Topic 2 Year 9 Religious Education

Religious Education
Topic		Where is God?
No of lessons		12
When is it happening		Term 2 Year 9
What will students learn		Over-arching question: What really matters? Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Humanism. In this unit students will investigate different responses to beliefs about God's existence. Students will consider reasons for belief such as the Cosmological, Teleological and Ontological argument and investigate what God is like. Students will explore the problem of evil, religious responses and how this may lead some people to reject a belief in God.
Key Knowledge that students should know at the end of 'Topic'	This is the knowledge that students will meet for the first time in this topic	Beliefs about the existence of God. Cosmological argument Teleological argument Ontological argument Miracles Religious experiences What is God like? Evil and suffering Christian, Muslim, Hindu and Humanist responses to evil and suffering.
	This is knowledge that students may have met before but will need to deepen their understanding	Many will have a basic knowledge of arguments for and against the existence of God. Some knowledge for the existence of God is explored during year 8.
Key Skills that students should be able to demonstrate at the end of 'Topic'	This is the skills that students will meet for the first time in this topic	Explain and Interpret diverse views of beliefs, teachings and sources of wisdom and authority in relation to beliefs about God’s existence. Show understanding of religions and worldviews as coherent systems or ways of seeing the world. Evaluate a wide range of ways in which commitment and identity are expressed.
	This is skills that students may have met before but will need to develop	Evaluate how and why individuals and communities express the meanings of their identity, beliefs and values in many different forms and ways of living.
Key vocabulary that students should know and understand		Cosmological, Ontological, Teleological, Miracle, Theist, Agnostic, Atheist, Humanist, Teleological, Humanist, Theist
The Big Question		Where is God?
Key questions that students should be able to answer at the end of the 'Topic'		What evidence do we have for God’s existence?
		Do miracles prove God's existence?
		Is religious experience evidence for God?
		Who do some people believe in God?
		Who is God?
		Why is there evil and suffering?
		What are Christian and Muslim response to evil and suffering?
		What are Hindu responses to evil and suffering?
		Can you believe in God while there is evil in the world?