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The Skinners’ School

Year 10 Revision Guide

Summer 2014

Year 10 Revision Guide - Summer 2014

May 2014 Dear Boys and Parents This booklet contains the topics that need to be revised for this summer's exams. The exams are from Monday 2

nd to Friday 6

th June.

It is very important that these exams are taken seriously. The work in Year 10 is a substantial part of the GCSE course and the results of the exams are a good indication of the results that will be achieved next year. In addition, in the event of illness or accident, preventing the GCSE exams being taken, these results can be used as evidence so that a grade can be awarded. Revision Tips

Revise little and often – 20 minute sessions with short breaks

Go over notes 2,3,4 or more times to reinforce ideas

Then write things down, don’t just read through your notes

Have sensible bedtimes during the exam period – staying up late for last minute revision will not work

Have breakfast in the morning so your body is ready to work

Drink plenty of water so that your brain has what it needs to function at its best

Mr J Bullen Head of Year 10


EXEMPLAR

Date Exams today?

Subjects When

completed Tasks for revision

Other Commitments

FOR

EXAMPLE 18/05

None!

History – 1

hour

Biology – 45 minutes

4.15 to 5.15

5.30 to 6.15

International

Relation's Key Questions 1 and 2 spider

diagram, practice source

question

Read textbook on topic b1a

and re-do end of unit test.

Rugby

training 7 - 8

Year 10 End of Year Examinations, June 2014 Examinations will take place in the Sports Hall unless otherwise stated. NB where students do not have an examination they will attend lessons as usual or, where stated only, revise in the Sports Hall

Session

Monday 2

nd June

WEEK A

Tuesday 3

rd June

Wednesday 4

th June

Thursday 5

th June

Friday 6

th June

Monday 9

th June

Week B

Tuesday 10

th June

Wednesday

11th

June

1

9.10-10.10

Maths (sets 2, 3, 4

only)

Sets M and 1 in normal lessons

Normal lessons for all

Design Technology

Everyone else

in normal lessons


Maths (sets 2, 3, 4

only)

Sets M and 1 in normal lessons

Music

(Music Room)

Everyone else in normal lessons



2

10.35-12.35

Maths (set 1 only)

Normal lessons for everyone

else


English Religious Education

History

All other students to revise in the Sports Hall


Chemistry

Geography Normal

lessons for everyone else

3

1.35-3.35

French


German


Physics

Economics &

Maths (set 1 only)

Everyone else in

Games


Biology

Drama

(BH1)

Everyone else in normal lessons

Normal lessons for

all

BIOLOGY Biology Revision list for Year 10 exams

Edexcel Certificate level 1 / 2

Length of Exam 90 minutes

You may be examined on material from both year 9 and year 10 so it is essential that you revisit topics from last year (ie Groups of living organisms, Cells, Movement in and out of cells, Digestion and Food, Respiration and breathing, Circulation and blood) in addition to the list below.

Co-ordination – nerves, reflexes, synapses, the eye-pupil reflex and focussing

Homeostasis and excretion –the urinary system, osmoregulation, temperature regulation

Plants and Food – Photosynthesis, limiting factors, mineral requirements

Plant transport – osmosis, active transport of minerals, xylem and phloem, transpiration, translocation

Chemical co-ordination in Plants –tropisms and auxin

Reproduction in plants – sexual and asexual, seed germination, seed dispersal

Ecosystems- definitions, quadrats, food chains and webs, energy transfer; carbon, water and nitrogen cycles

Make sure that you understand the principles behind setting up valid investigations. Know the difference between independent, dependent and control variables. Ensure that you understand the practical investigations that are outlined in your text book even if you haven’t done them all. EQUIPMENT NEEDED FOR EXAMINATION

Ruler Calculator Sharp pencil Pen


CHEMISTRY (All groups) Edexcel Certificate Level 1 and 2 (IGCSE) LENGTH OF PAPER: 1 hour 30 minutes MAIN TOPICS FOR REVISION

