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Year 7

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Year 7 Half Term Units of Work Key Assessments
Autumn 1 Introduction to Philosophy and Ethics
  • The relationship between philosophy and Ethics and religion

Ways of living: Christianity

  • A brief history of Christianity
  • Core beliefs in Christianity
  • Key events in Christianity
  • The impact of belief on lifestyle
Christianity assessment
  • Key terms associated with the unit
  • Knowledge of the religion
  • Explaining beliefs
  • Evaluating individual opinion
Autumn 2
Spring 1 How did the world come to be?
  • Religious and non-religious responses to the question of the origin of the universe
  • Christianity - varying interpretations of the Book of Genesis
  • Islamic and Hindu accounts of the origin of the universe
  • How religious accounts of creation inform belief about deities
  • Scientific and non-religious accounts of creation
Origins of the universe assessment:
  • Key terms associated with the unit
  • Knowledge of the various outlooks
  • Explaining beliefs
  • Evaluating individual opinion
Spring 2
Summer1 Ways of living: Buddhism
  • The origins of Buddhism
  • Core beliefs in Buddhism
  • The impact of belief on lifestyle
Buddhism assessment:
  • Key terms associated with the unit
  • Knowledge of the religion
  • Explaining beliefs
  • Evaluating individual opinion
Summer 2