Yr 9 Term 1 Topic Progress Checker

Christian Beliefs and Teachings

Beliefs in Great Britain 

• Christianity in Britain; results of the 2011 census compared to the 2001 census, showing an increase in diverse religious and non-religious beliefs and practices (including Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, Humanism and Atheism), whilst also showing that more than half of those who responded considered themselves Christian  

• U.K. laws, festivals and traditions rooted in the Christian tradition 

The Nature of God

• Christian views about the nature of God, including omnipotence, (Exodus 7-11, Exodus 14:21) Omni-benevolent: Psalm 86:15, John 3:16, Romans 8: 37-39)

• the problem of Evil and suffering in the quote on God and evil from Epicurus, and the ideas on suffering in the Book of Job 1: 8 -12, 42:1-6

• the Trinity about the oneness of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit: John 10:30, John 14: 6-11 and its importance to Christian believers

Creation

• Christian views about the nature and role of humans, and literal and non-literal ways of interpretation of Genesis 1-3.

• compare the understanding of God in the creation story in Genesis with John’s explanation of God as Word and Spirit. (John 1:1-5)

Jesus Christ

• Christian beliefs and teachings about Jesus’ incarnation and the nature of Jesus as the Son of God in John 1:14, Luke1:28-33

• the story of the passion of Christ including the crucifixion, in Matthew 27:28-50; and its importance to believers for Salvation and Atonement in Matthew 26:26-29, Leviticus 16:20-22, Isaiah 53:3- 9.

• the story of the Resurrection of Christ in Luke 24:1-9, its importance as explained 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, 12-14

• the story of the Ascension of Christ: Luke 24:50-53 and its importance to believers

Salvation

• Christian views about the idea of authority or Law: the Bible as Word of God; its inspiration and revelation; and differing Christian ways of interpreting biblical writings; Bible in relation to other sources of authority including the Church, Experience and Reason.

• Christian views about Sin as preventing salvation.

• Christian teaching on Grace and the Spirit in Acts 2:1-6. The role of Holy Spirit in Evangelical worship.

The Afterlife 

• Christian Eschatological beliefs: John 11:25-26, John 14:2-7

• Christian views about Judgement: Matthew 25:31-46, Luke 16:19-31

• Christian views on Resurrection: 1 Corinthians 15:42-55

• Traditional and contemporary Christian beliefs about heaven and hell

Concepts: From the study of the above areas learners will gain an understanding of the following concepts: 

● adultery ● divorce ● cohabitation ● commitment ● contraception ● gender equality ● responsibilities ● roles 

Learners should be able to explain and apply these concepts in relation to the theme.

Yr 11 Term 2 Topic Progress Checker

Good and Evil

This theme requires learners to consider philosophical questions concerning the origins and nature of good and evil. Through a study of teachings and beliefs, questions relating to the causes of crime and attitudes towards the aims of punishment and treatment of criminals will be considered. Learners are expected to make relevant references to scripture and other sources of authority. 

 Crime and Punishment 

• What makes an act 'wrong'? 

• Religious and ethical responses: relative and absolute morality, conscience, virtues, sin 

• Beliefs and attitudes about the causes of crime and the aims of punishment: justice, retribution, deterrence and reformation 

• The treatment of criminals and the work of prison reformers and prison chaplains 

• Varied Conservative and Liberal Christian responses to the Death Penalty, including interpretations of Christian teaching: Exodus 20:13, Matthew 5:38-39, 43-47 

Forgiveness 

• Christian teachings about forgiveness, including interpretations of teachings: Matthew 18:21-22, Matthew 6: 14-15 

• Examples of forgiveness arising from personal beliefs. 

Good, Evil and Suffering 

• Philosophical perspectives on the origin of evil: Original Sin (free will) and 'soul-making' (Irenaeus and John Hick)

• Philosophical challenges posed by belief in God, free will and the existence of evil and suffering

Concepts 

From the study of the areas above learners will gain an understanding of the following concepts:

 ● good/evil ● forgiveness ● free will ● justice ● morality ● punishment ● sin ● suffering 

Learners should be able to explain and apply these concepts in relation to the theme. 

Yr 11 Term 2 Topic Progress Checker

Human Rights

This theme considers contemporary issues of human rights and social justice and their relationship with religion and belief. Learners will be expected to consider specific issues of wealth and poverty, racial prejudice and discrimination.

Learners are expected to make relevant references to scripture and other sources of authority.

