Curriculum Plan for Parents – Year 9
Subject
RE
Contact Person
Miss T Lee
Half term
and topic
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Key Homework
Assessment
Autumn 1
Islam Today
This unit is designed to give pupils a
discrete study of Islam, and allow
pupils to identify similarities and
differences across cultures and
religions.
Elements include:
 Key figures and key beliefs in
Islam
 Places of worship
 Key beliefs in the Qur’an
 Cultural and societal
responsibilities in Islam
As above
Worksheet to discover
key facts about Islam
Assessed question on the key
beliefs of Islam: the Five Pillars
Revision
Formal end of unit assessment
This unit is designed to provide
cross-curricular links, and show how
lack of religious and cultural
tolerance and understanding can
have devastating consequences. It is
the starting point for the GCSE topic
in the final term.
Elements include:
 Nuremberg Laws and antiSemitism
 The ghetto: conditions, how it
affected Jewish family life, and
case studies of those that were
there
 The Death and Concentration
Camps
 Survivors of the Holocaust
 Effects on religion and belief in
God
 The extent to which these things
could and do happen again
Pupils begin the GCSE curriculum
with a module “Believing in God”.
This module utilises the work done
on formulating arguments and
analytical skills throughout Key Stage
3. It does not presuppose a belief in
God, but allows pupils to explain and
give reasons for their own opinions,
and the opinions of others.
Elements Include:
 How religious upbringing,
apparent design in the world
around us and ideas of cause
could lead to a belief in God
Research the
Nuremberg Laws
Assessed question on the
ghetto
Revision
Formal written end of unit
assessment
Exam-style question
on Christian
upbringing
Assessed in-class exam style
questions on the Design and
First Cause Arguments for the
Existence of God
Autumn 2
Islam Today
Spring 1
The Jewish
Response to the
Holocaust
Spring 2
The Jewish
Response to the
Holocaust
(cont’d)
Summer 1
GCSE: Believing
in God
(Edexcel, spec A,
Unit 2, Module
1)

Summer 2
GCSE: Believing
in God
(Edexcel, spec A,
Unit 2, Module
1) (cont’d)
Challenges to these arguments,
including scientific explanations
for the world, and counterarguments from believers
 The effect of unanswered
prayers, and evil & suffering in
the world, on belief in God
 How Christians respond to these
 The media and its effects on
belief in God
As above
Revision
Formal End of Module Test