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HAVERGAL COLLEGE
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Course Calendar 2017–18
RELIGIOUS
EDUCATION
Religious education at Havergal is a compulsory, non-
credit program for students in Grade 7 and 8. The
Religious Education course seeks to examine the
structures and paradigms of religions—using Christianity
as our template—as an aspect of global capability.
Students will understand the religion of people around
the world and how it motivates them and forms them in
community. The program is objective in its approach to
religion and students are encouraged to share their own
background and experience of religion with each other in
class.
GRADE 7
Grade 7 Religious Education
In Grade 7, students learn the stories of the Bible and
explore various Biblical themes. The course is structured
according to the chronology of the text and the various
religious celebrations during the calendar year. Students
will engage in challenging questions to guide their
exploration of Biblical text and will respond through
journaling. By learning these stories, students form a
foundation for an understanding of the Western literary
canon and the application of biblical principles in daily life.
GRADE 8
Grade 8 Religious Education
In Grade 8, students continue to be familiarized with
the constituent parts of the Bible through activity-based
learning and collaborative tasks. Students explore the
Bible’s purpose and uses, levels of interpretation and
socio-historical context. Major biblical personalities are
studied to examine a variety of relationships with God
and how people’s understanding of the nature of God has
changed.