Lesson 5 in a unit in morality designed for a Y9 class doing RS in one hour a week. Photo starter - empathise with the subjects in the photo Link to previous learning and homework cloxe exercise on Hindu morals mind-mapping skills to show examples of activities which conflict with ahimsa and how Hindu morals could solve them. PMI (positive, minus, interesting) a video clip on Ghandi Creative independent work based on video clip SEN and Bright Sparks (G&T) tasks included Differentiated homework sheet Created by Allerton Grange School RE department.

Lesson four in a unit on religion and morality designed for a Y9 class doing RS in one hour a week. Reflective starter. Link to previous homework and learning. Analyse what we know already about what Christian morals are based on - 10 commandments Categorise those commandments and make links with modern Christian teachings - 2 greatest commandments Creative work based on Good Samaritan story Reflective independent work based on modern news story and how those beliefes being put into practice could have changed the outcome. Research homework Created by Allerton Grange School RE department.

Lesson 3 in a unit on religion and morality designed for a Y9 class doing RS in one hour a week. Literacy starter activity Students analyse a video clip to find out how Jewish people make moral decisions e.g. Ten Commandments. Cloze exercise Independent creative work based on recent news article. students apply Jewish morals to a news story. Categorising task- which rule do you think is most important? Created by Allerton Grange School RE department.

Second lesson in unit on Religion and Morality designed for a Y9 class doing RS in oen hour a week Students begin by responding to various moral dilemmas. Then work out if they are absolute or relative moralists. Analyse a video clip and have a class debate based on responses to the clip. Gets students to use higher level thinking skills to evaluate questions. Homework sheet and differentiated task included. Created by Allerton Grange School RE department.

First lesson in a unit on Morality which was designed for a Y9 class doing RS in 1 hour a week. There is a reflection task at the beginning to help students evaluate their work/assessment on a previous topic, before setting targets for this new unit. Students begin with independent work of investigating what morality is and where we get our morals from. Students make links between religion and morality - Can they be independent of each other? Where do none religious people get their morals? Students look at various moral problems, assess what they think about them and then work out why they feel the way they do, using higher level thinking skills and independent work. Creative work - design your own rule book for your own kingdom. How would you make sure that people lived together in harmony? Research homework asking adults to compare society with how it was twenty years ago. Created by Allerton Grange School RE department.

Based on the TES CPD document, 'Getting the Best out of Gifted Learners'. A set of cards which can be laminated and placed in a cardboard wallet pinned up at the front of the class. Students can either select one at random to create an alternative activity to the one that the rest of the class are completing, or they can use them as extension tasks, depending on how much time there is. I have included the label for the folder and a set of example tasks that we used for an RS lesson but we have used for History, Citizenship and PSHE lessons. They can be easily adapted to suit your subject/the topic being covered. If we don't have time to let students choose their activity, we will usually pick just one 'Bright Sparks' activity that we set as an alternative task.

This assessment project completes the unit of work on Alternative Religions. Students can work independently to research and create a project on the religion/belief system of their choice.

A 'Plug and Play' lesson. In this lesson students will investigate Humanism using resources from the Humanism website. Students will look at Humanist beliefs and the idea of not believing in God, but valuing human beings. AFL, G&T tasks and Homework tasks included. Created by Allerton Grange School RE Department.

A 'Plug and Play' lesson. In this lesson students will investigate Humanism using resources from the Humanism website. Students will look at Humanist beliefs and the idea of not believing in God, but valuing human beings. AFL, G&T tasks and Homework tasks included. Created by Allerton Grange School RE Department.

A 'Plug and Play' lesson. In this lesson students will investigate the religion of Kabbalah. They will begin by peer-assessing the homework due in this lesson and then after sharing the learning objectives will analyse a video clip which looks at choosing whether or not to find out the truth about life. Students will look at the Kabbalist idea that the universe is full of hidden messages and will decode a hidden message before undertaking a creative work task where they design their own hidden code.Students work in pairs to work out each-other's codes before reflecting on whether or not they could follow Kabbalah and give reasons for their response. AFL, G&T tasks and Homework tasks included. Created by Allerton Grange School RE Department.

