Year 10 Assignment

A Christian Response to People in Distress

Year 10
Spring Assignment - A Christian Response to People in Distress [30 marks]
A study of the Samaritans in Northern Ireland (Suggested outline)
Interesting front cover
Index/Contents
1
 How did Jesus respond to people in distress?- (refer to specific incidents in the New Testament)
2
 Outline briefly the history of the Samaritans.
3
 Outline in detail one important area of the work of the Samaritans today - ideas for this part of the project
4
 Outline briefly what you have learnt about people in distress today: e.g. people's feeling about suicide
5
 Evaluate the effectiveness of the work of the Samaritans as a Christian response to people in distress today
6
 Personal insight and evaluation
Recommended length - 5 sides of A4
(Marks will be given for quality of written communication)
 

You can get information on the Samaritans from the following sources

Some details about the Rev Chad Varah who founded the Samaritans - Article

Some information on the Samaritans is placed here to start you off

Samaritans Report - Ballymena District 2005

BBC Site about the dramatic increase in Suicides in Northern Ireland

Encarta CD Rom - The Samaritans or Befrienders International

Various Samaritan Internet Sites e.g. The Samaritans Home Site

Look at the brand new Samaritans in Belfast Site - you may find this particularly helpful

Seven Principles & Practices of the Samaritans (essential reading)

We hope you really enjoy exploring this very interesting area of the course!