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Christian Denominations
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Christian Denominations

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A nine hour unit of lessons all about the different denominations of Christianity. Includes - 9 x one hour PowerPoints dozens of worksheets, fully differentiated, clip links, activities, all you need for teaching the a complete unit on Christian denominations. Includes: The Bible - why people interpret it differently. Catholicism Protestantism Orthodox Christianity Mormonism Jehovah’s Witnesses The Amish The Orthodox Church Assessment, feedback and mark scheme Full scheme of work Everything is differentiated three ways throughout and is fully editable too. Many more RE, PSHE and Citizenship Resources at more store
Catholicism
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Catholicism

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1 hour, fully resourced RE lesson all about Catholicism. The lesson looks at Catholic beliefs and practices, why Catholicism is different to other Christian denominations, some of the history of Catholicism including the Counter-Reformation and whether it is difficult to be Catholic in the modern world. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is could also be used in History for teaching about the Reformation. The pack includes a 1 hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE RE RESOURCES
Animal Rights
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Animal Rights

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1 hour, fully resourced PSHCE lesson which focuses on animal rights, sustainability, the meat industry and our changing diets. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is also useful for RE as an introduction to animal rights, or as a Tutor Time session (over a week). The pack includes a 1 hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE PSHE RESOURCES
Atheism
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Atheism

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One hour, fully resourced lesson which introduces atheism and the different arguments for it. The lesson is adaptable, easy to follow and fully differentiated. It is aimed at Year 9, but could be used for any non-GCSE KS3 / KS4 group or be adapted for a GCSE lesson. This resource pack includes an hour long PowerPoint with accompanying worksheets, case studies, well differentiated activities, literacy focus tasks, clip tasks with three-way differentiated questions and information sheets. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. As with all our lessons, you don’t need any prior knowledge as all the information is included - you can just pick up and teach it. You can find many more inexpensive and free RE, Citizenship and PSHE resources at my shop: MORE RE RESOURCES This lesson is taken from the EC Publishing Complete Secondary Package which can be found at our the EC Publishing website. You can also visit my Tes store https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources for everything PSHE, RSE, RE and Citizenship.
Medical Ethics RE
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Medical Ethics RE

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A Medical Ethics Unit lasting 12 hours (one lesson is a double) that was created for Year 9 RE, but could easily be used for a capable Year 8 or none-GCSE KS4 group. Each lesson is very detailed, editable and differentiated three ways with colour-coded challenge tasks for every activity. The lessons are very easy to follow as all the instructions are on the PowerPoints and worksheets. Each of the individual lessons have had excellent reviews so far. The unit includes: What are the religious and ethical views on abortion? A lesson exploring the pro-choice and pro-life debate and introducing the concept of sanctity and quality of life. What are the religious and ethical views on euthanasia? A lesson examining the quality vs sanctity of life debate in detail while examining types of euthanasia and religious views on these. Stem Cell Research - an investigation into embryology and the controversial issues surrounding the science. The lesson investigates how scripture can be applied to these issues and why there is so much debate. Capital Punishment and The Death Penalty - a two hour lesson which focuses on capital punishment, its legal status around the world, the moral and religious arguments for and against and the history of the death penalty. Drugs and morality - a lesson exploring the moral and religious debate around drug use before examining religious quotes and practicing GCSE style exam questions. Genetic Engineering - an overview lesson on test tube and designer babies as well as religious objections to the technology, with a focus on Christianity and Islam. An detailed article with differentiated comprehension questions all about the ethics, morality and faux-science of the anti-vaxxer movement. Why do some religions have objections to particular medical technologies and procedures? IVF - what is this and what are the different religious views towards it? What do Islam and Christianity believe about medical death? Religion and science - are they forever destined to work against each other, or can they work together? Assessment, feedback and mark scheme Scheme of work Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Bank of England, The Children’s Commissioner, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. Check out our RE and PSHE Packages here: Complete KS3 RE Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE One Year of KS5 PSHE and RSE One Year of Citizenship and British Values Complete Year 7 and 8 RE Complete Careers and Employability AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack Check out the EC Publishing website for full, affordable PSHE, Citizenship and RE Packages for all year groups including the new 2024 Complete PSHE Package. You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 8000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.
Philosophical Arguments - God + Suffering, Exam Practice 9-1 AQA RS
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Philosophical Arguments - God + Suffering, Exam Practice 9-1 AQA RS

