Religion in Society 10
HUMANITIES FACULTY
| š Ā Course Type | Elective |
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| š§© Ā Units | 1 |
| š Ā Timing | Year 10 |
| ā± Ā Hours per week | 3 |
| š Ā Prior Experience | Humanities 7-9 |
| āļø Ā Selection | Up to 4 units of Humanities electives may be studied in Year 10 |
| š§ Ā Future Pathways | This course assists students with skill preparation for all 11/12 Humanities subjects.Ā |
This is a single-unit subject which can be taken in Semester 1 or 2.
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Religions and what they mean to the practitioners of different faiths are commonly misunderstood. This course aims to explore how people make meaning of their existence and to help students learn about the faiths of others.
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In order to do this, we will visit different houses of worship (such as a synagogue, mosque, gurdwara or church) and have visitors to speak with our class so we can meet, learn from and ask questions of different people in our community who have varying ideas about the divine or our purpose in life.
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The course is structured around a series of questions that we explore with regards to one faith, then students can choose a different faith or faiths to look at with regards to that phenomenon. Over the course students have the opportunity to explore a range of faiths and their differences. The questions include:
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- What do people believe about God and other supernatural beings/non-mortals?
- Who are the core people considered central to a faith, sacred or historically most significant?
- What is the spiritual nature of humans? Is there more than the corporeal form?
- Where are holy, sacred or central writings? What are they?
- What does worship look like? What daily practices and rituals occur for believers?
- How are key life events marked or celebrated?
- How are parts of the year celebrated or commemorated?
- What are the core beliefs about good, evil, suffering and how we should live?
- How has religion been a factor in war: where, when and who?