The Greatest Commandment Yr 8

Learning Objectives:
1. Recall the greatest commandment
2. Make links between the greatest commandment and the decalogue
3. Consider the claim that rules are a necessary part of freedom

Resources Include: 
- Fully editable PowerPoint lesson 
- Quote It: Matt 22:34-40 - text ready to print for pupils to stick in their books and analyse.
- Create It: Pin Wheel - A template for pupils to cut out and make a pin wheel which shows the relationship between the 10 Commandments and the Greatest Commandment. Note: teachers will need to provide split pins.
- Pin Wheel: Differentiated - A template for pupils to cut out and make a pin wheel as above, with the words completed already.
- Differentiated Answer - A sheet for pupils to reflect on whether rules are a necessary part of freedom.

Religious Education Directory Links:
U8.1.3 -  Describe what is meant by ‘covenant’, with reference to the Sinai covenant and explain why binding commitments are a necessary part of covenants (see Deuteronomy 30:15, 19; CCC 1696; Jn 14:15), making links between the decalogue and the greatest commandment. 
D8.1.2 - Consider the claim that rules are a necessary part of freedom. Present arguments for and against the claim, including a Catholic response, weighing the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments.
R8.1.2 - Reflect on ways in which rules set them free

Scheme of Work: Year 8 Creation & Covenant - Lesson 7 _______________________________________________________________________________

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