A ready to use Religious Studies lesson (from KS3 upwards) which introduces the concept of belief and the topic of prayer. The lesson enables students to answer the Enquiry Question: ‘Is the use of religious artefacts in prayer necessary to help people to connect to God?’ The lesson includes the 6 main world religions and is fun, thought provoking and fully editable, with tasks to last 60 minutes. Students are challenged to use key vocabulary in their writing such as collective, devotion, congregation and meditate when learning about the different methods of prayer and artefacts used in the 6 main world religions. Assessment for learning opportunities throughout enable the teacher to make on the spot checks of the direction of the learning. Students learn through a team fact hunt key facts about the use of different artefacts to help theists connect to God by creating their own knowledge organisers. Students have to sort arguments for and against the use of prayer, before the extended writing enquiry task. Learning Intentions -I can recall religious artefacts used in prayer -I can analyse arguments for and against the use of artefacts during prayer -I can evaluate the arguments out forward to form my own opinion, using evidence, of whether religious artefacts help theists connect to God. Lesson includes: -PowerPoint (7 slides) -Resources-Use the keyword in a sentence task (Word), Arguments for and Against task sheet (Word) Knowledge Organiser (Publisher) Prayer Fact hunt Sheets (Word) Enquiry question slips (PowerPoint) PowerPoint and resources are in comic sans, with size 14 font. Tried and tested lesson, used by both specialist and non-specialist staff across inner city schools in the Northwest. The PowerPoint includes suggested timings and teaching tips to aid Early Careers Teachers and Non-Specialists. If you purchase please be so kind as to leave a review :) This lesson once bought and downloaded should not be resold. You have been issued a single licence for your own use and the right to grant a limited licence to your students to use the licensed material as part of your teaching and their own private study. Teach With — copy, edit and provide the licensed material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study. No Sharing of Derivatives (except to teach) — if you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material except to those people you teach or work with. They too are bound by UK copyright laws.

A ready to use Religious Studies lesson (from KS3 upwards) which introduces the concept of religious identity. The lesson enables students to answer the Enquiry Question: Why do religious groups wear specific clothing? The lesson includes the 6 main world religions and is fun, thought provoking and fully editable, with tasks to last 60 minutes. Students are challenged to use key terms such as; ‘Chastity, Purity and Modesty’, when evaluating why religious believers wear specific items of clothing. Students begin by reflecting on why teams, soldiers and students wear a uniform. They are then tasked with researching the religious and cultural practices surrounding specific items of clothing and practices for key religious believers. Their understanding is assessed when students have to apply the key terms to different religions and items of clothing for example the Hijab, Habit and Kippah, through comprehension questions such as- ‘How does wearing a Turban for a Sikh represent Unity?’ There is self-differentiation and assessment for learning throughout, which leads up to a creative design challenge, in which students are encouraged to design a religious item of clothing which is in keeping and respectful to religious teachings and practice. Learning Intentions -I can identify reasons why religious people may wear specific items of religious clothing -I can apply key terms to each religion to evaluate why specific religious item are worn -I can demonstrate my knowledge of religious teachings and practice through a creative design challenge Lesson includes: -PowerPoint (8 slides) -Resources-Keyword Matching table (Word), Information Sheets (Publisher) and Comprehension Question Cards (Publisher) PowerPoint and resources are in comic sans, with size 14 font. Tried and tested lesson, used by both specialist and non-specialist staff across inner city schools in the Northwest. The PowerPoint includes suggested timings and teaching tips to aid Early Careers Teachers and Non-Specialists. If you purchase please be so kind as to leave a review :) This lesson once bought and downloaded should not be resold. You have been issued a single licence for your own use and the right to grant a limited licence to your students to use the licensed material as part of your teaching and their own private study. Teach With — copy, edit and provide the licensed material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study. No Sharing of Derivatives (except to teach) — if you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material except to those people you teach or work with. They too are bound by UK copyright laws.

A ready to use Religious Studies lesson (from KS3 upwards) which introduces the concepts of Belief and Faith. In this lesson students are introduced to Atheism, Theism, Agnosticism and Humanism. The lesson encourages students to compare different types of belief, through fun and thought provoking tasks. The lesson challenges students to explore similarities and differences, with the tasks and content being scaffolded and sequenced so as to enable students to answer the enquiry-based question-Can you have faith and hope and not believe in a God? The Powerpoint is fully editable with tasks to last 60 minutes. Literacy and vocabulary are embedded throughout. Assessment for Learning opportunities are also throughout, supporting teachers to make on the spot assessment and progress checks. The PowerPoint and resources are in comic sans, with size 14 font. The lesson has been tried and tested lesson, used by both specialist and non-specialist staff across inner city schools in the Northwest of the UK. The PowerPoint also includes suggested timings to aid Early Careers Teachers and Non-Specialists. Learning Intentions -I can rank and compare different beliefs, justifying my opinion -I can demonstrate my knowledge of key belief systems -I can evaluate whether faith and belief is the same of different across the belief systems Lesson includes: -PowerPoint (9 slides) -Resources-DIN belief statements (Publisher) Diamond 9 Ranking (Publisher)Belief System Matching task (Word) Humanism Word gap (Word) If you purchase please be so kind as to leave a review :) This lesson once bought and downloaded should not be resold. You have been issued a single licence for your own use and the right to grant a limited licence to your students to use the licensed material as part of your teaching and their own private study. Teach With — copy, edit and provide the licensed material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study. No Sharing of Derivatives (except to teach) — if you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material except to those people you teach or work with. They too are bound by UK copyright laws.

