Intended for Key Stage 3 students, this text considers the ways in which the important stages of our lives such as birth, marriage and death, are acknowledged and celebrated by major religions. The text also explores how some of these events are approached from a secular perspective.

 

This book is suitable for Key Stage 3. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Hodder & Stoughton General Division .

Author of Folens KS3 Reflections series, Ina Taylor also has many years experience as a RS teacher and head of department, author, and examiner for major awarding bodies.

This book has the following chapters: The time of your life!; why celebrate a birth?; birth in Christianity; birth in Judaism; birth in Islam; birth in sikhism; birth in Hinduism; celebrating birth without a religion; when are you old enough? commitment to Christianity; commitment to Judaism; commitment to Sikhism; commitment to Hinduism; commitment to Buddhism; why get married?; marriage in Christianity; marriage in Judaism; marriage in Islam; marriage in Sikhism; marriage in Hinduism; marriage in Buddhism; design your own marriage ceremony; divorce 1; divorce 2; what does death mean to you?; Christian funerals; Jewish funerals; Islamic funerals; Sikh funerals; Hindu funerals; Buddhist funerals; how do you celebrate a life?; what next? - Islam, Judaism and Christianity; what next? - reincarnation and deja vu; what next? - out-of-body and near-death experiences; what next? - angels, ghosts, spirits or oblivion?.