Atomic Structures and Bonding Structures and Properties Mole Calculations Electrolysis Energy and reactions, The Haber Process These are the Year 10 modules but in addition you should review Year 9 work as there are likely to be questions on these topics. Revising all of these topics should help you prepare for year 11 when all three years’ work will be assessed in the final exams. Year 9 topics

Fundamentals of chemistry Reactivity of Metals Crude Oil and Fuels Gases and their compounds Rate of Reaction

EQUIPMENT NEEDED FOR EXAMINATION Pen Pencil Eraser Ruler Calculator OTHER HINTS Use your end of topic tests plus any Revision Guide you may have as an aid to revision. You will be expected to give information on specific experiments. Use your notes and text book to help you with this. Use our website for past paper questions www.skinnerscience.co.uk

http://www.skinnerscience.co.uk/


DESIGN LENGTH OF PAPER: 1 hour Pupils will be tested on everything they have learnt in Design & Technology. Topics covered:

Stages of the design and manufacturing processes

Isometric drawing. Isometric drawings can be used to show a 3-D picture of an object

and shows objects at 30

Orthographic drawing. An Orthographic drawing is a way of drawing an object from

different direction. A plan view, end elevation and a front elevation

The use of colour in design

Logo designs, typography, layout and alignment

Brand identity

Specification points

Environmental, social and cultural considerations and issues in design

Rendering techniques (shading methods, adding colour to objects/lettering)

Equipment needed for the Exam:

Pencil

Eraser

Ruler (30cm)

Sharpener

Colouring pencils


DRAMA There is no written examination for Drama in Year 10. Instead the boys will be working on a piece of Controlled Assessment that makes up 30% of their GCSE grade.

Unit 1 ‘Page to Stage’ involves exploring how a published text is animated and brought to life

for an audience. The text for this unit is Oh What a Lovely War by Joan Littlewood. This unit

is worth 30% of the GCSE course.

The rehearsal and written working notebook sections of this unit are assessed under

controlled examination conditions. The controlled assessment will take place in the students’

normal drama lessons beginning on Monday 2nd June and finishing with the final hour of their

notebook on Tuesday 8th July. Unless your son is unwell he must make every effort to attend

each Drama class.

The practical exam performance is on:

Tuesday 26th June – 7pm

Technical rehearsals will take place on Sunday 22nd June.


ECONOMICS

LENGTH OF PAPER: 1 hour 15 minutes

MAIN TOPICS FOR REVISION Refer to the handouts and notes which you have received over the year. You can conduct a detailed revision by studying these and rewriting them on to mind maps, spider diagrams and/ or index cards. Do conduct active revision: simply reading the material is not very productive and you are likely to forget or not fully recall accurately. You can access the specification which contains guidance on the course content. Go through this specification and make sure that you understand the economics terms and concepts. Make a list of these, write a definition and give an example. Revisit the revision ‘quiz’ questions and check that you can answer these questions without recourse to your notes. If you have a problem with any items make a note of these and see me in class, or in revision assistance at lunch time on Tuesday in K5 The exam is one hour and 15 minutes long and comprises 70 marks. The exam board is AQA. www.aqa.org.uk The specification is unit 11, Personal Economics in Business Subjects and Economics. The course code is 4135, GCSE Economics, Full Course. Good luck! T. Walsh Head of Economics

http://www.aqa.org.uk/


ENGLISH

Unit 2 Understanding Poetry Length of paper: 1 hour and 45 minutes Revise all poems from the Clashes and Collisions section of the poetry anthology. There are two sections on the paper: Section A Response to an unseen poem.

