Festival lights across places
Autumn 2 · Week 4 · 40 minutes
Learning intention
I can use named sources to describe festival examples in different places.
Success criteria
- Locate three country examples by continent.
- Separate place, practice and meaning.
- Use a source limit to avoid an overclaim.
Use Next to begin. Ask for word help or your usual support when needed.
Place is not belief
Use the place table.
Name one country and its continent.
What tells us who made a source?
Does one example tell us about everyone?
Today we follow two festivals across places.
| Example place | Country | Continent |
|---|---|---|
| London | United Kingdom | Europe |
| Beijing | China | Asia |
| US cities: not named | United States | North America |
A festival far from one place
London and Beijing are both in our evidence.
Read the two cards.
What can they show?
What can they not show?
A · London · BAPS, 2023
The London Hindu temple describes Diwali as a time of hope and light. People gathered for prayers.
What it cannot show
One institution’s event cannot describe every Hindu person or every Diwali celebration.
Short factual paraphrase. Source details are in the staff guide. No original photograph is reproduced.
B · Beijing · WJC, 2006
The World Jewish Congress reported a gathering to light Hanukkah candles in Beijing.
What it cannot show
This older report does not say how many Jewish people live there now.
Short factual paraphrase. Source details are in the staff guide. No original photograph is reproduced.
Read place and meaning
Keep three questions apart.
Where was the example?
Who wrote the account?
What did they say it meant?
Light can have different meanings in different festivals.
Diwali · BAPS perspective
This Hindu source links its celebration with hope, light and goodwill.
Chanukah · Reform Jewish perspective
This guide links eight days of light with the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem.
Named community perspectives, paraphrased. Hanukkah and Chanukah are two English spellings of the same festival name.
| Example place | Country | Continent |
|---|---|---|
| London | United Kingdom | Europe |
| Beijing | China | Asia |
| US cities: not named | United States | North America |
Build an evidence trail
Match each source to a place.
Use the table.
Choose the claim that fits.
Explain why one example is limited.
A · London · BAPS, 2023
The London Hindu temple describes Diwali as a time of hope and light. People gathered for prayers.
What it cannot show
One institution’s event cannot describe every Hindu person or every Diwali celebration.
Short factual paraphrase. Source details are in the staff guide. No original photograph is reproduced.
B · Beijing · WJC, 2006
The World Jewish Congress reported a gathering to light Hanukkah candles in Beijing.
What it cannot show
This older report does not say how many Jewish people live there now.
Short factual paraphrase. Source details are in the staff guide. No original photograph is reproduced.
| Example place | Country | Continent |
|---|---|---|
| London | United Kingdom | Europe |
| Beijing | China | Asia |
| US cities: not named | United States | North America |
Paper or spoken route
Use source cards A/B and the place table. Circle the choices listed in the guided cases.
Eight days: one source view
The Reform Jewish guide explains Chanukah.
It describes eight days and rededication.
It mentions lights in windows and public places.
This adds meaning; the Beijing report gives a place example.
M · Reform Jewish guide
Chanukah recalls rededication. The guide discusses lights made visible at home and in public.
What it cannot show
A guide and an event report answer different questions. Neither represents every Jewish person.
Short factual paraphrase. Source details are in the staff guide. No original photograph is reproduced.
Can we place an unnamed city?
Read the new country-level evidence.
Which country is named?
Which continent is it in?
Can we name the exact city from this card?
C · United States · WJC, 2006
The report also mentions Hanukkah lights in cities across the United States. It does not name those cities.
What it cannot show
We can place the country. We cannot invent a city or mark every community.
Short factual paraphrase. Source details are in the staff guide. No original photograph is reproduced.
| Example place | Country | Continent |
|---|---|---|
| London | United Kingdom | Europe |
| Beijing | China | Asia |
| US cities: not named | United States | North America |
What is the careful location label?
Make a world evidence board
Use new cards C and D.
Give each example a place label and source code.
Record one practice or action.
Add one limit to each claim.
Explain why a faith is not the same as a country.
C · United States · WJC, 2006
The report also mentions Hanukkah lights in cities across the United States. It does not name those cities.
What it cannot show
We can place the country. We cannot invent a city or mark every community.
Short factual paraphrase. Source details are in the staff guide. No original photograph is reproduced.
D · London · BAPS, 2024
BAPS reports that Neasden Temple worked with Tesco to collect and distribute food to local food banks and charities during its celebrations.
What it cannot show
This account describes one group’s action. It is not a rule for all Hindu people.
Short factual paraphrase. Source details are in the staff guide. No original photograph is reproduced.
| Example place | Country | Continent |
|---|---|---|
| London | United Kingdom | Europe |
| Beijing | China | Asia |
| US cities: not named | United States | North America |
Supported
Use C. Give its country and continent, name its source and add one limit. Then try D.
An adult reads exactly. Choose from the place table; you choose the claim.
Standard
Make a two-case board from C and D: place, source, action and limit. Explain why these examples are not faith borders.
Use four labels first, then combine them in your own words.
Stretch
Which source is more precise about location? Explain how an event report differs from a festival guide, and what that changes in your claim.
Compare place detail and purpose, not which faith is better.
No name is needed. Save your written notes before closing or reloading.
One place, one careful claim
Choose one claim from your board.
Name its source.
State what the source supports.
Add what remains unknown.
Claim frame
Source ___ reports ___ in ___. It cannot show ___.
Use your evidence.
Lundy Loop
Choose how to share. Your adult will listen and say what happens next.
Lesson complete
Show one thing you learned.
Tell your adult what helped or what needs another look.
Save any written notes you want to keep. Your teacher will agree the next step.
Use Print for pupil sheets or Back to revisit a stage.