World Religion Day collection

Resources to celebrate World Religion Day with your students

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Stimulating lesson ideas to help you celebrate World Religion Day

World Religion Day falls on Sunday 19 January 2025, so there is no better time to encourage students to reflect upon different beliefs found across the globe. From assembly presentations and challenges to in-depth guides and BBC Teach resources, explore a variety of faiths with your students using these hand-picked resources.

Primary resources

Lesson on world faiths - summaries & worksheets
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Lesson on world faiths - summaries & worksheets

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We have been learning about four of the world faiths: Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam. We have written a summary of the key beliefs and features of each religion below. Summaries of 4 major world religions (I gave this to chdn in 4 groups of 6 and asked them to present the information) be...
Religions Timeline
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Religions Timeline

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This lesson is the first in a set of seven designed to introduce pupils to the six of the major world religions. In this lesson, pupils will look at a timeline of the origins of religion, be tasked to recreate this timeline themselves (There are differentiated worksheets and a help sheet for lower a...
KS2 Religious Studies - What is Sikhism?
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KS2 Religious Studies - What is Sikhism?

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This film is from the series [My Life, My Religion - Sikhism](https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/religious-studies-ks2-my-life-my-religion-sikhism/zkc4y9q) available on [BBC Teach](https://bbc.co.uk/teach). Simran describes how the Sikh faith was started by Guru Nanak over five hundred y...

Secondary resources

World Religion Day
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World Religion Day

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PowerPoint (World Religion Day) providing information for World Religion Day and symbols and facts for the six main religions. Macro Enabled PowerPoint (A Question of Religion) that is an interactive quiz to follow the World Religion Day PowerPoint. The worksheet (A Question of Religion) can be u...
World Religion Day Assembly
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World Religion Day Assembly

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An assembly for Key Stages 3 and 4 about World Religion Day, the Golden Rule and the importance of inter-faith dialogue. All films can be found at: www.truetube.co.uk
World Religions - Leaders
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World Religions - Leaders

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A fully-resourced, detailed and differentiated 1-2 hour lesson which introduces students to the religious leaders of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, Hinduism and Buddhism. Students will complete differentiated literacy tasks, clip tasks, research and creative tasks - all information on each...
KS3 Religious Studies - G is for goddesses
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KS3 Religious Studies - G is for goddesses

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This film is from the series [A-Z of Religion and Beliefs](https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/religious-studies-ks3-az-of-religion-and-beliefs/znt647h) available on [BBC Teach](https://bbc.co.uk/teach). Is God male, female, or both? This playful, fully animated summary takes students on ...