activities
- Have the students use Fotobabble (http://www.fotobabble.com) to come up with a series of images they believe fit well into different stages within the Catholic wedding ceremony. This is a great activity to get the students using their ICT skills and relating it back to their own lives.
- You may like to arrange for the students to run a play of the religious ceremony that is Marriage. Have them working in groups of about 6 or 7.
- Students can do a tableaux (Still Image Drama) where they create the main parts of a Catholic wedding ceremony based on their learnings.
- You can prepare a jigsaw activity for the students to complete on the different stages of a wedding ceremony. Include in the fact sheets the different symbols an rituals at each stage.
- The following website has many different ideas for teaching Religious Education. http://teachingre.weebly.com
- For example the use of Creaza Education can be a great way of incorporating the use of ICT in the classroom. Students can create mind maps or comic strips using this tool.
- Play this 7 minute 36 second video on Youtube, for another persons viewpoint on the sacrament of Marriage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq2RDYlOLrs. Name: Sacraments 101: Matrimony (why make it Catholic)
- Another video - 5 minutes, 16 seconds long. Great to gain students attention is found on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYXrhayk9gM. Name - Fr. Ray Kelly who sang Hallelujah
- Use of group work and think-pair-shares to discuss ideas is a great way to gain student engagement