Religious Education · Curriculum Map
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3.1 · Living our values · Enquiry, exploration and reflection and action
examine different sources of values and ways in which the values of a person relate to their everyday life choices, their relationships, and their responsibilities to others
Common level · Junior Cycle Religious Education current specification
Official strands
- Expressing beliefs
- Exploring questions
- Living our values
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1.1 · Expressing beliefs — present the key religious beliefs of the five major world religions found in Ireland today1.10 · Expressing beliefs — discuss the importance of dialogue and interaction between major world religions and within major world religions in promoting peace and reconciliation in the world today1.11 · Expressing beliefs — research religious or other organisations, working at a national or international level to promote justice, peace and reconciliation and consider how their work is an expression of their founding vision1.12 · Expressing beliefs — synthesise and consider the insights gained about how people express and live out their beliefs, religious or otherwise1.2 · Expressing beliefs — investigate two communities of faith that have a significant presence in their locality/region (the communities of faith chosen must be associated with two of the five major world religions studied in the specification)1.3 · Expressing beliefs — engage with members of a faith community associated with one of the five major world religions studied in the specification and show an appreciation of how the religious beliefs of the community influence the day-to-day life of its members1.4 · Expressing beliefs — investigate how Christianity has contributed to Irish culture and heritage1.5 · Expressing beliefs — explore the presence of religious theme in contemporary culture through an examination of art, music, literature or film1.6 · Expressing beliefs — examine and appreciate how people give expression to religious belief in religious rituals, in formal places of worship and other sacred spaces1.7 · Expressing beliefs — discuss the significance of non-religious rituals/celebrations for people’s lives1.8 · Expressing beliefs — describe the role of prayer in the lives of people of faith1.9 · Expressing beliefs — explain what was involved in the development of a particular sacred text within a major world religion and consider its continued significance for the lives of believers2.1 · Exploring questions — research artistic, architectural or archaeological evidence that shows ways in which people have searched for meaning and purpose in life2.10 · Exploring questions — synthesise and consider the insights gained about how people with different religious beliefs and other interpretations of life respond to questions of meaning, purpose and relationships2.2 · Exploring questions — consider responses from one major world religion and from a non-religious world-view to some big questions about the meaning of life, such as, why are we here? How should we live? What happens when we die?2.3 · Exploring questions — explore how different narratives/stories, religious and non-religious, express an understanding of creation/the natural world, and consider their meaning and relevance for today2.4 · Exploring questions — research and present the understanding of the Divine found in two major world religions drawing upon their origins in sacred texts and/or other sources of authority2.5 · Exploring questions — create a biography of a founder or early followers of a major world religion, using religious and historical sources of information2.6 · Exploring questions — construct a timeline of one major world religion, making reference to key people, times of expansion and times of challenge2.7 · Exploring questions — explore how the religious teachings of a major world religion address an issue of concern for the world today2.8 · Exploring questions — present stories of individuals or of groups in the history of two major world religions that have had a positive impact on the lives of people because of their commitment to living out their beliefs2.9 · Exploring questions — describe how the faith of a believer can change at different stages in life3.1 · Living our values — examine different sources of values and ways in which the values of a person relate to their everyday life choices, their relationships, and their responsibilities to others3.2 · Living our values — reflect upon and discuss what it means to be moral, why people living in society need to be moral and what are the influences on and sources of authority for a person’s moral decision-making3.3 · Living our values — examine a moral code in two of the five major world religions and discuss how each code could influence moral decision-making for believers3.4 · Living our values — investigate what living a morally good life means with reference to two major world religions and compare with a non-religious world view3.5 · Living our values — examine how a moral decision-making process can help a person decide what is right and wrong in an everyday life situation3.6 · Living our values — debate a moral issue that arises in their lives and consider what influences two different viewpoints on the issue3.7 · Living our values — research the understanding of compassion, justice, peace and reconciliation found in two major world religions and ways in which these understandings can be seen in action3.8 · Living our values — explain how an understanding of care for the earth found in a major world religion promotes the wellbeing of all people and the planet and discuss its relevance for today3.9 · Living our values — synthesise and consider the insights gained about the norms, values and principles that inform decision-making and actions in the lives of people