Download 3Cert Religious Education Curriculum Overview

 3Cert Religious Education Curriculum Overview Year 7 Autumn Term What’s the point of RE at Chelsea Academy? Why RE? ● Belief or Reason ● Signs and symbols ● Religious artefacts ● Does God exist? ● Creation stories ● Place of worship ● Holy books ● Religious rules ● Life after death ● Assessment Why is the Incarnation and Resurrection of Jesus important today? ● Groups around the time of Jesus­ setting the context ● Jesus birth (Saviour­ Religion and Art) ● Jesus birth­ what REALLY happened Spring Term ●
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Year 8 Why do we mark special occasions in life? ● Baptism ● Aqiqah ● Sikhism naming ceremony ● Sacred thread ● Bar and Bat Mitzvah ● Confirmation ● Qu’ran completion ● Marriage ● Funerals (Islam and Christianity) ● Assessment How could God allow his “Chosen people” to suffer? ● Brief history of pre­war Nazi Germany ● Jewish views on God ● Abraham and Moses the covenant­ “chosen people” ● Different Jewish views on suffering ● How do Jews respond to racism? Salvation (Parables of Prodigal son, good Samaritan) Scriptural analysis of his key moral teachings (John’s word, Golden rule, parable of the sheep and Goats , Beatitudes) Last supper Good Friday Easter­ Resurrection Christmas card analysis (Miscellaneous) Jesus importance today Assessment Why is Muhammad (PBUH) still important today? ●
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Can Jews fight for peace? Where was God during Auschwitz? Post war Judaism and Jewish people Jewish people today Assessment ●
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Summer Term Muhammad birth Why did Muhammad become a prophet? Muhammad and war How far did Muhammad succeed as a prophet? Scriptural analysis of Muhammad's teachings (Sunnah and Qu’ran) 5 pillars of Islam Hajj and equality (peace) Islamic art / calligraphy Importance of Muhammad today Assessment Does God exist? ●
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Omnipotent, Benevolent and omniscient Trinity 99 names of Allah Hindu deities Sikhism Waheguru Marx Freud Durkheim Dawkins/Fry Humanism Assessment Natre ­ Spirited arts in relation to this unit of work on God­ optional for pupils wishing to do it as an extended IL or regular IL. To what extent has religion caused controversy in today’s society? ●
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Radicalism, extremism and terrorism Intro lesson on British values and RE role in it Terrorism – Sept 11th
​ Scriptural analysis on War and conflict ​​ / Just war theory State and terrorism­ Mao and Saddam Hussein Israel and Palestine LRA / ISIS Liberation theology Sikh conflict in the 1980’s Buddhist beliefs on peace and conflict Assessment How do people go about making decisions in an ethical and philosophical way? ● What is Philosophy OF religion? ● What is ethics? ● Utilitarianism ● Situation ethics ● Natural moral law ● Religious language ● Freewill and determinism ● Cosmological ● Teleological ● Problem of Evil ● Assessment Natre ­ Spirited arts in relation to this unit of work on God­ optional for pupils wishing to do it as an extended IL or regular IL. More in­depth information and support for parents is available for every subject in the following documents: ● Termly ‘I can’ statements for each 3Cert course ● Course handbooks for every subject All 3Cert courses are assessed formally through exams at the end of each term. These dates are in the Academy calendar.