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GCSE RS Thematic Studies AQA (9-1) Exam Practice - Theme C Revision Kit - Philosophical Arguments for and against God - sub category, Suffering and Evil. The focus is on Christianity and Islam. Pack Includes - Differentiated philosophical ideas analysis task suited to the Spec examining the qualities of God as well as exploring concepts such as free will, heaven and hell and life as a test (and much more). There are a choice of two differentiated activities to help students engage with, understand and apply the philosophical ideas ready for exam questions. It also includes a 12 mark practice exam question which has been designed to allow students to practice using the arguments correctly and to maximum effect in their responses. More AQA RS GCSE Resources available here.
The Illuminati + Conspiracy Theories
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The Illuminati + Conspiracy Theories

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1 hour, fully resourced lesson which provides an overview and introduction to the Iluminati, investigating whether it is a real alternative religious movement or a conspiracy theory. Students always ask to learn about the Illuminati and I’ve never had an excuse to make a lesson on it until I made this alternative religions and new movements unit - so here it is! This lesson is the sixth in my ‘Alternative Religions and New Movements’ Unit - originally created for year 9, but easily amended for any KS3 / KS4 group. The lesson can easily be used in isolation, however. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for RE or as part of a Fake News Unit, or could be used as a standalone lesson as something different for a drop-down-day. The pack includes a 1 hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE RE RESOURCES
Islam : Sunni, Shi'ite
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Islam : Sunni, Shi'ite

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1 hour, fully resourced lesson which provides an overview and introduction to the different varieties of Islam. It examines not only Shi’ite and Sunni Islam, but also Wahhabism, Ibadi Islam and other, alternative, less well known groups. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for RE or Citizenship, or could be used as a standalone lesson as something different for a drop-down-day. The pack includes a 1 hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE RE RESOURCES
Amish : Introduction
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Amish : Introduction

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1 hour, fully resourced lesson which provides an overview and introduction to the Amish, as an alternative religious movement. It compares the validity of Amish beliefs to more mainstream Christian ones and investigates what it’s like to live in the Amish community today. It examines criticisms as well as the Church in the words of believers. This lesson is the fifth in my ‘Alternative Religions and New Movements’ Unit - originally created for year 9, but easily amended for any KS3 / KS4 group. The lesson can easily be used in isolation, however. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for RE or History, or could be used as a standalone lesson as something different for a drop-down-day. The pack includes a 1 hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE RE RESOURCES
Humanism
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Humanism

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1 hour, fully resourced lesson which provides an overview and introduction to Humanism as an alternative movement and worldview. It explores what it means to be a humanist, why religiosity is in decline in the UK and how humanists believe their worldview can benefit humanity. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for RE or Citizenship, or could be used as a standalone lesson as something different for a drop-down-day. As with all our lessons, you don’t need any prior knowledge as all the information is included - you can just pick up and teach it. The pack includes a 1 hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE RE RESOURCES
The Death Penalty / Capital Punishment
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The Death Penalty / Capital Punishment

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2 hour, fully resourced lesson which focuses on capital punishment, its legal status around the world, the moral and religious arguments for and against and the history of the death penalty. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for PSHCE or Religious Education as an introduction to the topic, or could be used as a standalone lesson as something different for a drop-down-day. This lesson gained an outstanding when it was observed. Find more lessons on everything from misogyny, masculinity, Incels and Andrew Tate to dating, love, health and wellbeing, extremism, pornography, gender and transgender prejudice, racism, sex and relationships and much more at our store. Please visit my Tes store https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources for everything PSHE, RSE, RE and Citizenship. We still offer a free lesson of your choice for each time you leave a review! Just email info@ecpublishing.co.uk The pack includes a 2 hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE PSHE RESOURCES
World Religions + Belief UNIT
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World Religions + Belief UNIT

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One half term’s worth (7 hours including assessment and detailed scheme of work) of lessons exploring world religions and belief suitable for Year 7 (or maybe Year 8). Each lesson contains a detailed PowerPoint and worsksheets, well-differentiated with three-level challenges for each task, a variety of activities, information packs, clips with differentiated questions, clear measurable LOs, new key-term introductions and other activities. The pack is fully editable, engaging and very easy to follow. Lessons included: Introduction to world religions Tradition, fact and belief Does God exist? Religious pilgrimages Places of worship Religious leaders Religion, belief and conflict (the Reformation) Assessment and mark scheme Scheme of work Who are EC Publishing? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Bank of England, The Children’s Commissioner, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. Check out our RE and PSHE Packages here: Complete KS3 RE Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE One Year of KS5 PSHE and RSE One Year of Citizenship and British Values Complete Year 7 and 8 RE Complete Careers and Employability AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 8000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.
Religious Philosophy Unit
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Religious Philosophy Unit