(20 marks) Section B Comparison of two poems based on Clashes and Collisions collection in the

poetry anthology. One poem will be named in the question; the second poem you choose from

the collection studied in class. (30 marks) Remember:

You will be given a clean copy of the Anthology in the exam , so no need to learn

quotations

You need to analyse the impact of style, language, structure and form

Comment explicitly on key features of poetry: voice, imagery, language, rhyme and

rhythm, tone and mood, form and structure. Explore how the writers’ use these

feature to present ideas, themes and settings

Construct your judgements using PEA – point evidence and analysis; always support

your judgement with evidence from the poem

Read the question before you read the poem to allow you to focus your annotations

on the key ideas in the question

Annotate the poem on the exam paper – it is your exam paper

Keep a careful eye on the time :

o Section A - 5 minutes reading and planning, 40 minutes writing

o Section B - 5 minutes planning, 55 minutes writing.

Don’t forget - a top grade student FLIRTS:

Form, Language, Imagery, Rhyme and Rhythm, Tone and Mood, Structure

Equipment: Have a second pen ready in case the first runs out.


FRENCH LENGTH OF PAPER:

Listening (45 minutes) - in class prior to exam week.

Reading and Writing (90 minutes), including a 150 word essay. All exams will take the format of a GCSE paper.

MAIN TOPICS FOR REVISION

Chapters 1 – 4 of Expo

Self, family and friends

Free time and leisure

Home, town and local area

Shopping, making plans and travel arrangements and special occasions

A. Vocabulary. Use the vocabulary sections at the end of each unit as well as any vocabulary notes made this year.

1. Town and Local Area 2. Free time 3. Self, family, friends 4. Phrases for giving and justifying opinions/ideas

B. Grammar: – all written work should display a good understanding of the following:

1. Tenses (Present, perfect, imperfect and future) 2. Modal verbs (pouvoir, vouloir, devoir) 3. Comparatives and superlatives 4. Adjectives – position and agreements 5. Pronouns and prepositions

Skills focus: For all parts of the exam you will need to:

1 Recognise and use past, present and future tenses 2 Include a range of opinions and be able to justify them

How can you revise grammar? Work through grammar exercises in the back of the text book. Also use www.rgshw.com which has many grammar exercises.

http://www.rgshw.com/


GEOGRAPHY

LENGTH OF EXAM – 1 hour 30 minutes

You will be examined on the three physical units you have studied this year. You will be expected to spend 30 minutes on each question. The topics are: Mr Bee and Mr James – The restless earth; Rocks, resources and scenery; Ice on the land. Mr Adams – The restless earth; Rock resources and scenery; Water on the land.

Revision tips:

Read through the specification so you know what you are likely to be tested on, paying particular attention to key ideas and themes:

Learn your case studies in detail;

Make sure you learn definitions for key terms;

Use the website www.coolgeography.co.uk to help your revision;

Make sure you know what command terms such as describe, explain, contrast, outline, comment, discuss, analyse and evaluate mean;

Practise writing longer answers when you are revising, past papers are on the AQA web site. (www.aqa.co.uk GCSE Spec A).

What you will need:

For ANY Geography examination you should have with you the following:

Pen and spare pen, pencil, ruler, rubber, pencil sharpener, calculator, a pair of compasses and colouring pencils.

http://www.coolgeography.co.uk/

http://www.aqa.co.uk/


GERMAN

LENGTH OF PAPER:

Listening (45 minutes) - in class prior to exam week.

Reading and Writing (90 minutes), including a 150 word essay.

All exams will take the format of a GCSE paper MAIN TOPICS FOR REVISION Chapters 1 – 3 and Chapter 6 of EDEXCEL GCSE GERMAN

Die Medien heute – Medien/Fernsehen /Filme/ Musik

Ich habe Reiselust – Die Ferien

Unser Schulleben – Meine Schule / Schultag / Schulregeln

Arbeit/ Arbeitspraktikum / Zukunftspläne

A. Vocabulary: Use vocabulary sheets given in lessons and summary pages in text book.

1. Media – Media / television/ Film / Music – modern and traditional media (advantages / disadvantages) 2. Holidays – what type? / where have you been? / What did you do?/ Disastrous holidays 3. School ( inc – subjects/ school day / school rules / school uniform and pressures at school)

4. Part time jobs / Jobs - inc What jobs would you like to do?/ Have you done any work experience? / What are your plans for the future?

