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Resources for Religious Studies, Sociology, Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities.
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Resources for Religious Studies, Sociology, Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities.
We specialise in making whole units and courses for ultimate convenience and time-saving. We always aim to make the best resource for a given topic: our goal is perfection and our resources have helped educate 1 million+ students!
In order to encourage ratings and reviews, if you buy any of our products, are happy with your purchase, and leave a 5* rating for it: just email us and we'll send you a free bonus gift!
Includes:
Posters
Notices
’Do not disturb’ sign
Instructions
Introduction to Meditation Worksheet (to be used with listed YouTube videos)
and a ‘sponsored meditation’ fundraising worksheet.
If you would like any advice on running such a club please feel free to message me.
Complete teaching resources for KS3 Religious Studies topic 'What does it mean to be moral?'
Originally designed for mixed ability year 9 classes.
The aim of this module is to:
-Introduce utilitarianism and deontology to students
-Foster debates about the nature of morality as well as specific moral issues.
-Introduce the concept of animal rights.
-Explain religious attitudes to animal rights.
Specific lesson topics are:
-The nature of morality
-Debating Moral Issues
-Utilitarianism
-Deontology
-Animal Rights / Animal Testing
-Religious Attitudes to Animal Rights
-Assessment Lesson
Lesson Powerpoints are contained in a single file.
A complete course of 9 lessons designed for mixed ability year 9 classes.
Topics include:
-Why did The Holocaust happen?
-Events leading up to The Holocaust
- Anne Frank
-Elie Wiesel
-Inside Concentration Camps
-Responses to The Holocaust
-Holocaust Memorials around the world
-Comparisons to Native American genocide
-The Problem of Evil (Assessment Focus)
Includes Powerpoints, activities, worksheets and assessment materials.
Videos not included (for copyright reasons), easily sourced from YouTube.
Created by a Soto Zen Buddhist & specialist Philosophy & Religion teacher, for the teaching of Buddhism at Key-Stage 3.
This 10 lessons course aims to move beyond Tibetan Buddhism alone to help students understand Buddhism as a whole.
It features a wide array of starters, activities, worksheets, presentations, and plenaries. It contains two assessments. A file is includes ‘List of Videos for Lessons’ referencing YouTube videos associated with this course.
For most teachers this will be the only resource needed for teaching Buddhism at Key-stage 3 and may be of use to GCSE students in learning a comparative religion.
Course contents include lessons on:
-Buddhism as a World Religion
-The Life of The Buddha
-The Four Noble Truths
-The Eightfold Path
-The Three Jewels
-The Three Marks of Existence & ‘Ultimate Truths’
-A lesson about Meditation (with instructions)
-The Life of Buddhist Monks
-Buddhist Attitudes to Money
-Buddhist Views on the Afterlife
The attached image features sample slides and activities from the presentation and hopefully represents the vibrant, professional and clear style it’s creator was aiming for.
“May you be happy, may you be healthy, may you be peaceful.”
Designed for OCR B Religious Studies, Ethics: ‘Equality’
4 Lessons covering Christian Attitudes to: Women, Other Religions, Equality and Forgiveness & Reconciliation.
Also includes a PPT explaining Humanism as a comparative view.
A selection of resources are included, including homeworks.
Topics Include:
What is Philosophy? Introduction…
Zelda themes P4C guide (designed for YouTube '8BIT Philosophy’Videos) [upto 3 lessons]
Introducing Famous Philosophers and Debating their Ideas
Existentialism
Political Philosophy
Chinese Philosophy
Deductive vs Inductive Reasoning
Features a host of activities designed to stimulate debate and foster critical thinking, reasoning, and deductive reasoning skills.
Makes use of the established P4C method as well as many others!
Tried and tested on YR6-9, but in theory can be used with ANY age-group (even adults!)
Contains 10 Lessons (on PPT)
With relevant resources
Assessments
Videos
Pretty much everything you need to teach the entire unit.
-Differentiated tasks
-Clear learning objectives and assessment for every lesson.
-Tried and tested over 3 years of teaching.
Topics Include:
-Christian Beliefs about God
-Miracles
-The Trinity
-Effect of belief in God on community
-Philosophical Arguments for/against
-Comparisons to Buddhism
-Design vs Evolution
-Nature of Christian Worship
-How to answer exam questions
These resources were designed for KS3 Philosophy & Religion, OCB B GCSE Religious Studies and AQA Philosophy.
All templates are easily adaptable to other subjects. They are designed for busy teachers to save time, assessment and target setting is stream-lined for maximum efficiency and relevance.
