Religious studies curriculum overview - click to expand

RS Curriculum overviews

 

AQA Religious studies specification

 

Revision guides/supporting resources

The following course textbooks are useful in supporting pupils in their learning:

GCSE AQA 1-9 Religious Studies Specification A

  • Author Lesley Parry, Jan Hayes, Sheila Butler
  • Publisher: Hodder Education
  • ISBN 9781471866852

GCSE Religious Studies A CGP Revision Guide

  • Author - CGP
  • ISBN 978 1 78294 641 0

In addition to the core literature accompanying the course, there are many fictional texts that relate specifically to many of the issues and subjects discussed during Religious Studies lessons. The list below contains a small sample of the texts pupils might read:

  • Pig Heart Boy: Malorie Blackman
  • Noughts And Crosses: Malorie Blackman
  • Before: Jojo Moyes
  • My Sister’s Keeper: Jodi Picoult
  • Life Of Pi: Yann Martel
  • Empire Of The Sun: JG Ballard
  • The Other Side Of Truth: Beverley Naidoo
  • Does My Head Look Big In This?: Randa Abdel-Fattah
  • Sophie’s World: Jostein Gaarder
  • The Wind Singer: William Nicholson
  • The Book Thief: Markus Zusak  
  • The Fault In Our Stars: John Green