RS
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View our full course guidelines below for KS3 and KS4 RS:
Course content:
Year 7:
- Health and Wellbeing
- Hinduism
- Relationships
- Judaism
- Living in the Wider World
- Buddhism
Year 8:
- Sikhism
- Living in the Wider World
- Islam
- Citizenship: Politics
- Christianity
- Relationships, Health and Wellbeing
Specification: AQA Religious Studies GCSE (Islam and Christianity and Themes A, B, D and E)
Link to AQA Religious Studies overview
Course Content
Year 9:
Islam: Beliefs and Teachings, Islam: Practices.
Year 10:
Christianity: Beliefs and Teachings, Christianity: Practices.
Year 11:
Thematic Studies: Relationships and Families, Religion and Life, Religion, Peace and Conflict, Religion, Crime and Punishment.
Assessment
100% Assessment Based
Paper 1 – Study of Religions (Islam and Christianity) 50% of the final grade.
Content overview: Islam: Beliefs and Teachings Islam: Practices; Christianity: Beliefs and Teachings Christianity: Practices
Paper 2- Thematic Studies. 50% of the final grade.
Content overview: Theme A: Relationships and Families Theme B: Religion and Life; Theme D: Religion, Peace and Conflict Theme E: Religion, Crime and Punishment
List of Resources
Textbooks:
- Christianity: https://www.amazon.co.uk/GCSE-Religious-Studies-AQA- Christianity/dp/0198370334
- Islam: https://www.amazon.co.uk/GCSE-Religious-Studies-AQA- Islam/dp/0198370342/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=0198370342&psc=1