Year 11 - Religious education
Contraception and family planning
Relationships and families
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Unit Summary
In this unit pupils will examine issues around sexuality, the family and relationships. They will study how Christians and other worldviews understand ideas of family and marriage and address how these affect views on issues such as divorce.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to describe different types of contraception and family planning, and explain different views on them.
Key Notes
- There are ethical questions that can be asked about the use of contraception and family planning.
- Non-religious people may use different approaches to answer these questions, including situation ethics.
- Non-religious people may consider reasons to support and not support the use of contraception.
- Humanists may consider the consequences of using them and support women's rights.
- Different types of artificial contraception use different methods to prevent pregnancy.
Vocabulary To Learn
- artificial contraception: methods of contraception that stop pregnancy through stopping the sperm being able to fertilise the egg
- contraception: precautions taken to prevent pregnancy
- family planning: the regulation of births; planning when to have a family and how big a family to have by use of birth control practices and/or contraception
- procreation: having a child; seen as a duty in many religions
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All types of contraception work in the same way.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
There are ethical questions that can be asked about the use of contraception and family planning. Non-religious people may use different approaches to answer these questions, including situation ethics.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'artificial contraception'
methods of contraception that stop pregnancy through stopping the sperm being able to fertilise the egg.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: All types of contraception work in the same way. Correction: Different types of contraception use different methods, e.g., barrier, hormonal, surgical, intrauterine.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Contemporary family issues: Polygamy Study Guide
- Different religious views about contraception Study Guide
- Different religious views about same sex relationships Study Guide
- Different religious views about sex before marriage Study Guide
- Divorce, remarriage and related ethical arguments Study Guide
- Gender prejudice and discrimination Study Guide
- Human sexuality including heterosexual and same sex relationships Study Guide
- Religious attitudes to marriage Study Guide
- Religious views about divorce and remarriage Study Guide
- Sexual relationships before and outside of marriage Study Guide
- The nature and purpose of marriage Study Guide
- The nature of families including the role of parents and children Study Guide
- The purpose of families Study Guide
- The roles of men and women Study Guide
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