An amazing selection of resources of Law and Religious Studies. Suitable for KS3, KS4 and KS5.
All our resources are created with love and care, we take pride in ensuring that they are beautiful to look at, because how are we expected to learn if things aren't pretty?
An amazing selection of resources of Law and Religious Studies. Suitable for KS3, KS4 and KS5.
All our resources are created with love and care, we take pride in ensuring that they are beautiful to look at, because how are we expected to learn if things aren't pretty?
Topic: Judiciary
Unit: English Legal Systems
Paper: Paper 1
Exam Board: Eduqas
This case list is a great supplement to student learning. It can be given to students to be filed away and help with revision or it can be used as a revision activity or resource. Also helpful for teachers when prepping lessons.
Contains a variety of key cases on judiciary, suitable for English Legal Systems essays.
It is based around the Eduqas specification but would also suit other exam boards.
Includes:
Illustration
Case Name
Legal Principle
Topic: Legal Professionals
Unit: English Legal Systems
Paper: Paper 1
Exam Board: Eduqas
This case list is a great supplement to student learning. It can be given to students to be filed away and help with revision or it can be used as a revision activity or resource. Also helpful for teachers when prepping lessons.
Contains a variety of key cases on legal professionals, suitable for English Legal Systems essays.
It is based around the Eduqas specification but would also suit other exam boards.
Includes:
Illustration
Case Name
Legal Principle
Topic: Magistrates
Unit: English Legal Systems
Paper: Paper 1
Exam Board: Eduqas
This case list is a great supplement to student learning. It can be given to students to be filed away and help with revision or it can be used as a revision activity or resource. Also helpful for teachers when prepping lessons.
Contains a variety of key cases on Magistrates, suitable for English Legal Systems essays.
It is based around the Eduqas specification but would also suit other exam boards.
Includes:
Illustration
Case Name
Legal Principle
Topic: Juries
Unit: English Legal Systems
Paper: Paper 1
Exam Board: Eduqas
This case list is a great supplement to student learning. It can be given to students to be filed away and help with revision or it can be used as a revision activity or resource. Also helpful for teachers when prepping lessons.
Contains a variety of key cases on juries, suitable for English Legal Systems and Criminal essays.
It is based around the Eduqas specification but would also suit other exam boards.
Includes:
Illustration
Case Name
Legal Principle
Topic: Juries
Unit: English Legal Systems
Paper:** Paper 1**
Marks: 10 Marks
This is a 10 mark Eduqas style question based on juries. This would also suit OCR style questions.
Included is the essay question, model plan and model answer. The plan and answer can be used to support marking or DIRT.
Students should be given 20 minutes to answer in class.
Topic: Youth Sentencing
Unit: English Legal Systems
Paper: Paper 1
Marks: 10 Marks
This is a 10 mark Eduqas style question based on youth sentencing. This would also suit OCR style questions.
Included is the essay question, model plan and model answer. The plan and answer can be used to support marking or DIRT.
Students should be given 20 minutes to answer in class.
Updated August 2024
Topic: Sentencing
Unit: English Legal Systems
Paper: Paper 1
Exam Board: Eduqas
This case list is a great supplement to student learning. It can be given to students to be filed away and help with revision or it can be used as a revision activity or resource. Also helpful for teachers when prepping lessons.
Contains a variety of key cases on sentencing, suitable for English Legal Systems and Criminal essays.
It is based around the Eduqas specification but would also suit other exam boards.
Includes:
Illustration
Case Name
Legal Principle
Topic: Adult Sentencing
Unit: English Legal Systems
Paper: Paper 1
Marks: 10 Marks
This is a 10 mark Eduqas style question based on adult sentencing. This would also suit OCR style questions.
Included is the essay question, model plan and model answer. The plan and answer can be used to support marking or DIRT.
Students should be given 20 minutes to answer in class.
Updated August 2024
Topic: Bail
Unit: English Legal Systems
Paper: Paper 1
Exam Board: Eduqas
This case list is a great supplement to student learning. It can be given to students to be filed away and help with revision or it can be used as a revision activity or resource. Also helpful for teachers when prepping lessons.
Contains a variety of key cases on bail, suitable for English Legal Systems and Criminal essays.
It is based around the Eduqas specification but would also suit other exam boards.
Includes:
Illustration
Case Name
Legal Principle
Topic: Criminal Justice System
Unit: English Legal Systems
Marks: 10
Paper: Paper 1
Exam Board: Eduqas
This is a 10 mark practice question on the criminal justice system. This is designed for Eduqas Paper 1 and is one of the 10 mark AO1 style questions. This would also suit an OCR 8 mark question.
Included is a model plan and model answer that can be used to help support students with planning or DIRT or to support you with marking.
Students should be given 15 minutes to answer if doing the question under timed conditions.
