You can now visit Mrs Haig’s You Tube channel for lots of RS revision videos.
Just click on the link and select appropriate videos to help you revise from the GCSE RS Revision playlist on the right hand side of the screen.
Good luck!
The new GCSE course requires students to be aware of religion in the media – television, the news and films so here are some ideas of things you could watch:
Section One – Believing in God
• Songs of Praise
• BBC Radio 4 – Sunday worship (8.10am)
• Richard Dawkins – The Root of all evil
• Some episodes of The Simpsons
• Following media stories on Humanities blog and philosophy blog
• Bruce Almighty
Section Two – Matters of Life and Death
• News stories and articles on the blogs
• A short stay in Switzerland
• Million Dollar Baby
Section Three – Marriage and the family
• Eastenders, Hollyoaks and other soaps
• Four Weddings and a funeral
• News stories particularly regarding same sex “marriages”
Section Four – Community Cohesion
• News stories particularly regarding immigration, racial tension and asylum seekers
• Channel Four documentary – Bradford riots
• East is East
• Bend it like Beckham
• Anita and Me
Watch out for news about lunchtime showings of some of the films mentioned here – starting with Million Dollar Baby in the first week of term five!
From Mrs Haig
Wonder why it is important to learn about the customs, cultures and religions in other countries?
Have a read of this recent article about a British couple in Dubai and you might get an idea.
Posted by D.Drake
Presentation created by Mrs Haig-Williams
