You were doing the above essay for me due next Tuesday (31st Jan).

You can find some guidance here…

Remember to highlight the difference between a Catholic (absolute) and Church of England (situational) point of view!

Dear mathematicians,

If you want to know the content covered in Unit 1 (exam on 2nd March) you’ll find it in the Unit 1 Overview document.

Enjoy!

Your job is to write a response to the statement: “There is sufficient evidence for the existence of God”. This is due on Thursday 12th Jan.

What arguments might someone put forward to suggest that this statement is true (think ontological, teleological, moral, cosmological arguments)?

Pick the two arguments you think are most convincing and discuss them. What evidence is there? Is this evidence good? Why might someone challenge these arguments? Are these fair challenges?

• Why would people say there is evidence for God? (Opening statement)
• Why would people disagree with this evidence? (Opening response)
• How might they discuss these arguments to put them to the test? (Discussion)
• What do you conclude? (What do the judges say?)

Useful links:

• BBC Bitesize
• a href=”http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ar/Arguments_for_the_existence_of_God”>Kids Encyclopedia

As always, leave a comment if you have any questions!

Your job is to write a response to the statement: “There is evidence for the existence of God”. This is due on the 2nd December (Friday).

Remember the boxing match we had in class. What arguments might someone put forward to suggest that this statement is true (think ontological, teleological, moral, cosmological arguments)?

Pick the two arguments you think are most convincing and discuss them. What evidence is there? Is this evidence good? Why might someone challenge these arguments? Are these fair challenges?

You might even write these up in a verbal boxing style:

• Why would people say there is evidence for God? (Opening statement)
• Why would people disagree with this evidence? (Opening response)
• How might they discuss these arguments to put them to the test? (Discussion)
• What do you conclude? (What do the judges say?)

As always, leave a comment if you have any questions!

This essay is due on Wednesday 23rd Nov. Please write in on paper or type and print. Don’t do it in your book!

The key issue here is discussing how Christians might know something about what God is like. What sources do we have for information about the nature of God? Are they reliable?

Some would agree with the statement and say:

• God, if God exists, is outside of space and time and is therefore beyond anything we mere humans can understand. Our language can only express certain things – it doesn’t really stretch to talking about God.
• No-one has “seen” God – how can we know about something we haven’t seen?
• Religious experiences are not reliable evidence about what God is like. They are subjective and therefore don’t convince everyone. How can we draw conclusions about a God based on things that happen to very few people?
• The Bible is no reliable evidence about the nature of God (it is not reliaBible). How do we know that the writings are genuinely inspired by God and not mere opinion?

Others might disagree, arguing:

• Jesus was God in human form so people therefore HAVE seen God. We can draw conclusions about what God is like based on what people have experienced through Jesus.
• We can infer things about God’s nature through nature itself. The beauty and design in the universe might imply a caring and powerful designer.
• Religious experiences tell us about God. Yes, they are personal but that doesn’t mean that they have no value.
• Over the years people have consistently found meaning in the God revealed in the Bible. Can all of these people be wrong?

Make sure you include both sides (try to weave them together if possible) and discuss the strengths and weaknesses. What are the problems with different arguments?

You also need your own opinion clearly expressed.

Hope that makes sense: leave a comment if you aren’t sure…

Your job is to complete the MyMaths homework and also complete the final two pages of the booklet you were given.

This is due for Wednesday 23rd Nov.

For reference, the booklet questions are pages 42 and 43 of this book…

There are two little bits of homework to do. Firstly, you need to write up the Part D question looked at in lesson:

“Explain Christian attitudes to homosexuality”

The second task is to use the same way of writing to:

“Explain Christian attitudes to contraception”

Remember, these are mini-essays not full-blown essays.

For 10C this is due on Wednesday 2nd November.

Please leave a comment if you have questions!

Hi all,

The sheet for this week’s homework is here: Cumulative Frequency homework sheet

Download it if you managed to lose the one I gave you in class…

Due on Thursday 6th Oct 2011.

Your job is to do some research in order to produce two sets of comparable frequency polygons.

First come up with a hypothesis (not a question). It needs to have two (or more, if you like) groups that you are comparing with some continuous data to measure.

eg. “Year 10 boys are taller than year 10 girls”
or “Year 10 students spend more time watching television each day than year 9s”

What you produce needs to include the following:

1. The hypothesis you are testing
2. A method statement: How are you going to gather the data to make sure it is valid and reliable?
3. Tables of data: Put your results into a frequency table (with suitable intervals) to show what you have found.
4. A graph of frequency polygons: On one graph draw the frequency polygons of the data you have collected.
5. Analysis: An explanation of what the graphs show. You could talk about the “modal grouping” and the “skew” of each polygon.
6. Conclusion: What does your evidence show with respect to the hypothesis? Is your hypothesis confirmed? How do you know? What might you need to do in order to make your results more certain? How might you change the work you have done in order to improve it if you were going to do it again?

Good luck! As always, please leave a comment if you have any questions!

This is due on Thursday 22nd Sept.

The title for your essay is: “Men should be in charge of the household. Discuss”.

The structure should be something like:

1. Traditional Christians would agree with the statement because… (how does this evidence link back to the original question?)
2. A strength of this view might be… (what makes it a strength?)
3. However, a weakness could be… (what makes it a weakness?)

4. On the other hand, modern Christians might have a different view… because… (link it back to the statement again!)
5. A strength of this view would be…
6. But a weakness is…

7. My view is… because…
8. I think that my view is the strongest because… (why is your view most convincing?)

Resources:

Christian Views on families PPT – PowerPoint with different Christian views on families and essay information.
How gender roles affect families PPT – PowerPoint on gender roles in families (including the advantages and disadvantages of different ideas).

Make sure you back up everything you say with evidence!

Please put it on paper or type it. NOT in your book! Try to limit yourselves to two sides of A4.

Good luck. Please leave a comment if you have any questions…

This is due on the Thursday 22nd September for 10C and Wednesday 28th for 10D!