To explain what dharma is and why it is important To give examples of doing dharma

1. What would happen if… • Teachers did not prepare their lessons? • If politicians didn’t care for their country ? • If parents forgot about their children ? • To explain what dharma is and why it is important • To give examples of doing dharma

2. Dharma: Doing Your Duty Explain what dharma and a-dharma means. Give your own examples of 2 people doing dharma. **What do you think the quote below means ? • Dharma means duty. If people did not follow their duty, there would be chaos: a break down of good order in the family, school, the nation. • A-dharmais the chaos when people don’t do their duty. • No-one could be happy if people did not do their duties. "Protect dharma and dharma will protect you."

3. What would be the knock-on effects if you did not do one of the following duties? - obeying your parents - doing homework - cleaning your room

4. Doing your Dharma is a very important part of Hindu religion. In Hindu society, each person particular duties. For each type of person in Hindu society, draw a stick version of them speech bubble 3 points of what they are saying about their dharma ***What do you think the saying means: “Protect dharma, and dharma will protect you” • What could the people below say their dharma is? Business people Police, Army Craftsmen Priests, Teachers

5. Careers in RE

6. Rama and Sita • What should be the duty of.. • A prince ? • a princes’ wife ? • A faithful servant ? • To identify how Rama and Sita are examples of doing dharma • To evaluate if they were correct in following their dharma • To recognise how Hindus celebrate this story during Diwali

7. Read the story. When did • Rama follow his duty, as son and king? 3 examples • Sita follow her duty, as ideal woman and wife? 2examples • Hanuman do his duty as a faithful servant? 2 examples • 1. Summarise the story in your own words. • 2. Explain ,with examples, how each characters did Dharma, to restore good order to the kingdom. (L5) • First, Rama did dharma when he... • Sita also did dharma when she... • Hanuman also did dharma when he... • ***Do you think the story has a happy ending? Is doing your dharma worthwhile ?

8. Cost of doing your dharma How far would you go in doing your duty, for the sake of good order ? • Giving up an important opportunity because your parents asked you to? (like Rama) • Accepting injustice without complaining? (like Rama) • Walking extra distance to keep someone company ? (like Sita stayed with Rama) • if doing it caused you some embarrassment? (like Hanuman and the mountain) • Giving up something or someone you love because it has a bad effect on others^? (like Rama gave up Sita)

9. Diwali 1. Write “Diwali” and draw around it pictures to show what it is about... Some ideas: Rama as king, a symbol of victory, a dead demon, oil lamps fireworks and lights. • Diwali celebrates Rama's return from fourteen years of exile after the defeat of Ravana and becoming king. • It represents the victory of dharma over a-dharma: order over chaos, good over evil. Lots of lights and lamps are lit: some are set adrift on rivers and streams. Fireworks are set off, and lamps line the roofs of houses and temples. People visit each other, exchange gifts, clean and decorate houses, feast, and wear new clothes.

10. Is Diwali a festival everyone could celebrate?