Paper Topic You might want to revise by Done? Tick Y/N 1 Muslim Beliefs: The nature of Allah, Tawhid, the 6 articles of faith (Sunni), and 5 roots of Usal ad Din (Shi'a) 1 Muslim Beliefs: Prophethood (Risalah), Muhammad, Qur'an, Other Holy books 1 Muslim Beliefs: Afterlife, Angels, Freewill, Day of Judgement, Predestination 1 Muslim Beliefs: The imamate and its importance to Shia Muslims 1 Muslim Practices: The Five Pillars of Islam (Sunni), The 10 Obligatory Acts (Shi'a), Salah, Sawm. Create a Venn diagram showing the Six Articles of Faith and the five roots of Usal Ad Din. Write a paragraph explaining the similarities and differences between the beliefs in Sunni and Shi'a Islam. Revise the Nature of Allah and the 99 names of Allah. Explain to somebody at home, your form tutor or a friend how the version of Islam shown in the media is different to the one shown by Allah's nature. Number the concepts as follows: 1-Prophethood, - Muhammad, 3- Qur'an, 4-Holy books other than the Qur'an. Use a random number generator or a dice to select one of the four concepts. If you roll a six, roll again. If you roll a five it's a free choice! Answer the following: Explain why (concept 1,,3 or 4) is an important aspect of Muslim belief. [5 marks] Remember: Reason, Explanation, Reason, Explanation, Quote Use notes or the revision guide to help plan and then write your answer. Create key word cards with the word on one side and the definition on the other. Ask a friend/member of your family to test you on the key word by asking you either the definition and you saying the word or reading the word and you saying the definition. Using your notes, write a summary of what the imamate is and why this is different to Sunni beliefs Answer the following 4 mark question: Explain how belief in the imamate may influence a Shia Muslim Remember: Reason, Explanation, Reason, Explanation Create revision cards for each of the Five Pillars and the 10 obligatory acts. On one side of the card put the action (e.g. Salah) and then on the back a description of what it is, why Muslims do it and some extra information. Now test yourself - can you recall the information on the back of the card? If not, read it over again and try again later. Useful links
1 Muslim Practices: Eid ul-adha, Eid ulfitr, The Festival of Ashura Religion and Philosophy Revision Overview Create a mind map that links the Muslim festivals to other key beliefs, religious teachings and practices of Islam. You should use your revision guides/classnotes/previous revision notes to help. 1 Muslim Practices: Jihad Talk to someone who does not do RP and explain the difference between a Lesser and Greater Jihad. Explain to them why the word Jihad is often used wrong in the media. Answer the 4 mark question: Explain two Muslim beliefs about Jihad and how this may influence believers 1 Muslim Practices: Zakat, Hajj, Worship in a Mosque, Khums (Shi'a), Jihad. Human sexuality including: heterosexual and homosexual relationships. The nature and purpose of marriage and divorce Contraception and family planning. Create a mind-map of the different practices. Explain the information about it and how it links to different ways in which Muslims behave/worship. Turn the mind-map over/cover it and on another sheet of paper try to recreate it without looking. Check how well you have done. Keep doing this until you get all of the key piece of information written Using your revision guide create a mind map of Christian views on homosexuality What is natural law and why does it shape what Roman Catholics think about so many sexual issues? Homosexuality should be illegal Use a FARM structure to answer this question: Remember: For, Against, Religion, My conclusion x Using your notes, answer the following 5 mark question: Explain two contrasting religious views on divorce (5 marks) Remember: Belief, Explanation, Contrasting Belief, Explanation Draw around your hand. Sum up 5 5 Christian purposes of marriage with quotes Explain to someone who does not do RP what the rhythm method is and why Roman Catholics use it. Also explain in detail why it is not a good form of contraception if you do not want to get pregnant Create an agnostic poem on Contraception that explains Christian beliefs. Cover it and rewrite it until you can say it off by heart.
