Lesson video

Hello, my name's Ms. Rivers and I'm looking forward to learning with you today.

I'm glad you chose this lesson.

We're going to have a good time working together, so let's get started.

Welcome to today's lesson.

Today's lesson is from the unit, Caring.

How do stories inspire actions? This lesson is called How Faith Can Inspire Others to Care? And by the end of today's lesson, you will be able to describe how people of different religions and beliefs can work together to care for others.

You might already have some ideas about how Christians and Muslims care for others.

You might know some stories that inspire them such as the Good Samaritan and the Hungry Stranger.

Today's learning is all about how Christians and Muslims and other people work together to show care to people in their community.

Some of today's learning will be new for everyone, so we'll need to work really hard, but I'm here to help and we can all learn together.

The keywords we'll be using today are relief.

That means money, food, or clothes that are given to people because they need help.

Volunteer.

That's someone who gives up their time to help others.

And interfaith, these are activities involving members of different religions and beliefs.

These words might be new to you, so let's practise them together.

I'll say the word and then you say it back to me.

Relief.

Volunteer.

Interfaith.

We'll be using these words all the way through the lesson.

So listen really carefully and see how many times you can spot them and remind yourself what they mean.

In the first part of the lesson, we'll be thinking about people who care for others who are in need.

Who cares for people in need? Have a look at the pictures on the screen.

What can you see happening in the pictures? Can you see people caring for others in these pictures? Pause the video and have a think about what you can see or maybe talk to somebody near you about what you can see in the pictures.

I wonder what you thought about.

Can you see on the left, there is a doctor with a stethoscope around his neck.

And I think he's going to listen to the heartbeat of the lady sitting on the floor and check to see if she's doing okay.

And on the right, we can see two ladies.

There is a nurse and an older lady sharing a book together and the nurse is helping the older lady to hold the book and enjoy it.

So these people are caring for others that are around them.

I wonder what ideas you thought about when you looked at the pictures.

Can you think of any other ideas about people who care for others? David is a Christian.

He explains how his Christian worldview inspires him to care for people in need.

He says, "I try to follow Jesus's teaching to love my neighbour.

I care for people in my own community by volunteering at the homeless shelter." So David is explaining that because he's a Christian, he wants to follow what Jesus says.

And Jesus said he had to love his neighbour.

That means the people around him.

And he does that by helping at the homeless shelter.

Nadia is a Muslim and her Muslim worldview inspires her to care for others as well.

She explains that she tries to follow the teaching of the prophet Mohamed, and she does this by supporting the food bank.

She donates food to the food bank and she also volunteers to help, and that's one way that she carries out her Muslim beliefs.

Here's Diane.

Diane is a humanist and she has a humanist worldview.

And this worldview means that she also believes it's important to care for others.

She says, "I try to treat others as I would like to be treated so we can all live a happy life." She says, "I care for people by giving to charities and volunteering in the community cafe." So Diane cares for others because of her humanist worldview.

Okay, it is time for a quick check to see if you've been listening really carefully.

And this check is true or false, so get your thumbs ready to show me true or false.

Only Christians and Muslims care for others.

Is that true or false? Have a quick think.

That's right, it's false.

People with religious beliefs and people with no religion care for others.

Well done if you've got that answer right.

So we've learned that people with religious beliefs such as Christians and Muslims like David and Nadia show care and kindness to others.

We've also learned that people with a non-religious worldview, humanists like Diane, also show care for others around the world.

Many people choose to care because they believe it's important for human beings to look after each other.

And it doesn't matter whether you are Christian or Muslim or some other religion or a non-religious worldview.

It's important for human beings to care for each other.

People show care in all sorts of ways.

Sometimes people show care by raising money for charity.

And then the charity provides money and food and clothes to people who need help.

This is called relief.

Have a look at the photograph.

What can you see happening? Pause the video while you have a look and have a think about what you can see.

Maybe talk to somebody near you and share your ideas with them.

I wonder what you noticed in the photo.

This photo shows two people from the Red Cross helping someone who needs to go to hospital.

There's someone on a stretcher being carried by those two Red Cross workers.

And the Red Cross is an organisation that works in lots of countries around the world helping people who need to go to hospital or who need other help.