A 'Plug and Play' lesson. This is lesson 7/10 in our unit on alternative religions and looks at the practice of Zen Buddhism. Students will analyse a clip to learn about the way of the Buddha. They will then go on to look at the practice of meditation before being guided through a meditation by the teacher. In the last half of the lesson students will have the chance to do some creative work and design their own special ritual that helps them to find peace and calm. AFL, G&T tasks and homework task included. Created by Allerton Grange School RE Department.

A 'Plug and Play' lesson. Lesson 6/10 in a unit on Alternative religions designed for a Y9 class doing RS in one hour a week. Analyse video clip to find key beliefs of Scientology Compare and contrast to beliefs from religions learnt about previously Evaluate a key figure in scientology and why they are so important Analyse and respond to key Scientology teachings. Assess the effects of scientologist beliefs on behaviour Student as teacher homework. Created by Allerton Grange School RE Department.

A 'Plug and Play' lesson. Lesson 5 of ten. This lesson looks at the practices of Sufi Muslims. It analyses how this branch of Islam developed and gives students the chance to compare and contrast Sufism with the other branches of Islam studied in this unit - Sunni and Shiah. Students will analyse a video clip to understand the meaning of mysticism and religious experience before looking in detail at the whirling dervishes. They will go on to compare and contrast Sufi practices with practices from other faiths. G&T tasks, AFL and homework task included. Created by Allerton Grange School RE Department.

A 'Plug and Play' lesson. This lesson is the second in this series on Shia Islam and looks at the different beliefs between Shiah's and Sunni's. Students investigate the festival of Ashura and make informed opinions on why some people would agree/disagree with Ashura as a festival. It looks at the four rightly guided caliphs and analyses the issue of Ali not being the first leader after the death of Muhammad (pbuh). G&T tasks, Peer-assessment, AFL and homework task included. Created by Allerton Grange School RE department.

A 'Plug and Play' lesson. This lesson is the third in a series of ten. It gives an overview on how Islam split into Sunni and Shiah before moving on to look at the Shiah festival of Ashura next lesson. Recall starter - what have we learnt about Islam lower down in school? Timeline walkaround activity to look at the most significant events in the development of Islam. Independent work - what qualities does a good leader need? Prediction task - what do we think happened after some of these significant events? Body smart task - how did some of these events make people feel? Homework on the legacy that muhammad (pbuh) left behind on his death. AFL, Bright Sparks G&T tasks and differentiation included, along with resources for all activities. Created by Allerton Grange School RE Department.

A 'Plug and Play' lesson. Lesson number 2 in a series of ten. This lesson gives an objective view of Jehovah's Witnesses and dispels some common myths whilst allowing students to formulate their own informed opinions. Making links starter. Picture task - what have these symbols got to do with Jehovah's Witnesses? Video Clip analysis Compare and contrast task to look at Jehovah's Witness beliefs alongside of other Christian beliefs. Homework to look at how beliefs about Armageddon may affect the life of a Jehovah's Witness. Bright Sparks G&T tasks and Differentiation for SEN included. Created by Allerton Grange School RE Department

First in a series of 10 lessons. Looks at religions practised in Britain which are not as well known. Students are given time to set up new books etc as this is the first lesson of the year. Students look at a number of optical illusions to highlight the fact that people can see the same thing in different ways. Prioritising task - students have to create their own groups within the class based on shared values. Mind--mapping task to look at things that people find important. Personal reflection homework Contains Bright Sparks G&T tasks throughout Created by Allerton Grange School RE Department

Created for the OCR A2 2009 Spec but could be adapted. Covers Life After Death, Attributes of God, Religious Experience and Miracles.

A selection of quotes to cover the topics on the edexcel Religion and Life/Religion and Society exam. Adapted and developed from a revision ppt downloaded from the REstuff website (apologies - can't remember who the original author was) and others added by me. Can be printed onto card and cut up, or printed onto Avery L7165 stickers to stick onto index cards. Can be used in conjunction with the Practice Questions flashcards that I have created, either as part of personal revision or for use with students as part of an intervention programme. Could also be given to A-A* students to help cement their grade.

A collection of practice exam questions, categorised by question type, complete with suggested responses on the reverse. Covers only Christianity but easily edited to include a second religion. Can be printed onto thin card and folded in half (questions are on left and answers on the right) or printed onto Avery L7165 stickers and stuck onto index cards etc.