First Year Plan

3. First Year Plan

This is a sample First Year Plan layout – you can use this as a guideline to plan your lessons.

Key skills

Summative Assessment

Learning Intentions

Textbook chapters in this term

Learning Outcomes

Theme (Ch. 1) Being literate; Working with others; Communicating; Being creative; Managing information and thinking (Ch. 2) Working with others; Managing information and thinking; Communicating; Being creative; Managing myself (Ch. 14) Being literate; Managing information and thinking; Working with others; Being creative

August–Mid-Term (approx. 8.5 weeks)

Create a quiz with possible answers on the five major world religions. Research and prepare a presentation on one community of faith in your local area. Write an essay entitled ‘My Understanding of God’.

By the end of this term, students will: Be able to present a group presentation on some of the key religious beliefs of Christianity (ref. p. 9) Compare and contrast the key beliefs of major world religions (ref. p. 15) List the communities of faith found in their locality (ref. p. 17) Reflect on how the religious beliefs of a young Muslim affects their life (ref. p. 20) Design an interview based on a major world religion’s understanding of God (ref. p. 134)

Ch. 1: The Five Major World Religions (pp. 3–15) Ch. 2: Communities of Faith (pp. 16–20) Ch. 14: Understanding of God (pp. 127–34)

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Communities of Faith and their Religious Beliefs

November–Christmas (7 weeks)

(Ch. 7) Working with others; Communicating; Being literate; Managing information and thinking; Being creative (Ch. 19) Communicating; Managing myself; Managing information and thinking; Working with others

Write a paragraph in response to each of the following questions: 1. How do people of different faiths pray? e.g. Place of worship/ at home, ra’ka etc. 2. Why do you think prayer is important to people of faith? 3. How has prayer affected the life of one person you have studied in this chapter?

By the end of this term, students will: Present their findings on the importance of prayer to people of faith (ref. pp. 65, 68) Recall the unique actions contained in either a Jewish or Islamic prayer (ref. p. 72) Understand and list the different stages of faith development (ref. pp. 193, 194) In pairs, create a Diamond Nine with a list of possible challenges to the faith development of a young person, e.g. social media.

Ch. 7: Prayer (pp. 62–72) Ch. 19: Stages of Faith (pp. 187–94)

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Expressing Religious Beliefs

January–Mid-Term (6 weeks)

(Ch. 23) Staying well; Managing myself; Working with others; Being creative; Communicating; Managing information and thinking (Ch. 24) Staying well; Managing myself; Working with others; Being creative; Communicating; Managing information and thinking

Create a character profile on someone who has shown forgiveness using the following headings: Personal information/ • statistics Personality • Quotes •

By the end of this term, students will: List the different codes that exist in their • local community (ref. pp. 240–1) Compare the moral codes of at least two world religions (ref. pp. 244, 251) Define the term ‘moral vision’ and • illustrate their own understanding of this term (ref. p. 256) Random facts. • Create a moral code inspired by the five major world religions entitled ‘Universal Code of Behaviour’. Write a paragraph explaining the choices you have made.

Recall a story based on the power of forgiveness (ref. pp. 262–3, 267) Explain both religious and non-religious perspectives on sin (ref. p. 269)

Ch. 23: Moral Codes (pp. 239–51) Ch. 24: Moral Decision- making Process (pp. 252–69)

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Making Decisions

February–Easter (6 weeks)

(Ch. 15) Communicating; Being creative; Being literate; Managing information and thinking; Working with others; Being numerate; Managing myself (Ch. 18) Communicating; Working with others; Being literate; Managing information and thinking

Using the app ‘Book Creator’, design a biography detailing the significant moments in the life of Jesus or Write a blurb (a short promotional piece) for a biography you are writing on the life of Jesus. Write the transcript of an interview between you and Martin Luther King Jr. Use the questions gathered during Think, Pair, Share (pp. 183) to guide the interview.

By the end of this term, students will: Recall key facts about Palestine and the Holy Roman Empire (ref. pp. 138–40) Explore similarities and differences contained in the oral and written traditions (ref. p. 149) Use role play to illustrate their understanding of at least one parable of Jesus (ref. p. 157) Explore what makes somebody an ‘inspirational’ person (ref. p. 179)

Ch. 15: The Life of Jesus Christ and the Development of the Bible (pp. 135–57) Ch. 18: The Positive Impact of Religious People (pp. 178–86) Explain the positive impact that Martin Luther King Jr had on others (ref. p. 183)

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Extraordinary People

Easter–Summer (6 weeks)

(Ch. 9) Being literate; Being numerate; Working with others; Communicating (Ch. 17) Staying well; Managing myself; Working with others; Being creative; Being literate; Managing information and thinking; Communicating

Write one paragraph on your attitudes towards each of the following: Justice • Peace • Reconciliation • Research Trócaire’s ‘Sign up Sign out Challenge’, a campaign designed to encourage participation in fundraising and raising awareness for issues of

By the end of this term, students will: Demonstrate their understanding of the term ‘reconciliation’ (ref. p. 83) Recognise the role of reconciliation in building a peaceful society (ref. p. 87) Develop their understanding of different types of poverty (ref. p. 171) Research the history and mission of at least one Christian organisation fighting issues of poverty today (ref. p. 177) poverty. Design your own campaign using ideas from the Trócaire campaign if you wish. Some questions to get you started include:

Ch. 9: Justice, Peace and Reconciliation (pp. 82–8) Ch. 17: How Christianity Addresses the Issue of Poverty (pp. 170–7) Who are we raising money/ awareness for? Does our campaign have a unique name/slogan? What do we have to do/ • avoid doing?

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Helping Others