Content from a Christian Perspective 

Human Rights and Social Justice 

• Christian beliefs, teachings and attitudes toward the dignity of human life: Genesis 1:26-27 

• Christian practices to promote human rights including equality: agape in action 

• An example of conflict between personal conviction and the laws of a country 

• Censorship, freedom of religious expression and religious extremism 

Prejudice and discrimination 

• Christian beliefs, teachings and attitudes towards prejudice and discrimination: Galatians 3:27-29

• Christian beliefs, teachings and attitudes towards racial prejudice and discrimination, including Martin Luther King's teachings on equality

Issues of wealth and poverty 

• Ethical considerations about acquisition and use of wealth: Luke 16:19-31

• The actions and attitudes of Christian charities in twenty first century Britain whose aim is to alleviate poverty: Christian Aid

Concepts 

From the study of the areas above learners will gain an understanding of the following concepts: 

● censorship ● discrimination ● extremism ● human rights ● personal conviction ● prejudice ● relative and absolute poverty ● social justice 

Learners should be able to explain and apply these concepts in relation to the theme. 

Yr 10 Term 1 Topic Progress Checker

Theme 1: Issues of Relationships 

This theme requires learners to consider characteristics of relationships, marriage and family life. Through a study of beliefs and teachings, questions relating to issues of relationships in the twenty-first century will be considered, including same sex relationships and gender roles. Learners are expected to make relevant references to scripture and other sources of authority. 

Relationships

• Christian beliefs, attitudes and teachings about the nature and purpose of relationships in the twenty first century: families,

• Christian beliefs, attitudes and teachings about roles of women and men, in the family

• Varying Christian attitudes towards  cohabitation  and adultery

• The nature and purpose of marriage as expressed through Christian marriage ceremonies in Britain and teachings  on marriage outside the religious tradition Mark 10:6-8 and the Church of England Synod

• Varying Christian attitudes towards divorce and annulment and separation and re-marriage. Interpretations of Matthew 19:8-9 and Mark 10:9

Sexual relationships

• Christian teachings about the nature and purpose of sex

• Christian teachings about the use of contraception 

• varied interpretations of the Natural Law/Absolutist approach of Thomas Aquinas' Five Primary Precepts with reference to the second Primary Precept

• Diverse attitudes within and across Christian traditions towards same sex relationships, including varied interpretations of: Leviticus 20:13 and 1 Timothy 1: 8-10

Issues of equality: gender prejudice & discrimination

• Diverse attitudes within Christianity toward the roles of women and men in worship and authority

•  Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican views on the roles of women. -

• Interpretations of teachings: 1 Timothy 2:11-12 and Galatians 3:27- 29

Concepts: From the study of the above areas learners will gain an understanding of the following concepts: 

● adultery, ● divorce, ● cohabitation, ● commitment, ● contraception, ● gender ● equality, ● responsibilities, ● roles

Learners should be able to explain and apply these concepts in relation to the theme. 

Yr 10 Term 2 Topic Progress Checker

Theme 2 - Issues of Life and Death

The world

• Diverse Christian beliefs, teachings and attitudes about the accounts of the origin of the universe: Genesis 1 and 2

• The relationship between Christian views and non-religious views of creation and the extent to which they conflict; Stephen Hawking's view of the Big Bang

• Christian and non-religious beliefs, teachings and attitudes about dominion, stewardship, environmental responsibility, sustainability, and global citizenship: Genesis 1:28, Psalm 8:6, 'Humanists for a Better World'

The origin and value of human life

• Diverse Christian beliefs, teachings and attitudes toward the origin and sanctity of human life: Genesis 1:31, Jeremiah 1:5

• Non-religious beliefs about evolution; Charles Darwin, Richard Dawkins

• Diverse Christian attitudes towards abortion and euthanasia

• Non-religious views on the importance of human and animal life; Peter Singer's views on 'speciesism'

• Humanist 'Dignity in Dying' Movement

Beliefs about death and the afterlife

• Christian beliefs and teachings about life after death, including soul, judgement, heaven and hell: John 11:24-27, 1 Corinthians 15: 42-44

• Diverse Christian beliefs about the after-life

• How Christian and Humanist funerals in Britain reflect beliefs about the afterlife

Concepts: From the study of the above areas learners will gain an understanding of the following concepts: 

● afterlife, ● environmental sustainability, ● euthanasia, ● evolution, ● abortion, ● quality of life, ● sanctity of life, ● soul

Learners should be able to explain and apply these concepts in relation to the theme. 

