Year 10 Religious Education Option 3 - Academic Stream

TERTIARY & CAREERS PATHWAYS:

Charity Officer,  Curator, Historian, Librarian, Missionary, Outreach Worker, Pastoral Worker, Religious Assistant, Teacher, Writer. 

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The program has as a major component the option to fast-track Unit 1 ofVCE Religion and Society: The Role of Religion in Society, with theresponsibilities associated with VCE study. It is designed to for academicallycapable and confident students who meet the fast-tracking requirements outlinedby the college and wish develop their knowledge of beliefs and practices of theCatholic tradition as well as other Christian denominations and WorldReligions. It provides an opportunity to invite students to be engaged in theexploration and celebration of the Catholic story in all its richness anddiversity through deep learning, reflection, prayer, evaluation and response.Students will study In addition, studies will be undertaken from the principlesof the Melbourne Archdiocesan Religious Education Framework.

Semester 1 - Units of Study:

• Religion and Society Unit 1 – Area of Study 1: The nature and purpose of religion
• Religion and Society Unit 1 – Area of Study 2: Religion through the Ages
• Religion and Society Unit 1 – Area of Study 3:Religion in Australia  

 Learning Standards:

• To describe the nature and purpose of religion 
• To explain the contribution of religion to human development
• To identify and define the nine common aspects of religion
• To explain the importance of these aspects to religion
• To come to an understanding of various religious traditions
• To explain some of the distinctive ideas, teachings and practices that arose from significant events in Church history 

 Semester 2 - Units of Study:

UNIT 1 - Texts & Traditions (Texts in traditions)

In this unit students examine the place of sacred texts and their literary forms within a religious tradition. Students explore the importance of sacred texts as the source of a tradition and learn how to interpret and describe their meaning for the earlier and continuing tradition.

The process of searching for and giving expression to the meaning of texts is called exegesis. This unit introduces students to basic methods of exegesis to bring about a deeper awareness of how sacred texts came about, and the meaning of those texts for the religious tradition. The skills of exegetical method are introduced to the students.

This unit also explores how sacred texts have been used by people both within and beyond the religious tradition to bring meaning to issues or ideas in a new cultural setting.

This unit requires the study of sacred texts in a variety of literary forms. The texts may come from one religious tradition or from a range of religious traditions.

• Texts and Traditions Unit 1 – Area of Study 1: The importance of sacred texts to the tradition
• Texts and Traditions Unit 1 – Area of Study 2:The exegesis of texts
• Texts and Traditions Unit 1 – Area of Study 3:Sacred texts and later traditions

 Learning Standards:

• the history of the key moments of the development of the sacred text
• the history of the key moments of the acceptance of the sacred text
• the characteristics of those texts and the ways that some sacred texts perform a function within their wider literary and religious context
• characteristics of the original sociocultural, political, religious and historical setting of selected religious texts
• exegetical methods appropriate to exploring the meaning of these texts in their sociocultural setting, including literary context, literary forms and techniques, themes, and the meaning for the original audience
• interpretations by the later religious tradition of selected sacred texts through such means as feasts, festivals, rituals and popular custom
• interpretations of selected sacred texts through artistic forms such as art, literature, film, calligraphy, music or architecture.

‍Assessment:

Assessment across the year will include a range of tasks such as:

• Research Projects
• Reflection writing
• Reports
• Essays
• Examinations

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Prerequisites:

N/A

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Recommendations:

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