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KS4 Religious Studies
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| Year | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| 10 |
Islamic beliefs | Religion, war, and conflict | Christian practices | Islamic practices | Islamic practices | |
| 11 |
Religion and life | Families and relationships | Religion, crime, and punishment | Religion, crime, and punishment/Revision | Exams | |
Christian beliefs
Overview
Students focus on the key beliefs of Christianity such as the incarnation and sin.
Example Key Words
Sin
Breaking the rules of God.
Monotheistic
Belief in only one God.
Omnipotent
All powerful
Fundamental British values
Tolerance
Cultural Capital
Appreciating the influence that religious culture still has on life in the UK
UN Rights of the Child
14 – Freedom of thought and religion
Christian practices
Overview
Students focus on the key practices of Christianity such as the Eucharist and baptism.
Example Key Words
Worship
The act of religious praise.
Food banks
Organisation which provide basic goods to those in need.
Evangelism
The belief that your faith needs to be spread far and wide.
Fundamental British values
Tolerance
Cultural Capital
Appreciating the influence that religious culture still has on life in the UK
UN Rights of the Child
14 – Freedom of thought and religion
Islamic beliefs
Overview
Students focus on the key beliefs of Islam such as predestination and the Imamate.
Example Key Words
Prophethood
Someone who is a messenger of God
Predestination
The idea that Allah determines/knows everything that will happen in the universe.
Imamate
Shi’a Islam belief in the importance of the leadership of the Imams.
Fundamental British values
Tolerance
Cultural Capital
Realising that Christian festivals are not the only festivals in the UK.
UN Rights of the Child
14 – Freedom of thought and religion
Islamic practices
Overview
Students focus on the key beliefs of Islam such as Hajj and Salat.
Example Key Words
Hajj
Fifth Pillar of (Sunni) Islam involving a trip to Makkak during the 10th month of the Islamic calendar.
Salat
Second Pillar of (Sunni) Islam based around the five prayer times of each day.
Ashura
Islamic festival, particular important in Shi’a Islam for the martyr of Hussien (Muhammad’s grandson).
Fundamental British values
Tolerance
Cultural Capital
Realising that Christian festivals are not the only festivals in the UK.
UN Rights of the Child
14 – Freedom of thought and religion
Religion and life
Overview
Students will unpick the key details of controversial topics such as abortion and animal testing in relation to the view of Islam and Christianity.
Example Key Words
Abortion
The artifical termination of a preganacy.
Animal testing
Using animals to develop products which will later be consumed by humans.
Euthanasia
Ending a life early of a person/animal who is already appraoching death.
Fundamental British values
Individual liberty
Cultural Capital
Realising what are and are not appropriate topics to bring up in conversation.
UN Rights of the Child
9 – Keeping families together
Families and relationships
Overview
Students will unpick the key details of families and relationships such as divorce and homosexuality in relation to the view of Islam and Christianity.
Example Key Words
Divorce
The legal termination of a marriage
Homosexuality
Being attracted to members of the same gender and not the opposite gender.
Adultery
Having sex outside of a legal marriage.
Fundamental British values
Mutual respect
Cultural Capital
Understanding that not all people of the same faith share the same views.
UN Rights of the Child
9 – Keeping families together
Religion, crime, and punishment
Overview
Students will unpick the key details of crime and punishment such as capital punishment and justice in relation to the view of Islam and Christianity.
Example Key Words
Hate crime
A crime that is motivated by causing the victim discomfort based on a protexted characteristic.
Retribution
Society/victim getting it’s ownback on an offender.
Corporal punishment
Punishment based around causing physical pain to criminal.
Fundamental British values
Rule of law
Cultural Capital
Comprehending the concept of justice
UN Rights of the Child
40 – Children who break the law
Religion, peace, and conflict
Overview
Students will unpick the key details of peace and conflict such as capital nuclear weapons and pacifism in relation to the view of Islam and Christianity.
Example Key Words
Pacifism
Belief in non-violence and anti-war.
Just War
Internationally accepted reason for declaration of war.
Nuclear weapons
Military equipment that creates a huge amount of destruction by splitting atoms.
Fundamental British values
Individual liberty
Cultural Capital
Rationalising the use of violence, rather than the first resort.
UN Rights of the Child
22 – Rufugee children
Religion, peace, and conflict
Overview
Students will unpick the key details of peace and conflict such as capital nuclear weapons and pacifism in relation to the view of Islam and Christianity.
Example Key Words
Pacifism
Belief in non-violence and anti-war.
Just War
Internationally accepted reason for declaration of war.
Nuclear weapons
Military equipment that creates a huge amount of destruction by splitting atoms.
Fundamental British values
Tolerance
Cultural Capital
Rationalising the use of violence, rather than the first resort.
UN Rights of the Child
22 – Rufugee children