GCSE Religious Studies (Edexcel) – Year 10
Religion and Society from the point of view of Christianity and Hinduism
| Half Term 1 (June - July) |
Course introduction – How Christians and Hindus make moral decisions
Believing in God
- How religious upbringing can lead to or support belief in God.
- How different kinds of religious experience can lead to or support belief in God.
- How the appearance of design and causation in the world can lead to or support belief in God.
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External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: Hindu Temples visit to Newcastle |
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| Half Term 2 (September - October) |
Believing in God (Cont’d)
- How scientific explanations of the world and miracles can lead to or support atheism and agnosticism. How one religion responds to scientific explanations of the world.
- How unanswered prayers can lead to atheism and agnosticism and how one religion responds to unanswered prayers.
- How the existence of evil (moral and natural) and suffering can lead people to reject belief in God. How one religion responds to the problem evil and suffering.
- How religious programmes might affect a person’s belief in God.
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External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: Hindu Temples visit to Newcastle |
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| Half Term 3 (November - December) |
Matters of life and death
- Why Christians and Hindus believe in life after death and how it affects their lives.
- Why some non-religious people believe in life after death.
- Reasons for not believing in life after death.
- Abortion: What does the law say and why is it a controversial issue.
- Christian and Hindu attitudes to abortion.
- Euthanasia: What does the law say and why is it a controversial issue.
- Christian and Hindu attitudes to euthanasia.
- Should the media be free to criticise what religions say about matters of life and death?
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External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No |
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| Half Term 4 (January - February) |
Marriage and family life
- How and why attitudes to marriage, divorce, family life and homosexuality have changed in the UK in recent times.
- The attitudes of Christians and Hindus to sex before and outside marriage.
- The attitudes of Christians and Hindus to divorce.
- The teachings of Christianity and Hinduism on the role and importance of the family.
- The attitudes of Christians and Hindus to homosexuality.
- The attitudes of Christians and Hindus to contraception.
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External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No |
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| Half Term 5 (March - April) |
Community cohesion
- How and why the attitudes to the roles of men and women have changed in the UK.
- Christian and Hindu attidues to equal rights for women in religion.
- The UK as a multi-ethnic society. The problems of discrimination and racism.
- Government action to promote community cohesion in the UK.
- Why Christians and Hindus should promote racial harmony.
- The UK as a multi-faith society and the benefits of this.
- Religious issues in a multi-faith society: conversion, bringing up children, interfaith marriage.
- Ways that religions help to promote community cohesion in the UK.
- Community cohesion in the media.
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External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No |
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| Half Term 6 (April - May) |
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External Assessment: Yes
Internal Common Assessment: No
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No |
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