A ready to use Religious Studies lesson (from KS3 upwards) which introduces Places of Worship from the 6 main religions. The lesson encourages students to compare places of worship. The lesson is fun and thought provoking, engaging students to explore different religious practices. Fully editable with tasks to last 60 minutes. Students learn to recognise the similarities/differences between the main world religions in how they pray and show worship. Students explore the key features of places of worship and are supported to find similarities and differences between them. Students are challenged to create their own knowledge organisers, to extend their vocabulary and to draw upon information to analyse and evaluate different religious practice working towards being able to answer an enquiry-based question. Learning Intentions -I can recall key facts about the 6 places of worship -I can apply key vocabulary and religious specific keywords in my comparisons -I can evaluate the practices/places, to find similarities and differences between them Lesson includes: -PowerPoint (18 slides) -Resources-Din image sheets and keyword cards (Publisher), Knowledge Organiser (Publisher) and Information Sheets (Word) PowerPoint and resources are in comic sans, with size 14 font. The lesson includes assessment for learning opportunities in the style of a quiz and the student’ work can be assessed summatively. Tried and tested lesson, used by both specialist and non-specialist staff across inner city schools in the Northwest. the PowerPoint includes suggested timings to aid Early Careers Teachers and Non-Specialists. If you purchase please be so kind as to leave a review :) This lesson once bought and downloaded should not be resold. You have been issued a single licence for your own use and the right to grant a limited licence to your students to use the licensed material as part of your teaching and their own private study. Teach With — copy, edit and provide the licensed material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study. No Sharing of Derivatives (except to teach) — if you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material except to those people you teach or work with. They too are bound by UK copyright laws.

A ready to use Religious Studies lesson (from KS3 upwards) which introduces the concept of God and introduces the Omnis. The lesson is fully editable and includes activities/resources to cover 60 minutes. The lesson is thought provoking and engaging allowing students to explore and challenge beliefs. A lesson that is comparative in nature and looks at the basic beliefs about God from a Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Hindu perspective. Learning Intentions -I can explain each Omni using examples -I can interpret religious quotes that suggest that God is Omni. -I can imagine and suggest what an Atheist response would be about God being Omni Lesson includes: -PowerPoint (10 slides) -Resources-Match the characteristics table (PPT), Atheist perspectives on God being omni (PPT) and Quotes about God being Omni sheet (Publisher) PowerPoint and resources are in comic sans, with size 14 font. The lesson includes assessment for learning opportunities and can be used summatively to asess knowledge about key beliefs. Lesson is tried and tested, used by both specialist and non-specialist staff across inner city schools in the Northwest. The PowerPoint includes suggested timings and strategies on delivery to aid Early Careers Teachers and Non-Specialists. This lesson once bought and downloaded should not be resold. You have been issued a single licence for your own use and the right to grant a limited licence to your students to use the licensed material as part of your teaching and their own private study. Teach With — copy, edit and provide the licensed material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study. No Sharing of Derivatives (except to teach) — if you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material except to those people you teach or work with. They too are bound by UK copyright laws.

A ready to use Religious Studies lesson (from KS3 upwards) which introduces the concept of life after death. The lesson is fully editable and includes activities/resources to cover 60 minutes. The lesson is thought provoking and engaging allowing students to explore and challenge beliefs. Students learn to recognise the similarities/differences between the Christian teachings of life after death and those found in Islam. Students are challenged to create their own knowledge organisers, to extend their vocabulary and to draw upon information to analyse and evaluate their own beliefs by answering a written enquiry-based question. This is scaffolded and built upon throughout the lesson so that students can then do do a deep dive into not only what they think but why. The lesson also includes an optional homework task, whereby students have to create a travel brochure using either the Christian or Muslim beliefs about life after death or they can create their own ‘place’ where people go after death. Learning Intentions -I can outline key teachings about life after death from two religions -I can compare the religious teachings and beliefs -I can evaluate the teachings to form my own opinion and belief system about whether there is life after death Lesson includes: -PowerPoint (9 slides) -Resources-Diamond 9 DIN task, (PPT) Editable Homework Sheet (PPT) Homework instruction slips (PPT) Keyword match up task (Word) Knowledge Organisers and Info Sheets (PPT) PowerPoint and resources are in comic sans, with size 14 font. The lesson includes assessment for learning opportunities and can be used summatively through the final write up task. Tried and tested lesson used by both specialist and non-specialist staff across inner city schools in the Northwest. the PowerPoint includes suggested timings to aid Early Careers Teachers and Non-Specialists. This lesson once bought and downloaded should not be resold. You have been issued a single licence for your own use and the right to grant a limited licence to your students to use the licensed material as part of your teaching and their own private study. Teach With — copy, edit and provide the licensed material to those students you teach in any medium or format for the purpose of educating them and/or their private study. No Sharing of Derivatives (except to teach) — if you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material except to those people you teach or work with. They too are bound by UK copyright laws.

A helpful marking and feedback teacher mat to aid Early Careers Teachers particularly. (Religious Studies Specific -but could also be used by teachers of other subjects, as it is fully editable) The mat demonstrates the difference between target marking and comment marking and aims to help you ensure that your marking is more purposeful and effective, thereby improving student attainment. The mat includes ready made questions that can be given as feedback to students and helpful guidance on not only when to mark, but how to mark. A free resource that i hope you find useful. Having been an ITT Coordinator for 3 years, and a mentor prior to that, I always shared this with my student teachers to help them manage their marking and feedback workload. Made using Publisher