Year 6 - Religious education
Investigating worldviews in our community
Worldviews: how is our country and community changing?
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils will examine the place of religion in the UK today. Beginning with an understanding of the census data they will make comparisons globally. From this they will drill down to their own locality to compile a report noting trends and analysing similarities and differences to the UK.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to analyse local census data about worldviews and carry out a survey.
Key Notes
- Social scientists of religion use survey data to investigate worldviews.
- The census provides information at a national and local level about worldviews.
- We can investigate worldviews in our local community using census data.
- We can carry out a survey in our school community to see how this data is similar or different to local census data.
Vocabulary To Learn
- worldview: the way people see, interpret and inhabit the world
- census: a national survey held every 10 years in the UK
- data: information that can be collected and analysed
- survey: a method of collecting data by asking questions through a form
- local: nearby or related to an area
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Religions and worldviews will look the same in our local area compared to England and Wales.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Social scientists of religion use survey data to investigate worldviews. The census provides information at a national and local level about worldviews.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'worldview'
the way people see, interpret and inhabit the world.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Religions and worldviews will look the same in our local area compared to England and Wales. Correction: Data may look similar or different. There may be local variations, meaning that your local data may be very similar or completely different to national data.
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