Candidates have a choice of 4 units from 1 to 5 and 4 from 6 to 10 we are not doing Unit

The aim is to put the majority of pupils through the full course. The two lowest ability groups may well find the volume of work too much. If this is the case then we will enter some of these candidates for just the short course.

I suspect the questions that will come up will be very similar to those of past exams. At the end of each 6 week unit I have suggested a lesson devoted to familiarisation with the exam and focusing on key skills.

The order of topics is not important however I suggest that the short course units (3,4,6,7 or 8&10 together) be covered in year 10. I would also suggest that unit 8 and 10 be run concurrently as there is a lot of common ground.

This Topic is concerned with the ways in which religious believers try to respond to God and to develop spiritually.

Worship in the church and at home;

Prayer and contemplation;

The use of food and fasting by some Christians as a response to God;

The architecture of the church; the use of music and art in Christian worship;

The ways in which symbols are used in Christianity to express belief.

This Topic is concerned with religious responses to ethical questions raised by human

relationships.

The roles of men and women within a Christian family;

Christian marriage ceremonies, and the ways in which these

reflect and emphasise Christian teaching about marriage;

Christian beliefs about the ethics of divorce;

Christian beliefs about sexual relationships and contraception.

This Topic is concerned with religious views about the origins of the world and of humanity,

and the extent to which these views can be compatible with scientific theories.

Christian ideas about the origins of the world and of humanity;

Scientific ideas about the origins of the world and of humanity: very basic understandings

of the Big Bang theory, and of Darwinian evolutionary theory;

Christian views about what sets people apart from animals; Christian ideas

about stewardship; Christian responses to environmental issues.

This Topic is concerned with religious responses to ethical questions raised by medical issues.

Different Christian attitudes towards abortion;

Christian responses to issues raised by fertility treatment;

Christian attitudes towards euthanasia and suicide;

Christian beliefs about the use of animals in medical research.

This Topic is concerned with religious concepts of life after death.

The ways in which Christians understand the distinction between ‘body’ and ‘soul’;

Understandings of heaven, hell and purgatory;

The concept of God as judge, the relation between moral behaviour and the afterlife;

Christian funeral rites, and the ways in which these reflect belief and aim

to support the bereaved.

This Topic is concerned with religious responses to moral issues related to equality.

Biblical teaching about equality;

Christian attitudes towards racism;

The role of women in Christian society;

Christian attitudes towards other religions: missionary work, evangelism, ecumenism,

Christian beliefs about the status of non-Christian religions;

Christian beliefs about forgiveness and reconciliation.

This Topic is concerned with the ways in which religions understand the nature and origins of good and evil, and the ways in which religious believers cope with problems of suffering.

Different beliefs about God and the Devil or Satan;

Christian responses to the problem of evil: the suffering of Christ;

Coping with suffering through acceptance and prayer;

Discovering the right way to behave through the Bible, the example of Christ,

the conscience;

The reasons why Christians try to follow a moral code.

This Topic is concerned with religious responses to moral issues of war, peace, violence and

justice.

Christian attitudes towards war: the Just War;

Christian attitudes towards the use of violence and towards pacifism;

Christian beliefs about the treatment of criminals;

Christian responses to social injustice.