Religious Studies - Year 9 :: Queen Elizabeth High School

The Y9 course covers a broad variety of topics from religious studies including

Half Term 1 (September - October)

Life after death – This unit explores the beliefs about life after death in Christianity and Hinduism and evaluates the claims of those who say they have experienced life after death.

External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No

Half Term 2 (November - December)

Buddhism – This unit looks at the life and teachings of the Buddha, the practise of meditation in Buddhism and the issue of human rights in Buddhist Tibet.

External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No

Half Term 3 (January - February)

Animal Rights – This unit looks at the various ways in which humans use animals and asks the students to evaluate the rightness/wrongness of these uses. The students are encouraged to reach their own reasoned judgements on the issues.

External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No

Half Term 4 (March - April)

An introduction to philosophy – This unit gives a brief introduction to three main areas of philosophy.

External Assessment/Controlled Assessment: No
Internal Common Assessment: Yes
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No

Half Term 5 (April - May)

Jesus in the Media – This unit looks at the different ways that Jesus has been portrayed in art, music and film

External Assessment: Yes
Internal Common Assessment: No
Controlled Assessment Deadline this H/T: N/A
Field Trips/Visits: No