Yr 10 Term 1 Topic Progress Checker

Christian Practices

 Forms of worship 

The nature and significance of liturgical, informal and individual worship: Matthew 18:20 

The nature and importance of prayer: The Lord’s Prayer 

Set prayers and informal prayers: different forms of worship across the different Christian traditions with reference to Society of Friends and Evangelical worship 

Sacraments 

• Diverse beliefs regarding Sacraments 

• The role, meaning and celebration of Baptism and Eucharist: John 3:3-6 

• Diverse interpretations of Baptism and Eucharist with reference to the beliefs of the Catholic and Protestant Churches 

Pilgrimage and Celebrations 

The importance of pilgrimage: Walsingham, Taizé 

How Christians celebrate Christmas and Easter 

Christianity in Britain and the Church in the local community 

• Christianity in Britain; results of the 2011 census compared to the 2001 census, showing an increase in diverse religious and nonreligious beliefs and practices (including those of Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, Humanism and Atheism), whilst also showing that over half of those who responded considered themselves Christian 

• U.K. laws, festivals and traditions are rooted in the Christian tradition whilst also celebrating the festivals, beliefs and cultures of other religious and non-religious traditions. 

• The role of the Church in the local community; a place of worship, social and community functions 

The worldwide Church 

• The importance of mission, evangelism and church growth. 

• The work of Tearfund: Christian beliefs in action 

• Persecution of Christians past and present 

• Working for reconciliation: World Council of Churches, The Ecumenical Movement 

From the study of the areas above learners will gain an understanding of the following concepts: 

• omnipotent • omnibenevolent • Trinity • incarnation • atonement • resurrection • sacraments • evangelism 

Learners should be able to explain and apply these concepts in relation to the theme 

Yr 10 Term 3 Topic Progress Checker

Islamic Practices

 The Five Pillars of Sunni Islam: practices in Britain and elsewhere

• Shahadah: the Muslim statement of faith: Qur'an 3:18

• Zakah: How Sunni Muslims make payment of charity tax, alms and how zakat money may be spent

• Sawm: How Sunni Muslims fast during Ramadan: Qur'an 2:184.

Issues relating to Muslims fasting in Britain

• Hajj: How Sunni Muslims undertake pilgrimage to the Ka'ba in Makkah; Qur'an 2:125. Issues relating to Muslims in Britain undertaking Hajj

• Salah: the practices of prayer in Islam in the mosque and at home, including Jummah prayer: Qur'an 15:98-99, Qur'an 29:45 

Ten Obligatory Acts of Shi’a  slam: practices in Britain and elsewhere

• Salat: How Shi'a Muslims perform salat, observe sawm, pay zakat and pilgrimage to Makkah

• Khums: How Shi'a Muslims pay savings tax

• Hajj: Pilgrimage to Makkah: Qur'an 2:125 and pilgrimage to Shi'a shrines

• Jihad: The struggle to live as a Muslim

• Amr-bil-Maroof: How Muslims encourage others to do good

• Nahil Anril Munkar: How Muslims discourage bad actions

• Tawalia: The duty to love the friends of Allah

• Tabarra: The duty to express disapproval of evil-doers

Jihad  

➢ Greater jihad: The daily struggle to live as a good Muslim Issues regarding living as a Muslim in Britain today and maintaining a  Muslim lifestyle

➢ Origins,influence and conditions for declaration of Lesser Jihad in the Qur'an and Hadith: Qur'an 2:190, 22:39

Festivals and commemorations: practices in Britain and elsewhere

• Id-ul-Adha: The festival of sacrifice. How Muslims celebrate IdulAdha in Britain and worldwide

• Id-ul-Fitr: The festival of fast-breaking following Ramadan. How Muslims celebrate Id-ul-Fitr in Britain and worldwide

• Ashura: The Day of Remembrance (Shi'a). How Shi'a Muslims celebrate Ashura in Britain and worldwide

• The Night of Power: the importance of the revelation of the Qur'an and how it is viewed and treated in Islam

From the study of the areas above learners will gain an understanding of the following concepts:

• ● tawhid ● prophethood ● halal (permitted) ● haram (forbidden) ● greater/lesserjihad ● mosque ● shariah (straight path) ● ummah 

Learners should be able to explain and apply these concepts in relation to the theme