KS3 What was the enlightenment? (Buddhism) Evaluating the Buddha's Life

LOs: To know the story of the Buddha’s enlightenment; to analyse the importance of the story of the Buddha

Pupils start by exploring the impact of things in their own lives, then will need a textbook to read about the story of the enlightenment (I use pages 10-11 of ‘The Buddhist Experience’ but any Buddhism textbook or video will do). Then they complete a ‘choose your own’ activity on the story of the enlightenment, before moving on to discuss what they think is the most important part of Siddhartha’s story and completing an evaluation table on this to practise GCSE skills.

Included: PowerPoint (my guidance is in the notes), blank evaluation table sheet for more able students, partially filled in table sheet for less able students. Some ideas/answers are on the second page of the less able table sheet document.