Hodder Education
Curriculum for Wales: Religion, Values and Ethics for 11–14 years
Curriculum for Wales: Religion, Values and Ethics for 11–14 years
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Confidently deliver Religion, Values and Ethics and encourage students to understand and appreciate diverse worldviews, both in Wales and the wider world.

This book supports the new Curriculum for Wales for 11-14 years, helping students to continually develop their knowledge and skills as they become informed, self-aware and responsible citizens.

- Easily design your own curriculum: pick-and-choose from topics that cover the major world faiths and non-religious belief groups, as well as the values and ethical content outlined in the Humanities AoLE
- Understand religious and non-religious worldviews and their historical impact: examine the influence of institutional and personal religious and non-religious worldviews on Wales and the wider world throughout history
- Bring the content to life in your classroom: explore the beliefs and practices of people living today in Wales and the wider world through real-life accounts and case studies
- Encourage critical thinking: each lesson tackles a 'big question' for students to consider, as well as activities designed to allow them to formulate and express their own perspectives and a range of sources to engage them with ethical and moral issues
- Develop students' sense of self and their understanding of societal challenges: explore key concepts in the context of different religious and ethical worldviews, including cynefin, identity, relationships, community, equality, sustainability, freedom, good and evil, and more

Language
English
ISBN
9781398351448
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Title Page
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Contents
Introduction
How Wales became a pluralistic society
The Welsh religious landscape today
1 Christian history of Wales
1.1 Christianity comes to Wales
1.2 Celtic Christianity – the Celtic saints
1.3 Monasticism – a feature of Welsh Christianity
1.4 Christianity and the Welsh language
1.5 Surges in the faith – the Welsh revivals of 1859 and 1904–5
1.6 Christianity in Wales today
2 Other world faiths coming to Wales
2.1 How Judaism came to Wales
2.2 How Islam came to Wales
2.3 How Hinduism came to Wales
2.4 How Sikhism came to Wales
2.5 How Buddhism came to Wales
2.6 How the Bahá’í Faith came to Wales
3 The wider Welsh spiritual landscape
3.1 What is spirituality?
3.2 The founding of the Baháʼí Faith
3.3 Key beliefs and practices of the Bahá’í Faith
3.4 The modern druids
3.5 What is humanism?
3.6 Exploring humanism
3.7 The Spiritualist Churches of Wales
The major world faiths
4 Christianity
4.1 What Christians believe – God and the Trinity
4.2 Key Christian beliefs – moral behaviour and the afterlife
4.3 The life of Jesus – the Incarnation
4.4 The importance of Christmas
4.5 The life of Jesus – teacher
4.6 The life of Jesus – miracle worker
4.7 Jesus – his death and resurrection
4.8 The importance of Easter
4.9 Where Christians worship
4.10 How Christians worship
4.11 The Bible and worship
4.12 The Eucharist
4.13 Baptism – joining the faith as an infant
4.14 Baptism – joining the faith as an adult
4.15 Pilgrimage in Christianity
4.16 Christian beliefs into action
5 Judaism
5.1 Key beliefs in Judaism
5.2 A faith that governs life – the mitzvot
5.3 The holy books of Judaism
5.4 The Jewish place of worship – the synagogue
5.5 A Jewish home and daily life
5.6 Jewish life – observing Shabbat
5.7 Jewish celebrations – Pesach (Passover)
5.8 Judaism in the Welsh community
6 Islam
6.1 Key beliefs in Islam
6.2 The founder of Islam – Prophet Muhammad
6.3 The holy book of Islam – the Qur’an
6.4 The Muslim place of worship – the mosque
6.5 Belief and prayer – the Pillars of Shahadah and Salah
6.6 Devotion and thankfulness – the Pillars of Zakah and Sawm
6.7 Dedication and resilience – the Pillar of Hajj
6.8 Islam in the Welsh community
7 Hinduism
7.1 Key beliefs about God in Hinduism
7.2 Key beliefs in Hinduism – karma and reincarnation
7.3 The Hindu place of worship – the mandir
7.4 Acts of worship in Hindu temples
7.5 The home as a place of worship for Hindus
7.6 Holy places for Hindus
7.7 Hindu celebration of Diwali
7.8 Hinduism in the Welsh community
8 Sikhism
8.1 Key beliefs in Sikhism
8.2 Founders of the faith – the ten gurus
8.3 The Sikh place of worship – the gurdwara
8.4 Worship at the gurdwara and the Guru Granth Sahib
8.5 Becoming a Khalsa Sikh – the Amrit Sanskar
8.6 Amritsar – the spiritual centre of Sikhism
8.7 Living as a Sikh
8.8 Sikhism in the Welsh community
9 Buddhism
9.1 The life of the Buddha – before enlightenment
9.2 The life of the Buddha – the enlightenment and beyond
9.3 Key teachings of the Buddha
9.4 Key beliefs in Buddhism
9.5 Monasticism in Buddhism
9.6 The Buddhist place of worship – temples
9.7 Buddhist celebration of Wesak
9.8 Buddhism in the Welsh community
Values and ethics
10 Identity and belonging
10.1 Identity and belonging
10.2 Shaping or being shaped?
10.3 What is morality, and how do we get it?
10.4 Beliefs – values – behaviour
10.5 Religious influences on morality
11 Rights and responsibilities
11.1 Human rights – the UDHR and the UNCRC
11.2 Rights and responsibilities
11.3 Religion and human rights
11.4 Social justice
11.5 Attitudes to poverty
12 Diversity and tolerance
12.1 Humanity
12.2 Prejudice and discrimination
12.3 Religious attitudes to prejudice and discrimination
12.4 Religious responses to prejudice and discrimination
12.5 Discrimination as a religious issue
13 The natural world
13.1 The creation
13.2 Science and the origins of the universe
13.3 Our wondrous world
13.4 How humans are damaging the world
13.5 Environmental ethics
13.6 Animal rights
14 Respect for life
14.1 Religious beliefs about the origins of human life
14.2 Scientific beliefs about the origins of human life
14.3 How important is human life? The death penalty
14.4 How important is human life? Euthanasia
14.5 How important is human life? Victims of natural disasters
14.6 How important is human life? The refugee crisis
15 Peace and protest
15.1 Attitudes to peace
15.2 When conflicts happen
15.3 Conscientious objection
15.4 Keeping the peace
15.5 Protest
Glossary
Index
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