St Mary’s College (Ponsonby)

Year 12 Religious Education

Subject Description

Teacher in Charge: Mrs J. Williams.

Aims and Objectives of this course:

Students will deepen their understanding and appreciation of the Catholic Church.
They will regularly participate in a wide variety of co-curricular areas around Religious Education such as retreats and Masses, and these will help to assist them in their faith development.
Students will work on attaining 18 Achievement Standard Credits across the year and these credits can be used for subject endorsement.

Topics taught in Level 2 Religious Education:

Students will complete three modules throughout the year which will provide them with opportunities to display and express the aims and objectives above. Each module covered concludes with a summative assessment contributing to NCEA Level 2. Each Achievement Standard is worth 6 credits.

Students will:

Present clear and accurate information when looking in depth at their topic.
They will explore a wide range of key religious beliefs and understand how they relate to life today.
They will focus on Christianity, the Bible, creedal and doctrinal Statements for developing understanding
They will use accepted Christian sources for referencing and will draw from Scripture, Magisterium and Tradition to support their understanding of each topic.

WORLD RELIGIONS:

This topic will

Identifying and investigating significant features of the major world religions – Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Explore key belief comparisons between Islam and Christianity.
Inquire into the nature and function of religion.
Identify the Catholic Church’s attitude and response to non-Christian religions.
Inquire into the beliefs pertaining to death, dying and funerals.
Developing an understanding of death and judgement in Catholicism and Islam.
Involve research into supporting evidence from a combination of Magisterium, Scripture & Tradition.

ETHICS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE:

This topic will explore

Sources of Ethics and how ethics, morals, and hierarchies of values are developed.
The Christian vision of tika (justice).
Sources of the Church’s teaching on justice in Scripture and the on-going Catholic tradition.
Key principles and concepts underlying the Church’s teaching on issues of social justice.
Ways in which people can build justice.
Social Justice organisations and their work in the world.
An in-depth study of one Social Justice organisation, and the wider implications of this work for the community.

MARY MODEL OF FAITH:

This topic will explore

A thematic study of Mary in the Bible.
A focus on Mary as a Model of Faith.
Methods of using supporting evidence from a combination of Magisterium, Scripture & Tradition.

Faculties:

Religious Education

Pathway

Year 13 Religious Education

Year 12 Religious Education

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