Identity: how does religion or belief look now and what might the future bring?
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Why this why now
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils will know that the census is carried out every 10 years in England and Wales and measures religious affiliation.
- Pupils will know that social scientists study how religion and non-religion is lived today.
- Pupils will know that recent trends show a decline in Christian affiliation overall and increase in some other religions.
- Pupils will know that people may identify as a particular religion or worldview but may practice differently.
Threads
Why this why now
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils will know that the census is carried out every 10 years in England and Wales and measures religious affiliation.
- Pupils will know that social scientists study how religion and non-religion is lived today.
- Pupils will know that recent trends show a decline in Christian affiliation overall and increase in some other religions.
- Pupils will know that people may identify as a particular religion or worldview but may practice differently.
Social science
Identity: how does religion or belief look now and what might the future bring?
In this unit pupils will look in more depth at trends emerging from the census and other data. They will examine the work of Linda Woodhead and her assertion that society is increasingly constructed around values. They will consider cultural religion and the concept of secularism.
5 lessons in unit
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