Learning map Protestant religious education

How to read the map

Grade ↓ · Strand →	Human being and world 0 of 15 building blocks practised	God 0 of 19 building blocks practised	The Bible 0 of 13 building blocks practised	Jesus Christ 0 of 19 building blocks practised	The Church 0 of 32 building blocks practised	Religions and worldviews 0 of 27 building blocks practised	Ethics and responsibility 0 of 25 building blocks practised
Grade 5/6	The biblical creation stories (gap, no app yet) Creation stories as faith statements (gap, no app yet) Humans and world as creation (gap, no app yet) Humans in God's image (gap, no app yet) Identity and self-image (gap, no app yet) God's care for every person (gap, no app yet)	Ideas of God (gap, no app yet) How ideas of God change (gap, no app yet) Biblical images of God (gap, no app yet) Abraham and trust in God (gap, no app yet) The burning bush (gap, no app yet) Exodus: leaving Egypt (gap, no app yet) Faith as trust (gap, no app yet) Psalms (gap, no app yet) Prayer and forms of prayer (gap, no app yet)	Structure of the Bible (gap, no app yet) Finding Bible references (gap, no app yet) The Bible as a library (gap, no app yet) Origins of the Bible (gap, no app yet) Literary genres of the Bible (gap, no app yet) Biblical experiences of God (gap, no app yet) The Bible as God's Word (gap, no app yet) The Bible in our culture (gap, no app yet) Gospels as testimonies of faith (gap, no app yet)	The land in Jesus' time (gap, no app yet) Groups in Jesus' time (gap, no app yet) Jesus the Jew (gap, no app yet) Key events in Jesus' life (gap, no app yet) The Christmas story in Luke (gap, no app yet) Messiah and Christ (gap, no app yet) The Kingdom of God (gap, no app yet) Parables: image and meaning (gap, no app yet) Interpreting parables (gap, no app yet) Miracle stories (gap, no app yet) Passion and Easter (gap, no app yet)	Church as building and community (gap, no app yet) Inside a church building (gap, no app yet) The Protestant parish (gap, no app yet) Tasks of the church (gap, no app yet) Protestant worship service (gap, no app yet) Baptism (gap, no app yet) Holy Communion (gap, no app yet) Rites of passage (gap, no app yet) The church year (gap, no app yet) The Christmas cycle (gap, no app yet) The Easter cycle (gap, no app yet) Religious and secular customs (gap, no app yet) Christian symbols (gap, no app yet)	Religions in my surroundings (gap, no app yet) Foundations of Judaism (gap, no app yet) The Sabbath (gap, no app yet) Jewish festivals (gap, no app yet) The synagogue (gap, no app yet) The mosque (gap, no app yet) Islamic festivals (gap, no app yet) Comparing places of worship (gap, no app yet) Comparing religious festivals (gap, no app yet)	Rules for living together (gap, no app yet) The Ten Commandments (gap, no app yet) The Great Commandment (gap, no app yet) The Good Samaritan (gap, no app yet) Family and friendship (gap, no app yet) Community and social media (gap, no app yet) Resolving conflicts fairly (gap, no app yet) Conflict in Bible stories (gap, no app yet) Prejudice (gap, no app yet) Responsibility for creation (gap, no app yet)
Grade 7/8	A fulfilled life (gap, no app yet) Doctrine of justification (gap, no app yet) The freedom of a Christian (gap, no app yet) Comparing worldviews (gap, no app yet) Faith and science (gap, no app yet) Time and mortality (gap, no app yet)	The Lord's Prayer (gap, no app yet) Jesus and relationship with God (gap, no app yet) The Apostles' Creed (gap, no app yet) Confession and statement (gap, no app yet) The Trinity (gap, no app yet) The first commandment (gap, no app yet)	Historical-critical interpretation (gap, no app yet) Prophets in the Bible (gap, no app yet) Paul and the early mission (gap, no app yet)	Discipleship (gap, no app yet) The Sermon on the Mount (gap, no app yet)	Pentecost as the church's birthday (gap, no app yet) The first