Scheme of work Christianity – This scheme of work for A-level Religious Studies (7062) is designed to help you plan your teaching. Assumed coverage This scheme of work is based on 90 guided learning hours. It allows eight weeks for the Year 1 AS content and a further eight weeks for the Year 2 content, leaving approximately four weeks for Dialogues. Sources of wisdom and authority Week Guidance Learning activities Resources 1–2 Underpins most/all discussions on the causes, Class activity identifying different strands of Background reading on and significance of similarities and differences Christian thinking. This can function as an ice reasons for, and the general in religious thought belief and practice among breaker. nature of, Biblical criticism Christians throughout the study of Christianity. and on reasons for the Independent research on and ‘fundamentalist’ emergence of Different is taken here as and/or specific denominational ‘fundamentalist’ ‘modernist’ fundamentalism. and positions. These are attitudes to Genesis 1. ‘modernist’ ‘liberal’ general (and in part contentious) labels and A handout summarising The impact of contrasting views of the nature of exemplification will be specific to avoid partially contrasting Christian views the Gospels on beliefs about their authority/use accurate generalisations. of the nature of the Gospels. as a source of beliefs and teaching. Matching Selection of statements Textual example: creation narratives in statements to the different beliefs. about the authority/accuracy Genesis 1. Differentiation and extension: understanding /truth of the record to be general reasons for the emergence of biblical matched to the appropriate criticism (including eg impact of geology for the date of the earth and theory of evolution) can be
Scheme of work – Christianity This scheme of work for A-level Religious Studies (7062) is designed to help you plan your teaching. Assumed coverage This scheme of work is based on 90 guided learning hours. It allows eight weeks for the Year 1 AS content and a further eight weeks for the Year 2 content, leaving approximately four weeks for Dialogues. Sources of wisdom and authority Week Guidance Learning activities Resources 1–2 Underpins most/all discussions on the causes, and significance of similarities and differences in religious thought belief and practice among Christians throughout the study of Christianity. Different is taken here as ‘fundamentalist’ ‘modernist’ and ‘liberal’ positions. These are general (and in part contentious) labels and exemplification will be specific to avoid partially accurate generalisations. Textual example: creation narratives in Genesis 1. Class activity identifying different strands of Christian thinking. This can function as an ice breaker. Independent research on ‘fundamentalist’ and ‘modernist’ and/or specific denominational attitudes to Genesis 1. The impact of contrasting views of the nature of the Gospels on beliefs about their authority/use as a source of beliefs and teaching. Matching statements to the different beliefs. Differentiation and extension: understanding general reasons for the emergence of biblical criticism (including eg impact of geology for the date of the earth and theory of evolution) can be Background reading on reasons for, and the general nature of, Biblical criticism and on reasons for the emergence of fundamentalism. A handout summarising contrasting Christian views of the nature of the Gospels. Selection of statements about the authority/accuracy /truth of the record to be matched to the appropriate