Nature (including the role of parents and children, extended families and the nuclear family) and Purpose of Families Contemporary family issues including: same-sex parents and polygamy The roles of men and women Gender equality, Gender prejudice and discrimination including examples. 1 Christian Beliefs: The nature of God, The Trinity, Creation stories: Genesis 1&, The Incarnation with reference to John 1. 1 Christian Beliefs: The Incarnation, the resurrection, beliefs about the afterlife, Heaven and Hell, sin, the need for salvation, redemption, forgiveness, atonement Create revision cards for the definition of extended, nuclear and blended families. Test yourself on these words. If you cannot remember a word, retest until you can say it off by heart. Draw around your hand. Sum up the purpose of a family for Christians including quotes. Cover the hand, and redraw until you can name all the purposes. Create revision cards on the definition of Polygamy and Monogamy Same sex couples should not be allowed to adopt (1 marks). Using your class notes, answer this 1 mark question using the FARM structure. Remember: For, Against, Religion, My conclusion x Time yourself minutes, and write down as much as you can remember about the story of Adam and Eve. Why might this make some Christians treat women differently Using your revision guide, write the heading Roman Catholic and Protestant explain the roles women can have in these churches. Answer this 5 mark question Explain contrasting religious views about the roles of women Remember: Belief, Explanation, Contrasting Belief, Explanation, Quote Create a set of cards that have the key word/explanation of sections of the Genesis Stories/quotes on and some extra words that can be used to describe/explain it. Ask someone to play taboo with you (maybe pair up with someone in your class or a friend?) Instructions: take turns to choose a card. The person with the card must explain the key word on it without using the key word/any other words on the card whilst the other person guesses what it is. Once you have finished all the cards. Pick an exam question from the sample ones in the Revision guide and have a go at writing a full response You'll need post-its for this activity. Write a Christian belief from the column on the left onto the correct side of a post-it. On the reverse side write some information about it, a relevant
key word and a religious teaching (if possible). Do this for each of the words on the left. Then stick the post-its around the room. Maybe one on your pillow, one at the end of the bed, one on the back of the door, your lamp, sock drawer etc. Go around the room reading the information and then sticking it back in its place. Go to the kitchen, make yourself a drink. Have a 15 min rest. Then without going back to your room try and recall the information from the post-its. If you can't do it, go back to the room and re-read them before trying again. 1 Christian Beliefs: Overview Round the clock activity. Using the PLC, create a revision clock for this unit with key information on. Using your notes, write brief notes on each of the segments representing a part of the PLC like we have done in class. Time yourself 10 minutes for each segment then move on. Have a 15 minute break, cover your clock and try to recall basic facts. Keep doing this for 10 minutes. See if you can remember key facts from all 1 segments. 1 Christian Practices: Worship, liturgical worship, Read through the Lord's prayer (linked right) and try and non-liturgical worship, prayer, The Sacraments, memorise a quote from it. Read through your notes on Baptism, Eucharist Liturgical and non-liturgical worship. Do you think the Lord's prayer is liturgical or not? Why? Read through your revision guide pages on the sacraments, Baptism and the Eucharist. Answer the following question: Why is prayer an important aspect of these forms of worship? What was the quote you memorised at the start? Without looking, write it down word for word 1 Christian Practices: Pilgrimage, Christmas, Easter, Christianity in the UK today, the role of the Church in the community; foodbanks and street pastors. 1 Christian Practices: Evangelism, Aid work, Reconciliation projects (Corrymeela) Create a mind map that links the Christian festivals and practices to other key beliefs and religious teachings. You should use your revision guides/classnotes/previous revision notes to help Create a mind map that links the Christian practices to other key beliefs and religious teachings. You should use your revision guides/classnotes/previous revision notes to help. Explain how Christian teachings on evangelism may influence a Christian today (4 marks) Remember: Belief, influence, Belief, influence Revision clock Lord s Prayer
Use your notes afterwards to self-assess your response 1 Christian Practices: Overview Round the clock activity. Using the PLC, create a revision clock for this unit with key information on. Using your notes, write brief notes on each of the segments representing a part of the PLC like we have done in class. Time yourself 10 minutes for each segment then move on. Have a 15 minute break, cover your clock and try to recall basic facts. Keep doing this for 10 minutes. See if you can remember key facts from all 1 segments. Religion and Life: The origins of the universe Create a Venn Diagram that explains Christian and Scientific Theme B and humans from the creationist, other views on how the world began Christian, Scientific perspectives Write numbers 1 6: Write out what happens on each day of the creation story (with day 7 being God rested). Cover and copy until you can say all 6 off by heart. Now test yourself by explaining without looking what, 5 and 6 are. Explain contrasting religious views on the origins of humans (5 marks). Answer this without your notes explaining creationist Christians and other Christian viewpoints. Remember: Belief, Explanation, Belief, Explanation, Quote Theme B Religion and Life: The status of humans in creation, the sanctity of life, religious teachings on abortion and euthanasia. Create a set of flash cards that each have a quote from the Christian perspectives that argue for and against Abortion and Euthanasia. On the back explain why it supports or disagrees with the action. Link it to the role of humanity in creation. Revision Clock Theme B Theme B Religion and Life: The status of humans and animals in creation, the sanctity of human life, the religious teachings on animal rights and uses Religion and Life: Sanctity of life and religious teachings on abortion, euthanasia and animals Abortion is always wrong (1 marks). Answer this question using the FARM structure Remember: For, Against, Religion, My conclusion x Create a song/rhyme/poem with religions teachings in to help you remember the different views of the status of humans compared to animals Research examples of companies who use animals for testing cosmetics/medicine. Apply the religious teachings to these case studies and decide whether they are justified in their use of animals compared to humans Create flashcards for religious teachings on abortion, euthanasia and animals. Write underneath it is for the issue or against the issue.
