Religious Education Intervention Booklet Name: Form: RE Teacher: Target Grade:
Contents 1. Purpose 2. How will it work? 3. Key Words 4. Buddhism 5. Christianity 6. 3 mark A02 Questions 7. 6 mark A02 Questions 8. Here s the answer, what s the question? 9. Applying Religious Teachings to 6 mark A02 questions 10. Task (blank for personalised activity) 11. Task (blank for personalised activity) 12. Task (blank for personalised activity) 13. Task (blank for personalised activity) 14. Task (blank for personalised activity) 15. Answers: Here s the answer, what s the question?
Purpose The purpose of this RE Intervention Booklet is to support you in achieving your target grade. Based on your grades / effort so far, we feel that you will benefit from additional guidance. This booklet is designed to give you additional tasks to complete at home to help your revision and preparation for the GCSE exams in May. The RE Intervention Booklet aims to reward students for improvement in effort / progress. We look forward to seeing your enthusiastic participation in this project. The RE Staff
How will it work? 1. One task will be set per 2 week cycle for you to complete at home (your teacher will pick tasks suitable for you so not necessarily in the order of this booklet) 2. You are responsible for looking after this booklet and bringing it to school to be checked 3. After each task is completed a parent / carer should sign the relevant page to show they have seen your work 4. Bring the booklet to school to show your RE teacher and they will check they are happy with the task you have completed 5. If your RE teacher is not happy with the task, ie. it is not completed, is rushed or the booklet is misplaced, you may be told to attend intervention sessions at school, which will be during lunchtimes or after school.
Task: Key Words For each topic named below add 5 key words and their definitions. Religion and Citizenship Religion and Life Issues Relationships Animal Rights Sport and Leisure Planet Earth Work Prejudice Multicultural Society Early Life Human Rights War and Peace Parent / carer signature:
Task: Buddhism For each topic named below add 1 key Buddhist teaching and explain how it links to the topic. Don t use each teaching more than once. Religion and Citizenship Religion and Life Issues Relationships Animal Rights Sport and Leisure Planet Earth Work Prejudice Multicultural Society Early Life Human Rights War and Peace Parent / carer signature:
Task: Christianity For each topic named below add 1 key Christian teaching and explain how it links to the topic. Don t use each teaching more than once. Religion and Citizenship Religion and Life Issues Relationships Animal Rights Sport and Leisure Planet Earth Work Prejudice Multicultural Society Early Life Human Rights War and Peace Parent / carer signature:
Task: 3 mark A02 Questions Complete the 3 mark A02 exam questions below. You need to give your view and why. Try to add a religious teaching that you know to help support your answer. Religion and Citizenship Religious believers should accept homosexual relationships. What do you think? Explain your opinion. Religious believers should never be involved in gambling. What do you think? Explain your opinion. Religion and Life Issues Religious believers should not support the cloning of animals. What do you think? Explain your opinion. Religious believers do not need to be concerned about climate change. What do you think? Explain your opinion. Parent / carer signature:
Task: 6 mark A02 Questions Complete the three 6 mark A02 questions. Use the sentences starters to help you. Religion and Citizenship The State should not pay benefits to the unemployed. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer, showing that you have thought about more than one point of view. Refer to religious arguments in your answer. Some people would agree with this statement because However, others would disagree because A Buddhist would A Christian would I think To conclude The devotion of fans has turned sport into a religion. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer, showing that you have thought about more than one point of view. Refer to religious arguments in your answer. Some people would agree with this statement because However, others would disagree because A Buddhist would
A Christian would I think To conclude Religion and Life Issues Caring for Planet Earth is the best way to improve peoples lives. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer, showing that you have thought about more than one point of view. Refer to religious arguments in your answer. Some people would agree with this statement because However, others would disagree because A Buddhist would A Christian would I think To conclude Parent / carer signature:
Task: Here s the answer, what s the question? One big mistake students make in the exams is to write an answer that is not relevant to the question. Even if you write something amazing, if it is not answering the question set you won t get any marks. See if you can work out the questions from the real answers written below by students who sat the exams previously. 1. (3 mark A02 question) I agree with the statement because religions preach peace and condemn violence. If all religious believers did campaign for peace it would make the world a happier place. 2. (4 mark A01 question) Some religious believers might have protest rallies outside factory farms. They might also do demonstrations live setting a factory farm on fire. Some religious believers promote animal rights by not eating meat. They might also refrain from wearing fur coats. 3. (4 mark A01 question) Some Christians believe that God created humans in his image (Genesis 1). So we are all equal and all are important to God. It is important for Christians to work for peace because Jesus said Blessed are the peacemakers. 4. (5 mark A01 question) Generally speaking, religious people are against abortion but many agree with the law in this country which allows abortion under certain circumstances. Christians believe that life is precious and God given and that it is wrong to kill (10 commandments). However, out of compassion they might consider an abortion if the mother has been raped or if a scan shows that the foetus is deformed. Parent / carer signature:
Task: Applying Religious Teachings to 6 mark A02 questions Many students struggle to successfully apply religious teachings to the issues. You can t just throw a religious teaching in an answer and not explain/link it to the issue. Look at the following 6 mark A02 questions below and add a Buddhist and Christian teaching for each. Make sure you explain the teaching and say how it links to the issue. Religious believers should do more to protect people s human rights. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer, showing that you have thought about more than one point of view. Refer to religious arguments in your answer. A Buddhist teaching A Christian teaching The United Kingdom should welcome all asylum seekers. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer, showing that you have thought about more than one point of view. Refer to religious arguments in your answer. A Buddhist teaching A Christian teaching The world s natural resources are for people to use as they wish. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer, showing that you have thought about more than one point of view. Refer to religious arguments in your answer. A Buddhist teaching A Christian teaching The law should make it harder to have an abortion. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer, showing that you have thought about more than one point of view. Refer to religious arguments in your answer. A Buddhist teaching A Christian teaching
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1. All religious believers should campaign for peace. What do you think? Explain your opinion. (3 marks) 2. Describe what some religious believers might do to promote animal rights. (4 marks) 3. Explain how religious believers may try to develop harmony in society. (4 marks) 4. Explain why some religious people believe that abortion is always wrong. Refer to religious beliefs and teachings in your answer. (5 marks)