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Assessment Overview
Assessment Overview
Paper 1 - The Study of Religions: Beliefs, Teachings and Practices, 1hr 45 minute exam, 102 marks, 50% of qualification
Paper 2 - Thematic Studies, 1hr 45 minute exam, 99 marks, 50% of qualification
Key Information & Topics
Key Information & Topics
Website Presentation-2.webmPaper 1 - The Study of Religions: Beliefs, Teachings and Practices
Unit 1: Christian Beliefs and Teachings: The Nature of God, Beliefs about Creation, Key understanding of the role of Jesus and the concept of Salvation.
Unit 2: Christian Practices: Worship, Prayer and its importance, Christian Celebrations and Festivals, the role of the Church in local and wider communities.
Unit 3: Islamic Beliefs and Teachings: Six Articles of Faith, the Nature of Allah, Prophets, Key teachings of the Qur’an, Angels and the Day of Judgement
Unit 4: Islamic Practices: The Five Pillars of Islam, Prayer and its importance, Mosques and their uses, Shi’a and the concept of Jihad, Islamic Festivals.
Paper 2 - Thematic Studies
Theme A- Relationships and Families; Sexuality, Contraception, the role of marriage and family, same sex marriage, divorce and gender equality.
Theme B- Religion and Life: Origins of the Universe, Evolution and Creation, Value of the World and abuses of the environment, animal rights and experimentation, value of human life including abortion and euthanasia.
Theme D- Religion, Peace and Conflict: Justice, forgiveness and reconciliation, violence and violent protest, terrorism, the reasons for war, beliefs surrounding war, peace and violence, victims of war, weapons of mass destruction, peace and pacifism.
Theme E- Religion, Crime and Punishment: Different types of crime, causes of crime, the concept of good and evil, the aims of punishment, beliefs about suffering, forgiveness of criminals, the treatment of criminals, purpose of punishment including capital punishment (death penalty).
Career & Further Study Information
Career & Further Study Information
At GCSE Religious Studies, pupils will learn about how religions came to be, what their key beliefs are and why these still impact our world today. Pupils will explore both religious and non religious world views, using a range of disciplines to fully comprehend why religion is such an imperative global subject.
This will be evident by covering ritual and practices, foundational texts, in the communication of experience, beliefs, values, identities and commitments, which link to the British Identity Profile.
Pupils are able to understand the themes of belief, expression and belonging, which can change through worldviews; within local, national, global and historical contexts.
Pupils will be able to offer responses to fundamental questions of meaning and purpose, and consider the different roles that religions play in providing people with answers to making sense of the world
Pupils will be able to evaluate statements and justify their own opinions using knowledge and understanding drawn from different areas of the course.
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