curriculum overview for philosophy, religion and...
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QUEENS’ SCHOOL
Curriculum Overview for Philosophy, Religion and Ethics
Year 7
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Signs and Symbols
Multi-faith Britain
Myths
God for all faiths or none
Christian Justice project
Jesus, God or man?
Jewish identity
Ethics – right and wrong
Year 8
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Life after death
God in Islam and Sikhism
Alternative faiths project
Pilgrimage
Religion and conflict
Is there power in peace?
Spirituality shopping
Year 9
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Justice, law and punishment
Art, science and religion
Ethical theories and contemporary
issues
Animal Rights project
The problem of evil and suffering
Buddhism and the pursuit of
happiness
Ideas about the origins of the
universe
Year 10
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Buddhist beliefs
Christian beliefs
Marriage and family in Buddhism
Philosophy of religion in Christianity
Living the Christian life
Year 11
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Matters of life and death –
Buddhism
Living the Buddhist Life
Equality and Christianity
Revision
Revision
Year 12
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Philosophy of religion - The
problem of evil and suffering
Ethics – Environmental issues and
Issues of equality
Natural Moral Law
Hinduism – Religious beliefs, values
and teachings
Philosophy of Religion - Arguments
for God’s existence
Religious experience
Ethics – Application of ethical
theories
Hinduism - Practices that shape and
express religious identity
Philosophy - Critiques of religious
belief (works of scholars)
Ontological Argument
Ethics – Ethical language relating to
meta-ethics
Hinduism – Social and historical
developments of Hinduism Muslim
and Christian influences
Year 13
Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term
Philosophy - Life after Death and the
problem of identity
Religious Language
Ethics – Deontology, Virtue Ethics
and the works of scholars
Hinduism – Works of key scholars
with their key beliefs and influence
Philosophy - Anthology and revision
Ethics – Issues in Medical Ethics to
do with the beginning and end of
life debate
Hinduism – Religion and society
related to ethical precepts and
applied ethics
Philosophy - Anthology and revision
Ethics – Revision of all 6 key topics
with timed questions and answers
Hinduism – Revision of all 6 key
topics with timed questions and
answers