Ten Commandments

Religious education

Two great Commandments

Situation ethics of Jesus

Muslims and Shariah Law

Interpreting Shariah using ijtihad

Using ijtihad to understand differing Muslim attitudes to music

In this unit pupils examine how religions have created rules to live by. They will investigate how the ethics of Jesus reframed the Jewish law of the time and how Muslims may use the concept of ijtjihad to make moral decisions.

Religious law: What is the social context and relevance today?

What is a Commandment in a religious context?

The Ten Commandments are found in the book of {{}}.

To guide the Israelites after leaving Egypt.

Why did God give the Ten Commandments to Moses?

Which of these is one of the first four Commandments?

They have not influenced any modern laws.

They are only followed by religious courts.

Some laws like not stealing reflect Commandment values.

How have the Ten Commandments influenced modern Britain?

True - they only apply to religious followers.

False - they are not written anywhere today.

False - they influence many modern laws and values

The Ten Commandments were only relevant at the time, or to people who follow an Abrahamic religion.

Where do many religious people look for guidance on how to live?

What two parts make up the Christian Bible?

Islamic law based on the Qur’an and Hadith.

A list of holidays in the Islamic calendar.

Sacred texts like the Vedas and Bhagavad Gita.

Where do Hindus often look for guidance on how to live?

Ten Commandments

Lesson outcome