To use picture clues a media clip and quotes to understand the different Christian attitudes to infertility treatments Grade C All will be able to select Christian arguments both for and against fertility treatments and ID: 317195
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OBJECTIVE…
To use picture clues, a media clip and quotes to understand the different Christian attitudes to infertility treatments. Slide2
Grade C
All will be able to
select
Christian arguments both for and against fertility treatments and
sort
Biblical quotes relating to this issue.
Grade BMost will be able to explain how some Christian couple may respond to not being able to have children and the meaning of Biblical quotes relating to infertility. Grade A/A*Some will be able to give an opinion on Christian attitudes to infertility treatments.
Your GOALS for the end of this lesson are…
OUTCOMES…Slide3
Starter…
Look carefully at the title of this book...
Why do you think some Christians are
ashamed
that they cannot naturally have children?
Think
PairShareSlide4
“....be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth...”
What did God command human beings to do?
Why might this cause problems for infertile Christians?
So many Christians believe it is their religious duty to start a family. For many the sole purpose of sex is to reproduce and fulfil God’s commandment.
Christians who find themselves unable to have children often feel ashamed and disappointed as they are unable to fulfil this commandment. Slide5
Imagine Monica and Chandler are a Christian couple who have just received this news...
Explain how they may respond and why.
What might they do next and why?
Christian responses...Slide6
Christian responses...
Use these picture clues to help you Slide7
So Christian couples may respond in a variety of ways...
- Some may accept that it is God’s choice for them not to have children – it is part of His plan.Some may find other ways to direct their parental skills, such as school, charity work and church work.Some may choose to adopt, giving unwanted and orphaned children a loving homeSome may choose to conceive a child through fertility treatment.
This last response relating to fertility treatments causes conflict amongst Christians – Some
AGREE
with them while others believe they are
WRONG and completely DISAGREE!Christian responses...Slide8
Grade B
Most
will be able to
explain
how some Christian couples may respond to not being able to have children.
Did you achieve
YOUR goals?…OUTCOMES…Slide9
Christian responses to infertility treatments fall into 3 categories....
Christian responses...
Very few Christians would say that people should
NOT
have
ANY
form of infertility treatment.WHY?Some Christians accept the use of medicine and surgery. They do not accept assisted fertility.Some Christians accept any sort of infertility treatment.WHY?WHY?What do YOU think? Can you give a reason WHY for each of these views ?Think about what you have learnt already and what you know about Christians and their beliefs. Write a response for each (in turn) on your mini whiteboards. Slide10
Christian attitudes to fertility treatments…
FOR
– Most fertility treatments are acceptable.
Attitude of the Roman Catholic Church...
Attitude of the Church of England...
Sort the arguments in the middle of your sheet into the correct column. What type of fertility treatment would each allow?Use your sheet from last lesson to help you.AGAINST – Assisted reproduction treatment is not acceptable (only medicine and surgery is acceptable).Slide11
Grade
C
All will be able to select Christian arguments both for and against fertility treatments
Did you achieve
YOUR goals?…
OUTCOMES…Slide12
Christian attitudes to fertility treatments…
Read the Biblical quotes you have been given.
Decide if they are
FOR
or
AGAINST
the use of infertility treatments.Can you give a reason WHY you have categorised them either FOR or AGAINST?Slide13
WHAT if...?
Even though some Christians agree with some fertility treatments for many it would still depend upon the situation of the couple as to whether they believed it to be RIGHT.
How do you think a Christian would respond to the following?...
A same-sex couple wanting to use fertility treatments to start a family.
A married couple wanting to use fertility treatments to have more children.
An unmarried couple wanting to use fertility treatments to start a family
.RIGHT or WRONG?Slide14
Do you agree?
Is it
WRONG for Christians to seek medical treatment if they are infertile?Complete Page 71 of your revision workbook.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?…
“Techniques which call someone other than the husband and wife to be involved in the making of a child is very wrong. Techniques which separate sex from the making of a baby are unacceptable”
(The Catholic Church)
Swap with a partner and mark each others work in GREEN PENThe type of question (a,b,c,d) and the marks for each question (2,4,8,6) are in brackets at the side.Please comment – giving a POSITIVE and a TARGETSlide15
Grade A/A*
Some will be able to
give an opinion on Christian attitudes to infertility treatments.
Did you achieve
YOUR goals?…
OUTCOMES…Slide16
One thing I have learnt today is...
One thing that has surprised me this lesson is...
One thing I would like to know more about is...
Plenary...