IMCC RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM YEAR 11 Religion & Life General 2018 Week Module Syllabus content Lesson content Assessments I.T/Resources Students know and Understand: Focus Questions Trem 1 1-3 Mod 1 The Search for Experiences that prompt people to ask questions about the meaning and purpose of life Examples of religious answers to life’s questions and experiences COMMENCE MODULE 1 Students Commence Thursday Lesson 1: Handout copies of all relevant course documents (unit outline, assessment outline, school assessment policy, etc.) Refer to course title and ask students what they think this course is about? Discuss responses Identify the main features of the syllabus: Three content organisers Each with a series of sub-organisers Followed by a list of dot-points Note the generic skills Discuss prayer and how this will occur every lesson. Suggest a prayer book is created from students creating prayers. These can include written prayers, songs, web links, images and videos. Lesson 2: Student programme Assessment Outline and Policy General Religion syllabus Mod 1 What experiences prompt people to look for meaning in their life? What questions do such experiences prompt? What are some answers to the questions people ask about the meaning of life? What are some religious answers? What are some answers a particular religion offers?
An overview of the role religion plays in society Lessons 10-12: Model to the class, using Christianity as an example, how to use these characteristics to describe a religion; illustrate where to gather suitable information about a religion and how to use such information Use Religions of the World worksheet. Form groups of four and arrange for each member of the group to be allocated a different religion to research; individually they locate relevant information for each characteristic as it relates to their particular focus religion (Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam) Each group presents their information to the class so that other students can fill in information for all religions. Lesson 13: All groups present their religion to the class, other students record missing information. Form students into groups and each group to come up with five things (characteristics) all religion have or that can be recognised in any religion; pool and refine this list Read pages 5-7 of the resource booklet, students with the guidance of the teacher are to summarise the main characteristics that all religions have. Students are to complete the activities on page 8. How religious spread around the world video- Major world What are some of the different roles religion plays in society? What are some examples of how religion participates in society?
in religions. Morals refer to an individual’s own principles regarding right and wrong. Ask students to list in their workbooks moral and ethic issues that are present in society today. Put them on the board. Ask students why they think that these are issues? Why do morality and ethics have an impact on our ability to live a ‘good life’? Lesson 17: Introduce assessment 7-Collage and essay Class discussion: How does morality and ethics relate to this concept of the ‘good life’? Watch the video "Johnny Lee Clary" video and discuss morals and ethics Begin Assessment 7- Create a collage on the Good Life. Lesson 18: Assessment 7- Collage/essay notes esearch real life situations relating to ethics and morals: Enough Rope video- Johnny Lee Clary question worksheet Assessment 7 Pope Benedict XVI urges pilgrims to reject consumerism Aboriginal treaty video-
understandings suitable for a set purpose and audience Week Module Syllabus content Lesson content Resources Focus Questions Term 4 1-4 5 The place of religion in Australian society The place of religion in Australian society Lesson 64-66: Christianity in Colonial Australia Introduce the final syllabus dot point- ask students if they have any idea of what this section of the course may be about. Identify and analysis the key terms in the dot point. This lesson introduces the idea that the first settlers had the intension of making Australia a Christian society. You may want to show the video on early Australia to explain the introduction of convicts. Revise BRIEFLY the reformation and the separation between the Catholic Church. (It is vital students have an understanding of this in order to understand the history of religion in Australia) PPT- outlines the three major Christian religions that came to Australia after 1788 and what their main aims where. Students are to fill in the handout to use as a referral piece of work for future lessons. Lesson 67: The Catholic church in Australia- An overview Christianity in Australia powerpoint The Early Church in Australia DVD and worksheets What does religion look like in Australia? How is religion viewed in Australian society? What place does religion have in Australian society, past and present? What religions are in Australia? When did each religion arrive in Australia? For each religion in Australia, what are some of the main people, events or issues that have occurred since it arrived and settled in Australia?