Secondary School Teaching Pack

The pack is designed to correspond with the learning priorities and outcomes in the Scottish education Curriculum for Excellence. The lesson plans in this pack are designed for all aged secondary school children.

TLM Scotland shares the desire of educators in Scotland to encourage and support children in becoming successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens (both in a Scottish and a global context) and effective contributors. The pack aims to facilitate this and to meet specified learning objectives from the following subject areas within a Curriculum for Excellence:

Science

• Helping children recognise the impact science makes on their lives, on the lives of others, on the environment and on culture
• Encouraging children to express opinions and make decisions on social, moral, economic and environmental issues informed by their knowledge and understanding of science

Social Studies

• Helping children broaden their understanding of the world by learning about human activities and achievements in the past and present, political, social and environmental issues, and the values underpinning their own society and other societies
• Encouraging children to develop their capacity for critical thinking, through accessing, analysing and using information
• Encouraging children to develop their own beliefs and view of the world and develop their understanding of different values, beliefs and cultures

Religious and Moral Education

• Helping children develop a knowledge and understanding of Christianity and other world religions and recognise religion as an important expression of human experience
• Helping children explore moral values such as wisdom, justice, compassion and integrity
• Develop the skills of reflection, discernment, critical thinking, and deciding how to act when making moral decisions

Expressive Arts

• Enabling children to express themselves in different ways and be creative
• Enabling children to experience enjoyment (and contribute to other people’s enjoyment) through creative and expressive performance and presentation.