Theme D Theme D Theme D Theme D Religion, Peace and Conflict: Justice, forgiveness, reconciliation, protests, terrorism Religion, Peace and Conflict: Holy war, Just war, helping victims of war, weapons of mass destruction, peacekeeping Religion, Peace and Conflict: Just War theory, Pacifism Religion, Peace and Conflict: Just War theory, Pacifism, protests, justice Answer an exam question using the religious teachings as your basis for your paragraphs. Make sure the religious teaching is relevant to the question/points you are making in the belief/outcome. Use your revision guide and notes to create a Kahoot on the Religion, Peace and Conflict topic. There should be a minimum of 0 questions. Share with a classmate and see who gets the higher score on each other's quiz. Create a set of revision cards on the key words in the left column. Number the concepts as follows: 1-Holy war, -Just War, 3- victims of war, 4-weapons of mass destruction, 5- peacekeeping. Use a random number generator or a dice to select one of the five concepts. If you roll a six, roll again. Answer the following: Explain two contrasting religious beliefs about (concept 1,,3,4 or 5). [4 marks] Remember: Belief, Explanation, Contrasting Belief, Explanation Use notes or the revision guide to help plan and then write your answer. Write the numbers 1 6 and list the criteria for Just War. Cover/ Copy/ Repeat until you can name all 6 Create a test on the Just War Theory and the Religious approaches to pacifism. Get somebody to test you! Revisit the areas in which you are weakest. Write a paragraph describing the similarities between a pacifist and just war theory approach to conflict Mind map the concepts within these topics. Include religious teachings that you remember and examples from the world today. Read the mind map - turn it over and then try to write it out again without looking. Try to get it as close to the original as possible. Using this knowledge try to answer an exam question without looking at your notes. Use your notes to self-assess the answer afterwards. Exam Questions
Religion, Crime and Punishment: Reasons for crime, different types of crime and Christian attitudes to lawbreakers Religion, Crime and Punishment: the aims of punishment Religion, Crime and Punishment: Christian attitudes to suffering and causing suffering to others Religion, Crime and Punishment: Christian attitudes to the treatment of criminals prison, corporal punishment and community service Religion, Crime and Punishment: Christian attitudes to forgiveness Religion, Crime and Punishment: Christian attitudes to the death penalty Using your revision guide, create a spider diagram that explains why people commit crimes. There is neither Jew, nor Gentile, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus Galatians 3:8 explain how this quote links to what Christians believe about criminals There is never any reason why somebody should commit a crime (1 marks) plan out an answer to this question using the FARM structure Remember: For, Against, Religion, My conclusion x Create revision cards for the 3 aims of punishment (Retribution, Deterrence and Reformation). Test yourself on these words until you can say them off by heart. Which of the 3 aims of punishment do you prefer? Why? Why do you think most Christians prefer reformation to retribution or deterrence? Create revision cards for the following 3 quotes on one side put the quote, on the other side what the quote means. Test yourself can you recite the quote and the meaning: An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth we are really happy until we try to brighten the lives of others We also glory in our suffering, because we know that suffering produces perseverance Explain in your own words, to someone who does not do RP what the three forms of punishment are. Using your notes, answer the following 5 mark question Explain two contrasting beliefs in contemporary British society about corporal punishment (5 marks) Remember: Belief, Explanation, Belief, Explanation, Quote Create revision cards for the following quotes on one side put the quote, on the other side what the quote means. Test yourself can you recite the quote and the meaning: Forgive us our sins, as forgive those who sin against us Father forgive them, they know not what they do Explain the link between forgiveness and reformation Draw a set of scales: on each side write the arguments for and against the death penalty.
Religion and Philosophy Revision Overview What is the sanctity of life and how can it be applied to the death penalty? The death penalty should be in place for murderers (1 marks) Complete this question using the FARM structure without your notes. Remember: For, Against, Religion, My conclusion x Religion, Crime and Punishment: Overview Round the clock activity. Using the PLC, create a revision clock for this unit with key information on. Using your notes, write brief notes on each of the segments representing a part of the PLC like we have done in class. Time yourself 10 minutes for each segment then move on. Have a 15 minute break, cover your clock and try to recall basic facts. Keep doing this for 10 minutes. See if you can remember key facts from all 1 segments. Revision clock