Religious Education

TERM 1 YEAR 7

Belief and faith

Symbols, stories and rituals

YEAR 8

War and peace

Prejudice

Ethics Learning Day 1

YEAR 9

TERM 2 Where and Celebrations how people worship Suffering Poverty and evil Ethics Learning Day 2

YEAR 10 YEAR 11

Religion and Conflict

Religion and medicine

Religious expression

Religion and state

TERM 3 The journey of life 1

Our world

Ethics Learning Day 1 Exam Technique, preparation and revision

The journey of life 2 The sanctity of life Ethics Learning Day 3 Ethics Learning Day 2

What qualification will I get?

GCSE Religious Studies

Course outline This profoundly interesting course has the distinctive feature in that it involves the thematic study of some central questions and issues in human life and experience and it explores the relevance of religious beliefs, practices, values and traditions to these questions and issues in today’s world. It encourages learners to be inspired, moved and enlightened by enhancing their personal, social and cultural development as well as allowing them the opportunity to reflect on and develop their own values, opinions and attitudes in light of their learning.

How it’s assessed

Paper 1: Religion and Life Issues

Paper 2: Religion and Human Experience

What’s Assessed?

What’s Assessed?

1) Relationships – issues of love, marriage and divorce 2) Is it fair? – issues of justice and equality 3) Looking for meaning – issues about God, life and death 4) Our World – Exploring creation and our place in the world

1) Religion and Conflict – Issues of peace forgiveness and conflict 2) Religion and Medicine – issues of medical ethics and the sanctity of life 3) Religious expression – issues of expressing one’s faith 4) Authority, Religion and State – issues of law and order in religion and society.

How is it Assessed?

How is it Assessed?

• Written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes • 101 marks (including marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar) weighted equally across four structured questions consisting of visual stimuli used as a basis for a series of paragraph and extended writing answers • 50% of GCSE

• Written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes •101 marks (including marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar) weighted equally across four structured questions consisting of visual stimuli used as a basis for a series of paragraph and extended writing answers • 50% of GCSE

What can this course lead to?

Religious Studies is a highly regarded subject at both college and university level. The development of an enquiring, critical and reflective approach to learning and studying are skills that are highly valued in both business, many professions, particularly those linked to medicine, and the world of education. It naturally leads on to the study of Religious Studies and or Ethics at A level and is relevant to the study of the sciences; Physics, Chemistry and Biology as well as Law, Psychology and Health and Social Care.

Year 7 2015-16

Unit

Topics    

Belief and faith Term 1

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Symbols, stories and rituals

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Celebration Term 2

Term 3

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Where and how people worship

The difference between fact, opinion and belief Christian beliefs and values The 5 pillars of Islam The Buddhist Eightfold path to enlightenment Storytelling and oral history Visual symbols and their meaning Symbolic religious art Ritual or superstition Cultural celebrations and festivals including Easter What is worship Christian churches The symbolism of communion A study of mosques synagogues and temples

The journey of life 1.

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Life and it’s milestones

The journey of life 2

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Investigating life after death beliefs in different cultures

How will I be assessed?

A literacy based assessment task

A design based assessment task A literacy based assessment task A visual stimuli based assessment task An examination paper testing knowledge and understanding with an information retrieval task A literacy based assessment task

Year 8 2015-16

Unit

War and Peace Term 1

Prejudice

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War – a soldiers view Is it ever right to fight The impact of war on children Refugees and their plight Revenge or justice Peace and reconciliation Types of prejudice Tackling prejudice Does racism still exist Multicultural society

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Why does poverty exist?

How will I be assessed?

A literacy based assessment task

A design based assessment task

A design based assessment task

Poverty

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Term 2 

Suffering and evil

Our world

Term 3 The Sanctity of Life

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Poverty stories in the bible – what’s their message?

Aid – or does charity begin at home?

Liberation theology Are evil and suffering linked?

Does suffering prove there is a God? What can be done about evil and suffering?

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Creation Stewardship of the environment

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Is life sacred?

Termination What might it be like to grow old?

Is euthanasia ever right?

An eye for an eye – capital punishment, is it acceptable?

A literacy based assessment task

An examination paper testing knowledge and understanding with an information retrieval task An examination paper testing knowledge and understanding with an information retrieval task

Year 11 2015-16

Unit

Cycle 1 Term 1 Religion and conflict

Cycle 2 Term 1 Religion and medicine

Cycle 3 Term 2

Topics      

Peace Suffering Forgiveness and reconciliation Attitudes to conflict and war A “just” war?

Attitudes to non-violent protest

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The sanctity of life Medical ethics Abortion Euthanasia IVF

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Expressing faith through actions Expressing faith through what is worn Expressing faith through pilgrimage Inter- faith dialogue Human Rights Duty Punishment Personal conviction and conflict Exam Answering Technique Revision Strategies Knowledge Self-Assessment

 Religious Expression 

Cycle 4 Religion and State

Cycle 5 Term 3

Revision

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How will I be assessed?

Practice Exam Papers

Montgomery Finals 1

Practice Exam Papers

Montgomery Finals 2 Practice Exam

Papers

Practice Exam

Papers

Practice Exam Papers