Each person's identity, worldview and sense of belonging is complex. Tackling these themes with students can be challenging, but it can also lead to impactful discussions that have cross-curricular value - particularly as part of religious education, but also as part of PSHE, citizenship, or any subject where discussing identity is relevant. Exploring these themes also gives teachers the opportunity to highlight the diverse ways in which people can express their identities and worldviews.
Lyfta's Becoming Me series of storyworlds centres around the lives of six young people from Denmark who come from different communities and have differing faiths and worldviews. We see how each of them approach growing up, practicing faith and being part of a community. The teaching resources (including a range of lesson and assembly plans) emphasise the diversity within and across religious traditions, and illustrate the national context of the worldviews featured.
We recommend teachers
start with lesson plan My Identity which explores the themes of belonging and inclusion.