C. Grammar: All written work should display a good understanding of the following:

1. Case system (including prepositions) 2. Tenses (Present, perfect and future) 3. Use of conjunctions / Relative pronouns 4. Word orders 1 - 5 5. Adjectives

Skills focus: For all parts of the exam you will need to:

Recognise and use past, present and future tenses Write with a wide range of vocabulary and expression

How can you revise grammar? Work through grammar booklets given in class. Also use www.rgshw.com and www.yjc.org.uk to help you recap on use of grammar.

http://www.rgshw.com/

http://www.yjc.org.uk/


HISTORY

LENGTH OF PAPER: 2 Hours The format of the examination will be a full Paper 1: Paper 1 is divided into three sections: Sections A and B test the International Relations core content [35 marks]. Candidates must answer one source-based question, and one structured questions. Section C tests the chosen Depth Study where three questions will be set [40 marks]. One of these will be source based and will be compulsory; the other two will be structured questions of which candidates must answer one.

MAIN TOPICS FOR REVISION:

International Relations 1919-1989 Key Question 1: Were the Peace Treaties of 1919-23 fair? The peace treaties of 1919–1923 (Versailles, St Germain, Trianon, Sèvres and Lausanne); the roles of individuals such as Wilson, Clemenceau and Lloyd George in the peacemaking process; the immediate reactions to, and opinions about, the treaties, especially in Britain, France, Germany and the USA. Key Question 2: To what extent was the League of Nations a success? The aims of the League, its strengths and weaknesses in structure and organisation; successes and failures in peacekeeping during the 1920s; disarmament; the work of the Court of International Justice; the ILO and the Special Commissions; the impact of the World Depression on the work of the League after 1929; the failures of the League in Manchuria and Abyssinia Key Question 3: Why had international peace collapsed by 1939? The collapse of international order in the 1930s; the increasing militarism of Germany, Italy and Japan; Hitler’s foreign policy to 1939; the Saar, remilitarization of the Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland; the Nazi-Soviet Pact, appeasement and the outbreak of war in September 1939.

DEPTH STUDY: Germany, 1918–1945 Key Question 1: Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the start? The Revolution of 1918–19 and the establishment of the Republic; the impact of the Treaty of Versailles on German politics and the German economy; the Weimar Constitution; the political disorder of 1920–1923; economic distress and hyper-inflation; the occupation of the Ruhr; the Stresemann era – recovery at home and abroad; underlying weaknesses of the Republic; cultural achievements of the Weimar period. Key Question 2: Why was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1933? The early years of the Nazi Party; Nazi ideas and methods; the Munich Putsch; the roles of Hitler and other Nazi leaders and the change of tactics after the Putsch; the impact of the Depression on Germany; the political, economic and social crisis of 1930–33; reasons for growing support for the Nazis and the election results 1928–33; how Hitler became Chancellor in 1933; the Reichstag Fire, Hitler’s use of emergency powers, the Enabling Act of 1933. Key Question 3(a): The Nazi regime: how effectively did the Nazis control Germany, 1933–1945? The nature of Nazi rule in Germany; the Night of the Long Knives; the death of Hindenburg; removal of opposition, methods of control and repression and the roles of the SS and the Gestapo; the use of culture, propaganda and the mass media; opposition to Nazi rule – the Communists, church leaders, passive resistance, youth groups, growing opposition during the war including from within the army; persecution of the Jews and the Final Solution; the persecution of other minorities. Key Question 3(b): The Nazi regime: what was it like to live in Nazi Germany? The Hitler Youth and the League of German Maidens; the aims and development of Nazi policies towards women and the family; the effectiveness of German economic policies; rearmament; the impact of the Second World War on the lives of the German people; the conversion to war economy.


