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1. Year 10

   • TOPIC 1- DRUG ABUSE
     • keywords:
       • drug
         • alcohol
           • cannabis
             • caffeine
               • rehabilitation
             • drug abuse
               • drug classification
                 • social drug
                   • solvent
                     • tobacco
         • illegal/legal drugs
           • prescription drug
             • prescription drugs are only legal for the person they are prescribed to
               • drugs are classified by how addictive/harmful they are
                 • tobacco causes over 120,000 death per year in the UK, it can harm unborn babies, since 2007 it has been illegal to smoke in enclosed public places
                   • alcohol is a depressant, it can also cause anti-social behaviour, over 30,000 people a year die as a result of drink driving
                     • people use illegal drugs because: they become addicted, it helps them have fun, progression from legal drugs, peer pressure, role models, improve self esteem
                       • people drink alcohol because: they like the taste, bars are social places, some people like being drunk, addiction, peer pressure, socially acceptable, self-esteem issues, media/role models
                         • people smoke because: they enjoy the taste/sensation, easier to relax, addiction, peer pressure, weight loose, media, supposedly socially excitable, "its so cool"
     • Islam teaches:
       • alcohol distracts people from allah
       • make not your own hands contribute to your own derstruction
       • concerning wine and gambling... in them is great sin... the sin is greater than the profit.-2;219
     • Christianity teaches:
       • Rastafarian's smoke marijuana as a religious choice
       • it is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to anything else tha will cause your brother to fail.-Romans 14;21
       • wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler, whoever is led astray by them is not wise.-proverbs 20:1
       • we should help addicts because: "love thy neighbour"
     • Buddhist teachings:
       • the mind is important
       • it harms you and others and brings bad karma
       • Buddhism is strictly against the use of illegal drugs because the fifth precept prohibits it
         • fifth precept: avoiding intoxicant due to their effect of the mind
       • we should help addicts because of: right action, karuna (compassion), mattah (loving kindness)
     • steroids are a class c
   • TOPIC 2- CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
     • keywords:
       • reparations
         • retrabution
           • venidication
             • reformation
               • deterant
                 • parole
                   • protection
                     • conscience
                       • blastphomy
                         • fines
                           • religious offence
                           • reform
                             • justice
                     • community service
                     • ASBO
                   • electronic tagging
     • Religious beliefs
       • Buddhism
         • If someone breaks the law they will get bad karma for their actions
           • This means that a person's karma will ensure that they see justice in this life or the next
         • Buddhism is against retribution because it goes against metta and karuna
         • reforming stays with the 5 precepts
           • reparations help the lawbreaker's karma aswell
       • Christianity
         • a man reaps what he sows
         • criminals need to be punished but do deserve a second chance
         • it is important to work towards stopping a crime, Christians are encouraged to be law abiding citizens
         • the 10 commandments are like laws
         • roman Catholics use excommunications as a from of deterrence
         • reparation and reformation are used to help someone start afresh
         • Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise
     • right and wrong
       • conscience: the inner feeling you are doing right or wrong
       • we are brought up to understand the difference between right and wrong
       • citizens have a duty and a responsibility to be law-abiding
         • duty: a moral or legal obligation
         • responsibility: a duty to care for or have control over something or someone
     • causes of crime
       • social
         • broken homes
         • abusive parents
         • lack of education
         • boredom
       • enviromental
         • unemployment
         • gangs
       • psychological
         • mental illness
         • media
     • different types of crime
       • crime against the person
         • murder, assault
       • crime against propeerty
         • vandalism
       • crime against the state
         • treason
       • religious offence
         • blasphemy, sacrilege
     • aims
       • protection
       • retribution
       • deterrence
       • reformation
       • vindiction
       • reperaations
     • young offenders
       • you do not become an adult until you are 18, so anyone younger would be a young offender
       • a person is criminally responsible when they are 10
       • they cannot be sent to prison
         • only other instates for young people
     • PRISON
       • the amount of people in prison has raised because of the choice to send people to prison for lesser crimes, and increasing the sentences.
         • this causes increased suicide and reoffending rates.
         • negatives of prison: they bread resentment, criminals can teach each other, they do no reform prisoners, a criminal record makes employment hard, the families suffer.
       • the aims of prison are: to protect people from dangerous criminals, isolation, to stop reoffending, to reflect on their actions and to act as a deterant
     • Capital punishment
       • positives of the death penalty: retribution, deterrence, protection, cheaper
       • negatives of the death penalty: wrong person, no evidence supporting deterrence, reformation, only god has the right to end life.
     • forms of punishment
       • community service
       • electronic tagging
       • fines
       • probation
   • TOPIC 3-WORLD POVERTY
     • most LEDCs are between the two tropics
       • LEDC: less economically developed countries, poor countries
       • EDC: economically developed countries
     • causes
       • Location: with natural recourses or ideal climate for crops
       • natural diasters
       • politics and corruption
       • population growth
       • world trade: countries sell to the highest bidder so poorer countries can not afford, or leads these countries into debt
     • Buddhism
       • right livelihood: wealth must be earned honestly
       • wealth should not be hoarded
       • giving money gives good karma
     • christianity
       • the good samaritan
       • you cannot serve both god and money
       • love your neighbour as yourself
       • it stops you getting closer to god
       • money should be used to help the poor
       • Justice, Stewardship and Sanctity of life
     • Christian aid
       • they focus on: HIV, conflict unfair trade, corruption
     • voluntary services
       • these charities can be religious or not but they do not pay their volunteers, except maybe a living wage.
     • Fair trade
       • so that poor farmers do not get exploited
         • they also get better work conditions
       • founded in 1992
       • fair trade makes £493 million
     • long term aid
       • emergency aid
         • sustainable development
           • education
           • transport links
         • food
         • clean water
         • shelter
         • medical supplies
       • permanent housing
       • repairing roads
   • TOPIC 4-RICH AND POOR
     • Buddhism
       • wealth is craving (tanha), the Buddha gave it up
       • monks are respected for giving up everything
       • wealth must be earned honestly while respecting the 8-fold path
     • Christianity
       • no-one can serve two masters... you cannot serve both god and money
       • god gave people talent, if they can make money from it, it should not be squandered
       • money can not be taken to heaven
     • how some become rich
       • inheritance
       • marrying into wealth
       • lottery
       • stokes and bonds
       • invent new products
       • talented: musician, actor, atrist ETC
       • hard work
       • saving and ivesting wisely
     • why some are poor
       • unemployment
       • low wages
       • wastefull spending
       • debt
     • being poor can mean not having a home or not having enough food
     • the young and eldery suffer from poverty becasue they can not change it becauase they are dependent on middle aged people to support them, and there is not much they can do
     • The Poverty Trap
       • finding it very hard to get out of poverty
       • how to escape it
         • education and training, some do not understand the importance of gaining qualifications
         • counselling: help for young people who do not have the help guidence that they need at home
         • government help: we can vote for people who we believe will help people, for example minimum wage (1999)
         • luck
         • percistance: not giving up, keep looking for jobs, and keeping a good attittude
       • christianity: love your neigbour as yourself
     • who cares?
       • tax money can go to helping thoose in need
       • local authorities can help through: social workers, advise, counsil house
       • charities: can raise money to help people in need, can recieve clothes donations,
       • families: even they do not have enough money can still try to help a family member in need

