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Year 7
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Year 8
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Year 9
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Year 10
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Year 11
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Autumn 1
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Who is God and what is God like?
What qualities does God have?What are the parts of the trinity? Why did Jesus die on the Cross? Who was Jesus? What are the roles of God?
Comparison of Muslim/Christian beliefs about God
Knowledge and skills covered:
Beliefs and concepts
Authority
Abrahamic religions, Roles of god, Muslim and Christian beliefs about god, the Trinity
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Does it make sense to believe in God?
Why do people believe in god?
Do miracles prove God’s existence?
Does revelation prove God’s existence?
Does the moral argument prove God’s existence?
Knowledge and skills covered:
Beliefs ands concepts
Philosophy and science Miracles, revelation, moral argument. Evaluation of concepts and evidence
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What does Hinduism teach us it means to ‘live a good life’?
What do Hindus believe about God? What is the difference between Brahma and Ganesha? How does Karma affect a person’s next life what is Samsara? Why is yoga important to Hindus? Why are going on pilgrimages important to Hindus?
What is the meaning of Diwali?
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Judaism beliefs and teachings: What do Jews believe about God?
Nature of god, divine presence, life after death, messiah
Covenant with Abraham, covenant at Sinai, key moral principles, sanctity of life, free will and mitzvot
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Religion peace and conflict
When does religion teach it is acceptable to use violence?
Contrasting views about- violence, weapons of mass destruction, pacifism
Religion, violence, terrorism and war- violent protest, terrorism, holy war, just war, pacifism
Religion and belief in 21st century conflict- nuclear weapons, WMD’s, victims of war
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Autumn 2
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Abrahamic faiths
Knowledge key Biblical stories and their meaning for Christians and Jews,
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Who created the world? How do we know?
How do Christians believe the world was created? How do Hindus believe the world was created?
How do non-religious people believe the world was created?
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How do Buddhists achieve enlightenment?
The First Noble Truth: suffering (dukkha) including different types of suffering.
The Second Noble Truth: the causes of suffering (samudaya); the Three Poisons: ignorance, greed and hate. The Third Noble Truth: the end of craving, interpretations of nibbana and enlightenment.
ethics, meditation
A ‘perfected person’ and Bodhisattva ideals, Buddhahood and the Pure Land.
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Judaism practices:
What do Jews think a ‘good life’ looks like? How does their way of life connect them to God?
Synagogue, worship, Shabbat, worship, Tenakh, Talmud
Birth ceremonies, bar/bat mitzvah, marriage, mourning, dietary laws, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Pesach
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Religion relationships and families
What does religion teach us about relationships and the family?
Contrasting views about- contraception, sex before marriage, homosexual relationships
Sex, marriage and divorce
Families and gender equality
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Spring 1
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Why and how do people pray?
How do Jewish people pray? How do Muslims pray? What is the meaning of a key Muslim and Jewish prayer?
Knowledge and skills covered:
Beliefs and concepts
Authority
Judaism, Islam
How Jews and Muslims pray, meaning of key prayers
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What is the meaning of religious funerals?
What happens in a Muslim funeral and what is the significance of it? What happens in a Hindu funeral and what is the significance of it?
What is the soul and what do different people/religions believe about it?
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Judaism – How does Judaism teach us to live a good life?
Being a Jew and God’s chosen people, Exodus and Exile, Anti-Semitism, different groups within Judaism, Waiting for the Messiah, year cycles and rituals, Shabbat, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
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Christianity beliefs and teachings: What do Jews believe about God?
How do Christians get to heaven?
Nature of god, beliefs about creation, afterlife
Jesus Christ and salvation, sin, crucifixion, incarnation
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Revision
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Spring 2
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How do people make tough moral decisions?
What is morality?
How do you make a moral decision? How do religious people make a moral decision? What is absolute and relative morality? What is right/wrong, good/evil? How do Buddhists make a moral decision?
How do Christians make a moral decision
Knowledge and skills covered:
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What happens after we die? What do Muslims believe happens when we die?
What do Hindus believe happens when we die?
Can we prove there is life after death?
Knowledge and skills covered:
Beliefs and concepts
Expressing spirituality
Islamic afterlife, Hindu afterlife
Islam, Hinduism
Examining meaning of religious actions
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Christianity- How did Jesus teach Christians to live a good life? Do all Christians practice Jesus’s teachings for a good life in the same way?
What is Christianity? How did Christianity Begin? Constantine and The Council of Nicea, The Great Schism and The Catholic Church Who is The Pope? The Reformation and The Salvation Army Quakers and The Amish. What is Charismatic Christianity?
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Christianity practices : What do Christians think a ‘good life’ looks like? How does their way of life connect them to God?
Forms of worship, prayer, sacraments, pilgrimage and celebrations
Role of Church in local and worldwide community
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Revision
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Summer 1
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What do Muslims believe about God?
What is Islam? The beginning of Islam, Islam’s rise to power,Division after the death of Muhammad, The Qur’an, Muslim beliefs about God, Faith, judgement and Free Will, Islam and its prophets
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Why do people suffer?
What is the problem of evil? Does Augustine’s theodicy solve the problem of evil? Does the soul making theodicy solve the problem of evil?
Does the free will theodicy solve the problem of evil?
Knowledge and skills covered:
Beliefs and concepts
Religion- philosophy
Problem of evil, theodicy- Augustine, Free will, soul making
Evaluation of different theories, examining strengths and weaknesses
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Islam – What do Muslims believe is the best way to serve God?
The Five Pillars, Prayer and the mosque, Hajj, Ramadan and Eid-il-Fit ,Jihad
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Religion and life
Can religion tell people how to experience life and death?
Contrasting views about- abortion, euthanasia and animal experimentation
Origins and value of the universe- creation of the world, stewardship, animals
Origins and value of human life- origins of life, abortion, euthanasia, death
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Exam
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Summer 2
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Revision
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Revision
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Revision
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Religion crime and punishment: What views does religion have on crime and punishment?
Contrasting views about- corporal punishment, death penalty, forgiveness
Crime and the causes of crime
Religion and punishment- aims of punishment, treatment of criminals, forgiveness, death penalty
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