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KS3 & KS4 religious education curriculum

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Year 9

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

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  • Authority and influence

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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, how Muslims may use the concept of ijtjihad to make moral decisions, and how Sikhs look to gurus for guidance.

This unit comes at a stage in development where pupils take up their role as a young adult, possibly rebelling and bound by stringent rules. The content builds on learning aout the social contract as they explore why and how institutional religion formed laws, the social context of the time and their prevalence today. Pupils will explore the role of written and living authority as well as their own role in deciding how to live in accordance with personal values. In doing so, pupils are equipped to move on to the next unit which explores if and when it is appropriate to disregard authority.

  1. The 10 commandments
  2. Two great commandments
  3. Situation ethics of Jesus
  4. Shariah Law, Fiq and Ijtihad
  5. Gurus of Sikhi
  6. Language of laws

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