Links and Websites

Sites on this page:-
1.   Search engines
2.   News websites
3.    General/Revision
4.    Year  7 - 9 
5.    Islam
6.    Judaism
7.    Christianity
8.    Sikhism
9.    Hinduism
10.  Buddhism
11.  Philosophy
12.  Ethics
13.  Women's Rights

 

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Religion in Hong Kong

Religious Studies 
at KS 3 - an Outline

Assignments and Information for students in Y7 - 9

Religious Studies at GCSE

Religious  Studies at As and A level

Coursework  guides for Y12 students

Directed Study for Y12

 



 

Introduction

This page contains a large number of websites which may be used for research and assignments.   All these sites have been examined by members of staff  from the Religious Studies Dept. to assess their usefulness and authority.   Most of them contain detailed information that is relevant for GCSE and A level studies.    However for those in Year 7 to 9 there are some good sites under the separate religious headings and these will help you as well.  

If you find some new sites that you think are good please email the website (url) to

  mradford@netvigator.com

 

Good Search Engines

Personally my favourite is GOOGLE.  It is swift and tells you about the sites before you open them. Please make sure you use VERY specific terms to reduce your searches and make them more accurate.  To find out more about good searching please go to the Information Studies site on the School Website where there is some great advice and some excellent sites.

http://www.northernlights.com/

http://www.google.com/

http://www.lycos.com/

http://www.gogettem.com/

http://www.dogpile.com/

http://www.askeric.com/

   

NEWS INFORMATION SERVICES

http://www.cnn.com/

http://www.reuters.com/news.jhtml?type=world

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/0,6961,,00.html

 

GENERAL AND REVISION

These sites are very useful for general religious studies information and revision.  The best site is the very first one.  This has lots of recommended stuff on it.  You might also like to try others for revision sites  

LOOK HERE FIRST:-

http://www.faithnet.org.uk/sitemap.htm

 This is the best comprehensive Religious Studies Site I have found so far. It links to lots of very useful information for years 7 through to 13. It is worth a few minutes exploring

For REVISION at GCSE please go to

http://www.faithnet.org.uk/revisionsheets.htm

http://re-xs.ucsm.ac.uk/gcsere/index.html

and follow all the links there, there are exercises as well as loads of useful information which you can use for MIND MAPPING

Some more general sites .............  TRY THEM OUT............

http://re-xs.ucsm.ac.uk/   This site is excellent as a resources for GCSE and Year 7 - 9

http://refit.ac.uk/

http://vtc.ngfl.gov.uk/schools/cupboard/

http://www.theresite.org.uk/

http://bible.gospelcom.net/

http://www.hopkins.ndirect.co.uk/revision/

http://www.BBC.org.uk/

http://www.hongkongnet.net/Directory/Facts/Religions/religions.html

http://webb-site.com/guide/hk/hkgov.htm

http://www.edexcel.org.uk.   This is the exam site.  When you go to it.  Click on GCSE or GCE according to whether you want the syllabuses for Y10/11 or Y12/13.  This is a very useful site for checking what you should know.  It also has specimen papers.  You will need Acrobat Reader 4.0 or above to be able to download the PDF files.

 

Year 7 - 9 SPECIFIC MATERIAL

 

RELIGION IN HONG KONG  -  Y7 RS Course

http://www.hkta.org/map/central08.html

http://www.hkta.org/mature_traveller/gateway2.html

http://www.hongkongnet.net/Directory/Facts/Religions/religions.html

http://www.nychinatown.com/hk_minutes.htm

 

HUMAN RIGHTS -  Y9 RS Course

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/gallery/

http://www.UNICEF.org/aclabor/quiz.htm

http://lox2.loxinfo.co.th/~cwanet/

http://www.ftcindia.org/

http://www.freethechildren.org/

http://www.dol.gov/dol/ilab/public/media/reports/apparel/1c.htm

http://us.toto.geo.yahoo.com/toto?s=76001083

http://www.rugmark.org/

http://www.hrweb.org/

http://www.universalrights.net/

http://www.UNICEF.org/

http://www.oddcast.com/witness/

http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Issues_and_Causes/Human_Rights/

World Religions

The following sites are for specific religions and can be useful for Years 7 - 9 and especially Y10 and 11.

