NCEA L1 Religious Studies case studies
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NCEA Level 1 Religious Studies is a New Zealand curriculum subject within the Social Sciences learning area, described by NZQA as exploring "the significance of diverse religious and spiritual worldviews across time and humanity." It sits alongside Level 2 and Level 3 Religious Studies and the NZ Scholarship standard, so Level 1 is the entry point of a subject that continues across the senior school. It suits learners who want to think critically about belief systems, traditions, and worldviews rather than simply learn facts about one religion. The NCEA L1 Religious Studies case studies are 5 cases and about 4,340 words.
1Livestream at the Marae Gate
Your Year 11 Religious Studies class of 28 is at the gate of a local marae for a pōwhiri, the first visit for most students. In the pre-visit briefing the kaiārahi set out the kawa: manuhiri wait at the gate until called; women lead the karanga; no photography or filming during the pōwhiri; shoes off inside the wharenui; nobody sits at the front of the paepae.
881 words, about 4 min2The Ramadan Feature Goes to Print
Priya is in Year 11 and has just started helping at the Taumarunui Community Courier, a free monthly paper delivered to 3,200 households. For the Ramadan feature, the editor, Dave, has written: the headline 'Local Muslims fast for a month to purify their souls'; a lede saying Ramadan 'began in the 7th century and is one of the five pillars of Islam'; a photo of a woman praying, taken at last year's Eid without her permission and captioned 'a local Muslim woman prays to Allah'; and the line 'Muslims worship Allah, who is a different God from the Christian God.' Dave has never met a Muslim and asks Priya to 'just check it for accuracy' before it goes to print on Friday.
808 words, about 4 min3Ana's Claim About the Church
Ana is Sāmoan and Methodist. For her Level 1 assessment on 'how a religious tradition responds to a social issue' she has chosen climate change.
899 words, about 4 min4The Gurdwara on Rata Street
A Sikh community of about 350 families in a New Zealand city has bought a former panel-beating workshop on a residential street and applied for resource consent to use it as a gurdwara. The building would host early-morning prayer from 5am (amrit vela), daily langar, weekend classes for about 80 children, and an annual Nagar Kirtan procession of around 400 people.
890 words, about 4 min5Rewriting the World Religions Unit
The head of department at a co-ed state secondary school is rewriting Year 11 Religious Studies. The current unit is six weeks on six 'world religions' - Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism - one week each, with 'founder, sacred text, festival, symbol' for each.
862 words, about 4 min