And people in many countries raise money for the Red Cross so that they can carry out their work.

So there is relief happening in this picture.

This picture is in Uganda, but the Red Cross works in lots of different countries around the world.

Comic Relief is a British charity that raises money for people who are poor or need relief.

Can you spot that keyword in that sentence? Relief.

That means helping people who are poor or who need help.

Comic Relief helps people in the UK and all over the world.

Can you see these special biscuits with red noses on? I wonder if you've ever helped at Red Nose Day or raised some money.

Red Nose Day is a day when people dress up in silly clothes or they do something funny to raise money while they have fun together.

You might have done something for Red Nose Day in your school.

I wonder what you did.

Both religious and non-religious people might raise money for Red Nose Day.

It's not a religious organisation and lots of different people want to help to give relief to people who need it.

So here's a quick check of one of our keywords.

Relief means, is it A, giving money, food and clothes to people in need? Or is it B, dressing up in silly clothes? Or is it C, giving money to pay for red noses? Pause the video while you think about your answer.

That's right.

The answer is A, relief means giving money, food, and clothes to people in need.

Well done if you've got the right answer on that one.

Here are David and Nadia again.

Can you remember that David is a Christian and Nadia is a Muslim? And they're talking about how they help and join in with Comic Relief.

David says, "We did a dress-up day at the hospital to raise money for Comic Relief.

I joined in because I believe it's important to support charities that help those in need." And Nadia says, "I bought cakes at my friend's Red Nose Day Bake Sale.

I like to give money to Comic Relief and other charities." So David and Nadia have a Christian and a Muslim worldview and they join in with Comic Relief because they both believe it's important to help others and support charities who are helping others.

So here's another quick check to see if we've remembered what we've learned so far.

And this is true or false, so get your thumbs ready.

Only non-religious people raise money for Comic Relief.

Is that true or false? Have a quick think.

That's right.

The answer is false.

Christians and Muslims and other religious people might raise money for Comic Relief because they think it's important to care.

Comic Relief isn't just for non-religious people.

Everybody can help.

Well done if you've got the answer right.

So now it's your turn to do some writing.

Here's Jacob.

Jacob is talking all about Comic Relief.

He says, "I think it's fun to dress up and do silly things on Red Nose Day for Comic Relief." Is having fun the only reason for supporting Comic Relief? Give Jacob another reason why people might join in on Red Nose Day and explain why Christians and Muslims might join into.

So think about what we've learned in this lesson.

Think about why people raise money for Comic Relief on Red Nose Day.

And then think about Christians and Muslims like David and Nadia and think about why they help as well.

So pause the video while you do your writing and I'll look forward to seeing your ideas in a few minutes.

I wonder what ideas you thought about.

Here are some of mine.

People raise money for Comic Relief because it pays for food and clothes for people who need help around the world.

I wonder if you thought of some ideas about why different people choose to raise money for Comic Relief.

And then I thought that Christians and Muslims might join in too because all religions and beliefs teach that it's important to give to charity and help people in need.

I wonder if you thought about why Christians and Muslims might join in.

What ideas did you come up with? Well done for working hard and for doing good writing.

In the second part of the lesson, we're going to think about how different religious people work together to care for other people in their community.

How do religions work together to show care? Here's Nadia again.

She's talking about the food bank where she helps.

She says, "The food bank at my mosque is open to everyone in the community.

Some of the volunteers at the food bank are Christians from the local church.

We all work together to help people who are in need of food." Think about what Nadia has said, who works together at Nadia's Mosque? Pause the video and have a think about your answer.

So did you notice that Nadia said that Christians and Muslims work together at the food bank? And the food bank is open to everyone, Christians and Muslims and anyone who needs help.

So well done if you noticed that it was Christians and Muslims working together.

Here's David.

Remember that David is a Christian and he has a Christian worldview and he's talking about the homeless shelter where he helps.

He says, "Some Christians from my church help at the homeless shelter.

Some of the volunteers might have a different religious or non-religious worldview.

They all help because they can see that homeless people need care and kindness." So have a think who works together at the homeless shelter.

Pause the video and think to yourself or talk to somebody near you if you want to.

So did you notice that David said that Christians help at the homeless shelter? But there are other volunteers as well.