ISLAM

http://www.ummah.org.uk/

http://islamicity.com/mosque/default.shtml

http://www.fasting.com/journaltoc.html

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/pillars

http://www.submission.org/ramadan.html

http://www.qss.org/articles/ramadan/toc.html

http://www.uno.edu/~msa/pictures.htm

 

JUDAISM

 

http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/history/   
This is a great starting point for Y8 studies in Israel's History.  Click on the main events at the top,.

http://www.nmajh.org/timeline/1900.htm 
This site shows some very recent events in 20th Century Jewish History.  You need to look at the World Jews column and go down to about 1930's

http://www.sabbath.com

http://www.everythingjewish.com/Shabbat/Shabbat_Origins.htm

http://www.jewfaq.org/shabbat.htm

http://www.jewish.com/

http://www.zipple.com/

http://www.jajz-ed.org.il

http://www.ou.org/chaqim/pesach/matzah.htm

http://www.ahavat-israel.com

http://www.chabad.org

http://www.jcc.org.hk/links.htm

http://www.jewfaq.org/shul.htm

http://judaism.about.com/religion/judaism/

 

CHRISTIANITY

http://bible.gospelcom.net/     This site will allow you to search the Bible for texts

http://www.whoisjesus-really.com/english/study.htm  This is an interactive site with information about 
                                                                               Jesus.  You can skip the beginning of each page
                                                                               and scroll down to some of the detail of Jesus life
                                                                               and teachings.

http://www.culham.info/Easter/index.html     This site will explain what Christians believe about the
                                                                   crucifixion of Jesus, it is an interactive site

http://christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-t009.html    This site gives a good discussion of Jesus'
                                                                          resurrection, it asks some very common questions.

http://www.photooikoumene.org/         Some photos and sites about Christianity around the world

http://www.strath.ac.uk/Departments/SocialStudies/RE/Database/Graphics/Artefacts/CAfacts.html 
                                                       This site contains loads of pictures of Christian objects and
                                                        artifacts  which you can use.

http://www.christianityonline.com/

http://www.priestsforlife.org

http://www.cath4choice.org

http://www.mich.com/~buffalo/

http://www.gocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5000/

 

SIKHISM

http://www.sikhseek.com

http://www.oneworld.org.uk/

http://www.sikhnet.com/

http://photon.bu.edu/~rajwi/sikhism/mansukh6.html

http://www.kean.edu/~skaur/sikhbeliefs.html

http://www.religioustolerance.org/sikhism.htm

http://photon.bu.edu/~rajwi/sikhism/mansukh6.html

http://www.srigurugranthsahib.org

 

HINDUISM

http://www.hindunet.org/home.shtml

http://www.saigan.com/heritage/gods/gods.htm   some very good images here

http://hinduism.about.com/religion/hinduism/mbody.htm

http://www.religioustolerance.org/hinduism.htm

http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/1415/indexd.html

http://www.hinduism-today.com/

http://www.indianmythology.com/    this leads to a collection of stories

http://www.reetirivaz.com/marr2.asp   mainly stuff here on marriage customs but  also   
                                                                 good for other things too

http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/Hinduism/

http://www.asia.si.edu/pujaonline/puja/how_sculptures.html

BUDDHISM

Mostly for Year 12 and 13 but there are some useful pictures for Year 9.

http://www.buddhanet.org/  generally good starting point for research mostly Y12 and above

http://members.tripod.com/~hany25/ethics.html

http://members.tripod.com/~hany25/meditation.html

http://www.wsu.edu:8000/~dee/BUDDHISM/SIDD.HTM

http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/saints/buddha.htm#renunciation

http://home.btclick.com/scimah/mindbodysoul.htm       A source for lots of material on life after death 
                                                                                beliefs (Y12+)

http://www.near-death.com/experiences/buddhism04.html     Belief in rebirth (Y12+) see also.....

http://www.near-death.com/buddhism.htm see especially the Tibetan Book of the Dead.

http://www.historywiz.com/buddhism.htm      OK for Year 9 as well

http://buddhism.about.com/     OK for Year 9 as well

 

PHILOSOPHY

These sites are mainly for Year 12 and 13  

http://www.faithnet.org.uk/philosophyofreligion.htm   Brilliant!

http://www.doesgodexist.org/

http://www.leaderu.com/truth/3truth11.html

http://www.christian-faith.com/atheism/DoesGodexist.html

http://www.wwcw.org/siteindex.html

http://atheism.about.com/religion/atheism/msub_theism_gods_design.htm

http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/h/hume.htm

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1534/august.html

http://www.albany.edu/~rs5651/evil.htm

http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/a/aquinas.htm

http://www.radicalacademy.com/adiphildirectory.htm

http://www.ee.pdx.edu/~parviz/poem.html

http://bdsweb.tripod.com/en/index.htm

 

ETHICS

http://www.ccel.org/

http://www.mcauley.acu.edu.au/~yuri/ethics/index.html

http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/

http://ethics.acusd.edu/abortion.html

http://www.acusd.edu/ethics/euthanasia.html

http://www.bighole.com/church/introduction.htm

http://www.pottersschool.com/abortion.foreward.html

 

WOMEN'S RIGHTS

http://www.hrw.org/women/index.php

http://www.amnestyusa.org/women/

http://www.awid.org/index.pl

http://www.madre.org/

http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/Islamwomen.html (women and Islam)