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KS3 & KS4 religious education curriculum

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Religious education
Year 11

Religion, peace and conflict

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In this unit pupils examine ideas of violence and how some religions justify war in terms of holy or just war. They will move on to examine specific ideas such as nuclear war and terrorism. Finally they will examine the role of religion in finding and making peace.

This unit will build on some of the foundational knowledge aquired in Year 10 through studies of two chosen religions. Pupils will make links between, for example, the story of Jesus and ideas of forgiveness and peace. It will build on previous themes such as relationships and family, to see how religions interact with issues of conflict at a national and global level.

  1. The meaning and significance of peace, justice, forgiveness and reconciliation
  2. Violence including violent protest
  3. Contrasting religious views about violence
  4. Reasons for war
  5. Religion as a cause of war and holy war
  6. The just war theory
  7. Terrorism
  8. Pacifism
  9. Contrasting religious views about pacifism
  10. Nuclear weapons and nuclear deterrence
  11. Weapons of mass destruction
  12. Contrasting religious views about weapons of mass destruction
  13. Religion and peace making
  14. Religious responses to victims of war
  15. The work of Christian Aid for victims of war

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