson, which is designed to last for one hour. This KS4 lesson investigates the reasons why Christians may choose to go on pilgrimage, the Biblical influences on pilgrimages sites, the distinction between Protestant and Catholic views on pilgrimages and the impact on individuals and communities. Aligned to the GCSE specifications, the lesson culminates with a series of knowledge-testing questions and practice GCSE evaluation question.

Curriculum links

Themes covered in this lesson are aligned to:

OCR

  • The concept of pilgrimage
  • The impact of pilgrimage on individuals and for communities

AQA

  • The role and importance of pilgrimage

Edexcel

  • The nature, history and purpose of pilgrimage
  • The significance of the places people go on pilgrimage
  • Divergent Christian teachings about whether pilgrimage is important for Christians today
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