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Year 7 Homework Booklet: Hinduism Faith & Ethics
Name Form Teacher
My teacher is going to test me on all of my homework on this day every week.
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
Section Due by Completed. Parents signature A B C D E F G H I J K L
Homework A: Hinduism Facts Week Set:
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Hindus worship in a Mosque True False
Hindus believe in one God True False
Hinduism originated in India True False
Hinduism is not the worlds oldest religion
True False
Ganesh is not a Hindu god True False
Hindus believe in karma True False
Hinduism is the third most popular religion in the world
True False
1. Use your knowledge and understanding of Hinduism to complete the quick knowledge check above. Circle whether you think the answer is true or false.
2. Design a page in a text book for a primary school student to introduce them to Hinduism. Use your notes in your book to help. Include:
‐ Belief in Brahman.
‐ How Brahman is linked to the Trimur and what the 3 aspects are.
‐ Why Hindus use mur ’s (images) in worship.
Homework B: Immigra on—The Hindu Community in Britain Week Set:
Week Due in:
Re‐read the notes on immigra on to Britain and an‐swer the ques ons below.
1. Why did Hindus from India move to Britain?
2.
3. Why were the Ugandan Asians exiled from Uganda?
4. Who ordered the exile?
5. How long were Asian Ugandans given to leave?
6. How many Ugandan Asians le Uganda?
7. What were they able to take?
8. How did those fleeing from Uganda find Britain?
9. How many people in the UK are Hindu ?
Read over the informa on to remind you of the key ideas studied.
1.3% of people in the UK are Hindu. Some Hindu families came to England from India a er par on of India in 1947 when Bri sh India was split into India and Pakistan. They came for work. They were promised new jobs when they arrived as there was a labour shortage a er WWII, there were not enough workers and there was a lot of rebuilding to do.
Other Hindus came to the UK from Uganda. On 4th August 1972 the Presi‐dent of Uganda Idi Amin exiled Asian Ugandans giving them just 90 days to leave. 30,000 Ugandan Asians le Uganda. 1 % of Uganda’s popula on was Asian but they controlled 90% of the wealth, as Uganda was under Bri sh rule Idi Amin said it was Britain’s problem. People had to leave everything but what they could carry – all the things they had spent years and years working for such as houses and cars just had to be abandoned. Some people were threatened into leaving. When they arrived in Britain the Ugandan Asians found Britain unwelcoming but did se le and built strong communi es.
Challenge task:
Re‐watch the video on true tube: h ps://www.truetube.co.uk/film/alien‐abduc on‐hinduism
Make detailed notes about Hindu beliefs and how they put their beliefs into ac on.
Homework C: Hindu Concept of God Week Set:
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Task: Fill in the missing words from the passage below to summarise Hindu beliefs in God.
Hindus worship ____________________________ God called Brahman. Belief in one God is called ___________________________________________ Hindus believe that ___________________________________ is too difficult to understand all in one go. So Hindus break Brahman down into his many ______________________________ or quali es.
Each of the aspects shows his ____________________________ quali es roles.
Monotheism Different Brahman One Aspects
Task: Hindus’ believe that Brahman has many quali es. The different gods and goddesses help us to understand the aspects of Brahman. In the table name of the god or goddess that demonstrates this quality of Brahman. Research them if you do not already know them.
Creator
Destroyer and Re‐creator
Preserver
Wisdom
Beauty
Mother goddess
Removes obstacles.
Quality god/goddess
1. What does the first quote from the Upanishads say about Brahman?
2. Using the second quote, do Hindus believe that we can ever understand Brahman? Why?
Homework D: The Trimur Week Set:
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Aspect of the Trimur
Role
Brahma
Vishnu
Shiva
Objects they hold and meaning
Transport
3 interes ng pieces of informa on about them.
For each of the gods of the Trimur , write down what their role is, the objects that are associated with them and what they mean. Their transport or the animal that is linked to them and 3 points of informa on about them from one of their key stories. If you are not sure please use the notes in your book or research online using:
h ps://www.britannica.com/topic/trimur ‐Hinduism There are links to each aspect of the Trimur from this page with details of their transport and objects.
Ganesh: aspect of Brahman
Task: Using the next page in the booklet to complete the task. Read the story about Ganesh. Design a story board to tell the main parts of the story about why Ganesh has his elephant head and why he is worshipped first.
Homework E: Ganesh
The story of how Ganesh gained his elephants head.
