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The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments
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Key Info
  • The Ten Commandments
  • Duration: 01:37
  • The clip focusses on the Ten Commandments and explains why these are found within both the Bible and the Jewish Torah. For the Jews, the Torah sets out the laws, or rules, of how God wants them to live. The Ten Commandments are a fundamental set of rules. The clip starts with scenes in the synagogue, and each of the commandments is presented in a lively fashion by children on a football field.
  • Subject:

    Religious Education

       Topic:

    Christianity: The Bible

  • Keywords: Bible, Torah, laws, Christians, Jews, guidance, commandments
Ideas for use in class
  • This clip would fit into a unit on how sacred texts are important to religious people and how they relate to the everyday lives of followers. It refers to both Christianity and Judaism. Ask pupils what the world would be like without rules. Imagine road systems, sports or a classroom without rules. What about more general rules for living? Can they work in groups to come up with five or ten rules for life? Watch the clip. Ask pupils to write down as many of the commandments as they can remember. Compare with their own lists. Divide them into more obvious, easy to keep rules such as 'don't commit murder' and others that are more difficult or don't seem so bad, e.g. 'don't want things someone else has got'. How does it help religious people to have rules given to them?
Background details
  • Clip language : English
  • Aspect ratio : 16x9
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