Religion, crime and punishment
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Why this why now
This unit is situated in Year 11 so pupils can use their understanding of Christian and their other chosen religions beliefs to apply it to ideas of crime and punishment. Pupils will see how concepts of forgiveness and justice may be applied in societies today and the positions that people of different religious backgrounds may take.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Some actions are illegal and carry punishment by law
- Some actions are considered sins and may be punishable by God
- Some actions are considered immoral, but may not come with formal punishment
- Not everybody agrees on what should be punished or how
Why this why now
This unit is situated in Year 11 so pupils can use their understanding of Christian and their other chosen religions beliefs to apply it to ideas of crime and punishment. Pupils will see how concepts of forgiveness and justice may be applied in societies today and the positions that people of different religious backgrounds may take.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Some actions are illegal and carry punishment by law
- Some actions are considered sins and may be punishable by God
- Some actions are considered immoral, but may not come with formal punishment
- Not everybody agrees on what should be punished or how
Religion, crime and punishment
In this unit pupils will study ideas of crime and how people may view crime is caused. From that, they will examine different ideas of punishing crime and treating criminals focussing especially on a case study of the death penalty and ideas of forgiveness.
15 lessons in unit
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