Ethos Education


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Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules: Pressure to Watch

Assembly Objective: 

  • How do we decide what we watch on TV, in films and online? This assembly explores the pressures we face as we make such choices, and considers the Bible’s teaching about the impact of what we watch with our eyes upon the attitudes of our hearts.

Film: 

  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules (Twentieth Century Fox, 2011) certificate U. Click here to buy the DVD online.

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules: Pressure to click

Assembly Objective: 

  • Why do we feel under pressure to conform to ideas and images we see online? In this assembly, pupils will consider the Bible’s teaching about not worrying how we look, or what others think of us.

Film:

  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules, (Twentieth Century Fox, 2011) certificate U. Click here to buy the DVD online.

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Carnage: Do no harm or do some good?

Assembly Objective: 

  • How should we interact with other people? Is it enough for us just to do no harm to others, or should we also seek to do good for them? This assembly invites pupils to consider the Bible’s teaching about the ‘golden rule’.

Film: 

  • Carnage (StudioCanal, 2011, certificate 15). Click here to buy the DVD online.

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Mirror Mirror: True Love

Assembly Objective: 

  • What makes for good stable relationships? This assembly considers the Bible’s teaching that true love is costly and challenging, but also reasoned and reasonable – and far more than blind devotion.

Film:

  • Mirror Mirror (StudioCanal, 2012, certificate PG). Click here to buy the DVD online.

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What We Did On Our Holiday: Best Intentions

Assembly Objective:

  • Is it okay to lie, as long as your intention is to avoid hurting other people? This assembly explores this difficult question and reflects on the Bible’s teaching about speaking the truth, in love.

Film:

  • What We Did On Our Holiday (Lionsgate, 2014, certificate 12). Click here to buy the DVD online.

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The Hunger Games: Look at what you look at

Assembly Objective: 

  • In this media-rich world how do we make decisions about what we watch? This assembly explores the Bible’s teaching about the responsibility we have for what we think about (and, by extension, in this media-rich world, our responsibility for what we watch).

Film: 

  • The Hunger Games (Lionsgate, 2012, certificate 12). Click here to buy the DVD online.

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The Dark Knight Rises: Whose Money?

Assembly Objective:

  • Do we own things only for our benefit, or do we owe a duty to the rest of society? This assembly reflects on the Bible’s teaching about justice in the distribution of the world’s resources.

Film: 

  • The Dark Knight Rises (Warner Bros, 2012, certificate 12). Click here to buy the DVD online.

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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World: Uncertain Future

Assembly Objective: 

  • The future is uncertain, so how can we make sure our life has meaning and purpose? This assembly explores the Bible’s teaching about making the most of our lives each day.

Film: 

  • Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (StudioCanal, 2012, certificate 15). Click here to buy the DVD online.

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The Grand Budapest Hotel: Something small in something big

Assembly Objective:

  • How important to us is our individual status, compared to the wider community of which we are a part? This assembly explores the Bible’s teaching that it is better to play a small part in a bigger community that, together, is achieving good things.

Film:

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2014, certificate 15). Click here to buy the DVD online.

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Avengers: Age of Ultron: What moral limits should be placed upon genetic engineering?

Learning Objectives:

  • Understanding the concept of the sanctity of life.
  • Awareness of different forms of reproductive technology and genetic engineering.
  • Understanding of different arguments for and against reproductive technology and genetic engineering.
  • Consideration of future consequences of current advances in reproductive technology and genetic engineering.

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