GCSE RS at STM

I hope this document embeds properly! It was made by a Year 10 RE student in Birmingham. I hope it helps you remember the three important key words that we have learnt in class!

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Move the diamonds around until you have what you think is the strongest reason at the top, and the weakest reason at the bottom. Can you explain why you have chosen that order?

I have uploaded a number of slideshows/presentations to the excellent slide sharing site, www.slideshare.net. Other students who are sitting your exams have left messages to say that they have found some of them helpful (and some not so!). Here they all are in one post. Remember, they are all intended just to support your other revision, and do not simply “play” them, but click through each slide at your own paste. Feel free to leave a comment to say whether or not you have found them useful!

Unit J Overview

J1: Beliefs and Values

J2: Community and Tradition

J2: C&T Revision Tasks

J4.1 10 Commandments

J4.2 10 Commandments

J4.3 Law of Moses

J4.4 Displaying Religion

J4.6 Judgement

J4.7 Golden Rule

J4.9 Helping those in need

Unit C Revision Slide

C3 Marriage and Family Life

I am slowly uploading all the key words as flash cards on an excellent site that I have found called Quizlet. You can practice your words, then test yourself, and they seem to really work. I now know that the capital of Alaska is Juneau, which I’ll probably never forget after having a go with another set of cards. You can also sign up and create your own flashcards for any subject that you need to learn either key words for, or you could just make them questions and answers.

Click on the link for the set of key words you want to practice:

Year 10/Resits – Unit J

J1 Beliefs and Values

J2 Community and Tradition

J3 Community and Tradition

J4 Living the Christian Life

Year 11 – Unit C

C1 Believing in God – Click here for a variety of games to test these words.

C2 Matters of Life and Death

C3 Marriage and Family Life

C4 Social Harmony

Drop me a line to let me know how you get on!

Another powerpoint to support Year 11 Revision for the Unit C exam on 12 May 2009.

My Year 11s have seen plenty of domino videos as we have been learning about the Argument for the Existence of God from Causation. So I thought of you all when I read about the new world record that was set today.

During lessons last week, I did not hand out the exam questions, but instead set the homework as revision for this week’s end of unit assessment. The homework this week, therefore, will be to complete the set of exam questions as set for last week.

In the meantime, the key words that you need to know can be downloaded here, from the Edexcel website.

The words are:

agnosticism – not being sure whether God exists
atheism – believing that God does not exist
benevolent – the belief that God is good/kind
causation – the idea that everything has been caused (started off) by something else
conversion – when someone’s life is changed by giving themselves to God
design – when things are connected and seem to have a purpose (eg the eye is designed for seeing)
miracle – something which seems to break a law of science and for which God seems the only explanation
moral evil – actions done by humans which cause suffering
natural evil – things which cause suffering but which have nothing to do with humans eg earthquakes
numinous – the feeling of the presence of something greater than you eg in a church or looking up at the stars
omnipotent – the belief that God is all-powerful
omniscient – the belief that God knows everything that has happened and everything that will happen
prayer – an attempt to communicate with God, usually through prayer

Homework is due by Wednesday 15 October.

Answer the following exam questions:

a) Give one example of a natural evil. (2 marks)
b) Outline THREE types of religious experience. (6 marks)
c) Explain how the existence of evil and suffering may lead some people to deny God’s existence. (8 marks)
d) “There is plenty of evidence that God exists.” Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion, showing that you have considered another point of view. (4 marks)

You will be given a worksheet to complete. However, you can also submit your answers here, by clicking on the comments link.

Homework is due by Wednesday 8 October.

Answer the following exam questions:

a) What does benevolent mean? (2 marks)
b) Outline the Argument from Causation. (6 marks)
c) Explain how the search for meaning and purpose in life may lead to or support belief in God. (8 marks)
d) “The theory of evolution proves that God does not exist.” Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion, showing that you have considered another point of view. (4 marks)

You will be given a worksheet to complete. However, you can also submit your answers here, by clicking on the comments link.

Answer the following exam questions:

a) What is causation? (2 marks)
b) Outline the Argument from Design. (6 marks)
c) Explain why some people do not believe in God. (8 marks)
d) “Miracles do not happen today.” Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinion, showing that you have considered another point of view. (4 marks)

You will be given a worksheet to complete. However, you can also submit your answers here, by clicking on the comments link.