The document outlines the learning objectives and contents for a Religious Studies and ELA course, including tasks analyzing famous historical figures like Alexander the Great, Joan of Arc, and Mahatma Gandhi. It also provides examples of writing assignments where students can write a letter to someone they admire, compose a poem, or design a symbolic gift about an inspirational person. The document contains biographies of the famous figures and examples of student work.

1. Religious Studies ELA
Autumn Term
Chloe Payne

2. Contents
 Task 1 learning objective
 Alexander the great
 Joan of Arcs
 Marie Curie
 Mahatma Gandhi
 Amelia Earhart
 Task 2 Learning Objective
 My letter to Dame Kelly Holmes
 Poem about Adele
 A gift for Margret corbin

3. Task 1 Learning Objective
 To look at the pictures below and find five
facts about each of the ‘famous people’ and
why their life was an inspiration to others
Alexander the great Joan of arc Marie Curie Mahatma Gandhi Amelia
Earhart

4. Alexander The Great
 Alexander never lost a battle. Before his death, he had built over 70 cities, and had
conquered the ENTIRE known world in the Mediterranean region. His empire stretched all
the way to the Indus River.
 He probably would have pushed on, perhaps even to China, but Alexander died young.
One day, he was out boating. He became quite ill and died shortly after. He was only 32
years old. Alexander died in June 323 BCE, about a month before his 33rd birthday.
 Although Alexander was not a Greek by birth, scholars today sometimes refer to him as
Alexander, the Great Greek. Without Alexander, the Greek culture, which so enriches our
lives today, might not have survived or spread to early Rome and beyond.
 But Alexander was also trained to be a ruler - a ruler and a warrior and a leader of men. He
was taught that his job was to expand the Macedonian empire, and to rule at all times with
a firm hand.
 One of Alexander's teachers was Aristotle. Aristotle was also born in
Macedonia, but he lived for a very long time in ancient Greece

5. Joan of arc
 Joan of Arc had a great faith in God. She believed she had been chosen to lead the army of
France in battles with England. She carried a banner onto the battlefield, but no weapon. She
didn't want to hurt anyone. The English soldiers were afraid of her because they felt she had
supernatural * power.
 Her father wanted her to get married, but she said she wanted to follow God's calling. She didn't
want to marry - and she didn't.
 During the battle at Orleans, she was struck by an arrow. She pulled the arrow out and continued
to lead.
 One time she threw herself out of a prison tower. She fell 70 feet to the ground, but
she didn't die. They put her back in prison and then in a few months she was put on
trial. They said she was guilty of witchcraft * and of wearing men's clothes .
 There is disagreement about her education. Some people say she never did learn to
read nor write, but you can look at copies of letters that others say were written by
her.

6. Marie Curie
1. Pierre & Marie Curie were both extraordinary scientists. They married in 1895 and were
awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 for their joint research on radiation. Pierre
Curie died on April the 19th 1906 in a street accident, devastating Marie after the two had
become so close. Some have speculated that he was weakened by radiation exposure but
this has never been proven. Marie Curie’s eventual death in 1934 however was almost
certainly due to an over exposure of radiation over a long period of time. Read on for
interesting facts, quotes and information about Marie & Pierre Curie.
2. Marie Curie was a chemist and physicist famous for becoming the first person to be
awarded two Nobel Prizes. She was brought up in Poland before eventually moving to
France and obtaining French citizenship.
3. In 1911 Marie Curie was awarded another Nobel Prize, this time in Chemistry, for her
discovery of radium and polonium and subsequent research.
4. Famous Marie Curie quotes include: “We must not forget that when radium was
discovered no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure
science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of
view of the direct usefulness of it. It must be done for itself, for the beauty of science, and
then there is always the chance that a scientific discovery may become like the radium a
benefit for humanity.”
 “One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.”

7. Mahatma Gandhi
 Thinker, statesman and nationalist leader, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi not only led his own
country to independence but also influenced political activists of many persuasions throughout
the world with his methods and philosophy of nonviolent confrontation, or civil disobedience.
 Born in Porbandar in Gujarat on October 2, 1869, his actions inspired the great Indian poet
Rabindranath Tagore to call him "Mahatma" ("great soul"). For him, the universe was
regulated by a Supreme Intelligence or Principle, which he preferred to call satya (Truth) and, as
a concession to convention, God.
 Gandhi was repeatedly imprisoned by the British and resorted to hunger strikes as part of his
civil disobedience. His final imprisonment came in 1942-44, after he had demanded total
withdrawal of the British (the "Quit India" movement) during World War II.
 Gandhi also fought to improve the status of the lowest classes of society, the ‘Untouchables’,
whom he called harijans ("children of God"). He believed in manual labor and simple living; he
spun thread and wove cloth for his own garments and insisted that his followers do so, too. He
disagreed with those who wanted India to industrialize.
 Married by arrangement at 13, Gandhi went to London to study law when he was 18. He
was admitted to the bar in 1891 and for a while practiced law in Bombay.

8. Amelia Earhart
 Amelia Mary Earhart's family consisted of her father Edward, mother Amy, Amelia and her
younger sister Muriel. Amelia was named after her two grandmothers, but she was called
"Meelie" because when Muriel was young she couldn't say "Amelia". The nickname remained
with her throughout her life.
 The family enjoyed relating a story about their great-grandmother. When she was 2 1/2 years old
her father lifted her up on his shoulders for her to see George Washington pass by.

Amelia's mother came from a well-to-do family and when her parents married, Judge Otis,
Amy's father gave them a fully furnished two-story home for a wedding present.

Amelia and her sister loved animals, and it hurt them when they saw animals being abused.
Once she refused to take a piece of cake to their neighbor, Mr. Oldham, because he had
been cruel to his horse. Mother understood and didn't scold her.
 That Christmas their dad gave them a .22-caliber* rifle which they used to shoot
the rats that infested the barn. Grandmother Otis thought a rifle was not a
suitable gift for two girls aged seven and nine

9. Task 2 Learning Objective
To think of someone you admire. They could famous
from history , a celebrity or someone you know.
Consider what it is about there life that makes them
inspirational. Show this in one of the following
choices:
1. Write a letter to inform them that they inspire you
2. write a poem to express your feelings
3. Design a gift that symbolise their posittive qualities

10. Dame Kelly Holmes

11. To Dame Kelly holmes
Dear Dame Kelly Holmes
Kelly you are one of my inspirations I am Chloe Payne and I live in Redditch.
My sport is running and you are my inspiration because you do a lot of work
for charity and you are a very fast runner I have always wanted to be able
to run like you and it all started in year 3
When I won the running race. At Birchensale Middle school I was not the
fastest and I came 10th and 51st in cross country. At Aston Fields I went
do District athletics while worrying about doing 300 meters as I got on the
track I was crying but when the gun shot I tried my hardest and witch
was quite hard but with the support of all my friends I won.
When you won the gold medal at Athens I was 5 years old and I still
remember watching you sprint you were very fast.
Chloe Payne
xxxxx

12. Famous Mottos
 Never excuse, never explain, never complain
 Those who endure conquer.”
 Safety is from God alone.”
 Dare to be wise.”
 All things come from above.”
Mottos are something that people abide by .

13. World Leaders

14. Loyalty abides us
Respect others
The queen
Respect
Has yourself
different
leaders
houses all
over the
world
We serve and
we protect
Practise make perfect
Seek serve and
follow christ

15. Jesus