Christian pilgrimage- Market Place activity. GCSE RE- Full Course- WJEC

1. Recap from year 7
• Write a definition for ‘holiday’.
• Write a definition for ‘pilgrimage’.
• What is the difference between them?

2. Christian pilgrimage
Learning intentions:
• To describe what happens
on a Christian pilgrimage.
• To explain why pilgrimages
are important to some
Christians.
• To compare pilgrimages to
holidays.
Success criteria:
• To work as a team to create
a poster on a pilgrimage site
to peer teach to the class.
• To answer a 8 mark
question which compares
pilgrimages to holidays.

3. Copy and complete
It isn’t n for Christians to make a
pilgrimage to any s place, yet for some
this sort of j is an e of
their faith. Many p sites in Israel are
where J walked, and other places are
where h people have lived and worked, or
sites where m have been said to taken
place. Making the effort to travel to a holy site
enables some Christians to show God how much
they l him, and helps their s
growth.
Miracles journey holy spiritual
necessary Jesus expression sacred love

4. Answers
It isn’t necessary for Christians to make a pilgrimage
to any sacred place, yet for some this sort of
journey is an expression of their faith. Many
pilgrimage sites in Israel are where Jesus walked,
and other places are where holy people have
lived and worked, or sites where miracles have
been said to taken place. Making the effort to
travel to a holy site enables some Christians to
show God how much they love him, and helps
their spiritual growth.

5. Task – The Market
Place
In groups, you are going to create a poster on a
Christian place of pilgrimage.
On your poster, you can only have 20 words in
total, but you can include:
 Pictures
 Symbols
 Letters
 Numbers
1. Lourdes
2. Jerusalem
3. Canterbury Cathedral
4. St James’ Cathedral
5. Camino de Santiago
6. Walsingham

6. Task – The Market Place
Now that you have created your poster, one
person from your group is going to stay with your
poster to explain it, the ‘expert’, the others are
going to move around the room and to gain
knowledge on the other Christian pilgrimage sites.
Make sure you fill in your table!
Then, go back to your group, and teach each other
what you know.

7. 8 mark question practice
‘A pilgrimage is just another name for a
holiday.’ Do you agree? Give evidence for your
answer, showing that you have thought about
more than one point of view. You must include
reference to religious beliefs in your answer.
Sentence starters for 8 mark questions:
To begin with, a Christian would agree/disagree with the statement that...
This is because... A teaching /practice that supports this view is... which
means that Christians would say...
Similarly/On the other hand, a non-religious person would
agree/disagree with the statement that... This is because...
However, some people would agree/disagree with the religious views,
as... They might believe this, because...
I agree/disagree with the statement that... This is because... I also think
that...
I also agree/disagree with the Christianview, because...
For
Against
Religious view
My view
Evaluate the
Religious view

8. Plenary
3 – ways pilgrimage might help a Christians’
spiritual growth.
2 – names of Christian pilgrimage sites.
1 – way faith can be expressed through
pilgrimage.