Virtual Visit: Christianity

This virtual visit for Christianity gives you the opportunity to visit different places of worship via the computer in your classroom. It covers the main features of three Christian places of worship, just as you might view them as you walked around. The furnishings, the symbols, the colours – it’s all there. There are written descriptions of what is in each photograph, with an explanation of the meaning to believers. Furthermore, there are activities for the students to do based on the visit.

The virtual tours comprise:

• a text-based tour, led by a minister or senior lay person from within a faith tradition
• images collected from churches in England which provide visual stimuli
• bird’s eye layouts of the different churches
• occasional sound files, which give aural stimuli to support learning about a particular event or object.

Many of the items mentioned in the tours are linked to further information, so that more able students can design their own learning route through the materials.

The virtual visit provides coverage of the Model Agreed Syllabus for Christianity, particularly with regard to Attainment Target 1: Learning about religions. It allows students to explore key objects, places, people and events, as well as seeing for themselves what is involved in belonging to a faith community in terms of beliefs, practices and values.

The virtual visit can also be used to support students’ learning following a real visit.

When using the virtual visits for different religions together, students can easily compare the different religions and denominations, understanding their connections and similarities as well as their differences.

Go to the virtual visit for Christianity.