Year 6 Worldviews: how is our country and community changing? worksheet

“What is a worldview?” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 6 religious education unit “Worldviews: how is our country and community changing?”, for children aged 10 to 11, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 31 to 36 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

What is a worldview?

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 6 · Religious education · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can explain what a worldview is and why everyone has one.

A Look back3 min

Quick check from earlier learning about holy books and places of worship.

1.
Which holy book do Muslims follow? Circle one.
TorahQur'anBible
2.
Join each group to the place where they worship.
ChristiansJewish peopleHindus
MandirChurchSynagogue
3.
Sort these cards into the right columns.
Qur'anMosqueTorahGurdwaraBibleChurch
Holy books Places of worship

B Watch me, then you4 min

Sana thinks the natural world is a gift to look after. She thinks kindness to animals matters. On Sunday she puts out seeds for the birds in the park.

A park bench beside a tree, with bird seed on the grass and small birds feeding

Watch me

Belief: the world is worth looking after.

Value: kindness to animals matters to her.

Action: she puts out seeds for the birds.

Her worldview shows in what she does.

Now you

1.
Mia believes everyone deserves a fair chance. She helps at a food bank on Saturdays. Write the value in the middle box.

C Your turn6 min

Each row changes one thing. Circle religious or non-religious.

A row of five symbols on a board, including a cross and a crescent with star

1.
Christianity is a ... worldview. Circle one.
religiousnon-religious
2.
Humanism is a ... worldview. Circle one.
religiousnon-religious
3.
A worldview that finds meaning in belief in God is ... Circle one.
religiousnon-religious
4.
A worldview that finds meaning in human reason and the natural world is ... Circle one.
religiousnon-religious

Say it out loud: Which two rows describe the same kind of worldview in different words? How did you decide?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Lee says: “Only religious people have a worldview.”

1.
Write one reason Lee is wrong.

E Think deeper3 min

1.
Write one thing you believe, one thing you value, and one action that comes from them. Keep it private if you like.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

What is a worldview? · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. Qur'an Torah is the holy book of Jewish people. Ask your child which faith uses the Bible, then which uses the Qur'an.

2. Christians → Church; Jewish people → Synagogue; Hindus → Mandir If your child joins Hindus to the synagogue, ask which building a Hindu family visits to worship and say the names again.

3. Holy books: Qur'an, Torah, Bible · Places of worship: Mosque, Gurdwara, Church

B

1. Look for: A value such as fairness, kindness, or helping others, linked to Mia's belief and action. If your child copies the action into the middle box, ask: what does Mia think matters most? Point to the middle box and ask for one value word.

C

1. religious

2. non-religious

3. religious If your child circles non-religious, ask: where does this worldview look for meaning, to God or to human reason?

4. non-religious

D

1. Look for: Everyone has a worldview, including non-religious people such as humanists, because a worldview is how anyone understands and lives in the world. If your child agrees with Lee, ask: does someone who cares about honesty have a worldview? Then ask about a humanist.

E

1. Look for: A belief, a value and an action that connect to each other, written in the child's own words.

Words to use

Say“Everyone has a worldview. Can you tell me one thing you believe, and one small thing you do because of it?”

Instead of“Tell them that only people who go to church, mosque or temple have views about life.”

After the sheet

At the dinner table, each person names one thing they value and one small action it leads to. Then swap turns.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Reading the census(with a plan)
Belief around the world(with a plan)
Where people live, and why(with a plan)
Worldviews in our town(with a plan)
Changing worldviews locally(with a plan)

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