SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

RE LESSON PLAN
Pre-Primary/
Primary

LESSON ORGANISATION
Unit of work: Salvation topic: Human person Topic:
Gifted by the Word Bible Human Life
Year Level: Students’ Prior Knowledge: (include faith
situations/previous lessons/Units)
Key Understanding:
A WONDERING AT THE CREATOR OF HUMAN LIFE This is an introductory lesson for this unit of work, in previous
years students have explored a similar unit of work looking at
Learning Point(s):
A1 Wondering at the gift of human life - Wondering at the creator of truth
- Christian response
- The promise of Christian salvation

Spiritual and Religious Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Prudence Justice Fortitude Temperance Faith Hope Charity
e.g. Right e.g. Right e.g. Inner e.g. Moderation e.g. Prayer e.g. e.g. Service
choices relationships strength Reconciliation
General Capabilities (that may potentially be covered in the lesson)
Literacy Numeracy ICT Critical and Ethical Personal and Intercultural
competence creative behaviour Social understanding
thinking competence

Cross-curriculum priorities (may be addressed in the lesson)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Asia and Australia’s engagement with Sustainability
histories and cultures Asia
Lesson Objectives

 Write 3 major life events that they hope occur in the later stages of their life

 Identify 3 factors about why God has created us the way he has

 Contribute 2 ideas at least to a class discussion about the stages of human life during
class brainstorm

Teacher’s Prior Preparation/Organisation: Provision for students at educational risk:

(include Teacher Witness)
Students to bring in copies of photos of them throughout their
lives.
I bring in copies of photos of stages from my own life (e.g.
starting school, finishing school, starting university.)
- John has ADHD so it is important to ensure
he stays on task and has minimal
distractions.
- Torin, Caleb, Armani, Finn, Reed, Emma and
Ace, will struggle especially with reading
problems due to learning difficulties group
students together on the matt or at a row of
tables to work with the teacher while the
others do the individual task.
- Dylan, Lewis and Nathan need to be
separated on the matt to ensure there is no
behaviour management issues
LESSON DELIVERY attach worksheets, examples, marking keys, etc. as relevant
Resources/References
Time Motivation and Introduction:
Align these with the segment
1. Begin a discussion with students regarding what it means to be where they will be introduced.
10 human and what constitutes human life.
mins 2. Get students to stand on the spot and pose wonder questions to
students
- Pulse (hold wrist)
Can you feel your pulse?
Does your pulse feel fast or slow?
I wonder why we can feel our pulse?
I wonder what makes our pulse change?
Can you think of anytime your pulse might get faster?
- Breathing
Are you breathing fast or slow?
I wonder why our breathing changes?
When was a time your breathing changed?

15-20 Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & Key Questions):
mins
1. Discuss with students that God has created us in this way
and that we are each created specially.
2. Discuss why human life is precious to God, why God has
created us the way he has and what makes us special. Why
God has created each human with a “soul”.
3. Discuss the stages of life e.g. birth, childhood, adulthood,
death.
4. Students will create a brainstorm collaboratively on the board
about what are the different stages of human life and what
major events may occur.
5. Explain todays activity:
Students are going to use copies of images they have
bought in of stages of their lives to create a timeline of their Photocopies of life stages
life and what the major events that have occurred so far in
their life. They are then required to write a short paragraph
on their timeline of what major events they are hoping will
occur in their future lives.
6. Students will then create a storyboard using ICT program,
storyboard that, to create a storyboard of their lives so far.

10min Lesson Closure:(Review lesson objectives with students)

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1. As a final activity students will create a small prayer thanking

God for the positive major events that have occurred in their
lives so far and for God to help them achieve future goals.
5 mins
Transition: (What needs to happen prior to the next lesson?)

Students are sit at their desk quietly to wait for further

instructions.
In order for the next lesson to run smoothly students need
to ensure they have their science book with a lead pencil on
their desk

Assessment: (Were the lesson objectives met? How will they be

assessed?)
Assessment for this lesson will be anecdotal evidence(short written notes
during class discussions).
The Students timeline will also be collected to mark off whether students
identified major life events they hope occur.