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1 Name: Class: Teacher: YEAR 11 GCSE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION HOMEWORK BOOKLET. FROM MUST BE COMPLETED EACH WEEK. Remember: If it says refer to a religion that is not Christianity than you must REFER TO ISLAM. A question-key word if you don t know guess. B question-2 X PEE, make your opinion clear. Write two paragraphs. I agree. or I disagree C question= 4 X PEE or 4 points. Write 4 paragraphs. D question= 3 vs 3. YOU MUST MENTION CHRISTAINITY

2 Homework 1-Believing in God Key Words not being sure whether God exists believing that God does not exist God could have done it the belief that God is all-good the belief that God knows everything that has happened and everything that is going to happen the idea that human beings are free to make their own choices when your life is changed by giving yourself to God things which cause suffering but have nothing to do with humans the feeling of the presence of something greater than you something which seems to break a law of science and makes you think only an attempt to contact God, usually through words actions done by humans which cause suffering the belief that God is all-powerful Key words Agnosticism Atheism Conversion Free will Miracle Moral evil Natural evil Numinous Benevolent Omnipotent Omniscient Prayer

3 Homework 2-Matters of Life or Death Key Words - the idea that life must have some benefits for it to be worth living the belief that, after death, the body stays in the grave until the end of the world when it is raised ending life painlessly when someone in great pain asks for death ending someone s life painlessly when they are unable to ask, but you have good reason for thinking they would want you to do so unexplained things which are thought to have spiritual causes eg ghosts, mediums providing a seriously ill person with the means to commit suicide the idea that the soul lives on after the death of the body the painless killing of someone dying from a painful disease the belief that life is holy and belongs to God when someone about to die has an out of body experience the belief that, after death, souls are reborn in a new body the removal of a foetus from the womb before it can survive Key Words Abortion - Assisted suicide - Euthanasia - Immortality of the soul - Near-death experience - Involuntary euthanasia - Paranormal - Quality of life Reincarnation - Resurrection - Sanctity of life - Voluntary euthanasia

4 Homework 3-Marriage and the Family Key Words a sexual act between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner. a legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife living together without being married intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring staying with your marriage partner and having sex only with them sexual attraction to the same sex mother, father and children living as a unit sex before marriage making a new life having sex with a number of partners without commitment where two sets of children (stepbrothers and stepsisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage Key words Re-marriage, civil partnership, promiscuity, re-constituted family, cohabitation, adultery faithfulness, homosexuality, nuclear family, pre-marital sex, procreation, contraception

5 Homework 4-Community Cohesion Key Words treating people less favourably because of their ethnicity/gender/colour/sexuality/age/class the right to practise your religion and change your religion a common vision and shared sense of belonging for all groups in society many different religions living together in one society many different races and cultures living together in one society accepting all religions as having an equal right to coexist a member of an ethnic group (race) which is much smaller than the majority group different races/colours living together happily discriminating against people because of their gender (being male or female) believing some people are inferior or superior without even knowing them the belief that some races are superior to others marriage where the husband and wife are from different religions Key words Community cohesion Discrimination Ethnic minority Interfaith marriages Multi-ethnic society Sexism Multi-faith society Prejudice Racial harmony Racism Religious freedom Religious pluralism

6 Homework 5 (d) The media helps people to believe in God. In your answer you should refer to at least one religion. (i) Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion. (3) (ii) Give reasons why some people may disagree with you. (3)

7 Homework 6 d) The media should not be allowed to criticise what religions say about matters of life and death. In your answer you should refer to at least one religion. (i) Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion. (3) (ii) Give reasons why some people may disagree with you. (3)

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