Your task is to finish your essay on how RPE has changed over the last 100 years. Because of curriculum extension day this is due on Friday 4th November. That means you have lots of time so MAKE IT GOOD!

• How has RPE changed over the last 100 years?
• Writing Frame

Please feel free to type it up, also speak to people and ask them to get quotes to include!

Please also leave a comment if you have any questions.

Your job is to choose someone (or more than one person) to interview about what RPE was like when they went to school.

Open a copy of the 7I RPE Interview. Then you can either:

• Print it out and fill it in then bring it to school.
• Fill it in on the computer, then print it out and bring it to school.
• Fill it in on the computer then save a copy and email me.
• Write it out in your book and bring it to school.

Please find someone suitably old to interview and make sure you don’t catch them at a bad time!

If you have any trouble with this then please come to find me or email me BEFORE the lesson so we can sort it out. I won’t be impressed if you tell me there was a problem at the beginning of the lesson.

Good luck! Please leave a comment if you have questions…

Your task is to produce an assessment that answers the question, “How do Buddhists account for the existence of suffering?”

You can present your work in a variety of ways if you don’t want to write an essay:

• A poster
• A PowerPoint
• A booklet
• A newspaper article
• An essay if you’d like to write one!
• If you have any other ideas please leave a comment and ask

To answer this well you need to:

• Define suffering: What does it mean? What is the difference between moral and natural evil?
• Give examples of the different types of suffering
• Describe Buddhist beliefs about the causes of suffering – refer to the Three Marks of Existence and The Four Noble Truths
• Explain how Buddhists believe suffering can be controlled. You’ll want to look at the Eightfold Path
• Analyse Buddhist beliefs in relation to Christian beliefs. How do Christians explain evil? (The Devil? Free will? Adam and Eve? Suffering is a test? Suffering is a punishment?) What are the differences?
• Conclude: Does Buddhism explain suffering well? Is there a better way to explain?

Resources:

• How Buddhists explain suffering task handout
• Beliefnet – Why bad things happen.
• ThatRSWebsite – How Christians explain suffering
• If you find any other links please leave a comment so others can use it…

Due Date: Thursday 7th April

Please get in touch with me if you need more time for any reason. Don’t turn up on the day without anything!

Your task is to answer the question “Does God Exist”. To do it look at the Does God Exist handout.

There are a couple of websites to look at here:

• BBC Bitesize
• Kids Encyclopedia
• Almighty Dad – there are some videos towards the end of the page.

Please produce this on paper (either typed or written). NOT in your books.

If you find any good links to useful information please leave a comment so I can make the link available to everyone!

Due dates:
7C – 27th Jan
7E – 27th Jan
7M – 27th Jan
7N – 1st Feb

Good luck! Leave a comment or email me if you have any questions!

The question is: “Does the Cosmological Argument prove the existence of God? Why or why not?”

Your job is to explain whether you think Aquinas’ argument is good evidence for the existence of God.

Does the idea that there must be a being that “caused” the universe prove that God exists. There’s a cause for everything, there must be a cause for the universe right?

On the other hand, people might say that God can’t explain the universe. If the universe needs a cause, then doesn’t God need a cause too? If not, why not?

Try to explain both sides of the argument, then give a conclusion to say which you think is true.

Just for fun, here’s the YouTube video of the Domino Chain:

Deadlines:
7M – 18th November
7N – 23rd November
7E – 25th November

Hi CVC,

I’ve updated the theme for the blog. What do you think?

Leave a comment to let me know!

Thanks

Mr Bigg

If any of you want to think about the essay at home then here’s a copy of the handout that we looked at in lesson.

Hi 7E!

Here’s the interview that we put together on Tuesday: Interview document

Please print out a copy and fill it in when you interview someone – the older the person the better! You need to bring your interview to the lesson NEXT Tuesday (5th October).

You need to interview one person, but if you want to interview more then you’re quite welcome to…

Any question, please leave a comment below or email me.

Good luck!

Hi 7N!

Here’s the interview that we put together on Tuesday: Interview document

Please print out a copy and fill it in when you interview someone – the older the person the better! You’ll need to bring the completed interview to the lesson NEXT Tuesday (5th October).

You need to interview one person, but if you want to interview more then you’re quite welcome to…

Any question, please leave a comment below or email me.

Good luck!