Year 3 - Religious education
Different styles of Christian music
Spirituality: How do music and silence express beliefs?
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils will examine the role of music and silence within Christianity, Muslim and Sikh worldviews. They will investigate how music is used differently within worldviews, and how worldviews may have different attitudes to the use of music and silence.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain how music might be used in a church.
Key Notes
- Most Christians will use music as part of their worship in church services.
- Some Christian churches will have a worship band that will lead music with contemporary instruments.
- There are many different styles of music that Christians might use.
- Christians have been using music in their worship for many hundreds of years.
- Other churches use hymns or choral music.
Vocabulary To Learn
- service: a set time when Christians meet to worship God together
- worship: to show devotion or respect
- hymn: a song or poem of praise to God
- choral: sung or chanted by a choir
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All Christians use the same music styles.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Most Christians will use music as part of their worship in church services. Some Christian churches will have a worship band that will lead music with contemporary instruments.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'service'
a set time when Christians meet to worship God together.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: All Christians use the same music styles. Correction: Christians use music of many different styles in their worship.
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