MATHEMATICS

Set 1: 2 papers, 1 ¾ hours each Sets 2 – 4: 2 papers, 1 hour each

Sets 1 - 4 To draw and read information from a distance-time graph

To draw lines with a given gradient

To calculate the gradient of a straight line and use this to find the speed from a distance- time graph

To use a graph to find a formula or rule

To use a graph to solve simultaneous equations

To be able interpret real-life graphs

To draw linear graphs parallel or perpendicular to other gradients

To interpret and draw more complex real-life graphs

To plot cubic, reciprocal and exponential graphs

Calculate with decimals

Identify multiples, factors, prime numbers, powers and roots

Find the prime factorisation of numbers

Find HCF and LCM

Calculate with fractions

Find angles in a triangle

Calculate the area of a trapezium

Find angles in quadrilaterals

Find the volume of prisms

Find interior and exterior angles in polygons

Calculate arc length

Calculate the area of a sector

Calculate the volume and surface area of compound 3D shapes

To be able to write and calculate with numbers in index form

To be able to multiply and divide numbers written in index form

To be able to write numbers in standard form

To be able to calculate numbers in standard form

To know and use the rules for fractional and negative indices

To be able to convert recurring decimals to fractions

To be able to simplify surds

To be able to manipulate expressions containing surds and rationalise denominators

To solve problems using surds

To expand linear brackets

To substitute numbers into expressions

To factorise simple linear expressions

To expand and simplify expressions

To rearrange formulae where the new subject occurs once

To expand two brackets

To factorise quadratic expressions

To recognise the Difference of Two Squares and factorise it

To simplify algebraic fractions with a numerical denominator

To simplify algebraic fractions with an algebraic denominator

Calculate average speed

Use the relationship between speed, distance and time to solve problems

Use the relationship between density, mass and volume to solve problems

Find the measures of accuracy of numbers given to a certain number of decimal places or significant figures

Calculate the limits of compound measures


Calculate the area and circumference of a circle

Calculate the volume of cylinder

Calculate the surface area of cylinders, cones and spheres

Calculate the volumes of pyramids, cones and spheres

Calculate the volume and surface area of compound 3D shapes

Understand that a calculator uses BIDMAS to calculate

Use a calculator to perform correct calculations

Calculate percentage increase and decrease

Solve compound interest problems

Solve complex problems involving percentage increase and decrease

Use a calculator to solve problems using standard form

Find reciprocals on a calculator

To be able to reflect a shape in horizontal and vertical lines and in the lines y x

To be able to describe a reflection in terms of the equation of the mirror line

To be able to rotate a shape around a given point

To be able to completely describe a rotation

To enlarge a shape about a given point (positive and negative scale factors)

To be able to completely describe a given enlargement

To translate a shape by a given translation vector

To be able to describe a translation by the translation vector

To understand the conditions for triangles to be congruent

To be able to prove any two triangles are congruent

To solve linear equations

To set up and solve linear problems from practical and real-life situations

To use trial and improvement to solve non-linear equations

To solve linear simultaneous equations algebraically

To set up a real-life problem and solve it with simultaneous equations

To rearrange a formula where the new subject appears twice

To construct a perpendicular from a point to a line and from a point on a line

To construct angles of 60o and 90o

To describe and draw the locus of a point from a given rule

To use loci to solve problems

To construct angle and line bisectors

To work out unknown lengths in 2D shapes using scale factors

To ratios and equations to find unknown lengths in similar triangles

To understand how to find the scale factor of areas and volumes of similar shapes given the scale factor of the length

To solve problems using area and volume scale factors

To find the scale factor of the length given the area or volume scale factor

To convert accurately between units of area and volume

To calculate the mode, mean, median and range

To decide the most appropriate average to use

To draw and interpret pie charts

To find the mean from a frequency table of discrete data

To draw a frequency polygon from a table of discrete data

To find an estimate of the mean and modal class from a grouped table of continuous data

