Purgatory

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand what purgatory is, and its purpose
2. Consider the claim that a belief in purgatory is contrary to scriptural witnesses
3. Compare popular beliefs about life after death to Catholic teaching

Resources Include: 
- Fully editable lesson PowerPoint
- Listening Challenge - Pupils watch a video and complete a cloze activity on the content
- Debate It - Arguments for and against the debate that purgatory is contrary to what is said in Scripture. Differentiation included.
- Memory Snap - Images about the four last things, for pupils to play a game of snap and explain the teaching associated with each image.
- Debate It - Carousel activity in which pupils consider annihilation, enlightenment, spirit world, and reincarnation as alternate popular beliefs on life after death.

Religious Education Directory Links:
D8.5.3 - Consider the claim that a belief in purgatory is contrary to the scriptural witness regarding the four last things. Present arguments for and against the claim, including a Catholic response, weighing the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments.
R8.5.1 - Investigate popular beliefs, or the beliefs of family members, about what happens to a person after they die, comparing these with the Catholic teachings.

Scheme of Work: Year 8 To the Ends of the Earth - Lesson 7 _______________________________________________________________________________

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