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I am a teacher specialising in Geography and Religious Studies with over 4 years experience to date. I pride myself on designing lessons that engages students in their learning, with an enquiry-based focus being at the forefront. Any lesson that you download is fully resourced and differentiated ready to use in a flash. I hope they make a real contributing to your own classroom like they have done to mine.

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I am a teacher specialising in Geography and Religious Studies with over 4 years experience to date. I pride myself on designing lessons that engages students in their learning, with an enquiry-based focus being at the forefront. Any lesson that you download is fully resourced and differentiated ready to use in a flash. I hope they make a real contributing to your own classroom like they have done to mine.
Philosophy Revision Lesson Series
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Philosophy Revision Lesson Series

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This contains a set of fully resourced, differentiated philosophy revision lessons aimed at the new OCR Religious Studies specification
How Do Hindus Worship
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How Do Hindus Worship

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on how Hindus worship, focusing on the items used in a typical puja tray. The main part of the lesson involves students firstly drawing their own puja tray and making their own suggestions as to what it might symbolise, after which they use information sheets from around the room to annotate their actual meaning to their earlier drawings, and finally complete a written reflection on how useful they believe puja trays are for Hindus in helping them worship. Learning Objectives: To describe the items used on a Puja tray. To explain their symbolism. To examine how useful they are in helping Hindus to worship.
What Causes Waves (Coasts)
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What Causes Waves (Coasts)

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the types and actions of waves in coastal environments. The main part of the lesson involves a simple matching-up exercise of key terms, a self-imagining and written task on the difference between swash and backwash, and lastly producing a set of diagrams on the differences between constructive and destructive waves. Learning Objectives: To define key terms related to waves. To describe how waves breaks and exits on a typical coastline. To explain the differences between constructive and destructive waves.
How Is The Coastline Eroded
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How Is The Coastline Eroded

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on coastal erosion. The main part of the lesson involves students producing their own labelled diagrams to show the different ways in which the waves erode the coastline, then do a class quiz-quiz trade (QQT) activity on the factors that affect coastal erosion then complete a written exercise afterwards. Learning Objectives: To describe the different ways in which the coastline is eroded. To explain the different factors that can affect the rate of coastal erosion.
How Do Spits, Bars And Tombolos Form
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How Do Spits, Bars And Tombolos Form

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the main depositional landforms created by longshore drift. The main part of the lesson includes a discussion and written task on how spits form, followed by students using an information sheet to produce their own diagrams as to how bars and tombolos form. Learning Objectives: To understand how the process of longshore drift forms spits. To explain the formation of bars and tombolos.
Why Are Coastlines Important
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Why Are Coastlines Important

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated introduction lesson on coasts. In the main part of the lesson students use a stimulus image to generate their own definition of what a coastline is, carry out a image analysis of different coastlines around the room (open-ended but focused questions for students to generate their ideas) and lastly a ranking exercise on different reasons why the coastline is important for people. Learning Objectives: To identify what a coastline is. To describe the key features that make up a coastline. To explain why coastlines are important.
How Do We Show Height On A Map
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How Do We Show Height On A Map

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on contour lines. The main part of the lesson involves students having to read heights off a custom-made map and then drawing a cross-section of the landform (this exercise is supported with clear instructions and visuals on the Power Point and differentiated grids). Learning Objectives: To be able to read height on a map. To draw a cross section of contour lines.
How Do We Find Places On A Map (4-Figure Grid References)
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How Do We Find Places On A Map (4-Figure Grid References)

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on how to locate features on a map using four-figure grid references. The main part of the lesson involves a brief class demonstration and exercise followed by an independent learning exercise. The plenary involves students competing with each other playing battleships using four-figure grid references.
What Is Total Darkness Like
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What Is Total Darkness Like

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the symbolism of light and darkness. The main part of the lesson involves students listening to a story about an individual who becomes trapped in a cave of total darkness, and how light helped to 'push away' the darkness. They work in pairs to record the emotions the individual might have felt, and then use this as a basis to produce a piece of work showing the power of light to 'push back' the darkness. To describe the feelings and emotions associated with light and darkness. To explain the impact that light can have in overcoming darkness.
Why Is Karma So Important To Hindus
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Why Is Karma So Important To Hindus

