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Eduqas (KS4)

KS3 & KS4 religious education curriculum

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Religious education
Year 11

Issues of life and death

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In this unit pupils will focus firstly on the relationship between religion and science - looking at ideas of creation. They will examine how Christians and non-religious people view the world. Finally they will examine how people speak about the sanctity of life.

This unit is situated in Year 11 when pupils have had the opportunity to study two religions in depth. They could build on their learning about relationships and family to consider the wider questoin of sancity of life applying this to arguments around abortion and euthanasia.

  1. Christian and non-religious beliefs about creation
  2. Dominion, stewardship and environmental responsibility
  3. Christian attitudes to human life
  4. Non-religious attitudes to human life
  5. Contrasting views on abortion
  6. Contrasting views on euthanasia
  7. Christian beliefs about death and the afterlife
  8. Non-religious beliefs about death and the afterlife
  9. Christian and humanist funerals

  • Religious believers think God is the cause of the universe
  • Atheists do not accept that God caused the universe and look for scientific explanations
  • Religious and non-religious believers have to make ethical decisions that impact life and death situations
  • Everybody has to obey the law in their country, but religious people may also use religious teachings to help them decide what is right
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