Seven videos of good learning in RE, produced by NATRE. Taken from the DVD Good Learning in Religious Education: Seven Short Films to Make Teachers Think.
The following videos are provided by NATRE, and come from their DVD Good Learning in Religious Education: Seven short films to makes teachers think. The DVD is sponsored by Culham St Gabriel’s and the Diocese of St Albans and is available to purchase on NATRE’s website.
Understanding Christianity is a substantial resource aimed at supporting RE teachers’ work in teaching Christianity.
With funding from Culham St Gabriel’s Trust, Jerusalem Trust and Sir Halley Stewart Trust, the resource has been created by the Church of England Education Office in Partnership with RE Today.
Built on Theological concepts, the project aims to help teachers support pupils in their learning about Christianity.
This resource is a useful part of teaching and learning about religion and belief and should be used alongside other resources focused on the wide range of religions and beliefs relevant to the UK.
To access the resource, go to: www.understandingchristianity.org.uk
This film, produced by BBC Manchester in association with Jerusalem Productions Ltd, looks at the story of John Newton, the remarkable journey of Amazing Grace, and explores the concept of grace itself – being saved by God, without it being deserved, which connects it so strongly to the events of Easter. Rick Wakeman described Newton’s journey from slave trader to preacher, making use of the many locations that played a part in Newton’s life – including the ports he knew as a sailor; the vicarage in Olney where Amazing Grace was written, and the churches that played a part in his life. The programme shows how every word in the hymn relates to Newton’s life – an autobiography in six verses. A large part of the story of the hymn takes place in the USA, which has taken it as an unofficial anthem, sung at national events, by civil rights groups and at weddings and funerals.
Resources for KS3 (11-14) and KS4 (15-16). However, they can easily be used with KS5 (17-18).
In order to use these resources it is necessary for students to have watched the entire film. In addition sections may be re-shown in relation to each topic. The topic ‘Programme Outline’ contains the timings for each part of the film.
Teachers can select all or any of the resources and activities as suitable for the course they are pursuing. Although closely related to the film there are additional ‘Stretch and Challenge’ topics as well as cross-curricular materials.
Additional topics include:
• 20th century versions of Amazing Grace;
• Joseph Emidy;
• Notes on Amistad and 12 Years a Slave;
• Personal Revelation and Conversion;
• Slavery and the Roman Catholic Church;
• The Bible and Slavery;
• The use of hymns in worship.
Additional versions of resources are included:
• Dyslexic (D) for all topics;
and as appropriate –
• SEN – Special Educational Needs (S);
• EAL – English as an Additional Language (E)
Filmed to coincide with the 400th Anniversary of the commission of the King James Bible, this documentary was shown on BBC 1 in February 2011. Jointly produced by Jerusalem Productions and BBC Religion and Ethics, the programme follows Adam Nicolson as he discovers how around fifty scholars from Cambridge, Oxford and London created this astonishing translation of the Bible into English, looking in particular at the seven years from the commissioning of the bible in 1604 to its printing in May and considering the technological, political and cultural circumstances which drove and shaped it.
Resources designed for KS2 (8-11), KS3 (11-14), KS4 (15-16) and KS5 (17-18)
In order to use these resources it is necessary for students to have watched the entire film. In addition sections may be re-shown in relation to each topic. The topic ‘Programme Outline & Synopsis’ contains the timings for each part of the film.
Teachers can select all or any of the resources and activities as suitable for the course they are pursuing. Although closely related to the film there are additional ‘Stretch and Challenge’ topics as well as cross-curricular materials.
There are additional resources on the Bible and Christianity together with The Quest for the Holy Grail.
Additional versions of resources are included:
• Dyslexic (D) wherever appropriate;
Many of the materials are also suitable for
• SEN – Special Educational Needs;
• EAL – English as an Additional Language
This documentary, produced by Twenty Twenty in association with Jerusalem Productions, and shown on BBC 1 in October 2011, follows two young women in their journeys to becoming nuns. Filmed over 6 months, this intimate documentary gives a unique insight into a rarely seen world, challenging stereotypes and exploring what convent life can still offer modern women.
In order to use the below resources it is necessary for students to watch entire film. In addition sections may be reshown in relation to each topic. The topic Programme Outline & Synopsis contains the timings for each part of the film.
Teachers can select all or any of the resources and activities as suitable for the course they are pursuing. Although closely related to film there are additional ‘Stretch and Challenge’ topics as well as cross-curricular materials.
Additional versions of resources have been created:
• Dyslexic (D) wherever appropriate;
Many of the materials are also suitable for
• SEN – special educational needs;
• EAL – English as an additional language.
Video discussing the ontological, teleological and cosmological arguments for the existence of God
This presentation aims to introduce children at KS2 to the concept of Salvation in Christianity.
This presentation aims to help students investigate the idea of Salvation in Christianity.
This presentation aims to help students investigate the idea of life in the broader context of studies in religion and belief.
These resources have been created to support the Jerusalem Trust and BBC film Catholics – Priests.
There are resources designed for use with KS3 (11-14), KS4 (15-16), KS5 (17-18) and adults.
In order to use this resources it is necessary for students to watch entire film. In addition, sections may, of
course, be reshown as required in relation to each topic. The Programme Outline contains the timings for each
part of the film.
Teachers can select all or any of the resources and activities as suitable for the course they are pursuing. There
are additional ‘Stretch and Challenge’ topics as well as cross-curricular materials.
Additional versions of resources have been created:
• Dyslexic (D) wherever appropriate
To avoid confusion these are coded in the bottom left -hand corner of each page.
Many of the materials, especially the challenges, are also suitable for
• SEN – special educational needs;
• EAL – English as an additional language.