To draw a frequency polygon from a grouped table of continuous data

To design questionnaires and surveys

To use the data handling cycle

To draw a histogram from frequency tables with unequal class widths

To calculate the numbers to be surveyed for a stratified sample

To find the median, quartiles and interquartile range from a histogram

To combine two means to find a new mean


To use Pythagoras’ theorem in right angled triangles

To understand that Pythagoras’s theorem only works in right angled triangles

To solve problems in 2D using Pythagoras’ theorem

To solve problems in 3D using Pythagoras’ theorem

To use trigonometry in right angled triangles to find missing sides

To use trigonometry in right angled triangles to find missing angles To use trigonometry to solve problems

Set 4 stop here

Set 1 -3 all of the above plus

To solve linear inequalities algebraically

To represent inequalities on a number line

To represent a region that satisfies a linear inequality graphically

To represent a region that simultaneously satisfies more than one linear inequality graphically

How to recognise direct and inverse proportion/variation

Understand the constant of proportionality and how to find it

To find formulae describing inverse or direct proportion/variation

To solve problems involving direct or inverse proportion/variation

SETs 2-3 STOP HERE

SET 1 only all of the above plus To expand linear brackets to get a quadratic expression

To factorise a quadratic expression of the form 2x bx c

To solve a quadratic equation of the form 2 0x bx c

To factorise a quadratic expression of the form 2ax bx c

To solve a quadratic expression of the form 2 0ax bx c by factorisation

To solve a quadratic equation of the form 2 0ax bx c using the quadratic formula

To complete the square of a quadratic expression

To solve a quadratic equation by completing the square

To understand apply the following circle theorems:

‘Angles in the same segment are equal’

‘The angle at the centre is twice the angle at the circumference’

‘The angle in a semi-circle is 90o’

‘Opposite angles in a cyclic quadrilateral add to 180o’

‘A radius and a tangent meet at 90o’

‘Tangents from an external point are equal in length’

‘A radius bisects a chord at 90o’

‘The angle in the alternate segment’

To draw an ordered stem and leaf diagram

To recognise different types of correlation

To draw a line of best fit on a scatter diagram

To draw a cumulative frequency diagram

To find median and interquartile ranges from cumulative frequency diagrams

To draw and interpret box plots

To compare two sets of data


To solve complex 2D problems in right-angled triangles

To use the sine rule to find missing sides and angles in non-right-angled triangles

To use the cosine rule to find missing sides and angles in non-right-angled triangles

To use the sine and cosine rules to solve more complex problems involving non-right-angled triangles

To solve 3D problems, using Pythagoras’ theorem and trigonometric ratios

To find the trigonometric ratios for any angle from 0o to 360o

To find the area of any triangle using the formula 1

sin2

ab c

To draw linear graphs

To draw quadratic graphs

To solve quadratic equations from their graphs

To recognise the significant points of a quadratic graph

To solve equations using the intersection of two graphs

Use trigonometric graphs to solve sine and cosine problems

To find two angles between 0o and 360o for any given value of a trigonometric ratio

To solve linear equations involving algebraic fractions where the subject appears in the numerator

To combine fractions using the four rules of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

To solve a quadratic equation obtained from algebraic fractions where the variable appears in the denominator

To simplify algebraic fractions by factorisation and cancellation

To understand the proofs of simple theorems

To show that an algebraic statement is true, using both sides of the statement to justify an answer

To prove algebraic results with rigorous and logical mathematical arguments

To solve simultaneous equations with one linear and one non-linear equation

To recognise cubic, reciprocal and exponential graphs

To understand and use simple function notation

To be able to transform the graph of a given function

To be able to identify the equation of a function from its graph, which has been formed by a transformation on a known function

