Lesson1

Relationships: 

Relationships Teaching and Learning WJEC GCSE Specification B (Option A) Relationships Module

Relationships: 

ISSUES Love, Marriage, Divorce Relationships

Religious beliefs, values and traditions: 

Religious beliefs, values and traditions Religious Teachings Religious marriage ceremonies Pre and extra-marital relationships Contraception Marriage Divorce Remarriage Click on the screen

Key Concepts: 

Key Concepts commitment responsibilities reconciliation conflict

Topic Learning: 

Topic Learning What commitments do we have to other people? What responsibilities do we have towards others? Love – sexual affection, love of family Marriage and alternatives Why do marriages succeed and fail? Divorce

Buddhism – core content: 

Buddhism – core content Life of the Buddha and detachment from wife Celibacy Life of monks and nuns regarded as superior Marriage religious and non-religious occasion; use of scripture reflects local culture and custom The Five/Ten precepts Individual decision making founded within and beyond precepts

Christianity – core content: 

Christianity – core content Sex and marriage are gifts from God Matthew 19 vs 4-6 Sexual desire should be channelled into marriage 1 Corinthians 7 vs 9 Marriage vows Humanae Vitae and a non-Catholic view on contraception Adultery, separation and divorce Matthew 19 vs 9 1 Corinthians 7 vs 10 – 11 Two contrasting attitudes to divorce among Christians

Hinduism – core content: 

Hinduism – core content Pre-marital relationships strictly regulated by family Arranged marriages Love marriages The samskara of marriage ritual and commitments (dharma, artha, kama) Divorce permitted but uncommon Contraception allowed; social and economic factors more influential than religious

Islam – core content: 

Islam – core content Sex and marriage to reflect the will of Allah Surah 30:20 Arranged marriages Marriage contract and dowry Polygamy and justice to each wife Surah 4:3 Adultery Surah 17:34 Divorce conditions, Iddah and provision for his wife

Judaism – core content: 

Judaism – core content Man and woman made for each other Genesis 2 vs 18 Marriage is necessary to bring children into the world Isaiah 45 vs 18 Marriage vows, ketubah Rabbinical judgements on contraception Adultery and divorce Exodus 20 vs 14 Deuteronomy 24 vs 1-4 The Bet din; the Get

Sikhism – core content: 

Sikhism – core content Importance to a Sikh of being married Marriage a spiritual and physical union Adi Granth 788 Sex only permitted within marriage Adi Granth 56/274 Marriage ceremony centrality of Guru Granth Sahib; Javan hymn Grounds for divorce

Celebration : 

Celebration WJEC GCSE Specification A Celebration Module

Christianity: 

Christianity Rites of Passage Marriage Ceremony Vows

Hinduism: 

Hinduism Rites of Passage Marriage Betrothal Ceremony

Islam: 

Islam Rites of Passage Marriage Nikkah (contract) Mahr (marriage gift)

Slide16: 

Rites of Passage Marriage Features of the ceremony Huppah Ketubah Judaism

Morality and Lifestyle: 

Morality and Lifestyle Family life – rights, roles and duties of men, women and children Nature and purpose of marriage Separation, divorce and remarriage Marriage outside religion Purpose of sex Birth control, pre-marital sex, adultery, homosexuality END