Year 10 Blog » B603

Christianity and sexual relationships

Mr Bigg — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:05:15 +0000

Learning Objective: To explore Christian attitudes to sexual relationships and contraception

Your task:

Design a poster/flyer (using Publisher or PowerPoint) with information on Christian ideas about sexual relationships.

It should include:

Information on what Christians think sex is for
What Catholics / Evangelical Protestants think about sex outside marriage and why
Ideas that more liberal Christians have about sex outside marriage
Information on different Christians attitudes to contraception and why

For information look at:

Christian Philosophy and Ethics pp. 104-5
Discovery pp. 104-5
GCSE Bitesize (a bit simplistic)
Religious Tolerance.org (quite complex – look in particular at the final section)
ChristianAnswers.net
BBC Religion on Contraception

Divorce in Christianity

Mr Bigg — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:42:14 +0000

Learning Objective: To look at different ideas about divorce within Christianity.

Your task:

Download this worksheet (may take a few minutes to open) and then use the Christian Philosophy and Applied Ethics (CPAE) books and the guidance given below to answer the questions.

Why is marriage so important for Christians?

CPAE pg. 102 under the Christian beliefs about the ethics of divorce section
RE:Quest on Divorce

What does the Bible teach about divorce?

CPAE pg. 103
RE:Quest

Also the book of Malachi 2:16 says:
“I hate divorce,” says the LORD God of Israel.
Many people think that this is God saying divorce is unacceptable, but some say that this is God saying that he hates divorce just like any who has every been divorced because he knows that it causes pain and hurt.

What do Roman Catholics believe about divorce?

CPAE pg. 102
RE:Quest – Catholics on Divorce

What does the Church of England believe about divorce

CPAE pg. 103
RE:Quest – Protestants or RE:Quest – Anglicans

Poverty Assessment

Mr Bigg — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:58:01 +0000

This project is all about showing that you understand about poverty, its causes, and Christian responses to it. Take it one day at a time – work out what you want to say, then say something about it.

If you haven’t got a copy of the project handout you can get it here.

Advice for day one:

Start by choosing a country to imagine you are going to. There’s a list here.
There are some facts about poverty at FightPoverty.com and Food4Africa.com. Use these to describe some of the poverty. Imagine what it must be like to live with the disease and hunger.

Advice for day two:

Remember the posters we made last week. All the information on the causes of poverty is here.

Choose to explain at least two of:

Trade Restrictions
Interest Rates
Natural Disasters
Disease
Factories in LEDCs

Try to be a bit creative in how you bring them in!

Advice for day three onwards:

You can find the information on the Christian responses to poverty here. If you want to look up Bible verses go to BibleGateway.com.

Good luck!

Euthanasia

Mr Bigg — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:20:04 +0000

Here’s the PowerPoint from the lesson, and there’s a copy of the handout on Christian attitudes here.

There’s a really great website on Euthanasia and Christian attitudes to it here.