Once while Parva was going for her bath, she rubbed off the dust and oil from her body and out of it created the figure of a young boy. She infused life into the figure and told him he was her son and should guard the entrance when she went down to bathe. Soon a er, Shiva came to see Parva but the young boy blocked his way and would not let him in. Shiva, unaware that this lad was his son, became furious fought with the boy whose head got severed from his body in the ensuing ba le. Parva , returning from her bath, saw her headless son and threatened to destroy the heavens and the earth, so great was her sorrow. The gods and Shiva tried to help and Shiva his ganas, or hordes, to bring the head of the first living being with his head towards the north (the auspicious direc on associated with wisdom). They did so and the first living creature they found sleeping with its head to the north was an elephant. They brought the head of this animal and Shiva placed it on the trunk of Parva 's son and breathed life into him. Parva was overjoyed and embraced her son, the elephant‐headed boy whom Shiva named Ganesh, the lord of his ganas. Ganesh is worshipped first as the remover of obstacles. He is the god of wisdom.
Homework E: Ganesh
Homework F God / gods
Fill in the table where gods/God should go.
Lower case ‘g’ Capital ‘G’
How do we describe the gods with a lower case ‘g’?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Name as many other gods as you can ………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
God/ gods
Ganesh Shiva Laksmi Brahma
Vishnu Kali Brahman Parvar Durga
Avatars: Avatars within Hinduism: Hindus believe that some mes a god will appear on the earth in living form. Such an appearance is called an avatar. Perhaps the best English transla on of avatar is 'incarna on', however avatar also conveys the belief that God has the ability to take any form and will descend to earth at mes when there has been a decline in goodness, and evil is influencing human ac ons.
Challenge: Research the avatars of Vishnu. Choose 2 that you haven’t researched in class and find out all about your chosen avatars. Include key stories about them and why the avatar came to earth at that point.
Use your notes from the lessons or research the following answers on Avatars
What is an avatar?
How many avatars of Vishnu are there?
Name two of the avatars of Vishnu.
1.
2.
Why do Avatars come to earth?
Homework G: Reincarna on Week Set:
Week Due in:
Key word Defini on
Reincarna on =
Samsara =
Moksha =
Dharma =
Karma =
Atman =
Link to Beliefs about Reincarna on
1. Use your notes from class to fill in the defini ons and informa on about reincarna on and life a er death.
2. Design a small diagram to show the links between the key words. You might want to use a circle at the
Draw your
diagram here:
Homework H: Stages of Life Week Set:
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‘As a man casts off his worn out clothes and takes on other new ones, so does the embodied soul cast off his worn-out bod-ies and enters other new.’
Bhagavad Gita 2:22
Your Task: Write a brief descrip on of each Ashrama (stage of life) for a Hindu. Include:
When the stage takes place.
What the specific du es for a Hindu are at the stage and what a Hindu should be focusing on for this stage in life.
Whether the stage is a choice or simply a part of life.
The Students Stage:
The Householder Stage:
The Recluse Stage:
The Spiritual Stage:
Key word defini ons. Please add a defini on for each:
Dharma:
Ashrama:
Challenge Task: h ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4lSnFCnGmg&list=PLcvEcrsF_9zLN3DArb_4G8Y5EHbSTRLDL&index=5
Watch the clip—make notes on pilgrimage: My Life, My Religion: Hinduism ‐ on youtube. Explain why pilgrimage is so important to them.
Homework I: Caste System Annotate the diagram with a fact for each caste. Add examples of jobs a person of that caste might do.
Week Set:
Week Due in:
HARIJANS
Quick Ques ons:
1. What is another name for the caste system?
2. Why is the comparison made to a ladder?
4. How can a Hindu move from one caste to another?
5. What is karma?
6. How would a Kshatryia gain good karma?
7. What is the other label for Harijans?
Read the following: The Ladder of Varna: is another name for the Caste system. Hindus believe that you can move up and down the ladder in future lives accord‐ing to how good or bad you have lived. If you gain good Karma you will get a be er rebirth and move up the ladder. If you have not fulfilled your dharma and have gained bad karma then you will move down the ladder.
Homework J: Puja Read the informa on page to remind you about the importance of Puja. Use this knowledge to fill in the table about different items used in worship and to explain the sacred wri ngs.
