1. Lesson objective • The aim of this lesson is to look at the responsibilities of family members to help us understand why family life is so important in Islam.

2. Lesson objectives • GRADE C: will be able to describe the responsibilities of members of a Muslim family • GRADE B: will be able to explain the Muslim view on the importance of family life • GRADE A: will be able to evaluate whether a religious family is the best type of family to bring up children in

3. Starter What issues do we think might come out in this programme? What differences do you think there will be? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v4ZgmhJmcU beginning to 4.45

4. Family life in Islam • Islam teaches the importance of the family and the specific roles and responsibilities that different members of the family have.

5. Family responsibilities • You are each one member of the family. Complete your section of the table on p28 of your worksheet booklet.

6. Family responsibilities • Now visit other members of the family. They will help you complete the rest of the table on p28 of your worksheet booklet.

7. Parents One of our jobs as a parent is to make sure our children have a religious upbringing and follow the Qur’an It’s also our job to send our children to the Madrasah to help them learn about Islam

8. Mother Halal means allowed As a mother, my job is to teach my children about what is haram and what is halal And Haram means not allowed…punk

9. Father As a father, it is my responsibility to take my sons to the Mosque

10. Imam It is my job as an Imam to offer advice on matters of marriage and family life

11. Lesson objectives • GRADE C: will be able to describe the responsibilities of members of a Muslim family • GRADE B: will be able to explain the Muslim view on the importance of family life • GRADE A: will be able to evaluate whether a religious family is the best type of family to bring up children in

12. The Madrasah • One of the responsibilities a parent has is to send their children to the Madrasah. • Watch this short film and complete the questions on p27 of your worksheet booklet. • http://www.teachersmedia.co.uk/videos/islamic-education-my-other-school-is-a-madrasah

13. Why is family life important? • Use the pictures on the next slide to help you work out why family life is important in Islam. • Write down the headings, with FOUR lines between each one. • Then add the explanations that go with the headings. These are on a separate slide.

14. The pictures (headings)

15. The sentences (explanations) • The family provides protection for it’s members • The family can help arrange marriages • The family is where Muslims are taught to show kindness and compassion to each other • The family is a loving and healthy environment for children

16. Lesson objectives • GRADE C: will be able to describe the responsibilities of members of a Muslim family • GRADE B: will be able to explain the Muslim view on the importance of family life • GRADE A: will be able to evaluate whether a religious family is the best type of family to bring up children in

17. What do you think? • Muslims believe that being in a religious family is important for all the reasons you have written about. • Do you agree? • Complete Q2 on p31 of your Revision Workbook

18. Lesson objectives • GRADE C: will be able to describe the responsibilities of members of a Muslim family • GRADE B: will be able to explain the Muslim view on the importance of family life • GRADE A: will be able to evaluate whether a religious family is the best type of family to bring up children in

19. Plenary • Muslim families are often extended, with grandparents living in the same house. • Give 1 and 1 disadvantages of living in an extended family like this.