To be able to:
What is Community
Cohesion?
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The church, the government,
the community
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Define community
cohesion and religious
freedom
Explain how the
government works to
improve community
cohesion and why they
do it
Express your thoughts
on community cohesion
with reasons
Consider the consequences if scientists discovered that blue
eyed short people were proved beyond a shadow of a doubt
to be ultimately more intelligent and better at
everything…how long would it be before a difference between
blue eyed short people and brown eyed taller people would
begin to develop. What would be the changes?
Would it be worth spending money educating brown eyed
people? If they weren’t educated what jobs could they get
etc?
What happens to society if people think like this? Why does
the government want community cohesion? What do they do
to encourage it? What are the churches doing?
(Make links between the central beliefs of each religion)
Discussion: Faith schools hinder, rather than help
community cohesion.
Discussion: Do you think Birmingham city council should
have referred to the Christmas season as Winterville in case
they upset the Muslim population?
Introduce the ideas of prejudice, discrimination, sexism,
equality.
To be able to:
Attitudes to the roles of men
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The first episode of the Vicar of Dibley, The Arrival
Define prejudice,
discrimination and
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and women within the church
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sexism
Explain how attitudes
to the role of women in
the church have
changes
Explain why they have
changed
Explain how this has
been shown in an
episode of The Vicar of
Dibley
Evaluate the
importance of the
media in covering
issues from this section
Look at the reaction from all the different characters.
Do these reflect society in 1994? (Make the link between
women vicars and women bishops now)
Galatians 3:28, 1Cor 14:34, Ephesians 5:21 and Gen 1:27
Why didn’t Jesus have female disciples? What was Jesus’
attitude towards the women he met?
Roman Catholics, Church of England, what and why.
Explain how an issue from this section (community
cohesion) has been shown in the media (8)
Do you think women should be allowed to be bishops?
To be able to:
The UK as a multi ethnic
society
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Define ethnic minority,
multi ethnic society and
racism
Outline what is meant
by a multi ethnic
society
Explain how the UK has
become a multi ethnic
society
Suggest advantages and
Refer back to the first lesson.
What does it mean to be British?
Do the sheet re backgrounds.
Draw the pie chart – what does this tell us about British
society?
Question: Do you think there are more advantages or
disadvantages to living in a multi ethnic society? Give
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disadvantages to living
in a multi ethnic society
reasons for your answer.
Why do you think people are racist?
Where does the belief that one race is better than another
come from?
Do you think judging someone on the colour of their skin is
acceptable? Give reasons for your answer.
Discussion: Should all immigrants to the UK have to speak
English? Should they be respectful to the govt and the
Queen? Try the Britishness test. (Hopefully they will come to
the conclusion that the standards set for immigrants are
much higher than most people who are born here.)
Do events eg the Notting Hill Carnival encourage racial
harmony?
To be able to:
Christianity and racial
harmony
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Define racial harmony
Outline Biblical
teaching on racial
harmony
Explain why Christians
should work to promote
racial harmony
Question
What is the solution to racism? How can we achieve this?
Gen 1:27, Acts 10:34-35, Gal 3:28, Luke 10:27
Explain what these mean.
Do you think the Christian Church has done enough to
combat racism? (Dutch Reformed Church, KKK)
What do Christians do and why?
(Martin Luther King Jr)
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To be able to:
Asylum seekers and
immigrant workers
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Define asylum seeker
Describe the way one
church is working with
people who seek asylum
Explain why Christians
should help asylum
seekers
Give your opinion with
reasons
Why do people become asylum seekers?
Why do people become immigrants?
Look at Assist Sheffield.
How do they help asylum seekers?
Why do they help asylum seekers?
Remember the parable of the sheep and goats, Jesus
teaching on love thy neighbour etc.
To be able to:
The benefits of, and issues for,
a multi faith society
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Define multi faith
society
Explain how the UK has
become a multi faith
society
Suggest advantages and
disadvantages to living
in a multi faith society
Give a reasoned opinion
about the issues
Pie chart – what does this tell us about the UK as a multi
faith society?
Advantages = increased knowledge, tolerance, less conflict,
conversion, inter-faith marriage, more varied culture etc.
Disadvantages = more conflict, conversion, inter-faith
marriage, conflict between religious upbringing and the
wider society etc.
What do you think? Is there any such thing as a mono-faith
society? What would that be like?
Can all faiths be right? How?
A marriage will be happiest if the couple are from the same
religion. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer. Give
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reasons why some people might disagree.
To be able to:
Exclusivism, inclusivism,
pluralism
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Define religious
pluralism
Explain what is meant
by the terms
exclusivism,
inclusivism, and
pluralism
Connect these terms
with Christian attitudes
to other religions
Christian attitudes to other religions – act it out, one table is
exclusive, one inclusive and the last pluralist.
Show how this has an impact on all other things – if you
think only your religion is right and all others are wrong,
how will you treat people?
Draw the grid – Evangelicals, Roman Catholics, Liberals –
who believe what and why.
Should Christians become missionaries?
Should religious people convert anyone? Why?
To be able to:
Assessment
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Demonstrate that you
have learned the
knowledge from this
section
Apply your skills to the
types of questions
asked
Consolidate your
thoughts and opinions
Revision – skills and content
A GCSE question
Peer mark with mark scheme in felt tip
Go round and record marks and check.
Introduce the next section – what do we already know?
What do we want to know?
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