Religion – What is it?
Learning objectives:
• To identify the key features of a religion?
•To use evaluative skills to answer Is football a religion?
STARTER
In pairs you need to list all the features
that something must have in order to be
called a religion.
Leaders
What must something
have in order to be
called a religion?
Followers
Starter
Special
customs
Special
Objects
Special
events
Special
Language
Special Places
Special Books
What must something
have in order to be
called a religion?
Special people
Special Signs
Special Songs
Leaders
Followers
Special Days Special
food/drink
Task 1
Now in a different colour link each of these
suggestions with a feature from Christianity
Special
customs
Special
Objects
Special
events
Special
Language
Special Places
Special Books
PRIEST
What must something
have in order to be
called a religion?
Special people
Special Signs
Special Songs
Leaders
Followers
Special Days Special
food/drink
Task 1
Now in a different colour link each of these
suggestions with a feature from Christianity
Candles
Kneeling
Special
customs
Church
Aramaic
Harvest
Special
Objects
Special
events
Special
Language
Special Places
Bible
Pope
Cross
Special Books
What must something
have in order to be
called a religion?
Special people
Special Signs
Special Songs
Leaders
Priests
Followers
Christians
Special Days Special
food/drink
Sabbath
Communion
Hymns
Task 2
Now in a different colour link each of these
suggestions with a feature from football
Special
customs
Special
Objects
Special
events
Special
Language
Special Places
Special Books
What must something
have in order to be
called a religion?
Special people
Special Signs
Special Songs
Leaders
Followers
Special Days Special
food/drink
Task 2
Now in a different colour link each of these
suggestions with a feature from football
Match Ball
Mexican
Wave
Special
customs
Old Trafford
Special
Objects
Free Kick
Play offs
Special
events
Special
Language
Special Places
Programmes
Special Books
Beckham
What must something
have in order to be
called a religion?
Special people
Badges
Special Signs
Special Songs
Leaders
Captains
Followers
Fans
Special Days Special
food/drink
Cup Finals
Pork Pies
Chants
Is football really a religion?
Look at the questions below. Put them into two columns- how would
you divide them?
Write the questions into your books in the two columns and give each
column a heading.
What is a solar eclipse? What is the purpose of life?
Is there life after death? Why does it rain?
What causes chicken pox?
What really matters in life?
What makes a rainbow happen?
What did you decide?
Questions with definite answers
Questions without definite
answers
What is a solar eclipse?
What is the purpose of life?
Why does it rain?
Is there life after death?
What causes chicken pox?
What really matters in life?
What makes a rainbow happen?
Ultimate Questions
Questions without a definite answer are known as
Ultimate Questions. People have an opinion about the
answers, but there is no one accepted answer.
Please copy the above information into your books.
So is football really a religion?
Yes
It has the same
characteristics as
many religions
No
People look to religion
to answer the important
questions in life.
They do not do this with
football.
Football is very important to some people.
Religion is very important to some people.
Now, what do you think?
Is football a religion?
Answer this question, showing that you have considered
different points of view and using examples or evidence
to support your statements.
It could be possible to consider that football is a religion
because.....
There are lots of examples to support this ..............
On the other hand religion is very different to football
because .........
I think ............