<p><strong>This is a fun multiple choice game task for a class new to the topic of Henry VIII &amp; His Ministers</strong>, specifically the life, tenure, and times of Thomas Wolsey, who was High Chancellor, Legate, and Cardinal to King Henry. Also known as ‘Alter Rex’ (Other King) due to his significant power in office.</p> <p><strong>How does the game work?</strong> The game is based on Thomas Wolsey, the player or players are expected to roleplay Wolsey’s decisions and choose the best decision for each scenario. There are seven scenarios.</p> <p><strong>Detailed and interesting questions:</strong> The game has seven detailed questions which are to be printed on a worksheet (one each or one between two) for pupils/students to circle the number corresponding with their chosen answers.</p> <p><strong>Fun intro to the topic in history:</strong> The game is intended to be a fun introduction for those unaware of Thomas Wolsey’s life events. It mixes fictional and non-fictional elements, all of which are kept in the context of his officiation under Henry VIII.</p> <p><strong>Will build curiosity and interest in the subject:</strong> The aim of the activity is, as a primer, to build interest and curiosity about the historical subject material and be an effective solo, pair, or group task. ‘Gamifying’ learning can yield benefits in how a class connects with the subject material.</p> <p><strong>What’s included?</strong></p> <p><strong>Full PowerPoint:</strong> A full colourful and detailed PowerPoint to display the questions at the front of the class.</p> <p><strong>Detailed questions that are in the context of the period:</strong> All the questions have been designed to be based on the types of challenges Wolsey faced whilst in office - with an average of three possible solutions to choose from, some ‘solutions’ are better than others, in terms of points!</p> <p><strong>Full detailed answers:</strong> Answers are included with detailed explanations for each possible decision - with a points tally at the end and points ranges denoting how successful the player has been.</p> <p>The task would best suit those in Secondary Level education in England at KS3 level with little to no prior knowledge of Thomas Wolsey, particularly his time serving under Henry VIII (1509-1530).</p>

<p>A homework project aimed at year 7 pupils to cover the course of six weeks approx. They should complete 1-2 tasks per week.</p> <p>Focusing on a general introductory overview of King Henry VIII, his life, six wives, and some of his political decisions.</p>

<p>A full lesson with digital resources on the topic of friction in Science, aimed at children in Year 5 Primary Education.</p>

<p>This is a package designed for a year 8 History lesson on the topic of WW1 trench warfare. The lesson examines the features, purposes and strategies behind trench warfare on the Western Front.</p> <p>It gives pupils a chance to engage with the conditions and lifestyle undertaken by men conscripted to live, fight, and likely perish in this perilous environment.</p> <ul> <li>16 slides of content</li> <li>Intro recall quiz</li> <li>Fill in the gap activity</li> <li>Diary entry activity</li> <li>Sketch a cross-section of a trench activity</li> <li>Accompanying worksheets</li> </ul>

<p>This full lesson is designed as a history investigation/mystery for a year 7 class to solve. They are tasked with reviewing a range of evidence and coming to a conclusion about an archaeological find.</p> <p>This will help them develop skills essential to the task of being a historian.</p> <ul> <li>How did these people die?</li> <li>Who were these people?</li> <li>Why are there so many skeletons in one place?</li> <li>Were they murdered, or did they die naturally?</li> <li>13 slides total, plus worksheet.</li> </ul>

<p>This is a two-lesson bundle aimed at year 9 pupils, it encourages them to engage with Christian prayer and should be used alongside the second lesson to fully explore and develop an understanding of Christian prayer and its meaning across the faith.</p> <p>The first lesson takes an interdisciplinary angle, and has a historical perspective on how the practice of prayer and worship has changed since the middle ages compared to modern times. Pupils are shown a video on the topic of monasticism to explore the lifestyle lived by the monks and nuns of the era. Prayer for regular people is also explored as a ‘then vs. now’ comparison.</p> <ul> <li>38 slides total between both lessons</li> <li>Key words and terms</li> <li>Quizzing and recall exercises</li> <li>Scenario/case study interpretative activity</li> <li>x2 worksheets</li> </ul>

