Editable Scheme of Work for GCSE Linear Unit 1, Section 2
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Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies
Unit 1 Section 2 Matter of Life and Death
Edexcel Scheme of Work
|Content coverage |Learning outcomes |Exemplar activities |Exemplar resources |
|Topic 1: |To identify what Christians believe |In groups, students sort cards describing ideas about what |The Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies 1A Student Book, Section 2.1 provides |
|Why Christians believe in life |about life after death. |happens after death into two piles depending on who believes |useful information. |
|after death, and how beliefs |To identify the reasons Christians |them, Christians or those of other religions. | |
|about life after death affect |believe in life after death: the main |Students discuss why Christians believe these things. They work | |
|their lives. |features of a religious upbringing. |out reasons for believing each. | |
| |To discover how beliefs about life after|Students write down how belief in these things might affect what| |
| |death will affect a Christian’s life. |they do, and then think about what they might choose to do and | |
| | |not do in a normal week. | |
|Topic 2: |To identify what the followers of one |Teacher explains the Muslim idea about life after death and |The Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies 1A Student Book, Section 2.2 provides |
|Why the followers of one |religion other than Christianity (Islam)|reasons for it, using an appropriate textbook if necessary. |useful information. |
|religion other than Christianity|believe about life after death. |Students design a booklet that could be given to year 7 students| |
|believe in life after death, and|To identify the reasons the followers of|showing the main points about Muslim beliefs. | |
|how beliefs about life after |one religion other than Christianity | | |
|death affect their lives. |(Islam) believe in life after death. | | |
| |To discover how beliefs about life after| | |
| |death will affect a Muslim’s life. | | |
|Topic 3: |To understand what ‘non-religious |In pairs, students work out a definition for ‘non-religious’ and|The Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies 1A Student Book, Section 2.3 provides |
|Non-religious reasons for |reasons’ means. |check they understand it. |useful information. |
|believing in life after death |To understand the meaning of near-death |Students discuss and decide upon a description of: near-death |See news articles or YouTube for examples of near-death experiences, ghosts,|
|(near-death experiences, ghosts,|experiences, ghosts, mediums and |experiences, ghosts, mediums and reincarnation. If possible they|mediums and reincarnation. |
|mediums and the evidence of |reincarnation. |show examples of each from news articles or a selection on | |
|reincarnation). |To discuss why these non-religious |YouTube. | |
| |reasons might lead to belief in life |Students make a list of reasons why these would make someone | |
| |after death. |believe in life after death. | |
Edexcel GCSE in Religious Studies — Unit 1 Section 2: Matters of Life and Death Scheme of Work © Pearson 2012
|Content coverage |Learning outcomes |Exemplar activities |Exemplar resources |
|Topic 4: |To understand why some people do not |Teacher draws a line on the floor (chalk or imaginary) and tells|The Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies 1A Student Book, Section 2.4 provides |
|Why some people do not believe |believe in life after death. |students that at one end of the line is total belief in life |useful information. |
|in life after death. | |after death and at the other end of the line is total lack of | |
| | |belief in life after death. Students stand on the line in the | |
| | |position appropriate to their belief. | |
| | |Students explain why they are standing at any particular point. | |
| | |Students draw a similar line in their notes and record at the | |
| | |two ends, the middle and two other chosen points (A–E) what a | |
| | |person thinks about life after death at these points. | |
| | |Students write down four reasons why the people who are at the | |
| | |two ends and the middle have those beliefs about life after | |
| | |death. | |
|Topic 5: |To understand the nature of abortion. |Teacher explains what abortion is and describes the process. |The Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies 1A Student Book, Section 2.5 provides |
|The nature of abortion, |To learn the current laws about |Students research the current laws and discuss them to ensure |useful information. |
|including current legislation, |abortion. |the law has been correctly understood. |Material on abortion is available online at: |
