REVISION

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• Visit GCSE bitesize and started revising the two topics of the End of Year 9 Sanctity of Life & Prejudice and Discrimination.
• Create a mind map about these 2 topics - they are going to be in the end of year exam - including : key words, concepts (for example Sanctity of Life, Quality of Life, Compassion, Equality, Value of Individual, Justice AND the religious teachings of 2 religions (EITHER Christianity OR Islam OR Hinduism)

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After you did your revision and your mind map practice past paper questions - only Religions and Early Life and  Religions and Prejudice.
Next lesson let's try hexagons !

Example of RS GCSE past paper questions and levels of answer

Past Paper Question 2013, Page 18, Question 3 Religion and Prejudice - Read all here.

REvision

Start revising now for your assessment here, past paper question with mark scheme available (2012), (2011) and (2010) and 2013

Revise the following points of the Unit War and Peace

Within this topic candidates should be familiar with the key teachings from the religion(s) studied and should be aware of how religious leaders and other faith members have interpreted these teachings and applied them to life in society today.
• the concepts of peace and justice and the sanctity of life in relation to war and peace;
• the causes of war;
• conflict, including examples of recent wars;
• the reasons why religious believers might go to war, including the criteria for ‘Just War’ and ‘Holy War’;
• religious believers and pacifism;
• victims of war, including refugees, those maimed;
• organisations which help victims of war, e.g. The Red Cross, The Red Crescent;
• the work of a religious believer who has worked for peace;
• peacekeeping forces, e.g. United Nations, NATO;
• issues such as terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and nuclear proliferation;
• arguments for and against nuclear weapons, including proliferation;
• religious beliefs and teachings and modern statements about war and peace.