<p>This is a lesson aimed at year 8 with a focus on the specific acts of charity done by Jesus during his ministry over the course of his lifetime. It helps pupils to engage with these events as written in the Bible and think about what charity (aka: Agape, love) truly means to Christians.</p> <ul> <li>8 slides</li> <li>2 videos - the first on Generosity in the Bible, the second on St. Paul</li> <li>Quiz questions based on the first video</li> <li>1 main lesson task worksheet - examining Jesus Christ’s ministry &amp; charity, highlighting and counting task</li> <li>Examining St. Paul’s view on charity: “Charity never faileth”</li> <li>One fill in the blanks activity as an extended starter</li> </ul>

<p>This is a lesson aimed at year 7 pupils, it would work well as a fun lesson in a Geography biomes module. The pupils are tasked with selecting a range of items to take with them into a survival scenario, pupils are challenged with using their prior knowledge about desert climates, fauna and flora, in order to maximise their chances of survival.</p> <ul> <li>19 slides</li> <li>Multiple survival scenarios and item selection task</li> <li>Activity sheet to be filled in during the activity</li> </ul>

<p>This is a full lesson aimed at year 9 for a modile on the topic of Christian practices. In this lesson prayer alongside worship is examined.</p> <p><strong>In this lesson:</strong></p> <ul> <li>12 slides total plus main task worksheet.</li> <li>A slide covering the 5 main forms of prayer: Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication/Petition, and Intercession. (ACTS &amp; I).</li> <li>Examination of the Lord’s Prayer.</li> <li>Analysis and annotation of example prayers - which forms of prayer are they?</li> <li>Comparing medieval prayer and worship to modern prayer and worship (incl. video on the Monastic tradition).</li> <li>(In the worksheet) coverage of contemporary worship; charismatic worship, informal worship, nondenominational worship, and worship bands.</li> </ul>

<p>This is a simple lesson designed to help an RE Year 7 class engage with the components that make up and constitute a festival celebration whether solemn or joyful in tone.</p> <p>The lesson asks pupils to design their own festival and think about what different things a festival needs to function, have meaning, and work well as an event.</p> <ul> <li>14 slides</li> <li>Starter questions and picture identification task</li> <li>Analysing what makes up a ‘festival’</li> <li>Example festival group feedback task: Aspects, themes and values</li> </ul>

<p>This is a lesson designed to help students engage with historical skills to solve a mystery about the ‘Tolland man’. There is a package of evidence provided for pupils to consider.</p>

<p>This is a lesson (for Year 9) aimed at engaging pupils with critically thinking about how to end poverty, the key solutions and obstacles/challenges to this aim; and whether it is achievable or not - having considered all the relevant practicalities.</p> <p>The lesson would work particularly well towards the end of a module based on Religion, Charity, Wealth, and Inequality. It follows a lesson on Fairtrade, and has recall questions referring to this prior knowledge. Feel free to edit and adapt the resource to suit your own scheme of work.</p> <ul> <li>12 slides</li> <li>Key terms</li> <li>Recall quiz</li> <li>Information leaflet activity</li> <li>Slides for contemplation and critical higher-order thinking</li> <li>Quizzing slides</li> <li>Scaffolded information slides</li> <li>Extension/stretch question for high attaining pupils</li> </ul>

<p>This is a lesson aimed at year 7, it would work well as a summary lesson to conclude a module studying the topic of religious festivals in RE. The lesson is structured around recall, consolidation of prior attained knowledge and several fun activities to finish the module.</p> <p>Festivals (or periods of observance) explicitly referred to in this lesson include: Ramadan, Christmas, Easter, Passover, Diwali, and Wesak. Of course classroom discussion could branch out to mention/recall other festivals that exist besides these key ones.</p> <p><strong>Included in this lesson pack:</strong></p> <ul> <li>6 main slides with clear instructions for worksheets.</li> <li>Written activity with sentence starters for scaffolding.</li> <li>4 worksheet based activities which form the bulk of the lesson’s activities: Includes fill in the blanks, join up the festivals to the images, colouring-in activity, and a word search.</li> <li>An acrostic poem creative activity.</li> </ul>