Design is based on best-practice guidelines:
-Tells students how to improve
-Specify corrections and follow-up tasks
-Based on exam mark-schemes and KS3 assessment criteria
-Reflect on practice exam questions: analyse areas for improvement (KS4/5)
-Easily allows for peer, self and teacher assessment
-Includes a ‘presentation assessment sheet’ for students/classes who struggle with presentation.
-Easily adapted for whole-school MAF policy.
Most feedback sheets can be printed 4/A4 page making this a cost effective, quick, clear and engaging way to help students improve.
Please see attached image for samples.
This booklet is designed for years 7-9, once printed (preferably colour, double-sided) and given to a student - the teacher does not need to set homework tasks for the rest of the year, they are all contained within this booklet.
It contains 60 pages and over 50 tasks, a year’s worth of homework.
The tasks are differentiated, the format allows students to select the tasks that interest them each week/fortnight - the booklet instructs students to get their homework tasks signed by parents and the teacher.
As a teacher, your only task is to check that students are completing the tasks.
This one resource will save teachers of Philosophy and Religion countless hours of work, planning, and assessment.
-It covers a variety of religions, philosophical issues, and ethical debates.
-Features religious art, and high-level graphic design to encourage engagement.
-Fosters independent research skills and allows students to choose topics that interest them
-Features activities designed to prepare KS3 students for GCSE topics.
-See the attached image for samples of tasks!
Created over 3 years of teaching, and enjoyed very much by my students in YR 7-9!
(Also impressed the leadership team no end!)
Hope you enjoy, introductory price £5, which given the amount of hours of work you save is a no-brainer!
A presentation designed to lead group work using Philosophy4c in relation to the aftelife, near-death experiences etc.
Use an apt. video as hook- perhaps relating to near death experiences.
With over 6000 downloads, I’m happy to have provided this resource for FREE for over FOUR YEARS!
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A series of lessons for the Wealth, Religion and Poverty GCSE module.
Lesson one refers to youtube video:
‘Poor Us- an animated history - Why Poverty?’
Lesson 2 refers to YT video:
Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC Four
Also see: George Carlin Talks About Education & the American Dream [there’s a censored version on YT]
Origins of Religion- ‘Cults’, New Religious Movements & ‘designing your own religion&’.
This lesson was designed with the &’;origin of religions’ part of he SOW in mind. It uses the Vice Magazine documentary (youtube) titled:
‘Cult Leader Thinks He’s Jesus (Documentary Exclusive)’
For accompanying videos please download from Youube:
The Veggy Buddha
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo I don’t eat my friends Buddhist Vegetarianism (Parts 1 thru 5)
Really effective way of >making students think!
This presentation is designed to cover the topic of Martin Luther King’s life, but emphasises that his mission is far from complete.
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GCSE Religious Studies
Buddhism (20 Lesson Unit)
Buddhism (Thematic Studies Units)
Christianity (Thematic Studies Units)
Hinduism (20 Lesson Unit)
Islam (Thematic Studies Units)
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GCSE Sociology Resources
Complete Units (Whole Course)
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AS/A2 Revision Sessions
OCR Religious Studies
AQA Philosophy
AQA Sociology
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Philosophy for Children (P4C)
The Ultimate P4C Resource Pack
The Debating Society Toolkit
Philosophy Boxes
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A lesson exploring the meaning of Christmas, used with year 7s.
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GCSE Religious Studies
Buddhism (20 Lesson Unit)
Buddhism (Thematic Studies Units)
Christianity (Thematic Studies Units)
Hinduism (20 Lesson Unit)
Islam (Thematic Studies Units)
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GCSE Sociology Resources
Complete Units (Whole Course)
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AS/A2 Revision Sessions
OCR Religious Studies
AQA Philosophy
AQA Sociology
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Philosophy for Children (P4C)
The Ultimate P4C Resource Pack
The Debating Society Toolkit
Philosophy Boxes
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A3 DIRT Worksheet (15+ 5-star ratings!)
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Features of Mosques (including quiz)
Includes quiz game as plenary
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GCSE Religious Studies
Buddhism (20 Lesson Unit)
Buddhism (Thematic Studies Units)
Christianity (Thematic Studies Units)
Hinduism (20 Lesson Unit)
Islam (Thematic Studies Units)
.
GCSE Sociology Resources
Complete Units (Whole Course)
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AS/A2 Revision Sessions
OCR Religious Studies
AQA Philosophy
AQA Sociology
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Philosophy for Children (P4C)
The Ultimate P4C Resource Pack
The Debating Society Toolkit
Philosophy Boxes
.
Other Tools
A3 DIRT Worksheet (15+ 5-star ratings!)
KS3 RE Units