Key question
How much do someone's clothes tell you about them?
Learning objectives
Through this unit, students learn to:
• look at messages communicated by badges and uniforms, and their limitations
• recognise the 'uniforms' used by religious leaders
• understand that they themselves may often be identified by the clothes they wear
• apply the knowledge and understanding of what they have learnt to new contexts.
Activities
Ask students to:
• look at the variety of badges and uniforms they wear, and talk about their significance
• look at a clerical shirt or other item of religious dress, and discuss who might wear it
• organise a visit from a local religious leader, and to ask appropriate, prepared questions about their work
• look at images of other religious leaders, and ask the same questions
• imagine that they are members of a local religious community wishing to appoint a new leader, and to think about what sort of person might be ideal for the role
• enact role-play interviews with 'candidates' who have been given specific (though varied) identities.