To add and subtract vectors

To multiply vectors by a constant

To understand and use vector notation

To be able to use vectors to solve geometrical problems

To prove two line segments are parallel

To prove three points are collinear

To understand that the total probability of all possible outcomes is 1

To use relative frequency to calculate probabilities

To calculate expected values from probabilities

To draw a tree diagram to work out the probabilities of combined events

To work out the probability of combined events without a tree diagram

To calculate conditional probabilities

To understand independent and mutually exclusive outcomes


PHYSICS LENGTH OF PAPER: 90 minutes

TOPICS FOR REVISION INCLUDE YEAR 9 TOPICS:

Energy and efficiency, sankey diagrams Conduction, convection and radiation Generating electrical energy, power stations, renewable and non-renewable sources Waves and the electromagnetic spectrum Radioactivity and half life Hooke’s law, elastic behaviour

Distance-time and Velocity-time graphs Acceleration Resultant force and Newton’s law Terminal velocity Stopping distances Work, Kinetic and Potential Energy Conservation of Momentum, Impact force ,Car safety features Law of Charges, Uses and dangers of electric charge Current, Potential Difference, Resistance Current-p.d.graphs for resistor, lamp and diode LDR and thermistor Series and parallel circuits Mains electricity, Plugs, Fuses, Reading Oscilloscopes How Science Works – issues and experimental work EQUIPMENT NEEDED Black pen, ruler, calculator. OTHER HINTS: Although some equations are provided in questions, you need to learn most of them, and make sure you can rearrange them. Marks can be lost if units are missing – learn the units. Practise problem solving as part of revision, using past papers and mark schemes. See our website for revision material and tips, www.skinnerscience.com


RELIGIOUS STUDIES

Revision Guide Year 10 – Unit 2 AQA Spec B Religion and Life issues Paper 1½ hours. Answer 4 questions. Remember to revise factual content about the topics alongside the religious teachings. The examiner wants to see that you have detailed knowledge and understanding of the life issues. Topic 1 - Religion and Planet Earth

The origins of life, including Christian creation story and how it can be understood with a

scientific explanation of the universe and how it can still be relevant today

Caring for planet earth and the concept of Stewardship. Detailed knowledge of Genesis.

Peace, justice and sanctity of life

Consideration of the effects of modern day lifestyles

Pollution – causes, effects and religious responses to the issue

Destruction of natural habitats, including the effects of deforestation

Use and abuse of natural resources

Effects of climate change/global warming and the surrounding debates

Looking after the world – conservation, Earth summits, action to reduce carbon

emissions/greenhouse gases and sustainable development

Christian and other religious responses to environmental issues

RATS

Topic 2 - Religion and Prejudice

The causes and effects of prejudice and discrimination


Types of prejudice – racism, sexism, homophobia, ageism, disability, religious, class,

lifestyle and looks

Religious attitudes to prejudice – Christian and Hindu teachings

The life and influence of Martin Luther King, Desmond Tutu and Mahatma Gandhi

The responses of society to prejudice and discrimination, including the law.

Case studies eg Stephen Lawrence

RATS

Topic 3 - Religion and Early Life

The miracle of life and concepts such as a blessing, God’s gift and the Sanctity of Life

Different views of when life begins, including knowledge of the development of the

foetus/baby

The ‘quality of life’ argument in relation to an unwanted pregnancy

The law on abortion

Consideration of the rights of a mother over that of the unborn child

The rights and responsibilities of the father


Arguments for and against abortion

Religious teachings on abortion and the difference between Roman Catholic teachings

and other Christian denominations

Alternatives to abortion

RATS

Topic 4 – Religion, war and peace

Key terms

Causes of war


Christian views of war – Just War Theory and Pacifism

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Irene Sandler

Islam and Holy War/Jihad

Effects of war, victims of war

Working for peace

Keeping the peace

Weapons of mass destruction

RATS


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