Year 8 RE Lesson: The Power of One – Comparing Inspirational Figures
This lesson helps students evaluate six inspirational individuals they have studied, including Harriet Tubman, Gandhi, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Linda Brown, and others. Pupils reflect on how each person contributed to justice and equality and consider what it takes to be truly inspirational. All lessons are available to purchase.
Activities include completing a comparison table of achievements, designing a modern justice symbol, creating a timeline of courage, and writing a first-person poem imagining life in the shoes of someone who stood up against injustice.
Learning aims:
Recall and summarise the achievements of key inspirational figures
Reflect on the values and beliefs that motivated their actions
Evaluate whose impact on justice and equality was greatest
Develop empathy by imagining the experiences of people who fought for change
Includes PowerPoint slides, creative reflection tasks, structured writing activities, and discussion prompts ready to teach.
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