RE – KS4 overview: Topic Map
Autumn Term 1
Year
10
Spec B
Unit 2
Unit 2
Introduction to
course and course
requirements
including moral
decision making.
Autumn Term 2
Spring Term 1
Spring Term 2
Summer Term 1
Summer Term 2
Topic 2 Religion
and Planet Earth
Topic 3 Religion
and Prejudice
Topic 4 Religion
and Early Life
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Religious attitudes
to matters of life
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Topic 1 Religion
and Animal
Rights.
 Religious beliefs
about status of
animals.
 Extent to which
animals are
different from
humans and
their relative
value.
 Religious views
on animal rights
and means of
protecting those
rights.
 Religious
responses to
preservation of
species from
extinction.
 Contemporary
use and abuse
of animals.
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Religious belief
about origin of
life
Religious views
about the
nature of Planet
Earth ,e.g. awe
and wonder.
Beliefs about
care and
responsibility
for planet –
stewardship.
Work being
done to look
after the world.
Problems
caused by
pollution, such
as acid rain etc.
Effects of
modern
lifestyles
Debate about
and the effects
of climate
change (global
warming)
Use and abuse
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Types of
prejudice,
including
religion, race,
colour, gender,
age, disability,
class, lifestyle,
and looks.
Causes and
origins of
prejudice,
including
ignorance,
stereotyping,
scapegoating,
influence of
parents or
media, victims
of prejudice,
experience.
Concepts of
tolerance,
justice,
harmony and
value of
individual.
Religious
attitudes to
prejudice and
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Sanctity of life
in relation to its
preservation.
Children as a
blessing and
gift and the
miracle of life.
Issues
surrounding
when life
begins,
including at
conception,
development of
backbone,
when heart
starts beating,
at viability,
when baby is
born.
Issues
concerning
quality of life,
including
severe
handicaps,
unwanted
children,
poverty and
Revision to
prepare for end of
year 10 exam
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Religious attitudes
to matters of life
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Religion and
morality
Why is life
special
Introduction to
fertility
treatment –
options and
case study
Human genetic
engineering;
embryology
and designer
babies
Human genetic
engineering;
embryology
and saviour
siblings
Cloning
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Human
experiments
and hybrids
 Blood
transfusions
and Organ
donation
 Religious
attitudes to
matters of
life
Assessment
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Issues
concerning
slaughter of
animals, meat
and vegan diets
Assessment
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of natural
resources.
Destruction of
natural habitat,
including
deforestation.
Assessment
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Year
11
Spec B
Unit 3
Autumn Term 1
Autumn Term 2
Religious attitudes
to the elderly and
death
 What is death?
 Religious
attitudes to
death
 Attitudes to the
elderly – who
should care for
the elderly?
 Religious
attitudes to old
age
 Euthanasia –
types and case
studies
 The euthanasia
Revision for Mock
Exam
Religious
attitudes to crime
and punishment
Crime – causes
and types
Religious attitudes
to law and order
Aims of
punishment
Religious
attitudes to crime
and punishment
Young offenders
discrimination.
Effects of
prejudice and
discrimination.
Religious
responses to
prejudice and
discrimination
by individuals,
groups, society
and law.
Religious
believers who
have fought
against
prejudice
Martin Luther
King.
Assessment
suffering.
Reasons used
by religions for
and against
abortion.
 Law and
abortion
including 1967
and 1990 Acts.
 Rights of those
involved eg.
Mother, father
and child.
 Assessment
Revision for end
of year Exam
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Spring Term 1
Religious
attitudes to
poverty
Spring Term 2
Religious
attitudes to
poverty
What causes
poverty and wealth
in Britain
-What causes
world poverty
-How can we help
those living in
poverty in Britain
and abroad
-What groups are
trying to assist
those living in
poverty in Britain
and abroad; St
Vincent de Paul,
-Religious attitudes
to wealth and
poverty
-Lottery and
Gambling – secular
and religious
attitudes
Assessment
Revision
Summer Term 1
Summer Term 2
Revision
Study Leave
Exam
Unit 2 and unit 3
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debate –
hospices Vs
Euthanasia
How long
should we keep
people alive?
Help for the
dying and
bereaved
Assessment
and punishment
Prison – life/ parole
Capital punishment
Forms of
punishment
Religious attitudes
to capital
punishment
Case studies
Assessment
Salvation Army,
CAFOD, Islamic
relief, Khalsa Aid,
Christian Aid
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