Starter: What have we learnt already about the

afterlife? Try to remember the definition of these

key terms:
Heaven Hell Salvation
Afterlife Resurrection Judgement

Death and the Afterlife

Objectives:
To recap and revise religious
teachings about the afterlife
To revise for the end of topic
assessment for Religion and Life
 Progress Indicators

I can explain
how beliefs
I can explain I can explain the
about the
what Christians impact of these
afterlife link to
believe about beliefs on
what we have
the afterlife. Christians today.
learnt in this
topic.
Grade 4 Grade 8
Grade 6
In this topic, ‘Religion and Life’, we
have looked at a number of theories
about how life on earth began
including that of humans. We have
looked at how we should be looking
after life on our planet and caring for
its creatures. We have studied
different ideas about the value of
human life and whether it is ever right
for a human life to be deliberately
taken away. The final part of this topic
will be looking at what happens at the
end of human life.
 Evidence from Scripture
You need to be able to support the
things you’ve already learnt about
using references to the Bible. Look at
the teachings on your sheet and
complete the table:
Teaching Key point
Helpful definitions
Salvation – the means by
which we are saved from
death
Resurrection – coming back
to life
Judgement – how we should
be living now to be judged
favourably by God
Explanation
Challenge: Explain two
religious beliefs about the
afterlife. Refer to scripture
or sacred writings in your
answer. (5 marks)
 For God so loved the
Depart from me, you who
What good is it for world that he gave his
are cursed, into the
someone to gain the only Son, so that whoever
eternal fire prepared for
whole world, yet forfeit believes in him shall not
the devil and his angels.
their soul? (Mark 8:36) die but have eternal life.
(Matthew 25:41)
(John 3:16)
God will wipe away every
Throw them into the tear from their eyes, and Jesus said ‘I am the
blazing furnace, where there will be no more resurrection and the life.
there will be weeping and mourning or crying or He who believes in me
gnashing of teeth. pain, for the old order of will live even though he
(Matthew 13:50) things has passed away. dies.’ (John 11:25)
(Revelation 21:4)
You have taken off your
old self with its practices
For the wages of sin is sin,
Everyone who calls on the and have put on the new
but the gift of God is
name of the Lord will be self, which is being
eternal life in Christ Jesus
saved. (Joel 2:32) renewed in knowledge in
our Lord. (Romans 6:23)
the image of its Creator.
(Colossians 3: 9-10)
Origins of human life
Create a table to show how
evolution and the Genesis
story compare. Include the
similarities and differences
between them and different
interpretations of the Bible’s
account.
Use and abuse of animals
Have a go at this 5 marker:
Explain two religious beliefs
about eating meat. Refer to
scripture or sacred writings in
your answer. (5 marks)
Abortion
Create a mindmap of what we
learnt about abortion. Include
the following sections: the
timeline of pregnancy; the law
on abortion; different religious
views on about; pro-life vs
pro-choice
Origins of the universe
Draw a timeline of the
creation story in Genesis
showing the order that God
created the world. Explain
how this compares with the
Big Bang theory.
Choose from these tasks to
help you revise for the end
of topic assessment next
lesson. Homework: REVISE
the Religion and Life topic
AND Existence of God and
Revelation
Euthanasia
Create a table to show
different religious attitudes
towards euthanasia. You
should include different
Christian groups, teachings
from the Bible and details
about hospices.
The value of human life
Create a mindmap from
memory to show the key
beliefs in the sanctity of life
and reasons why human life is
special for Christians. Include
teachings from the Bible on
your mindmap.
Pollution and the
environment
Have a go at this 12 marker:
‘Humans should take more
responsibility for looking after
the planet.’ Evaluate this
statement. (12 marks)
Death and the afterlife
Have a go at this 4 marker:
Explain two contrasting beliefs
in contemporary British
society about what happens
when we die. (4 marks)