Hindu celebration

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Mountains, Rivers and Coasts Living in the Mountains

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Objectives

RE

Children investigate and consider the impact of religion and belief locally, nationally and globally.
They make connections between different aspects of religion and belief and consider different forms of religious expression.
They consider the beliefs, teachings, practices and ways of life central to religion.
They extend the range and use of specialist vocabulary. (check your locally agreed RE syllabus)

Geography

Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics and major cities.

Lesson Planning

Consider the Hindu religion and the significance of the Himalayas and the rivers running from them; celebrate the Hindu festival of Rhaki and make friendship bracelets.

Teaching Outcomes:

To begin to understand the significance of the Himalayas and the rivers running from them in the Hindu religion.
To know about the Hindu festival of Rhaki and how it is celebrated by the Kumaoni people.
To understand that the main religion in India is Hinduism and begin to consider the effect this has on the lives of people living there.

Children will:

Understand that India is predominantly Hindu and that most people in the Kumaon are Hindu.
Begin to consider the effect this has on their lives.
Begin to understand the significance of the Himalayas and the rivers running from them in the Hindu religion.
Know about the Hindu festival of Rhaki and how it is celebrated by the Kumaoni people.

Planning

Provided Resources

Images of the Hindu god Durga/Nanda Devi
Nanda Devi information
Temple images
Goddess Durga information
Festival of Rakhi information
Friendship bracelet instructions

Unit Resources

You Will Need

Cotton thread in a range of colours

Weblinks

Information about the goddess Durga from britannica.com