» What Has RE Got To Do with Me?

LESSONS

• 6 GENERAL GUIDELINES

7 SECTION 1 - THE SUBJECT OF RE

• 10 LEGALLY SPEAKING Students learn about the legal requirements for the teaching of RE and design an RE syllabus.
• 12 MAKING TIME FOR RE Students look at how RE fits into the timetable and construct their own timetable.
• 14 FROM SCRIPTURE TO LIFE SKILLS Students learn about changes in the teaching of RE and create an information leaflet for parents.
• 16 EMPHASISING THE ACADEMIC Students consider the changes in RE qualifications and create an academic brochure.

19 SECTION 2 - DAILY LIFE AND RE

• 22 BELIEFS IN DAILY LIFE Students look at how religion affects daily routines and describe a day following religious rules.
• 24 EATING OUT Students learn about food laws and use them to construct suitable menus.
• 26 A KOSHER HOME Students look at food laws in a Jewish home and design a suitable kitchen.
• 28 IN SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOES Students learn about empathy and use it in their writing of a magazine article.
• 30 VIVE LA DIFFERENCE Students learn about accepting people's differences and look at a situation from different viewpoints.
• 32 DRESS CODE Students consider how religion influences dress and design a multicultural school uniform.
• 34 A MULTICULTURAL YEAR Students look at religious festivals throughout the year and design a brochure of events to celebrate at school.
• 36 BELIEF INTO LIFE Students learn how actions are influenced by beliefs, using the example of Buddhism.
• 38 BELIEF INTO LIFE (2) Students look at how actions are influenced by beliefs and write a diary entry for a day influenced by Muslim beliefs.

41 SECTION 3 - ISSUES AND RE

• 44 RELIGION AROUND THE WORLD Students learn about the geographical distribution of major faiths and plot them on a world map.
• 46 DO UNTO OTHERS ... Students learn about religious attitudes towards serving the community and 'interview' people for a newspaper article on the subject.
• 48 STANDING UP FOR THE LITTLE MAN Students look at religious attitudes towards human rights and write a speech about righting injustice.
• 50 LIFE IS SPECIAL Students consider religious beliefs about the sanctity of life and apply these to difficult situations.
• 52 JUST SAY, NO! Students discover how the attitudes of society and religion can often mirror each other, using the example of drugs, and create a roleplay.
• 54 RELIGION AND PEACE Students consider the essentially peaceful nature of religion and design a poster promoting peace.
• 56 DIFFERENT VIEWS Students look at how religious responses can vary, using the example of suicide, and write letters from different viewpoints.
• 58 OUR WORLD, OUR RESPONSIBILITY Students look at religious advice regarding stewardship of the world and write a speech for an environmental conference.

61 SECTION 4 - WHAT USE IS RE?

• 64 WHO NEEDS RE? Students learn that RE is useful in many jobs, not just religious ones, and write a roleplay for one example.
• 66 RE AND CAREERS Students explore RE's value in careers and design an OHP slide presenting this view.
• 68 KEY SKILLS IN RE Students consider RE's contribution to key skills development and carry out a key skills audit of their RE work.
• 70 RE MAKES YOU THINK Students learn how RE makes us think about important issues, using the example of war.
• 72 SO YOU WANT AN ARGUMENT? Students learn how to construct valid arguments in RE.
• 74 RE GIVES US ANSWERS Students explore the answers RE gives us to ultimate questions and design a poster to illustrate this.
• 76 WHY DO WE STUDY RE? Students draw together the reasons why we study RE, using a variety of media.

79 APPENDICES

• 80 APPENDIX 1 For use with SO YOU WANT AN ARGUMENT?, p.72.
• 81 APPENDIX 2 Useful websites relating to the topics in this pack.