1 hour, fully resourced lesson which provides an overview and introduction to the different varieties of Islam. It examines not only Shi’ite and Sunni Islam, but also Wahhabism, Ibadi Islam and other, alternative, less well known groups. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for RE or Citizenship, or could be used as a standalone lesson as something different for a drop-down-day. The pack includes a 1 hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE RE RESOURCES

1 hour, fully resourced RE lesson all about Catholicism. The lesson looks at Catholic beliefs and practices, why Catholicism is different to other Christian denominations, some of the history of Catholicism including the Counter-Reformation and whether it is difficult to be Catholic in the modern world. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is could also be used in History for teaching about the Reformation. The pack includes a 1 hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE RE RESOURCES

A one hour lesson focusing on the arguments against God based n suffering and evil. It encourages students to consider a variety of philosophical arguments for and against God and to tackle them from different perspectives using new terminology. This was used in for GCSE RS Thematic Studies AQA (9-1) - but is adaptable for other exam boards or KS3. It is fully editable and includes essay preparation, quote analysis tasks, a variety of activities, a 12 mark practice question, clips and questions and is fully differentiated. It is mostly about Christianity with a focus on Islam as the religion of comparison. This pack includes a Powerpoint, worksheets, clips, all well differentiated. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes). You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)

1 hour, fully resourced lesson which provides an overview and introduction to the Amish, as an alternative religious movement. It compares the validity of Amish beliefs to more mainstream Christian ones and investigates what it’s like to live in the Amish community today. It examines criticisms as well as the Church in the words of believers. This lesson is the fifth in my ‘Alternative Religions and New Movements’ Unit - originally created for year 9, but easily amended for any KS3 / KS4 group. The lesson can easily be used in isolation, however. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for RE or History, or could be used as a standalone lesson as something different for a drop-down-day. The pack includes a 1 hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE RE RESOURCES

2x 1 hour lessons with accompanying worksheets, suitable for KS3/4 easily adapted for either. Different level tasks for MA,LA or Core. Designed to fit Ofsted criteria for' Good' or above. Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)

1 hour lesson with PowerPoint, clip, worksheets, differentiated fully, KS3. Complete 1 hour lesson with accompanying worksheets, different level tasks for MA,LA or Core. Designed to fit Ofsted criteria for Good or above. Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)

Christianity 9-1 Revision. An engaging pack of resources that helps students to revise Religious Studies Christianity (made for AQA Spec A but easily amendable). Includes: A jam-packed Christianity Revision Guide for Christian Practices: This illustrated guide contains many Bible quotes and detailed explanations, with easy student friendly phrasing on everything in Spec A AQA Christianity (Practices). It can easily be printed out and given to students without having to explain any of the terminology as all explanation is here for them. There are lots of quotes for students to study and remember, all highlighted in bold and explained with exact Bible references included. A 2 hour revision lesson. This lesson allows students to develop board games to help other students revise from. Students are given opportunities to reflect on the requirements of the Religious Studies GCSE (Christianity Beliefs or Christianity Teachings / Practices - this pack includes revision for both so easily amendable to suit) and think about how they can guide other students to be successful.<br /> The resource also includes 2x knowledge organisers of the complete Beliefs and Teachings of Christianity and Complete Practices which can be used to refer to throughout the lesson when making the revision board games, or used as revision posters for students to take home.

1 hour, fully resourced lesson which provides an overview and introduction to the Iluminati, investigating whether it is a real alternative religious movement or a conspiracy theory. Students always ask to learn about the Illuminati and I’ve never had an excuse to make a lesson on it until I made this alternative religions and new movements unit - so here it is! This lesson is the sixth in my ‘Alternative Religions and New Movements’ Unit - originally created for year 9, but easily amended for any KS3 / KS4 group. The lesson can easily be used in isolation, however. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for RE or as part of a Fake News Unit, or could be used as a standalone lesson as something different for a drop-down-day. The pack includes a 1 hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE RE RESOURCES

Vaccinations and public heallth - A fully-resourced, detailed and differentiated 1 hour lesson which investigates why it’s so important for us to be vaccinated, what the anti-vaxx movement is and why they exist and how just a few people missing vaccinations can endanger the communities and public health of their localities. This lesson is great for PSHE or RE (medical ethics),The lesson is suitable or KS3 / KS4 and is editable, so easy to adapt for your own planning. The lesson includes a detailed PowerPoint, information article, differentiated activities, clips tasks with questions and a literacy / debate focus task. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. The PowerPoint is in the ZIP file as it is large. The images have been uploaded to show a few examples of the slides in the lesson :) You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE 2020, RSE, Citizenship GCSE, Tutor Time and RE resources at my shop: MORE EC RESOURCES LESSONS Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 4000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing. You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk

A differentiated task in which students explore the 'omni' qualities of God. Suitable for KS3/4. There is a full lesson which goes with this available here: Full God and the Devil Lesson Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)

** UPDATED AND EXPANDED FOR 2021 - ONE YEAR OF YEAR 8 RE LESSONS, assessments and schemes of work. mark schemes, feedback sheets, homework project, 40 hours of fully resourced, well-differentiated, highly-rated, detailed and editable RE units for Year 8.** All of the resources are in the ZIP file. The images you see are a very small preview. All 40 lessons are divided into units by half term and are complete with at least one hour-long PowerPoint per lesson, accompanying differentiated worksheets, GCSE -style prep-tasks, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs, starters and all are well differentiated to three levels throughout. Includes assessments, markschemes + DIRT feedback sheets. The schemes of work are in the unit packs or the lesson downloads for each half term. These are: Exploring Islam Exploring Judaism Exploring Hinduism and Buddhism Religion, Peace and Conflict Religion, Philosophy and Ethics Religion and the Afterlife These resources have been highly-rated individually by TES users, follow the same consistent format and are easy to follow. There is zero extra work required, you really can just pick them up and teach them. However, they are also fully amendable should you wish to. Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Bank of England, The Children’s Commissioner, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. Check out our RE and PSHE Packages here: Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE One Year of KS5 PSHE and RSE One Year of Citizenship and British Values Complete Year 7 and 8 RE Complete Careers and Employability AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 8000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.

A fully-resourced, detailed and differentiated 2 hour lesson which serves as an introduction to Ethics. This is perfect as part of a KS3/KS4 RE or philosophy unit and focuses on philosophers, theories and fallacies. This lesson is editable, so easy to adapt for your own planning and contains match up tasks, clip tasks, literacy and debate tasks, information sheets and more, as well as an engaging 2 hour PowerPoint. It is well-differentiated with three-level challenges for each task and very easy to follow. Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Children’s Commissioner, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. Check out our RE and PSHE Packages here: Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE One Year of KS5 PSHE and RSE One Year of Citizenship and British Values Complete Year 7 and 8 RE Complete Careers and Employability AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack Check out the EC Publishing website for full, affordable PSHE, Citizenship and RE Packages for all year groups including the new 2024 Complete PSHE Package. You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 8000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.

Lent and the Easter lead-up. These resources focus on the lead up to Easter: Lent, Shrove Tuesday + Ash Wednesday. The pack contains 1x 2 hour PowerPoint, 4x worksheets, 1x clips and questions, all well differentiated to three levels throughout. Basically everything you need to know about these parts of the Christian calendar presented in a fun and engaging, yet also challenging way. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last one hour each. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: <a href=“https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources”>EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)</a>