Rituals - Basics 3

• Levensbeschouwing
• Godsdienst
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t, mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 1

Learning goals

At the end of this lesson you can compare a religious ritual with a normal ritual.

Practice speaking & reading English.

Match pictures to words

Climbing

Diving

Listening

Holding hands

Fishing

Drawing

1. Draw something you always do at home at the same time of day.

2. Add English words to your drawing.

Coffee

Cup

Today

• Rituals
• Religious rituals
  
• Rite of passage
  

Normal ritual

Something you do at a fixed time or at special events.

• brushing your teeth every morning
• celebrating a birthday
• lighting fireworks for New Year's Eve
  

Religious ritual

Ritual with words, actions and symbols with a deeper meaning.

With a connection to something higher (God/gods) and other people.

Religious ritual

• words: "I baptise you..."
  
• actions: water on the head
  
• symbol: water
• deeper meaning: water = being clean from bad things
  
• connection: belonging to God and Christians
  

Religious ritual

Ritual with words, actions and symbols with a deeper meaning.

With a connection to something higher (God/gods) and other people.

Normal ritual

Religious ritual

Shopping every last wednesday of the month.

Going to church every Sunday.

Fasting in Ramadan.

Doing your hair every morning.

Making a cross before playing football.

Think - Pair - Share

1. Alone - Think of 3 actions from the clip: what did people do?

2. Alone - Write down what each action means: why did people do it?

3. In pairs - Discuss your answers, see if you think of new ideas/answers.

4. We share our answers in class.

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Rite of passage

Ritual for the change from one part of life to another.

Example1 : from child to adult.

Example 2: from single to married.

What other changes from one part of life to another can you think of?

Which of these are rites of passage?

1. Birthday
2. Baptism (=doop)
3. Funeral
4. Going to school

Which of these is a rite of passage?

1. Graduation ceremony (diploma uitreiking)
2. Starting a job
3. Celebrating Christmas
4. Winning a World Cup

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NL: Stel 1 vraag over iets dat je deze les nog niet zo goed hebt begrepen

Important words

special event = speciale gebeurtenis
normal ritual = normaal ritueel
religious ritual = godsdienstig ritueel
rite of passage = overgangsritueel
connection = band
meaning = betekenis

Sources

Icons made by Freepik  from Flaticon.