Summary: Combines engaging content and activities with effective exam preparation for AQA GCSE Religious Studies B: Unit 3, and has been written by experienced examiners and teachers.Including coverage of the six main world religions, Religioun and Morality:- is written in a direct and student-friendly style with clear explanations and a touch of humour- helps students gain an understanding of the content, explore their own beliefs and respond to religious ideas with a range of different activity types- improves students' exam performance with examination advice, including sample answers and tips on how to revise.
Combines engaging content and activities with effective exam preparation for AQA GCSE Religious Studies B: Unit 3, and has been written by experienced examiners and teachers.Including coverage of the six main world religions, Religioun and Morality:- is written in a direct and student-friendly style with clear explanations and a touch of humour- helps students gain an understanding of the content, explore their own beliefs and respond to religious ideas with a range of different activity types- improves students' exam performance with examination advice, including sample answers and tips on how to revise.
Table of Contents: IntroductionAbout this courseThe religious bit...Topic One Religious Attitudes to Matters of Life (Medical Ethics)Ethical issues and religious attitudesScience starting lifeReligious attitudes to fertility treatmentHelping othersThe medicineThinking about the medicineTransplants and transfusionsReligions and maintaining lifeHumans and experimentsExam practiceTopic Two Religious Attitudes to the Elderly and DeathGetting oldCaring for the elderlyReligious attitudes to the elderlyCaring for the dyingEuthanasiaWhy euthanasia - or why not?Religious attitudes to death and euthanasiaLife after death in six religionsLast thoughts about the end of daysExam practiceTopic Three Religious Attitudes to Drug AbuseDrug useWhy use drugs?TobaccoAlcoholLet's talk drugsThe body and mindReligious attitudes to drugsExam practiceTopic Four Religious Attitudes to Crime and PunishmentCauses of crimeCrime and punishment exerciseThe aims of punishmentPunishmentCapital punishmentHuman natureReligious attitudes to crime and punishmentExam practiceTopic Five Religious Attitudes to Rich and Poor in British SocietyHomelessnessGamblingReligious attitudes to gamblingOther causes of povertyWhere do people get their wealth?Religious attitudes to the poor and to the use of moneySo what do we do to help in Britain?Government helpKey terms you need to know...You've just won £6.4 million!Exam practiceTopic Six Religious Attitudes to World PovertyThe basic needs of lifeSo what causes all this poverty around the world?So where are the LEDCs?CharitiesTypes of aidSustainable developmentHelp, help, help, help!!!Exam practiceAppendix I Revision GuideAppendix II What a question paper looks likeGlossaryIndex
About the Author(s): Lesley Parry is a senior manager in a large comprehensive school in Manchester. She is a Senior GCSE Examiner. She is the Chair of the new syllabus committee for Oldham SACRE. She has written many GCSE Religious Studies resources.Jan Hayes is a Head of RE in a Lancashire school. She is a Senior GCSE Examiner for AQA. She has worked with a number of teachers and schools in Lancashire and Manchester to help them improve their RE delivery, specifically at GCSE levelKim Hands is an experienced teacher and examiner.
Readership: GCSE RS students
