Year 5 Sikhism - COMMUNITY & EQUALITY (Spring 1)

Year 5 - Why is community and equality important to Sikhs?

Equality is important to Sikhs - Let's watch and learn why?

Life at the Gudwara - Langar 

What do you notice when you watch the clip above? 

What would you say is the importance of community in Sikhism? How does the gurdwara and langar contribute to this?

Sangat or fellowship is crucial as we often do what others around us are. “It is difficult to pick up a piece of coal without getting your hands dusty” suggests that we should avoid the company of people who are self-centred and spend time with people who are God-centred/Life-centred, whether Sikh or not. The gurdwara provides a framework for this as langar is food that can be eaten by anyone, vegetarian and even Jain (no garlic) and the Guru Granth Sahib is a hymn book containing the writings of six Sikh Gurus and thirty-six others, including Hindus, Muslims and those of no fixed religion. Spiritual seekers of all traditions and none are welcome to gather to join in praise of the 1 and share their experience, thoughts and feelings about the spiritual life.

What do Sikhs believe?

KEY WORDS Belief; All paths lead to God

Mini Task - post it note

Listen to the instruction and create what is being asked of you!

What do Sikhs believe? Start with one belief for the pupils to investigate – all paths lead to God.

Group task to reorder jigsaw words which explain key Sikh beliefs, opportunity for children to discuss how these link to own beliefs.

Repeat the key beliefs to ensure that children are starting to understand them.

1)      Which petal would you pick as the most important on the flower allows opportunity to consider what is important in their lives.

2)      Remembering a time when a personal belief has led to taking action.

What is Sikhism and what do Sikhs believe? - BBC Bitesize