Year 7

Year 8

Autumn 1

Humanities tool kit

This unit introduces pupils to the key themes and skills that are necessary to successfully engage in Religious Studies as an academic subject. They will be introduced to the four key themes of Religious Studies (Identity, Belief, Ultimate Questions and Morality) and have an opportunity to consider and discuss their own identity in terms of these themes.

Justice

This unit allows pupils to look at examples of justice and injustice.

Autumn 2

Places of worship

This unit introduces pupils to the importance of places of worship for religious believers. The unit covers the key features of places of worship and the spiritual significance for religious believers.

Suffering

This unit covers how religious believers can help those who are suffering. Pupils will be able to focus on religious teachings and how religious believers may put these into practice.

Spring 1

Religious festivals

This unit covers why festivals are celebrated, looking particularly at religious festivals. Pupils will gain an insight into Diwali, Passover, Eid and Vaisakhi.

Religion and war.

This unit will focus on the reasons for war and Christian and Muslim attitudes to war and those who suffer in war.

Spring 2

Pilgrimage

This unit covers what a pilgrimage is, in doing this pupils will be able to identify how it is different to a holiday/journey.  The focus for this unit is on the different types of pilgrimages and the varied reasons for the pilgrimages.

Religion and the media

This unit will focus on the positive and negative impact media has on religion.

Summer 1

Important religious figures

This unit allows pupils to explore important religious people. Pupils will look into the lives of Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa and Mahatma Ghandi.

Animal rights

This unit will focus on religious attitudes on the treatment of animals.

Summer 2

Spirited arts

This unit allows pupils to incorporate art into their RE work. The themes which pupils can focus on include, the soul, God or the mysteries of life.

Beliefs and values

This unit will focus on what is meant by the term belief. Pupils will be able to compare their own beliefs to the beliefs of others.