Themes to InspiRE 1 for KS3 Hodder Education

1.1 How are symbols used in religion?

Starter activity 1.1

How are symbols used in religion?

Themes to InspiRE 1 for KS3 Hodder Education

What are these symbols of?

Why?

How do they make you feel?

Themes to InspiRE 1 for KS3 Hodder Education

Themes to InspiRE 1 for KS3 Hodder Education

Themes to InspiRE 1 for KS3 Hodder Education

Themes to InspiRE 1 for KS3 Hodder Education

Themes to InspiRE 1 for KS3 Hodder Education

If you wanted to represent strength, leadership, vision, wisdom, power, grace and elegance, how would you do it?

Themes to InspiRE 1 for KS3 Hodder Education

Civilisations throughout history have used the eagle as a symbol of these qualities:

• The eagle was a symbol of the Roman Empire.• Native Americans wear eagle feathers as

symbols.• The eagle features on the seal of the President

of the United States of America.• St John, one of the gospel writers in the

Christian Bible, is often represented as an eagle.

Themes to InspiRE 1 for KS3 Hodder Education

What do these symbols represent?

Themes to InspiRE 1 for KS3 Hodder Education

What do these pictures have in common?

Themes to InspiRE 1 for KS3 Hodder Education

What do these mean?

Themes to InspiRE 1 for KS3 Hodder Education

Think of ways you could symbolise:

Choose at least four.

Respect Goodness Sorrow Courage

Beauty Boredom Fear Anger

Wisdom Intelligence Failure Honesty

Pride Loyalty Freedom Sympathy

Life Forgiveness