Music in RE powerpoint

1. Task 2
This PowerPoint will explain how I would use the two
choices of music in an RE session with children.

2. 1 – Christianity – Jesus Paid it all

3. • In the classroom:
The children would listen to the song and respond to the music using
an art medium such as oil pastels, paint, pencil to draw anything the
music makes them feel/think of.
We would then have a discussion and share our drawings, discussing
why we drew what we did, moving towards how Christians might feel
when they listen to or sing the hymn.
I would then explain the significance of hymns in the Christian religion
and question the children on the meaning of the hymn.
I would also ask ‘What instruments can you hear?’ and we would clap
the beat as a class.

4. 2 – Hinduism – Mein To Garba Rachaungi (1st
piece of music)

5. • In the classroom:
The children would respond to the music through dance (could be
incorporated into a P.E dance lesson), first of all individually. As a class
we would discuss ‘why did you respond with those movements?’, ‘how
did the music make you feel and why?’. We would make a brainstorm
of the children’s movement’s on the IWB and their feelings.
The next discussion point would be, ‘Do you think you danced in the
same way as a Hindu might dance to this and why?’. We would then
watch a clip of the Hindus dancing to Hindu Garba music and compare
their movements to our own. We would also discuss why a Hindu might
be dancing and the culture of dance in society.
The children would then compose small dance routines in small groups,
perform them and explain why Hindus dance at the end of their routine