BIG QUESTIONS BIG ANSWERS: Vol 3: Environment

Welcome to the third book in our new curriculum series, Big Questions, Big Answers. This book focuses on the environment. The theme of the environment and sustainability is one that many young people are passionate about. This book provides clear, substantive content on what different religious people believe about how the environment should be treated, and uses key texts from several sources of authority.

The units and resources focus on Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh worldviews, and for younger children we look at creation stories from indigenous cultures. There is one of our popular double-page pictures to support learning, as well as case studies and a variety of strategies to support pupils’ learning.

Our multidisciplinary or, to use Ofsted language, ‘ways of working’ unit for 9–11s reintroduces theology and introduces natural science; more specifically, environmental science and its questions and methods, with our disciplinary experts Dr Simeon Zahl and Dr Alexander Hall. In this unit, pupils study what texts from Christianity, Islam and Sikhi say about the environment, make hypotheses, conduct experiments and apply their learning to a case study around the building of a dam.

We continue to expand the digital offerings for our books – do go to the website and look for the many extras.

We would love to see examples of pupil work to share with others – do send us some examples. The multidisciplinary section of the book comes with a pupil booklet, and we are keen to hear from teachers about whether this is useful and how we can improve it.