Census: How has the landscape of belief changed in Britain?
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Why this why now
Study of the census helps pupils of all faiths and none engage with religion in Britian today and helps to show faith as a current and relevant topic. This will reinforce prior learning on Jesus and the census at the time of his birth. By placing unit is later in KS3 to benefit from development in social science as a way of knowing so pupils can successfully utilise the research of Linda Woodhead and delve into the diversity of people selecting no religion and the spectrum of why people in Britain identify as Christian.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils will know that the census happens every ten years in England and Wales.
- Pupils will know that social scientists use tool such as data to analyse worldviews.
- Pupils will know that non-religious worldviews can be atheist or agnostic.
- Pupils will know that Christianity has various denominations.
Threads
Why this why now
Study of the census helps pupils of all faiths and none engage with religion in Britian today and helps to show faith as a current and relevant topic. This will reinforce prior learning on Jesus and the census at the time of his birth. By placing unit is later in KS3 to benefit from development in social science as a way of knowing so pupils can successfully utilise the research of Linda Woodhead and delve into the diversity of people selecting no religion and the spectrum of why people in Britain identify as Christian.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils will know that the census happens every ten years in England and Wales.
- Pupils will know that social scientists use tool such as data to analyse worldviews.
- Pupils will know that non-religious worldviews can be atheist or agnostic.
- Pupils will know that Christianity has various denominations.
Social science
Census: How has the landscape of belief changed in Britain?
In this unit pupils will interpret census data to explore religion and belief in the UK. They will examine the growing diversity within Christianity and the rise of cultural Christians. They will use work by the sociologist, Linda Woodhead, to analyse the rise of 'no religion' in the UK.
6 lessons in unit
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