Friday 26 June 2015

When you don't learn RE...

Monday 22 June 2015


And you get to know about the problems of factory farms here (Panorama Supermarkets and Factory farms

Monday 8 June 2015

Animal Rights

Introduction to Classroom Google: Go to http://classroom.google.com and sign up using your school email address!
9RE5 Save your research on Classroom Google code is 3rlreg

9RE4 Save your research on Classroom google code is 7s5pe1

9RE1 Save your research on Classroom Google code is d3rxj0

9RE2 your research on Classroom Google code code is rbpi14p 



Introduction to Y10 GCSE topic: Animal Rights
Research and complete a report on:
What is ethics?
What are human rights?
Do animal have rights?
What are the religious views on it?
Who is Peter Singer? What is argument about animal rights? What is speciecism 
Who Saint Francis? How does he connect to this unit? 

To help you some good links:
http://twilightbitesy10.blogspot.co.uk
http://www.peta.org/about-peta/learn-about-peta/ingrid-newkirk/animal-liberation/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/rs/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/animals/rights/speciesism.shtml
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-animal/






Thursday 14 May 2015

Revision

Please REVISE for the END OF YEAR 10 EXAM

Topics :

Religions & Early Life,
Religions & Prejudice
Religions & Animal Rights
Religions & Planet Eartth

Visit GCSE bitesize : Planet Earth (Choose only Two Religions to be focusing - apply your knowledge with a mind map with principles, teachings and attitudes)

Today revising Animal Rights and Planet Earth only !

Keep revising using Past Paper Questions

Thursday 23 April 2015

Sunday 15 March 2015

Create a fact file about the following religious leaders

Either Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Desmond Tutu INCLUDING:
A brief biography - where he was born, his background education, how these religious leaders challenged prejudice and discrimination - explain his/her actions : protest, demonstrations, boycott etc.
AND
describe his/her religious background. Include information about how his/her religious background impact in his/her actions. Recall the holy scripture teachings, principles, ideas.
Useful website for research GCSEbitesize


Friday 6 February 2015

Is UKIP a racist party?

New Unit: Religion and Prejudice

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.
Types of prejudice, including religion, race, colour, gender, age, disability, class, lifestyle, looks;
The causes and origins of prejudice, including ignorance, stereotyping, scapegoating, influence of parents or media, victims of prejudice, experience;
Concepts of tolerance, justice, harmony and the value of the individual;
Religious attitudes to prejudice and discrimination;
Effects of prejudice and discrimination (including the idea of positive discrimination);
Religious responses to prejudice and discrimination by individuals, groups, society and the law;
Religious believers who have fought against prejudice, e.g. Mahatma Gandhi (Hinduism), Martin Luther King (Christian Baptist), Desmond Tutu (Christian CoE), Malcolm X (Islam).

Monday 26 January 2015

Prejudice and Discrimination

Video open here thanks to Channel 4 news !

New Unit: Prejudice and Discrimination

What is Golden Dawn? Why/How is it connect to the current topic?