1. VCE Religion and Society Units 4.1 and 4.2
New Study Design 2017
Shayndel Samuel RASNET February 2017

2. UNIT 4 Religion, challenge and change
Area of Study 4.1
Challenge and response
R&S Study Design pages 22-23

3. Area of Study 4.1 Challenge and response
KEY KNOWLEDGE: Study Design p.23
NB> First three dot points are GENERAL

4. Area of Study 4.1 Challenge and response
• Challenges to theology, ethics and
continued existence
• Sources - why significant?
• Stances - what ? why?
ALL GENERAL

5. Area of Study 4.1 Challenge and response
Specific challenges to a religion from its inception to the present
Overview of AT LEAST FOUR significant challenges
Categories of theology, ethics or continued existence

6. Area of Study 4.1 Challenge and response
THEN
Key knowledge SPECIFIC to selected tradition/s or denomination/s
For each of four or more challenges

7. Area of Study 4.1 Challenge and response
For each of those 4+ challenges:
– sources of those challenges?
– when and where?
– aspects affected?
– why significant?
– stances, and responses

8. Area of Study 4.1 Challenge and response
KEY SKILLS:
• analyse challenges generally
• explain stances and responses
• analyse and compare challenges, stances
and responses
• interpret, synthesise
• apply primary and secondary sources

9. Sample of timeline overview - Islam
From: Religion and Society:
Units 1-4 for VCE,
Tuohy, Green, Samuel & Valladares
page 337
For sample approaches
see chapter 10 pages

10. UNIT 4 Religion, challenge and change
Area of Study 4.2
Interaction of religion and society
R&S Study Design pages 23-24

11. Area of Study 4.2 Interaction of religion and society
STUDY ONE CHALLENGE
FROM ANY TIME IN HISTORY OR THE PRESENT
Should be different to the challenges identified in Area of Study 1

12. Area of Study 4.2 Interaction of religion and society
Interactions
- within a religious tradition or denomination
- between a religion and wider society
Effects of these interactions.

13. Area of Study 4.2 Interaction of religion and society
NB.
Challenge may be in the past but responses may be ongoing or not yet resolved
Use a range of evaluations made by
commentators.

14. Area of Study 4.2 Interaction of religion and society
KEY KNOWLEDGE: Study Design p.24
– Significant challenge involving at least
one of theology, ethics and continued
existence
– Broader context

15. Area of Study 4.2 Interaction of religion and society
KEY KNOWLEDGE:
– When and where?
– Sources of challenge from within the
religion and from interactions with society

16. Area of Study 4.2 Interaction of religion and society
KEY KNOWLEDGE:
- Specific aspects involved
- Stances and supporting responses
- Reasons and intended outcomes for the
stances and supporting responses

17. Area of Study 4.2 Interaction of religion and society
KEY KNOWLEDGE:
- Influence of stances and supporting
responses on the challenge itself
- Influence of the responses on the
religious tradition AND on wider society.

18. Area of Study 4.2 Interaction of religion and society
KEY SKILLS:
- Analyse ONE significant challenge
- Explain stances and supporting responses
- Analyse the influence of stances and
responses on this challenge itself
and on wider society

19. Area of Study 4.2 Interaction of religion and society
KEY SKILLS:
- interpret, synthesise
- apply primary and secondary sources
See Religion and Society: Units 1-4 for VCE,
by Tuohy, Green, Samuel & Valladares,
chapter 11, for examples

20. VCE Religion and Society Units 4.1 and 4.2
New Study Design 2017
Shayndel Samuel RASNET February 2017