Hindu worship is called puja – whether it is at the temple or at home. Puja means ‘giving respect and honour’. The deity (god or goddess) is treated as an honoured guest. One of the most important du es of all Hindus is to show loving devo on to God. This is known as bhak‐. It encourages devotees to show their love by focusing on the deity. A family will o en have a favourite deity who they will worship at a
shrine in their home. They will make simple offerings of a flowers or a leaf. Prayers are said in front of the mur which is an image of the god or goddess in the shrine. The Bhagavad Gita 9:26 says ‘A leaf or flower, water, fruit, a devotee in love may bring; I cherish from that earnest soul the love that makes the offering’
The main worship ceremony is called ar which is an offering of light to the deity through a mur . The image of god is ‘awakened’ by the ligh ng of a flame – this is known as Agni, and by the sound of a mantra – holy words. An ar lamp is lit and passed round the deity with prayers and songs. A bhajan is a hymn to God. Then the flame is handed round on a tray so that worshippers can pass their hands over the flame and touch their eyes and head to receive the blessing of the deity. The ar tray includes 4 or 5 lights represen ng the elements of fire, earth, air, wind and water.
When Hindus worship they will give offerings of flowers, fruit, rice or money. Hindus will o en touch or kiss the feet of a deity or offer a gree ng as a sign of respect and honour. They then ask for the deity to bless them in return. This is known as darshan. They will sing hymns, known as bhajan. They will also chant mantras. A mantra is a series of holy sounds or words. Prashad is distributed at the end of an act of puja. This is blessed food that has been offered to the deity. During puja the picca mark is placed on the forehead as a symbol of blessing.
Worship will involve all 5 senses. In a shrine an offering of WATER is o en given as it is sacred. INCENSE is burnt and the smoke raises prayers to Brahman, a BELL is rung to gain the a en on of the God, a CONCH shell is o en in the shrine as well as FRUIT as an OFFERING.
Homework J: Puja—Worship Week Set:
Week Due in:
Item How it is used in Hindu worship? Meaning / symbolism behind it.
Bell You would find this item on the puja tray. Hindus will ring the bell at the start of Puja.
This is to symbolically “wake up the gods”. It signifies the start of worship and prepares them for worship.
Mur
Offering
Ar lamp
Water
‘A leaf or flower, water, fruit, a devotee in love may bring; I cherish from that earnest soul the love that makes the offering’
Explain what this verse about offerings teaches ?
Homework K : The River Ganges Week Set:
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The story of the River Ganges: Long, long ago, when the great god Lord Brahma was looking down upon the earth, he saw that a terrible fire had spread over all the land. Horrified, he watched the hungry flames destroying everything in their path all over the world.
The goddess Ganga, full of purity, leapt to offer her help: “Send me to earth Lord Brahma, I will quench the fire.” The mighty Ganga was strong and passionate; her beau ful hair and clothes flowed around her in watery splendour. Lord Brah‐ma told her to take the form of a rushing mighty torrent of water, because water puts out fire the best. She swi ly leapt to help, and transformed herself into a cascading river in full flow, and she dashed down to earth.
Lord Shiva, another of the gods, watched as goddess Ganga dashed to the res‐cue. He realised at once that she was so strong that she would not just put out the fire: she would destroy the whole earth as well. Shiva wanted to help too, so he jumped down to the burning earth even faster than Ganga, and stood firmly on the ground. Ganga’s torrents of water hit Shiva with full force on the head. Her mighty waterfall splashed through his long hair, and cascaded down to the earth below in seven fast flowing streams.
Instead of destroying the earth, the waters of Ganga splashed off Shiva’s tangled hair and quenched the fires that burned. Ganga spread out across the hot dead lands, bringing life wherever she flowed. The rivers of Ganga filled with fish, who played in the water. The banks and plains flooded with water, and plants grew fast, animals came to drink, people to bathe.
Read the story of the Ganges. Use your knowledge and understanding to complete the tasks on the River Ganges. You will need to look back to your work on reincarna on.
Look at the picture below.
Why will Hindus want to bathe in the River Ganges?
Why would Hindus want their ashes sca ered in the river?
Homework K : The River Ganges Break the story of the River Ganges down into 5 main points. Use the following words to help you:
Ganga
River
Brahma
Shiva
Destroy
Hair
India
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Homework L: Spelling/defini on Test 1. A word meaning “belief in 1 God”.
2. A word meaning “belief in many Gods”.
3. The main God of Hinduism.
4. System of Hierarchy in India.
5. The god of removing obstacles.
6. The belief that you will be reborn in a new body.
7. The cycle of life
8. River in India; Hindus believe it is Holy
9. The symbol is Hinduism.
10. Worship in Hinduism
Draw a diagram to show how samsara works. Include moksha
Draw a diagram to show the caste system. Label up the groups.
Spelling/ Defini on Test Answers
1. Monotheism
2. Polytheism
3. Brahman
4. The Caste System
5. Ganesh
6. Reincarna on
7. Samsara
8. River Ganges
9. Aum
10. Puja