Key Figures in Religion Year 7- Jesus, Muhammad, Guru Nanak Year 8- Abraham, Moses, Sadhus, Siddhartha Gautama Year 9- Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa, Malala, Oscar Romero Year 10 – Jesus, Muhammad, Ibrahim |
Religious Texts Year 7- The Bible, The Qur’an, The Guru Granth Sahib Year 8 – The Torah, The Vedas, The Pali Cannon Year 9- The Bible, The Qur’an Year 10- The Bible, The Qur’an Year 11- The Bible, The Qur’an |
Prejudice and Discrimination Year 7- Islamophobia, Challenges of being Sikhi Year 8- Anti-Semitism, Caste system Year 9- Human Rights and people of faith Year 10- Christian Persecution Year 11- Human Rights and Social Justice |
Places of Worship Year 7- Church, Mosque, Gurdwara Year 8- Synagogue, Mandir, Vihara Year 10- The Local and Global Church Year 11 – The Mosque |
God Year 7- The Trinity, The Shahadah, Waheguru Year 8- The Trimurti, Deities Year 9- The problem of Evil and the Nature of God Year 10- The Nature of God, The Trinity, The Incarnation, The 99 names of Allah, Tawhid, and Supremacy of God. Year 11- The Shahadah |
Morality Year 7- The 10 Commandments, The Five Pillars of Islam, Sewa, Justice and equality in Sikhi Year 8– The 613 Mitzvah, The Five Precepts Year 9- Ethical Issues, The problem of Evil, Human Rights Year 10- The Ten Commandments, The Problem of Evil Year 11- Five Pillars of Islam, Ethical Issues, Human Rights, Crime and Punishment. |
Pilgrimage Year 7- Hajj, The Harmandir Sahib Year 8- Varanasi Year 10- Iona, Lourdes Year 11- Hajj, Karbala |
Prayer Year 7 – The Lord’s Prayer, Salah Prayers, The Guru Granth Sahib Year 8- Prayer in Judaism, Puja Prayer, Meditation and Mindfulness Year 9- Responding to Evil and Suffering through prayer Year 10 – Types of Christian Prayer, The Lord’s Prayer Year 11 – Salah Prayer and Jummah Prayer. |
Culture Year 7- Who is Jesus?, The five K’s Year 8- Kosher food laws, Jewish rites of passage, Buddhist monks and nuns Year 9- Mexican day of the dead, Human Rights around the world and throughout history. Year 10- Differences between Christian denominations, The differences between Sunni and Shi’a Islam |
Festivals Year 7- Christmas, Easter, Eid Year 8- Passover, Hanukkah, Diwali, Holi Year 9- Mexican Day of the Dead Year 10- Christmas, Easter Year 11- Eid al Fitr, Eid al Adha, Ashura |