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the Hindu belief of karma. The main part of the lesson consists of a game to help them understand how actions can lead to good and bad karma, a worksheet to explain how their belief in karma works in detail and a class discussion at the end relating to some of the problems associated with their belief. Learning Objectives: To describe how the idea of karma works. To explain why this belief is so important to Hindus. To assess some of the problems with this belief.
What Is Hinduism
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What Is Hinduism

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson which acts as an introduction to Hinduism. The main part of the lesson consists of a scavenger hunt to describe key facts surrounding the religion and to explain their key beliefs (this is differentiated to 3 levels). It also consists of students working in small groups to compare the religion with Christianity. Learning Objectives: To describe the key facts surrounding Hinduism. To explain their key beliefs. To compare the similarities and differences between Hinduism and Christianity.
Why Is Light Important To People And Faiths
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Why Is Light Important To People And Faiths

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on why light is important to people and world faiths. The main part of the lesson consists of a spider diagram task on things that brings 'light' (happiness) into their lives, a worksheet task explaining how light is used by two worldwide faiths (Christianity and Hinduism), and finally a Venn diagram to compare their views. To understand why light is important to humans. To explain how light is used by worldwide faiths. To compare and contrast their beliefs about light.
Light And Darkness Assessment
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Light And Darkness Assessment

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This contains a set of resources in order to enable students to design their festival which incorporates the symbolism of light and darkness.
Brian Keenan Assessment Task
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Brian Keenan Assessment Task

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This resource enables students to produce a written account of Brian Keenan’s experience of being imprisoned in a cell of total darkness for an extended period of time. In particular, it focuses on the feelings and emotions of the experience, and the impact that light and darkness placed.
Why Is The Diwali Festival Celebrated
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Why Is The Diwali Festival Celebrated

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the Diwali Festival. The main part of the lesson consists of describing the story of Rama and Sita in their own words, writing a paragraph explaining the purpose of the festival, then linking the meaning of the festival to examples of other famous people who have overcome darkness in their lives (e.g. Brian Keenan, Malala). To describe the story of Rama and Sita. To explain the deeper meaning behind the story and festival. To examine the similarities between the story of Rama and Sita and prior examples.
Light And Darkness Scheme Of Work
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Light And Darkness Scheme Of Work

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This contains a scheme of work on the symbolism of light and darkness. It focuses on the emotions we can associate with them and the beliefs of world faiths . This theme is then explored further by studying the story of Brian Keenan, who was trapped in a cell of complete darkness for an extended period of time. Students also explore how the symbolism of light and darkness is demonstrated in the Diwali festival. An assessment task is also included. All lessons are fully resourced and differentiated, with a clear set of learning objectives and activities. Scheme of work in order: 1. Why is light important to people and faiths? 2. What it total darkness like? 3. How does light change things? 4. Brian Keenan assessment task 5. Why is the Diwali festival celebrated? 6. Light and darkness assessment
What Do Religions Teach About The Soul
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What Do Religions Teach About The Soul

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on what two world religions teach about the soul (Christianity and Hinduism). The main part of the lesson involves using information sheets to complete a grid showing religious views towards the soul and the evidence for it, which they then peer teach to their partner. They also complete a Venn diagram to compare the views, and evaluate the evidence for the existence of a soul. Learning Objectives: To explain two religious views towards the soul. To compare and contrast their views. To evaluate the evidence for the existence of a soul.
How Does Light Change Things
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How Does Light Change Things

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the symbolism of light, in particular how it can represent hope and the impact it can have on people. The main part of the lesson involves reading the story of Brian Keenan, a journalist who was kidnapped in Lebanon and subjected to an extended ordeal of being placed in a cell of complete darkness for an extended period of time. They use to complete several tasks, including drawing a storyboard and completing a grid with the emotions he may have been feeling. Learning Objectives: To describe the story of Brian Keenan. To explain the feelings and emotions he may have experienced associated with light and darkness. To assess the impact that hope may have played on his story.
Arguments For The Existence Of God Revision Lesson
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Arguments For The Existence Of God Revision Lesson

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated revision lesson on arguments for the existence of God, namely the Teleological Argument, Cosmological Argument and Ontological Argument. Main activities in the lesson include a mind mapping task and an essay planning task. It is designed to support the 'Philosophy of Religion' component AS-Level 'OCR Religious Studies' specification. Learning Objectives: To explain the key arguments for the existence of God. To evaluate the overall credibility of their arguments.