Note about Magistrates: this is up to date as of 2023 with the new reduced back to 6 months sentencing powers
Topic: Bail
Unit: English Legal Systems
Paper: Paper 1
Marks: 10
Exam Board: Eduqas
This is a 10 mark (AO1) question on bail designed to suit the Eduqas exam board. This would also work as an 8 marker from OCR. The question asks students to describe how bail works.
There is also a model plan and a model answer included to help with marking/DIRT work.
Students should be given about 15 minutes to answer if doing the question under timed conditions.
Topic: Bail
Unit: English Legal Systems
Paper: Paper 1
Question Style: Evaluation
Marks: 12
This is a 12 mark evaluation style question based on OCR Paper 1. The question asks students to evaluate the operation of bail.
Included is a model plan which can be used to help with marking or help students with their own planning.
There is also a model answer which can help with DIRT work.
Topic: European Convention on Human Rights, Key Provisions
Unit: Human Rights
Exam Board: Eduqas
Paper: Paper 2 & Paper 3
This crib sheet is designed to help support students with their note making whilst studying key provisions of the ECHR. There is a simple table with space to fill in details about each right as well as some key case examples.
Students can be given these to complete during class, as a homework task or as a revision activity.
Cute and colourful to help with knowledge retention.
Exam Board: Eduqas
Topic: ECHR Main Provisions
Papers: Paper 2 & Paper 3
Unit: Unit 4: Human Rights
This lesson goes through the main provisions in the ECHR that students will need to know for A-Level law. It is designed for the Eduqas specification but could be easily adapted to other specifications.
It is designed to be taught over one week and can easily be split into 3/4 lessons to suit.
The lesson covers Art 5, 6, 8, 10 & 11. There are activities throughout as well as evaluation and scenario practice.
The lesson includes:
Homework activities for the week
Starter activities x6
Main Activities x6
Knowledge Checks x4
Plenaries x6
Challenge/Evaluation Tasks x7
Exam Question Practice x1
Topic: Crown Prosecution Service
Paper: Paper 1
Exam Board: Eduqas
This case list contains all the cases students need to know for the Crown Prosecution Service topic as part of English Legal Systems.
This is designed for Eduqas Paper 1 but would suit other exam boards as well.
Teaching Note
Encourage students to highlight cases into Tier 1, Tier 2 & Tier 3 depending upon their importance. This helps them to focus their revision.
Topic: Criminal Justice System (inc. appeals)
Paper: Paper 1
Exam Board: Eduqas
This case list contains all the cases students need to know for the Criminal Justice System topic as part of English Legal Systems.
This is designed for Eduqas Paper 1 but would suit other exam boards as well.
Designed so that two copies can be printed on each page as there aren’t that many cases!
Teaching Note
Encourage students to highlight cases into Tier 1, Tier 2 & Tier 3 depending upon their importance. This helps them to focus their revision.
Topic: Crown Prosecution Service
Marks: 10 Marks
Exam Board: Eduqas
Paper: Paper 1
This is a 10 mark question that asks students to describe the reforms of the Crown Prosecution Service. Students should be given 15 minutes to answer the question.
Included is a model answer and a model plan which can help with DIRT/marking.
This is designed for Eduqas Paper 1 but could easily be modified to suit OCR Paper 1 8 mark questions.
Topic: Criminal Appeals
Paper: Paper 1
Marks: 8 Marks
Exam Board: OCR
This is a practice exam question based on the 8 mark style knowledge questions from Paper 1. This is designed for the OCR exam board.
Included is a model answer and a model plan that can be used to help with marking/DIRT work.
The essay is designed to be given to students a week in advance to then sit in class. I give students 10 minutes to complete this answer (15 can be used if it is their first essay but in the real exam they should spend no more than 12 minutes on an 8 mark answer).
Lesson Topic: Duty of Care & Standard of Care
Unit: Tort Law
Exam Board: OCR
Paper: Paper 2
This is a lesson on duty of care and standard of care as part of the negligence element of tort law. This lesson is designed for the OCR syllabus but could be modified to suit other exam boards.
This lesson is designed to be taught over one week and split into multiple lessons.
Included is both the teacher version (to be displayed) & student version (to be printed & handed to students). The student version has answers removed!
The lesson covers the basics of duty of care (Robinson principle) and standard of care (including modified standard of care). It also gives an overview of the paper 2 examination and gives an opportunity for both scenario and evaluation practice.
Homework activities for the week are also included
Lesson Activities
Starters: 3
Main Activities: 7
Challenge Questions: 7
Knowledge Checks: 3
Scenario Practice: 1
Plenaries: 4
Topic: Introduction to Human Rights
Unit: Human Rights
Exam Board: Eduqas
This crib sheet is designed to help support students when they are studying an introduction to human rights. It covers the basics of what human rights are as well as some key sections from the Human Rights Act 1998.
It can be given to students to help them structure their notes in lessons or as a homework or revision activity.
How I Use This Resource
I give these sheets to students for every topic. They are expected to fill them in every week and keep them neatly filed. These are a great support for students who aren’t brilliant at taking their own notes and also provide a useful check on learning.