WJEC- Religious Expression- Unit 5- Full Course. Lesson about CAFOD.

1. Without looking at your book, list the
6 ways religious people can express
their faith.

2. Learning intentions:
• To describe what CAFOD do
to help others.
• To explain how their faith
inspires them to help
others.
Success criteria:
• By designing an advert for
CAFOD.

3. Who is CAFOD?
The letters stand for the
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development.
They state: “Our mission is to promote human
development and social justice in witness to
Christian faith and Gospel Values.”

4. Video: Emergency
response
Video: Who are
CAFOD
CAFOD
Who are they?
How do they put
faith into action?
How do they
help others?
What are their
aims?

5. Expressing their faith
Why does CAFOD do this work?
• All humans have the right to dignity and respect
• The world’s resources are a gift and to be shared
equally
• All men and women, whatever race, nationality or
religion, have a right to the world’s resources
• When confronted with poverty and suffering,
compassion is a normal human response.
What is their Christian motivation :
• Inspired by scriptures
• Drawn from the social teachings of the Church
• Based on the experiences and hopes of the poor

6. • Read through the different actions that CAFOD
takes in helping others.
• From your view, rank them in order of
importance and stick into your book.

7. Now, compare with your partner. Why are their
top/bottom ideas the same/different to yours?
I thought was the most important action,
because...
My partner said was the most important,
because...
I agree/disagree with them, because...
I thought was the least important, because...
My partner said was the least important,
because...
I agree/disagree with them, because...

8. We are going to have a look at some charity
adverts.
As we look at them, with the person next to you
create this spider-diagram, writing down what
you notice about the advert:
Adverts

14. • Task: Design an advert for CAFOD, using one of
the things that they do as a focus, i.e. Education.
• Audience: Catholic churches
• Purpose: To persuade them to support CAFOD
Extension: Annotate
your advert, explaining
why you designed it in
this way.

15. Complete your advert for CAFOD.
Define all the specialist language keywords.

16. • Pictionary!
• One person will come to the board and draw
a picture of what CAFOD does or how they
help people.
• The rest of the class need to guess what it is!