This document discusses Christian attitudes towards punishment. It provides learning intentions to examine Christian teachings on punishment and compare any contradictions. Students are asked to consider what constitutes justice and who should determine punishment for crimes - the government, victim, or other group. The document notes that the Bible contains both differing opinions and important themes around the treatment of others. Students complete an activity on Christian teachings about punishment and consider any problems created by differing ideas in the Bible. They are asked to sort arguments for and against capital punishment based on the activity. Finally, students consider perspectives of different groups on bringing back capital punishment.

1. Write down what you think Ghandi meant when he
said this.
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2. Christianity and punishment
• Learning intentions:
• To examine Christian
attitudes towards
punishments
• To compare any
contradictions in
teachings
• Success criteria:
• To have assessed
different Christian
attitudes towards
Christian teachings on
Punishment.

3. Justice
• Mind map as many ideas you can come up
with as to what is justice.
Justice
What makes something just?

4. Think, pair, share
• If someone commits a crime who should
decide what punishment is fair, the
government, the victim or a different group?

5. Christians and punishment
• The treatment of other
people is an important
theme in both the new
and old testaments in
the Bible
• However there are
sometimes some
differing opinions.
• Task:
• Complete the Cloze
activity about Christian
teachings about
punishment.
Extension:
What problems might the different
ideas expressed in the Bible create for
Christians ?

6. Quiz, Quiz Trade
• Based on the cloze activity create one
question and the answer to it about Christian
attitudes to punishment.

7. For Against
Using the information from the cloze sheet sort the possible
Christian arguments for and against capital punishment.

8. No Christian should support the death penalty.
Give two reasons why a religious believer might agree
or disagree with this statement (4 marks)
4 marks
Point Point
Evidence Evidence
Explanation Explanation

9. Quiz grid!
• Each group has a been given a question sheet.
• The question are all worth different amounts
of points, you will have ten minutes to answer
as many questions as possible.
• The group with the most points at the end of
that time will win a prize!

10. Plenary: In their shoes
• Mind map at least 3 ideas or arguments that
each of the 3 groups of people below might
respond to the following statement:
“ capital punishment should
be brought back”
Those in favour of
capital punishment
Those against capital
punishment
The person next to
you