n this assignment you will find out some of the important aspects of the SIKH religion.  There is lots of information to find out and this will:-

	help you get used to research
	help you use information to do tasks
	help you understand Sikh beliefs and way of life
	help you build your knowledge of religious words, ideas and practices.

THE SIKHS

The following work is based upon research carried out on the internet.  You will need to use information and pictures to answer questions and build a profile of the Sikh Religion.

1.     Sikh History

a.     Find out about the 10 Gurus,  in particular  Guru Nanak,  Guru Arjan and Guru Gobind  
        Singh.  In order to do this you need to download this site.  

                                   http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/gurus

       There is information on each of the ten Gurus,  far more information than you need so try to
       find out in the first paragraph why each was famous.  Then down load the pictures

b.    TASK.  Produce a small collage of pictures of the Gurus and write two sentences
                   about each one.

2.     Sikh Beliefs

Sikhs believe in ONE God who they worship using the title "WAHEGURU" (wonderful Lord).  They also have very strong beliefs about social equality and justice. 

a.     Find out about some of their beliefs in the following website. Print them or copy them

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/carolrb/sikhism/beliefs.html

The Mool Mantra is very important and is a prayer that is said every day.  It contains all that Sikhs believe about God

"There is One God
His Name is Truth
He is without fear and without hate       
He is timeless
He is not born
Nor will He die
By the Grace of the Guru,
He is made know to us"

b.  Task.  Copy the Mool Mantra in a neat way into you books and decorate it with The
               Khanda and the Ik Oankar symbols above.

c.  Task.  You are making a programme for TV which is designed to show people that
               Sikh belief is very good. Write about 200 words explaining what you would
               include in this programme. Use the following website to add more information.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/sikhism.htm

If you want to find out more about Sikh beliefs in a more detailed way please go to this next website and use the information there.  If you find it too difficult for you then go back to use something more simple.

http://www.sikhs.org/philos.htm

Look for things to do with equality, working hard, being honest, being clean, rejecting discrimination. Do not worry of the language seems very hard.

3.     Sikh Worship

1.   You need to find out something about the GURDWARA.  This is the main pleace of worship 
      for Sikhs.   It literally means "door to the Guru" but is taken to mean "house of the Guru",  the 
      Guru is the book the Guru Granth Sahib.

Task:    Find a good picture of the inside of a Gurdwara.  You will find that they contain 
            one main part which is the Palki.  This is a small covered stage where the Guru
            Granth Sahib is placed and read aloud.  Draw the picture rather than simply
            download it,  and label what you can.

2.    You need to find out about Sikh worship.  What happens and who does what? The following web page will help you.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/sikhism/sikh_worshipgrd2.shtml

Make a list of the main items that happen in worship.   The following words may help

Kirtan,  Ardas, Bhajans, Granthi, Chauri, Karah Prashad, Hukam.

Task:    You are to do any one of these:-
             a. An interview with a Sikh woman about her role in the Gurdwara as a Granthi
             b. A power point presentation of the main points of worship  with pictures.
             c. A five minute talk about Sikh worship that you could give in an assembly

3.   Find out about  The Langar.  Explain what happens there and how important this is to Sikhs.  
      Why is it important?.  

Task:    Write this information in your exercise books as a short 250 word story " Staying
            in a Langar"

Now You Have finished    -   Well Done!