Year 7 Religious Studies

Overview

Term	What are we learning
1	Origins of Abrahamic faiths	Students will start to gain an understanding of the Old Testament narrative. They will explore Genesis and Noah, Abraham and the Covenant, Abraham’s sacrifice, Exodus and Leviticus and the Nature of God in the Abrahamic faiths
2	Judaism	Core Jewish beliefs, Jewish Scriptures, Orthodox and reform Jews
3	Judaism	The Temple and Synagogues, Shabbat, Pesach and Yom Kippur
4	Christianity	The nativity, Jesus Ministry, the Sermon on the Mount, The death of Jesus
5	Christianity	The resurrection of Jesus, the Nicene Creed and Original sin
6	Revision/ Mastery	Revise all of the above and practice core skills of describing and explaining beliefs, practices and significance.
Links	Religious Education lessons for Key Stage 3 students - Oak National Academy (thenational.academy)