2. Year 11

   • Topic 1-PREJUDICE AND DISRIMINATIONH
     • prejudice: thinking badly of someone becaus of the group they belong to
     • discrimination: actions as a result of prejudice
     • stereotyping: having an over-simplified mental image of someone and applying it to everyone in the group
     • scapegoating: blaming a group for problems in society
     • positive discriminatio: treating someone better because of the group they belong to
     • different types of prejudice:Racism, sexism, religious prejudice, ageism, disability discrimination, classism
     • Tolerence: respecting others
       • Harmony: living in peace with each other
         • justice: making sure everyone sees justice
     • christianity:
       • everyone is equal because god made all men in his own image
         • good samatitan
           • love your neighbours as you love yourself
     • buddhism
       • the buddha rejected the caste system that seperated people
         • everyone has the potential to reach enlightenment
           • buddha ordianed women
       • Right action
       • Right speech
       • Metta
     • Martin Luther King Jr
       • non-violence
       • christian
       • bus boycott
       • marches
       • i have a dream speech
       • he fought for the black vote, better schools and housing
         • his supporters sat in resteruants that would not serve them and wait to be arrested
         • pictures of people being attacked by dogs helped people see the injustice
   • TOPIC 2- PLANET EARTH
     • creation stories
       • christianity: Adam and Eve, in the garden of Eden, Eve eats the apple damning man to sin and death, and ultimately them getting expelled from the garden.
       • Buddhism: there is no story for buddhism on how the earth came into exsistance, it teaches that the world had no true beginning because it is inconc eviable
       • Christianity: God created Earth as an expression of his love
     • Energy Sources
       • renewable
         • wind
           • It isn't always windy
         • tide
         • solar
           • free
         • rain
         • 19% of global consumption
         • generally renewable energy isn't very efficient
       • non-renewable
         • oil
         • coal
         • gas
         • nuclear
         • petrol
     • pollution
       • acid rain
         • can be carried in the atmosphere for great distances
       • oil spills
         • water pollution
           • pestacides
             • poisionous substance: used to keep food healthy, in high doses can killanimals
       • CO2
         • air pollution
           • cars
           • factories
           • smoke
       • deforestation
         • causes landslides and access CO2
     • Christianity
       • stewardship
       • love thy neighbour
       • Because God created Earth we do not have the right to spoil it
     • Buddhism
       • right action
       • Buddhists need to develop an attitude of loving kindness
       • sanctity of life
       • this generation has a responsibility to take action before it is to late so the next generstion does not inherit a dead world
     • effects of modern lifestyles
       • increased amounts of waste
         • carbon emissions
           • global warming
           • waste
             • house hold waste
             • industrial waste
     • Earth summits