Some of them might have a different religious worldview and some of them might have a non-religious worldview, but they all work together at the homeless shelter 'cause they can see that the people there need care and kindness.

Here's Diane.

Do you remember that Diane is a humanist and that's a non-religious worldview? And Diane is talking about the community cafe where she helps.

She says, "I volunteer at the community cafe in the church hall.

I'm a humanist, but you don't have to be a Christian to help at the cafe.

I have made friends with Christians and Muslims while I've been volunteering at the cafe.

We all want to care for people in our community." So have a think about what Diane has said.

Who works together at the community cafe? Pause the video and have a think to yourself or talk to somebody near you.

So did you notice that the community cafe is in the church, but you don't have to be a Christian to help there? Diane's a humanist and she helps.

And some Muslims help as well, and some other people.

So Christians and Muslims and people with non-religious worldviews all work together because they want to care for their community.

So here's another check for understanding.

And this is a true or false check.

So get your thumbs ready to show me true or false.

Only Christians and Muslims volunteer to help others.

Is that true or false? Have a think.

That's right.

The answer is false.

Lots of different people volunteer to help others, not just Christians and Muslims, but people with different religions and people with no religion.

Well done if you've got the right answer there.

So interfaith activities happen when people of different religions work together.

Did you spot that keyword, interfaith? That means people of different religions doing things together at the same time and getting to know each other while they do it.

People with different religious and non-religious worldviews might volunteer to help anyone who needs help.

And there's another keyword, "volunteer." That's somebody who helps without getting paid for it.

So we've learned that David volunteers at the Homeless Shelter and Diane volunteers at the cafe and Nadia volunteers at the food bank.

And all of them do it without getting paid because they want to care.

Caring about people is more important than religious differences, and that's why people with different religions and different worldviews work together in places like food banks and homeless shelters and community cafes.

Have a look at these pictures.

Can you see some different people working together and talking together? Some of the people in this picture are Muslims and some of the people are Christians.

In this picture, the Muslim ladies are wearing heads scarfs.

Not all Muslim ladies wear heads scarfs, but in these pictures, all the Muslim ladies have got scarfs on and the Ladies Without Heads scarfs are Christians and they're working together and talking together.

The place where all these people are is called the Hope Cafe.

And the Hope Cafe is in West Yorkshire.

And it's an example of an interfaith activity.

Do you remember that word, "Interfaith"? It means when people of different religions work together and do activities together.

The Hope Cafe is a place where Christians and Muslims and everyone in the community can meet together.

You can share a cup of tea and some cake and have a chat.

The Hope Cafe was started by a Muslim and a Christian from the local interfaith group.

An interfaith group is where people with different religions get together and plan things for their communities.

And one of the plans was the Hope Cafe.

The Christian and the Muslim who started it thought that people in their town needed a place to meet and talk together.

So they found somewhere and they started the Hope Cafe.

What do you think about their idea? Do you think it was a good idea? I think it was a good idea and the Hope Cafe looks like a really nice place to get together with other people.

So George and Fazila were the two people who started the Hope Cafe.

And in these recordings, they explain how the Hope Cafe started.

George talks about how people in the community did not know each other very well.

He talks about how everyone is welcome at the Hope Cafe.

So listen carefully to what George says.

<v George>So we kind of do all kinds of things</v> and everybody's welcome and we find it's a great way to try and break down those barriers that there was when I first came here between people really not knowing what folk from other cultures or other faiths were holding dear to them.

<v ->Now listen to Fazila.

</v> Fazila is in the bottom picture and she talks about how the Hope Cafe has a mix of people from the church and the South Asian community.

And she says that people like to chat over tea and cake.

So listen carefully to what Fazila has to say.

<v Fazila>And as you can see, we've got a mixed group</v> of South Asian people as well as white British people who come from St.

Xavier's Church in Ravenshaw.

And they just said chat have tea and cake.

And of course, we try to talk about important social topics as well as fight topics for the growth.

<v ->So here's George again.

</v> He's talking about how different activities at the Hope Cafe bring people together.

He says there are lots of different activities for different people.

And Muslims and Christians get to know each other by doing activities such as yoga together.

So listen to George talking about these activities.

<v George>We've found that doing an activity like yoga</v> has an appeal to lots and lots of different people from the community.

