Religious Studies

Details of exam

Your summer exam will last for 1 hour and will test you on all the units that you have studied this year.  The exam will be split into four sections.  

Section A:

This will be a knowledge based tasks on all the units that you have studied. Key words and concepts will be very important for this.  

Section B: 

This will be based on shorter answer questions and will involve you explaining the meaning behind some of the key themes that you have looked at over the year. Pay particular attention to:  • What are morals and what in life is important to you?   • What do people think happens after we die? What do you think? What sort of evidence is there of the afterlife?   • What is truth and reality and is there such a thing?   • What is Buddhism?  

Section C: You will be given a source and asked a question based around it. You may be asked to explain, evaluate or analyse this source. It can be from any unit of work.

Section D: This is a longer written answer and will need you to use knowledge and understanding as well as your personal beliefs to write a structured answer.

Topics to revise

• Social justice • Truth and reality • Is death the end?  • What does suffering mean to Buddhism? 

Revision tasks to be completed

• Read your exercise book or book creator and highlight key words or ideas.   • Use knowledge organisers or RAG sheet. • Make a list or glossary of these terms.   • For each unit create a brainstorm of the important information for each section.   • Have a friend or peer test you on the important information.   • Create another brainstorm of the unit, this time without the help of your book.

Other tips

• If you revise with a friend, it will help you to make sure you have all the notes. If you have missed any lessons you must make sure that, you revise the missed content with real care.  

• If stuck, see your teacher.