Learning Objectives:
- Understanding of Christian perspectives on the uses and responsibilities of wealth.
- Consideration of who should take responsibility for the poor.
Category Archives: RE Lessons (Years 7-9)
Captain Phillips: How did Jesus choose who to call to follow him?
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.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: What is the relationship between good and evil?
Captain America: The Winter Soldier: To what extent are justice and security incompatible with one another?
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the concepts of justice and injustice.
- Awareness of Christian teaching about judgement, forgiveness and punishment.
- Understanding the concept of human rights.
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom: What basic human rights do convicted criminals retain despite being sentenced to prison?
Learning Objectives:
- Understanding of the concept of human rights.
- Consideration of the treatment of convicted prisoners.
Doctor Who: Into the Dalek: What makes someone good?
Learning Objectives:
- Understand Christian teaching about the concept of sin.
- Understand what Christians believe about the consequences of sin in people’s lives today.
- Understand what Christians believe about the eternal consequences of sin.
Doctor Who: Dark Water: What happens to people when they die?
Learning Objectives:
- Awareness of different Christian views about Heaven.
- Awareness of different Christian views about Hell.
War Horse: How do warring nations and individuals establish peace once war has come to an end?
Learning Objectives:
- Understanding of how relationships are restored after times of conflict.
- Awareness of Christian individuals, groups or communities who work for peace and reconciliation.
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen: Are matters of fact and matters of faith mutually exclusive?
Learning Objectives:
- Consider the similarities and differences between Christianity and science.
- 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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