This question last appeared in 2023 so we’re unlikely to see it in 2025 – but it’s still a good question to practice regardless, particularly because of the evaluation element… If we’re being honest, the knowledge and understanding, and the analysis for Origins questions are very similar from question to question i.e. Life = Genesis…
I previously shared an essay plan and explained how I approach essay writing. Another question I am asked is whether you can use the same structure in other areas of the course i.e. Religious Experience or Medical Ethics. I would generally say, absolutely! Here’s an essay I’ve written on abortion that uses the same pattern…
As Advanced Higher is marked ‘holistically’, I’ve found that candidates can find the jump from Higher – with it’s very rigid structure – difficult. As a result, I’ve been thinking about how to structure an Advanced Higher essay to be able to help those candidates, whilst not losing the rigour of an AH level essay….
In many ways, the source questions are an opportunity for candidates to boost their overall marks because the ‘describe’ answers should always be very straight forward, and will only ever include the language from the course specification: That includes the language at the top of each column too. For example, you may be asked to…
Now we’ve looked at all the content for the ‘beliefs’ section, we can look at analysis style questions. In this section, you could be asked to analyse the relationship between any of the mandatory content points. For example, in 2022 they asked: Analyse the relationship between Al-Jannah and prayer. 10 And in 2021 they asked:…
Revise this topic by considering the three mandatory headings. Akhirah refers to beliefs about the afterlife, and for Muslims this includes the Day of Judgement, Al Jannah (heaven) and Jahannam (hell). On the day of judgement, Muslims believe that every human will be resurrected and will be gathered together on the plain of judgement. They…
An alternate structure for World Religion essays…. Try and identify the structure that has been used in this essay by identifying where the KU, A and E marks would be given. Do you prefer this structure? Evaluate the relevance of Muslim beliefs about Muhammad. (20) Muhammad is believed to have been born in Mecca around…
Here is another exercise I’ve given my class who are struggling with the key skill – evaluation. In the religion section they will be asked about the significant, importance, or relevance of a belief. So you may wish to change the wording up on this one – but the KU and A work for all…
I’m beginning to revise the first term’s content with my Higher class so thought I would share some of the material that we’ve been using: Skill identification task The aim of this task is to help pupils to understand the key skills in RMPS and to consider what they might look like within an essay….
I’ve set this exercise for my Higher class so thought I would share it here in case it’s helpful to anyone: In the morality and justice section you will be asked two questions – one worth 10 marks and one worth 20 marks. Candidates tend to include too much knowledge and understanding about conflict and…
