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Year 7 RE Curriculum

  Topic Further details about the topic
Autumn Term
1

God

If God is Trinity, what does that mean for Christians?

STUDENTS WILL KNOW THAT:

  • Christians believe in God as Trinity, and that the different roles of the three persons in one God can be seen as exemplifying the relational nature of God and the importance of self-giving love in Christian practice
  • Ideas of God have varied (and still do) within the Christian church, and that different emphases lead to different ways of living
  • Christians can use the Bible to describe God in different ways.
2

Creation

STUDENTS WILL KNOW THAT CHRISTIANS BELIEVE:

  • Creation reveals something about the nature of God (for example, powerful, involved in human life, source of all life on earth), and reminds humans of their place as dependent upon the Creator.
  • Humans have a responsibility to creation, as stewards. 
  • Spring Term
1

The FALL - Why are people good and bad?

STUDENTS WILL KNOW THAT:

  • Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 present different pictures of God.
  • Being made ‘in the image of God’ can be interpreted widely, but implies a significance for human beings, and an intimate connection between them and the Creator.
2

Easter- A new covenant 

Good conquers Evil.

Revenge or reconciliation?

Exploring the Resurrection of Jesus.

Summer Term
1

 

Hindu- Visual thinking.

Sikh- symbolic thinking.

Islam - linguistic thinking.

2

 

Early religions - myth and the search for meaning.

Physics and Biology - evolution and science, the meaning and purpose of life.

Assessment

  Topic Type of Assessment
CAT 1 Design a post card for Trinity Sunday: Images on one side and description of the festival and how it is celebrated on the other. Self, Peer and Teacher Assessment
CAT 2 Turin Shroud – An Investigation. Self, Peer and Teacher Assessment

Main Resources

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Text books

InspiRE for Key Stage 3

Series Editor: Steve Clarke

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Recommended reading

The Bible, Genesis and John’s Gospel.

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

The Last Man Alive by A. S Neil

Watership Down by Robert Adams 

Chronicles of Narnia by C.S Lewis  

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Recommended Websites

RE:Quest - the definitive toolkit for teaching about Christianity in R.E. - http://www.request.org.uk/

BBC Religion and Ethics - http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/0/

RE:Online - http://www.reonline.org.uk/

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Enrichment opportunities

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