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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom: Why do some people choose prison or death rather than recant firmly held beliefs?

Learning Objectives:

  • Understanding of the concept of prisoner of conscience.
  • Awareness of the case of one prisoner of conscience arrested for their Christian beliefs.
  • Consideration of what, if anything, the students feel strongly enough about to go to prison for.

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Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom: What does someone gain by deciding to forgive?

Learning Objectives:

  • Awareness of Christian teaching on forgiveness.
  • Understanding of the relationship between forgiveness and reconciliation.

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: To what extent should rich people think about others when enjoying their wealth?

Learning Objectives:

  • Understanding of Christian perspectives on the uses and responsibilities of wealth.
  • Consideration of who should take responsibility for the poor.

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Captain Phillips: How do the actions of rich countries and ordinary people who live in them impact on the lives of people in poor countries?

Learning Objectives:

  • Understanding of Christian perspectives on the uses and responsibilities of wealth.
  • Awareness of different causes of poverty.
  • Awareness of different consequences of poverty.
  • Consideration of who should take responsibility for the poor.
  • Detailed knowledge of one Christian individual or organisation working to alleviate world poverty, and how Christian belief motivates that work.

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