Ethos Education

Category Archives: RE Lessons (Years 10-11)


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In Time: Why do inequalities in access to food matter?

Learning Objectives:

  • Awareness of different causes of poverty.
  • Awareness of different consequences of poverty.
  • Detailed knowledge of one Christian individual or organisation working to alleviate world poverty, and how Christian belief motivates that work.

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Twilight: Eclipse: Why should anyone get married?

Learning Objectives:

  • Awareness of how Christian marriage ceremonies reflect Christian belief and teaching about marriage.
  • Understanding of different Christian views on divorce and remarriage.
  • Consideration of why some marriages succeed and others fail.

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Super 8: Why is it hard to forgive someone who has caused pain?

Learning Objectives:

  • Awareness of Christian teaching on forgiveness.
  • Awareness of the importance of forgiveness and repentance in Jesus’ earthly ministry.
  • Understanding of the relationship between forgiveness and reconciliation.

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Javier Hernandez’s Prayers: What kind of things do Christians believe they should pray about?

Learning Objectives:

  • Knowledge of what prayer is and what it is for, as understood by Christians.
  • Awareness of Jesus’ example and teaching about prayer.
  • Consideration of the relationship between prayer and faith.
  • Awareness of the right attitude of praying people.

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Senna: What are the limits to ‘win at all cost’ in professional sport?

Learning Objectives:

  • Explore issues surrounding morality in sport.
  • Understand the role of religious organisations within leisure e.g. chaplains, Christians in Sport.
  • Evaluate the role of money within sport such as payment for elite players, gambling and sponsorship.

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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: How do we decide what we believe?

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand some of the reasons for believing (or not believing) in the existence of God.
  • Knowledge of the ways in which, according to believers, God can be known.

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Racism in Football 2011: What is Christianity’s response to racism?

Learning Objectives:

  • Awareness of the consequences of prejudice and discrimination.
  • Recognition of the UK as a multi-ethnic society.
  • Understanding of Christian teaching that promotes racial harmony.

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Prometheus: What evidence is necessary for someone to believe in the existence of God?

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand some of the reasons for believing (or not believing) in the existence of God.
  • Knowledge of the ways in which, according to believers, God can be known.

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