Resources for Teaching Sikhism (Primary)

Further classroom activities exploring Sikhism from RE Today curriculum publications


	Topic	RE Today Publication/Series
Sikh Stories	Story: Guru Nanak and Bhai Lalo Story: The formation of the Khalsa Stories about Guru Nanak: understanding God	Faith Stories (DPRE) pp.30-2 Faith Stories (DPRE) pp.30-2 Stories about God (DPRE) pp.29-31
Festivals	How and why do Sikhs celebrate Baisakhi? (Formation of the Khalsa) Celebrating Divali: Hindu and Sikh perspectives Baisakhi: understanding Sikhs through festival	Community (OURE) pp.14-18 Celebrations (EAT) pp.21-6 Special Times (DPRE) pp.29-32
Sacred texts	Sacred Words of the Guru Granth Sahib	Words of Wisdom (DPRE) pp.27-31
Meet faith community members	Meet Eeshar	Religion Around Me (EAT) pp.22-3
Codes for living	Exploring religious codes for living: Sikhism (one of four religions covered)	Codes for Living (EAT) pp.20-23
Values	Why is helping people important to Sikhs? (Story of Guru Amar Das and Emporer Akbar; the Langar) Learning from Sikh values: equality and service Baljit Singh: Seva Belonging to a Sikh community: eating together at the Gurdwara Belonging: who do we belong to? What do we belong to and how do we show it? Caring for others: How do Christians and Sikhs help?	Community (OURE) pp.8-13 Opening up Values (OURE) Special People (DPRE) pp.26-9 Opening up Belonging (OURE) p.7 Opening up Belonging (OURE) p.8-12 Opening Up Promises (OURE) p. 14-19
Subject leader	Representing Sikhism	Community (OURE) p.32