Archive for March, 2009

Lesson on 17th March: Jewish Weddings

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

To finish our look at wedding ceremonies we thought about Jewish weddings today. The notebook presentation with all the details is here: Jewish Weddings.

There is more information here:

For homework:

In the lesson we started thinking about what we would do at our own weddings.

If you were getting married what would you do? Many couples have an “order of service” to explain to their guests what is happening. Your job is to create an “order of service” booklet for your wedding.

It must include something from at least two religions we have looked at and you must explain why. However, you do not have to do things for the same reason as the religious people. For example, you might like to break a glass at your wedding to symbolise the sadness you feel about all the people who could not attend to celebrate with you.

You had until the end of the lesson today to plan what you would do on paper, then you need to write it up properly, with pictures if you wish, for homework. Bring it in next week.

Lesson on 11th March: Hindu Weddings

Monday, March 16th, 2009

This morning we looked at the different ways Hindus might get married. Hinduism is a way of life, not just a religion and so every wedding is slightly different. You looked at various different things a Hindu couple might do at their wedding: Hindu wedding rituals.

You can find more information on Wikipedia, BBC Religion or EduWeb.

Lesson on 4th March: Christian Marriage

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Today we had a Christian wedding ceremony between Jack/Zak and Sophie.

We started by thinking about reasons why someone might get married (love, commitment, financial reasons, sex etc) and then looked at the Christian wedding ceremony.

You can find all the Notebook slides here.

Homework:

Was to pick one of Islam, Judaism and Hinduism and then find out and write down five things that the religion does to celebrate marriages/weddings. Here are some links to get you started:

Islam:

Judaism:

Hinduism: