Watford Grammar School for Boys Philosophy, Religion and Ethics Scheme of Work
Title: Ethics and values
Year group: 7
Term: summer
Weeks: 14
Key skill areas (related to levels for assessment): meaning and purpose
Resources: Themes to inspire 1
Learning
objectives
How do we
know right from
wrong?
Lesson content
What is our
conscience?
How do we know
if something is
good or bad?
Religious views
of the conscience
Possible activities
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What
makes What do we
something good mean by good?
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Homework
ICT
Find
out n/a
what
3
other
people in
your family
or friends
think
about what
the
conscience
is
What does good mean Produce a n/a
to you? What does dictionary
Look at picture on pg
59 – what does
conscience mean?
Match the Hindu,
Buddhist, Muslim and
Christian
view
of
conscience.
What does conscience
mean to you?
1
SMRC
Our views
Right
wrong
Honesty
Good
Literacy
Resources
Matching
Page 58 - 61
and Key
words
–
conscience, right,
wrong,
Muslim,
Buddhist,
Christian, Hindu
Fact file
Pg 62/3
Key words: Jewish,
What
do
religions
think
we mean by
good?
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Religious views What do Sikhs,
on issues
Muslims,
Christians
and
Buddhists teach
about key ethical
issues?
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What is a moral What is a moral
dilemma?
dilemma?
What
factors
need to be taken
into
account
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good mean to your
neighbour?
Show different images
from different ways of
life – a city trader, an
Aborigine, a school
girl, a beggar. Discuss
what good means to
them.
Read page 62/3 and
produce fact file on
Jewish, Hindu, Sikh
and Buddhist views of
good
Using page 64 and 65
as a basis students
research either Sikh
views of how we treat
others, Muslims views
of fighting, Buddhist
views of alcohol and
drugs, and Christian
views of how we treat
others.
Students prepare a
class presentation on
one of these issues
listed above.
Read moral dilemma
on pg. 70. In groups –
what would you do?
Present ideas.
Brainstorm
what
of
key
words to
do
with
good
Key words
– ahimsa,
greed,
wisdom,
respect, 10
command
ments,
honesty
Buddhist, Hindu,
Sikh, good
Research
presentatio Ethical issues
one other ns
religious
view of the
use
of
alcohol and
drugs
Presentations
Pg 64/5
Key
words:
Muslim, Christian,
Buddhist,
Sikh,
fighting, alcohol,
drugs,
others,
ethical issues
Write 1 – 2 n/a
paragraphs
about
a
moral
dilemma
Key words: moral, Pg 70/1, 74/5
dilemma, factors
2
Moral
dilemmas
when solving a
moral dilemma?
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The Golden Rule
What is
the
Golden Rule?
How do different
religions
interpret
the
Golden Rule?
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Revision lesson
Prepare for the
end of year exam
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Exam week
The
10 What are the 10
Commandments Commandments?
How can they
solve
moral
dilemmas?
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affects you solving a
moral dilemma
T/F – what is a moral
dilemma?
you have
had
and
how you
solved
it
and why
you solved
it that way.
n/a
Define in general ‘the Start
revising for
golden rule’
In pairs take two of the exams
interpretations
on
page 66/67 and decide
what it means and
then explain to the
class.
Use the case study on
70 and discuss how the
golden rule would be
applied to it.
n/a
Presentations
from Revision
different groups on
one of the topics done
this year.
Brainstorm everything
they remember
Quiz
Jeopardy
Give one boy one each
of the commandments
and they write down
what it means to them.
Do
you n/a
agree with
the
10
command
ments?
3
How we treat Interpretation
Pg. 66/7
others
Definitions
Key words: Golden
Rule,
interpretations,
others
Revision
n/a
Use revision guide on Mood
Moral
dilemmas
Key words: moral, http://www.topmarks.co.uk
dilemma,
10 http://www.the-ten-comma
commandments
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What do we What does love
mean by love, justice
and
justice
and forgiveness
forgiven?
mean?
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Religious views What do the
of love
Western faiths
teach
about
love?
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Using the dilemmas on
pg 74, 5 which 10
commandment would
you use for each one.
Brainstorm how the 10
commandments affect
people’s decisions?
Brainstorm what love,
justice and forgiveness
means
Come up with class
definitions for each
word.
What are the problems
with each word?
Produce a short play
where love, justice and
forgiveness
are
present
Using page 80 and 79
prepare posters on
either Christian, Jewish
or Muslim views of
love
Produce informative
leaflets on western
views of love
Out of the three views
of love, which do you
agree with most and
least?
Some, all
or none of
them?
Why?
Research
Homework
Hindu
research
views
of
love
Love,
justice, Definitions
Pg 78 – 87
forgiveness
Key words: love,
justice, forgiveness
In groups, Homework Love
they are to presentatio
prepare
ns
presentatio
ns either
Elizabeth
Fry, Gandhi
or Bhimrao
Ambedkar
They
should be
researchin
g their lives
and how
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Leaflets
Pg 80/1
Key
words:
Western, love
Justice
– How
did
Elizabeth
Fry, Elizabeth
Fry,
Gandhi
and Gandhi
and
Bhimrao
Bhimrao
Ambedkar
Ambedkar fight
for justice?
Forgiveness – Should
people
the story of forgive?
Stephen
Look
at
the
Lawrence, 9/11 stories
of
Stephen
Lawrence
and
9/11.
What
happened with
each and peoples
responses.
they
fought for
justice.
Homework presentations
Write
a Presentatio Justice
summary
ns
of one of
the people
you did not
research
Articles
Forgiveness
 Read
through Should
http://www.stephenla 9/11 have
been
wrence.org.uk/aboutforgiven?
us/stephens-story/
outlining
Stephen’s Why?
story.
 Read
through
http://www.bbc.co.uk
/newsround/14854813
about 9/11 and what
happened
 In groups, discuss this
article and whether
Stephen’s mum should
or shouldn’t forgive
http://www.theguardi
an.com/uk/2012/jan/0
5/doreen-lawrencestephen
 Watch
http://www.voanews.
com/content/article911-victims-motherexpresses-forgiveness5
Presentations
Key words; justice,
Elizabeth
Fry,
Gandhi
and
Bhimrao
Ambedkar
Articles
Key
words:
forgiveness,
Stephen Lawrence,
Doreen Lawrence,
9/11
Pg 82 - 85
http://www.theguardian.co
http://www.voanews.com/
years-after-129804118/1748
http://www.bbc.co.uk/new
http://www.stephenlawren
Debate
Based on all the
work that they
have
done
prepare and do a
debate:
This
house
believes that we
should
always
forgive
10-years-after129804118/174865.ht
ml - should they have
forgiven 9/11?
Based on all the work that n/a
they have done prepare and
do a debate:
This house believes that we
should always forgive
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Behaviour
policy
Behaviour
Key words: school,
conduct,
rules,
forgive