Christian communities (gap, no app yet) The spread of Christianity (gap, no app yet) The church before the Reformation (gap, no app yet) The life of Martin Luther (gap, no app yet) Four solas of the Reformation (gap, no app yet) Priesthood of all believers (gap, no app yet) Consequences of the Reformation (gap, no app yet) Christian denominations (gap, no app yet) Protestant and Catholic (gap, no app yet) Ecumenism (gap, no app yet) Diaconal work (gap, no app yet)	Abraham in three religions (gap, no app yet) The beginnings of Islam (gap, no app yet) Islamic belief and the Quran (gap, no app yet) The Five Pillars of Islam (gap, no app yet) Diversity within Islam (gap, no app yet) Comparing holy scriptures (gap, no app yet) Comparing beliefs about God (gap, no app yet) Interfaith dialogue (gap, no app yet) Alternative religious groups (gap, no app yet)	Love of neighbour (gap, no app yet) Living sustainably (gap, no app yet) Role models of faith (gap, no app yet) Ideas of justice (gap, no app yet) Justice in the Bible (gap, no app yet) Prophetic social criticism (gap, no app yet) Shalom: peace and justice (gap, no app yet)
Grade 9/10	Death, farewell and grief (gap, no app yet) Ideas of the afterlife (gap, no app yet) Christian hope of resurrection (gap, no app yet)	Theodicy and Job (gap, no app yet) The incomprehensibility of God (gap, no app yet) Denial of God and atheism (gap, no app yet) Arguments about God's existence (gap, no app yet)	Origins of the Gospels (gap, no app yet)	Why Jesus was crucified (gap, no app yet) Sermon on the Mount today (gap, no app yet) Jesus of history and faith (gap, no app yet) Interpretations of Jesus' death (gap, no app yet) Resurrection in the New Testament (gap, no app yet) Jesus in art and culture (gap, no app yet)	Religious symbols in popular culture (gap, no app yet) Church and state (gap, no app yet) Authority and resistance (gap, no app yet) The church under National Socialism (gap, no app yet) Christians in the resistance (gap, no app yet) The church in the GDR (gap, no app yet) The church in public life (gap, no app yet)	Judaism and Christianity (gap, no app yet) Anti-Judaism and antisemitism (gap, no app yet) What is religion? (gap, no app yet) Non-religious worldviews (gap, no app yet) Criticism of religion (gap, no app yet) Key concepts of Hinduism (gap, no app yet) The life of the Buddha (gap, no app yet) Teachings of Buddhism (gap, no app yet) Comparing world religions (gap, no app yet)	Guilt and forgiveness (gap, no app yet) Human dignity in everyday life (gap, no app yet) Digital freedom and dependence (gap, no app yet) Love and partnership (gap, no app yet) Sexuality and responsibility (gap, no app yet) Gender roles (gap, no app yet) Global justice (gap, no app yet) Beginning- and end-of-life ethics (gap, no app yet)

Click a building block to see what it builds on, when it is taught and which app practises it.

Strands and building blocks come from: Kerncurriculum Hessen, Sekundarstufe I - Gymnasium, Evangelische Religion, Ausgabe 2026 (Hessisches Ministerium für Kultus, Bildung und Chancen), verglichen mit LehrplanPLUS Bayern und Kernlehrplan NRW · The map as data (JSON)

How to read the map

Strand · a column: A part of the subject that runs over several school years.
Building block · a box: One thing a child can learn: “I can …”.
Grade band · a row: Roughly when a building block is taught. Choose a curriculum to see its grades.
App · the colour: Blue means covered: an app practises the building block. Dashed means a gap: no app practises it yet.

You see the grade band: roughly in which two school years a building block is taught. Each German state sets this a little differently. Choose a curriculum, and the map sorts the building blocks by its grades.

Not captured yet: Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia

All terms and how they belong together · Why this method?