Religious Studies Year 9
Religious Studies encourages students to consider other people’s beliefs, practices and points of view, to express their own opinions and to develop skills that are important in today’s world.
In Year 9 the students begin to prepare for their GCSE examination by studying some ultimate questions. Pupils are introduced to the teaching from Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Humanism.
Term 1
- Good and evil
- The sanctity of life
- Abortion
- Euthanasia
Term 2
- Is there life in outer space?
- The existence of God
- Do miracles happen?
- GCSE Unit 3 Marriage and Family Life
Term 3
GCSE Unit 2: Matters of life and death
At Key Stage 4 we offer the full GCSE Course
Paper 1: Religion and Life
Unit 1: Belief in God
Unit 2: Matters of life and Death
Unit 3: Marriage and the family
Unit 4: Social cohesion
There is no coursework. Assessment is one 2 hour examination.
Course books
- Religion and Life - V Watton
- Religion and Life- S Tyler and G Reid
- Dynamic Learning ICT
- BBC Learning Zone clips
- Examination questions
Paper 8: Religion and Society
Unit 1: Rights and responsibilities
Unit 2: Environmental and medical issues
Unit 3: Peace and conflict
Unit 4: Crime and punishment
There is no coursework. Assessment is one 2 hour examination
Course books
- Religion and Society - V Watton
- Religion and Society- S Tyler and G Reid
- BBC Learning Zone clips
- Examination questions