|and why abortion is a |To identify why abortion is a |Class holds a discussion to identify a list of reasons why |bbc.co.uk/religion/ethics/abortion/index.shtml |
|controversial issue. |controversial issue. |abortion is controversial. |/video/1879 |
|Topic 6: |To identify different Christian |Teacher explains different Christian attitudes to abortion, |The Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies 1A Student Book, Section 2.6 provides |
|Different Christian attitudes to|attitudes to abortion and the reasons |using information from an appropriate textbook. |useful information. |
|abortion, and the reasons for |for them. |Students watch the BBC Belief File programme on abortion. |See the BBC Belief File programme on abortion, 35 minutes. |
|them. | |Students draw a table recording the different attitudes of | |
| | |Christians and why they hold the different attitudes. | |
|Topic 7: |To understand what the different |Students review glossary definitions of abortion. |The Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies 1A Student Book, Section 2.7 provides |
|Different attitudes to abortion |attitudes to abortion are within Islam. |Students watch the BBC Belief File programme on Islam or use |useful information. |
|in one religion other than |To identify reasons why there are |other online resources. They discuss the different Muslim |See the BBC Belief File programme on Islam. |
|Christianity, and the reasons |different attitudes to abortion within |attitudes to abortion. They produce a list of reasons why |See also bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/ |
|for them. |Islam. |Muslims might have these different attitudes. |islam/islamethics/abortion_1.shtml |
Edexcel GCSE in Religious Studies — Unit 1 Section 2: Matters of Life and Death Scheme of Work © Pearson 2012
|Content coverage |Learning outcomes |Exemplar activities |Exemplar resources |
|Topic 8: |To understand the nature of euthanasia. |Teacher explains what euthanasia is and describes the different |The Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies 1A Student Book, Section 2.8 provides |
|The nature of euthanasia, |To learn the current laws about |types. |useful information. |
|including current legislation, |euthanasia. |Students research the current laws and discuss them to ensure |Explanations of euthanasia are available online at: |
|and why euthanasia is a |To identify why euthanasia is a |the law has been correctly understood. |bbc.co.uk/ethics/euthanasia |
|controversial issue. |controversial issue. |Class holds a discussion to identify a list of reasons why |bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/rs/sanctity/ |
| | |euthanasia is controversial. |cheuthanasiarev1.shtml |
|Topic 9: |To identify Christian attitudes to |Teacher explains Christian attitudes to euthanasia using |The Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies 1A Student Book, Section 2.9 provides |
|Christian attitudes to |euthanasia and the reasons for them. |information from an appropriate textbook. |useful information. |
|euthanasia, and the reasons for | |Students draw a table recording the different attitudes and why |Further information can be found at: |
|them. | |Christians hold them. |ethics.php |
| | | |bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/ |
|Topic 10: |To understand what the attitudes to |Students investigate Muslim attitudes to different types of |The Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies 1A Student Book, Section 2.10 provides |
|Attitudes to euthanasia in one |euthanasia are within Islam. |euthanasia. They produce a list of reasons why Muslims might |useful information. |
|religion other than |To identify reasons why these attitudes |have these different attitudes. | |
|Christianity, and the reasons |are held. |Students produce a poster to record these attitudes in pictorial| |
|for them. | |form. | |
|Topic 11: |To understand how a media programme may |Students watch a television programme that includes reference to|Programmes that include reference to life after death include Ghost and City|
|Arguments for and against the |affect someone's attitude to belief (how|life after death. |of Angels. |
|media being free to criticise |it might increase belief or decrease |Students discuss whether it is acceptable for the media to show |The Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies 1A Student Book, Section 2.11 provides |
|what religions say about matters|belief). |religious beliefs in a way that the religion might not accept. |useful information. |
|of life and death. | |Depending on the sensitivities of the group, they discuss | |
| | |cartoons depicting Muhammad. | |
Edexcel GCSE in Religious Studies — Unit 1 Section 2: Matters of Life and Death Scheme of Work © Pearson 2012
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