So we do quite a lot of yoga and we find that people from a Muslim background as well as people from a Christian or white British background find that it's a nice opportunity to get together.

We don't have to strain our language skills too much.

We're doing activity together and we're having a good time.

<v ->So here's a quick check to see what we've learned.

</v> Which of these is a good example of interfaith work? You need to look carefully because there are two correct answers.

Is it A, Christians and Muslims put on an event to bring people together at the community centre? Or is it B, Christians meet their friends at the church cafe? Or is it C, Muslims help Christians to run the food bank at the church? Remember, you are looking out for an example of interfaith work.

Pause the video and think about your answers.

That's right.

The two correct answers were A and C.

So A, Christians and Muslims put on an event to bring people together at the community centre.

That's an interfaith activity because Christians and Muslims are working together.

And C, Muslims help Christians to run the food bank at the church.

And that's another interfaith activity where Muslims and Christians are working together.

So well done if you've got two answers right there.

When you saw the pictures from the Hope Cafe, you might have wondered what the people were doing with those white roses.

The roses are called Roses for Peace.

And every year the people at the Hope Cafe work together to prepare roses and they cut off the thorns and they make the roses safe, and then they tie a message of peace onto the roses.

You can see in this picture there are some words of peace from the Bible and the Quran.

So that's the Christian Holy Book and the Muslim Holy Book.

And when all the roses have been prepared and all the messages have been tied on, the roses are given out to people in the local community.

The roses are given out free to everyone in the community to show that it's really important to live peacefully together and to remind everybody how important peace is.

Here's George again.

He's going to talk about Roses for Peace.

Listen carefully as he tells you that the roses are prepared during Interfaith Week each November, and that the roses have the tag with messages of peace from the Bible and the Quran.

And that they're given to people on the streets as a gift from their Christian and Muslim community.

So listen carefully to what George has to say.

<v George>What we're doing is Roses for Peace.

</v> So we take roses, we prepare them by making them safe to handle, taking the thorns off, that sort of thing.

But we also put a tag on which says on one side a Christian verse, "Peace I leave you.

My peace I give to you." And (speaking in foreign language), "Peace be upon you," from the Islamic community.

And we give these out in the street, we quite often go to the moms who are waiting at the school gates.

And it's just a gift.

It shows that it is coming from a community activity, people of different faith gathering together to just make a gracious gift and to wish them peace.

And people are usually very touched by it and it's a nice thing to go out and be able to do.

<v ->So now it's your turn</v> to do some thinking and some writing.

And you're going to be thinking about some reasons why Christians and Muslims might think it's important to work together at the Hope Cafe.

I wonder why you think Christians and Muslims might work together.

Just pause the video for a moment and have a think about what you think is important to Christians and Muslims at the Hope Cafe.

Okay, there are some reasons on this slide why Christians and Muslims might work together.

One says volunteering together helps Christians and Muslims to understand each other.

Did you spot that keyword? "Volunteering." That's when people do things without getting paid.

And then the next idea has got a keyword as well.

"Interfaith." That's when people of different religions work together.

This one says interfaith work is a good way to help the whole community to get to know each other.

So these are just two ideas as to why Christians and Muslims might work together at the Hope Cafe.

Which of these two ideas do you like best? Can you explain why and explain your ideas? Pause the video while you do your thinking and writing, and I'll look forward to hearing your ideas later.

Well done for working hard.

I wonder what ideas you thought of.

Here are some of my ideas.

When Christians and Muslims volunteer together, it helps them to understand the values and beliefs they share.

And here's another idea.

Interfaith work helps people to get to know each other by showing care and kindness in their community.

I wonder if your ideas were a bit like mine or maybe you had some different ideas.

So we've learned a lot today about how faith inspires others to care.

We've learned that all religions and beliefs teach the importance of caring for those in need.

We've learned that religious and non-religious people like David and Nadia and Diane can work together to show care and kindness.

We've learned that people with or without a religion often work together to give relief to those in need that might be on Red Nose Day or with some of the charity.

And we've learned that interfaith work means that religions work together to build friendships and help their local communities, just like the Hope Cafe in West Yorkshire.

So well done for working hard.

I've enjoyed working with you and I hope to see you again soon.