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Travelling with older children? If your family is visiting Thailand, this turns the spirit houses and temple art you'll see into a real conversation about belief and meaning — read through before you go, or bring it along.
What's inside
- 1The ideas firstRecall questions on karma, guardians, nature spirits and the afterlife realms.
- 2Digging deeperAnalysis — how a ghost story can carry a value or teach a lesson.
- 3Quick checkMultiple-choice questions on the film's key ideas.
- 4Story or lesson?A sorting task matching each belief to the real-world behaviour it encourages.
- 5The bigger questionA transfer task — why do cultures all over the world tell supernatural stories?
- 6Extended writingA structured paragraph building a reasoned argument.
How to use it — in class or at home
Written for teachers, but easy for a parent to lead. It's a strong way into RE and cultural-understanding discussion — why people believe what they believe, and how stories carry a community's values.
Watch the film together on the film page (about 4 minutes).
Use "The ideas first" and "Digging deeper" to structure a discussion — a whole class, a small group, or just you and your child.
The "Story or lesson?" task works well as a quick paired activity.
Set "The bigger question" and the extended writing as the main outcome — this is where the thinking transfers beyond Thailand.
Curriculum alignment
The bigger point: the film is a doorway, not the destination. The real skill is understanding how belief and story work in any culture — including our own — and engaging with worldviews different from ours thoughtfully and respectfully.
- RE (KS3): the nature and purpose of belief; how worldviews shape values and action; Buddhism and karma.
- Geography (KS3): cultural understanding; how beliefs influence people's relationship with the environment.
- English — reading & oracy: how stories carry meaning; structured discussion and argument.
- Citizenship: diversity of belief; respect for different cultures and identities.
