His Dark Materials The Nature of Good and Evil

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His Dark Materials is based on Philip Pullman’s trilogy consisting of Northern Lights,. The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. Its two central characters, …

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His Dark Materials: The Nature of Good and Evil
OVERVIEW
These learning materials do not require the teacher or learner to have read His Dark Materials
or to have seen the National Theatre production.
Each activity comprises several short tasks related to the English Reading Programme of Study
at Key Stage 3 and 4 and where relevant, video clips from the production.
The materials include:
o Curriculum Context
o Learning Outcomes
o Plot Synopsis
o Worksheets
Activities:
1. Introduction: understanding and reason
2. Religious teaching about sin and disobedience
3. Good and bad behaviour
4. By whose authority?
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THESE LESSON IDEAS
Learning Outcomes
What students can expect to learn and achieve.
Plot Synopsis
A synopsis of the plot and background to His Dark Materials.
Curriculum Context
How the materials relate to the Programmes of Study for Religious Education at Key Stages 3
and 4.
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Curriculum Context
There is no National Curriculum for religious education, or nationally set Programmes
of Study. Agreed syllabuses for religious education are produced by local authorities
following national government guidelines. These indicate that a number of religions
have to be covered, with particular emphasis on Christianity but also including others
such as Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism. The attainment targets in
the guidelines are:
AT1: learning about religions.
AT2: learning from religion (i.e. personal learning coming out of discussion of ideas,
issues and principles).
These suggestions as a whole are best suited to KS4, but some tasks can also be
used at KS3.
Plot synopsis
His Dark Materials is based on Philip Pullman’s trilogy consisting of Northern Lights,
The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. Its two central characters, Lyra Belacqua
(11) and Will Parry (12) come from different but parallel worlds. Will’s world is
essentially our world; but in Lyra’s world invisible realities such as the soul have
visible forms called daemons. A central ‘reality’ called Dust is the essential mystery
of…