1. Interleaving Revision - Lesson 1
Share planning document with pupils – one copy each to keep in folders.
GCSE RS

2. Interleaving revision- Lesson Format
Time
Task
EG of Topic
5 minutes
Answering exam questions
Religion, Crime and Punishment
10 minutes
Marking last lesson’s question
15 minutes
Review of Content
Religion, Human Rights and Social Justice
20 minutes
Transform Content
Quiz
Religion, Peace and Conflict
Test the teacher
Religion, Relationships and Families
Share longer term plan – what we will cover each week between now and the exams

3. Exam practice Religion, Crime and Punishment
Give two aims of punishment. (2 marks)
Explain two contrasting beliefs about corporal punishment. In your answer you should refer to the main religious tradition of Great Britain and one or more other religious traditions. (4 marks)

4. Marking some exemplar answers
Read the two exemplar answers. Then use the mark scheme from page 6 of the textbook to give each answer a mark out of 4 and a justification for your marking. Don’ forget to use green pen. E.g. “Answer A - 3 out of 4 because the second belief is not developed.”
Explain two contrasting beliefs in contemporary British society about the death penalty for murder. (4 marks)
page 7

5. Review Religion, Human Rights and Social Justice

6. Review Human Rights & Social Justice
The basic rights and freedoms to which all human beings should be entitled
Social Justice:
Ensuring society treats people fairly whether they are poor or wealthy and protects people’s human rights

7. Human Rights & Social Justice
Basics
We learn from an early age that life is unfair, but injustice in society can be very serious e.g. a minority group being treated badly or even persecuted.
Social justice is concerned with protecting people’s civil liberties, rights and opportunities and taking care of the least advantaged in our society.
In some countries people are not free to express their opinion,. These societies can suffer from a breakdown of law and order, terrorism, mass unemployment or a huge gap between rich and poor.
Those who believe in social justice seek to create a more equal world where people have human rights and do not struggle unnecessarily.
Human Rights
1948: UN General Assembly adopted The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
In 30 articles the declaration sets out what should be the minimum rights for a human being to have in order to be free.
Article 1
“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in the spirit of brotherhood.”

8. The Human Rights Act
The Human Rights Declaration was established after WW2 in the European Convention of Human Rights.
Later the UK incorporated this into the Human Rights Act which became law in 2000.
Some parts of the Convention have not yet been incorporated into British law.
Citizens who feel their human rights have been violated can take their case to British courts and a judge will decide what happens. Alternatively an individual can sue for damages.
If a citizen of a European Union country is dissatisfied with the decision of the courts in their own country they can then take their case to the European Court of Human Rights.
When Britain leaves the European Union the government will not retain The Human Rights Act and may have to implement their own bill of Human Rights.

9. Human Rights
A deeply religious Christian couple own a cake making company. They strongly believe that homosexuality is forbidden by the Bible and refuse to make a cake celebrating the recent legalisation of same sex marriage in Ireland. They claim that this is their right under Article 9 (freedom of thought, conscience and religion). The customer who ordered the cake seeks to challenge this ban in the courts, claiming that it amounts to a form of discrimination contrary to Article 14.
Conflicting human rights
Sometimes the rights of two groups conflict in terms of the Act and courts may have to decide which set of rights to uphold.
Consider the following example and decide whose rights you would support.

10. Prejudice & Discrimination
Prejudice is a thought or idea about someone that leads you to pre-judge them based on the group they belong to.
Discrimination:
Discrimination is treating someone differently, an action based on your prejudice.
Harmony:
Living together without conflict
SOCIAL JUSTICE:
Ensuring that society treats people fairly whether they are poor or wealthy and protects people’s human rights

11. Women’s rights - Islam
The Qur’an teaches that both Muslim women and men should dress modestly. For many, this means that for women wearing short, low-cut or tight clothing is unacceptable because it can be seen as tempting men. Some Muslim women also choose to wear the hijab, niqab or burqa too. The niqab and burqa have been subject to much debate in the Western world and face coverings are banned in some European countries.
Muslims are expected to marry and it is not unusual for the marriage to be arranged. Shariah law states that a Muslim woman can not be forced to marry against her wishes. When she marries she does not have to take her husband’s surname. Shariah law states that money or property a wife owned before her marriage remains hers.
The family is very important to Muslims and the Qur’an teaches that husbands and wives have different roles. Islamic tradition sees it is a man’s job to go out and earn money and it is the woman’s job to look after the home and family. Many modern Muslim families balance looking after the home between husband and wife and many women choose to work as well as the men in the family.
At the times of Muhammad, women were treated almost like servants. Unlimited polygamy was widespread. When the first Islamic community was established (the ummah), Muhammad changed many of these attitudes to women. The Qur’an states that men can take up to 4 wives, but only if he can treat them equally, and it is likely that Muhammad only supported polygamy as a way of taking care of women in a society which was very hostile towards them.

12. Sexism and religion - Christianity
Roman Catholics think that…
Men and women have equal rights and they can have any role in the church but they can’t be a priest or bishop.
Because…
The Catholic Catechism says men and women are equal
Only men can be priests because Jesus only chose male disciples.
Modern Protestants think that….
Men and women have equal rights and they have women ministers and priests
Because…
God created men and women ‘in his image’ and at the same time, so they are equal
Jesus treated women as equals in the gospels
Traditional Protestants think that…
Men and women have separate and different roles and so cannot have equal rights
Because…
St Paul says women should not speak in church
Jesus mainly had male followers
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13. Transform Human Rights and Social Justice
You now have 20 minutes to transform this information into some revision materials.
ONLY USE YOUR NOTES IF YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO!!!
LISTS
MIND MAPS
FLASH CARDS
QUIZZES

14. Quiz Religion Peace & Conflict
What word is used to describe the absence of conflict?
In terms of a ‘Just War’, what do we mean by the word ‘Just’?
Give the key word for the following definition “The unlawful use of violence, usually against innocent civilians, to achieve a political goal”
Name 3 weapons of mass destruction.
On which Japanese city was the first atomic bomb dropped on August 6th 1945?
What is pacifism?
1) Peace, 2) Fair 3) Terrorism, 4) Chemical; Biological: Nuclear, 5) Hiroshima, 6) The belief of those who see war and violence generally as wrong

15. Test the Teacher Religion, Relationships and Families
As a table, come up with either a 4, 5 or 12 mark question you would like me to answer.
I will type up and create a bank of answers.
You can use an existing question or make one up.

16. RS Homework – due Tuesday 5th February
‘Retribution is the best aim of punishment.’
Evaluate this statement. (12 marks)
In your answer you:
should give reasoned arguments in support of this statement
should give reasoned arguments to support a different point of view
should refer to religious arguments
may refer to non-religious arguments
should reach a justified conclusion.
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