<p>A full lesson on the topic of Fairtrade. Aimed at Year 8 pupils and suitable for a module in Religious Education focused on charity, humanitarian aid, and the issue of poverty. The lesson features a variety of tasks and activities designed to engage pupils in the structure and purpose of the Fairtrade non-profit organisation. Many activities are taken and integrated into this resource from Fairtrade’s school resources.</p> <ul> <li>Extension activities</li> <li>4 wordsearches</li> <li>A causes, effects and solutions sketch/annotation task</li> <li>Several video clips with key terminology</li> </ul>

<p>This is a lesson aimed at year 8 pupils to be potentially used in a study of religion, charity, and wealth. The lesson examines the work of famous Catholic nun and missionary, Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta.</p> <p>The lesson is designed to raise awareness and critical thinking about the legitimacy of charitable work; and to encourage pupils to clearly examine and scrutinise the premises and claims of humanitarian agencies that may hold considerable influence and gravitas.</p> <p><strong>The lesson includes:</strong></p> <ul> <li>An overview of Mother Theresa.</li> <li>A four-column table information sorting activity.</li> <li>A summary activity for the 1994 documentary, “Hell’s Angel”.</li> <li>A written task asking pupils to consider what ulterior motives may have driven ‘Missionaries for Charity’ organisation.</li> <li>Question regarding whether Mother Teresa was a religious fundamentalist.</li> </ul>

<p>This is a full lesson that would be suited to the beginning of a Year 7 year for the study of History.</p> <p>The lesson is designed to help gently settle your new Year 7 class into the aims and objectives of Historians; what they will do in future lessons; and the expectations for the year ahead when studying this exciting subject area.</p> <p><strong>Feel free to adapt this content as per your own school’s needs.</strong></p> <ul> <li>The lesson tasks are based largely around pupils engaging with Historian skills and principles. It mainly follows a structure of class discussion and feedback.</li> <li>20 slides total.</li> </ul>

<p>This full lesson (20 slides) is aimed at year 8 students in secondary education. These materials can be adapted for other year groups. The lesson is an introduction to the worldview and ideas of humanism, and would work well as part of an ‘alternative faiths’ unit of lessons.</p> <p>I have taken some resources and adapted them from the freely available educational resources on the humanists website.</p> <p>The lessons slides include a range of tasks and activities, including:</p> <ul> <li>Fill in the gaps</li> <li>Multiple choice</li> <li>Interpretative response statements</li> <li>Two-sided table activity</li> <li>Videos</li> <li>‘Design a humanist building’ activity</li> <li>Enquiry question plenary</li> </ul>

<p>This is a full lesson on the topic of Passover aimed at a Year 7 class. It is an introduction to the topic and its connections to the Story of Exodus in the Hebrew Bible. It would work well as part of a festivals, rites, and celebrations module in RE:</p> <ul> <li>Comic strip activity</li> <li>Seder dish activity</li> <li>Comparison of Passover and Easter</li> <li>Letter-writing task</li> </ul>

<p>This is a PowerPoint full lesson (14 slides) for year 7 ability focusing on the Christian period and season of spring-time annual religious observance, Lent.</p> <p>There are a range of tasks included in the lesson - a crossword, fill in the gap, several brief summary YouTube videos, and a Lent timeline activity.</p> <p>You can adapt these resources as you wish to suit your class/school requirements.</p>

<p>This is a full lesson that is intended for use as part of a lesson unit focusing on religious attitudes to wealth, humanitarianism, and social justice. The lesson has a particular focus on <strong>The Salvation Army</strong> as a case study, with a task offering an opportunity for pupils to explore another major Christian charity.</p> <p>The lesson is aimed at Year 8 pupils, but can easily be adapted for other year groups.</p> <p>The lesson also brings up the issue of evangelism and proselytism, which is a major critique of the work of these types of charities.</p> <ul> <li>Salvation Army analysis questions</li> <li>Charity poster task</li> <li>Critical thinking written task on the topic of evangelism</li> <li>Plus optional extra slides</li> </ul>

<p>This is a comprehensive resource filled with exam questions, info, tips, and quotations for use by those who are going to sit their GCSE AQA RS exam papers.</p> <ul> <li>48 slides in the main document.</li> <li>There is also a bonus document added detailing past paper questions which are useful for practicing exam answers.</li> </ul>