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KS3 & KS4 religious education curriculum

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Year 7

Denominations: why did the Christian Church become diverse?

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  • Continuity, change and diversity

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In this unit pupils will gain an understanding that Christianity is a family of worldviews. They will examine historical splits such as that between Catholicism and Orthodoxy alongside groups such as Quakers and Jehovah's Witnesses to see areas of commonality and difference.

This unit addresses misconceptions often encountered about Christianity around identity, divergence and individual worldviews. The prior exploration of why people identify as Christian in Britian is utilised and extended by looking at denominations and key theological differences. It is an opportunity consolidate understanding that not all members of a faith believe the same things or live the same way.

  1. The Trinity and Orthodox Christianity
  2. Core beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses
  3. The Pope and Protestantism
  4. Predestination across denominations
  5. Divergent practices of the Quakers
  6. The relationship between the Anglican and Methodist Church

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