Religious Studies

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Exam board: GCSE: AQA GCSE 8062/1A and 8062/2A with emphasis on Christianity and Buddhism,

A level: AQA specification - 7062

Key Stage 3
	Autumn Term 1	Autumn Term 2
Year 7	Are humans and animals different?	Why do Buddhists believe in anatta (‘no soul’)?
Year 8	Was Jesus a rebel? Religious/ political context at the time of Jesus	Does Jesus inspire activism today? Black Jesus/ Liberation theology/ anti-racism
Year 9	Is there one truth or many? The blind men and the elephant.	If God is all loving, why does evil exist?

Key Stage 3
	Spring Term 1	Spring Term 2
Year 7	Are humans doomed? The fall.	How do Jewish beliefs influence Jewish practices?
Year 8	Christianity: What does it mean to be saved?	Christianity: What does it mean to be saved?
Year 9	How do we know about God? General revelation (arguments for/against).	How do we know God? Special revelation (texts/ religious experience).

Key Stage 3
	Summer Term 1	Summer Term 2
Year 7	How do Jewish beliefs influence Jewish practices?	Assessments
Year 8	Islam: How does being a Muslim affect someone’s life?	Assessments
Year 9	'God is a man. Get over it’ Language, anthropomorphism, feminist perspectives of God.	Assessments

Key Stage 4
	Autumn Term 1	Autumn Term 2
Year 10	Christianity: beliefs and teachings	Christianity: beliefs and teachings
Year 11	Theme B: religion and life	Theme C: God and revelation

Key Stage 4
	Spring Term 1	Spring Term 2
Year 10	Christianity: practices	Buddhism: beliefs and teachings
Year 11	Theme D: religion, war and peace	Theme E: crime and punishment

Key Stage 4
	Summer Term 1	Summer Term 2
Year 10	Buddhism: beliefs and teachings	Buddhism: practices
Year 11	Revision and exam preparations

Key Stage 5
	Autumn Term 1	Autumn Term 2
Year 12	Arguments for the existence of God: the Design Argument Arguments for the existence of God: the Ontological Argument Normative ethics theories: Natural Moral Law	Arguments for the existence of God: the Cosmological Argument Normative ethics theories: Situation Ethics Normative ethics theories: Aristotle’s virtue ethics
Year 13	Miracles Self, death and the afterlife	Meta-ethics Free will and moral responsibility

Key Stage 5

Spring Term 1

Spring Term 2

Year 12

Year 13

Key Stage 5
	Summer Term 1	Summer Term 2
Year 12	Christianity: self, death and the afterlife Christianity: good conduct and key moral principles	Christianity: expressions of religious identity Revision and mock exam preparations
Year 13	Christianity, migration and religious pluralism Revision and exam preparations

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