To be able to:
The law, justice and
punishment
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Define crime, justice,
law, responsibility and
sin
Explain the need for
law and justice
Give your own opinions
on the need for law and
justice
What is the difference between sin and crime?
Who decides what is right and wrong? (Begging? Protests?
Drug taking?)
Why do we have laws?
Why is justice important? (And for whom?)
Punishment: Deterrence, Retribution, Reform, Protection
Scenarios – which punishment for which offence and why.
Draw a table of the different theories of punishment and the
arguments for and against them. Add your own views about
each theory.
To be able to:
Islam and Christianity on
justice
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Explain why justice is
important to Christians
and Muslims
Outline the work of
Christian Aid and
Islamic Relief
Show how these
agencies support the
need for justice
Why? – God is just, people are all created by God so must be
treated equally. The Golden Rule, the sheep and goats etc.
It is up to God to judge, not man.
Islam – Allah is just, everyone is equal under Islamic law.
Justice is the basis of zakah, Muhammad acted justly.
Discussion: If we always forgive, people will take advantage.
Charging interest on loans is unjust.
For Muslims, is the Day of Judgement something to look
forward to or something to fear?
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Christian Aid, Islamic Aid – revisit what and why.
To be able to:
Capital Punishment
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Define capital
punishment
Give non-religious
reasons for and against
capital punishment
Express a personal
view, giving your
reasons
Initial tally for and against – what are your thoughts before
the lesson?
Fors and againsts – how many can the class come up with?
Should the death penalty be limited to certain people or
certain crimes? Does it seem worse to execute a woman than
a man? What about child executions? Should it be reserved
for murder, or is rape, paedophilia etc serious enough?
James Bulger case lesson.
Go back to the original question – is the death penalty right?
“Some crimes can never be forgiven”
Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion (3)
Give reasons why some people disagree (3)
Peer mark.
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To be able to:
Islam and Christianity on
capital punishment
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Explain why there are
different Christian
attitudes to capital
punishment
Explain why there are
different Muslim
attitudes to capital
punishment
Evaluate these reasons
and come to a
conclusion
Christianity for and against – sanctity of life, turn the other
cheek, Jesus taught love versus an eye for an eye,
Christians must obey the laws of the land, the RC Church
have supported the death penalty for very serious crimes.
Islam for and against – Shari’ah law, ‘take not life, which
God has made sacred, except for just cause, adultery,
apostasy versus the small but growing group who are more
modern based on how Shari’ah law is interpreted, accepting
the laws of the land, teachings on forgiveness.
Therefore, some do and some don’t support capital
punishment from both religions. Why do you think this is
the case? What conclusions can you come to?
To be able to:
Drugs and alcohol
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Outline the basic laws
Express an opinion
about these laws
Explain some of the
social and health
problems associated
with drugs and alcohol
What is the definition of a drug? What makes something a
drug? (Any chemical that you take into your body which
changes the way you feel.)
Legal and illegal drugs – stimulants, depressants,
hallucinogenics, analgesics – what are they, what do they
do, why are they bad?
Alcohol- the laws
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Discussion: Do you think smoking should be made illegal?
Why do the laws on drugs and alcohol exist? Do you think
they are right?
To be able to:
Islam and Christianity on
drugs and alcohol
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Assessment
To be able to:
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Outline different
Christian attitudes to
alcohol and drugs
Outline different
Muslim attitudes to
alcohol and drugs
Evaluate these
attitudes and compare
them to your own
opinion
Demonstrate that you
have learned the
knowledge from this
section
Apply your skills to the
types of questions
asked
Consolidate your
What does the Bible say about alcohol? Jesus turned water
into wine, St Paul told Timothy to drink wine to help
digestion, wine is used in Holy Communion but other
Christians do not drink as it impairs judgement, some see
alcohol as evil.
Drugs are illegal so all go against it.
Muslims are stricter – the majority do not drink alcohol as
they need their bodies when they die so do everything they
can to look after them, the Qur’an says intoxicants are
haram,
Revision – skills and content
A GCSE question
Peer mark with mark scheme in felt tip
Go round and record marks and check.
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thoughts and opinions
Introduce the next section – what do we already know?
What do we want to know?
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