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6 hours of lessons about religious philosophy, questions of evil, ethics, God and the Devil, existence and suffering. Created as an introduction to philosophy for a KS3 RE unit - includes end of unit assessment and full scheme of work. Originally created for KS3 but easily editable for KS4 as lots of GCSE-prep style activities. Includes: 5 x PowerPoints (one is a double lesson), differentiated worksheets for all tasks, clips with question activities, group tasks, debate tasks, classroom philosophical experiments, extended writing essay and literacy focus tasks - everything you need to teach an engaging short KS3 unit. More RE lessons for KS3 and KS4 can be found here.
Environment Drop Down Day
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Environment Drop Down Day

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MORE ADDED! 6 x fully resourced, hour long lessons all about caring for the environment and living sustainably (KS3/4). Each includes: a one hour PowerPoint, worksheets, clips, is differentiated fully for MA,LA + Core and is designed to fit Ofsted criteria for’ Good’ to ‘Outstanding’. Everything is fully editable. Each resource pack has individually been rated highly by Tes users. Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
Alternative Religions + Cults
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Alternative Religions + Cults

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A new unit all about new movements and alternative religions. Created to really engage and intrigue students in the wonderful subject of RE, before they go on to do the (slightly drier) GCSE courses in more mainstream religions. Includes: An investigation into cult leaders vs religious leaders An Introduction to Scientology An introduction to Mormonism An introduction to Humanism An introduction to Jehovah’s Witnesses An introduction to the Amish An introduction to alternative Islam An introduction to the Illuminati An introduction to Atheism A introduction to Rastafarianism Special Christmas lesson on Paganism Assessment, mark scheme and feedback sheet Scheme of work 11 x 1 hour lessons: 11 x one hour PowerPoints dozens of worksheets, fully differentiated, clip links, activities, all you need for teaching the unit to students who don’t have much background info on the movements (with plenty to challenge those who do). MORE RE RESOURCES You can also find us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ecteachresources/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ec_publishing and our website EC Publishing .com
Year 7 Religious Education
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Year 7 Religious Education

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UPDATED AND EXPANDED FOR 2021 - 1 YEAR OF YEAR 7 RE LESSONS 38 hours of fully resourced, well-differentiated, highly-rated, detailed and editable RE lessons for Year 7. All 38 packs (bundled into 20 downloads) are complete with at least one hour-long PowerPoint, accompanying differentiated worksheets, assessments, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs, starters and all are well differentiated to three levels throughout. All schemes of work included. The units included are: 1 Introduction and overview lesson (1 hour) 2) Religious Festivals (10 Hours) 3) Christianity (11 Hours) 4) World Religions - Beliefs , Life and Death (9 hours) 5) Sikhism (5 hours) 6) End of year RE fun lesson (1 hour) A suggested overview and detailed schemes of work for all lessons and units is included as well as a homework project. Also includes assessments, mark schemes + DIRT feedback sheets. These resources have been highly-rated individually by TES users, follow the same consistent format and are easy to follow. Please do have a good look through the resources and read all the reviews - I know purchasing for a whole year is an investment. There is zero extra work required, you really can just pick them up and teach them. However, they are also fully amendable should you wish to. Also included : world religions homework project and SoW. I use all of these myself as a Head of RE and I really hope you find them excellent value. I’ve put literally months of time into this to make these lessons top quality for my own school team. I also have a 1 YEAR OF YEAR 8 RE bundle (37 lessons) available here: 1 Year of Year 8 RE I also have a 1 YEAR OF CITIZENSHIP bundle (37 lessons) available here:1 Year���s worth of Citizenship and I also have a 1 YEAR’S WORTH of PSHE bundle (36 lessons) available here: 1 Year’s worth of PSHE Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
RE Introduction
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RE Introduction

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An hour long ‘Introduction to RE’ lesson, fully resourced and created as an introduction to RE for Year 7. The lesson focuses on what RE is, how the three main aspects of study (traditions and beliefs, philosophy, ethics and morality, religion in the world today), introduces a classroom code and contains a fun teamwork activity. The lesson is filled with engaging, well differentiated activities and very easy to follow. Also includes schemes of work for Year 7 and 8 RE. The pack includes an hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and a literacy focus plenary. These resources have been designed to be engaging and challenging. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes). This pack also includes the full written scheme of work which this lesson is from, all lessons also available here: You can find many more inexpensive and free RE, Citizenship and PSHE resources at my shop: MORE RE RESOURCES Follow me for free weekly uploads :)
World Religions
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World Religions

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16 HOUR UNIT - 16 x fully resourced KS3 lessons which can be used as an whole ‘Introduction to World Religions’ unit. It includes all of the 6 largest World Religions and also a couple of less mainstream popular new religious movements. The lessons on festivals, pilgrimage and the end of term fun lesson focus on the 6 main world religions as well as an optional assessment ideas pack. Contains: 16 x PowerPoints, 55+ worksheets, fully differentiated (3 or 4 levels each lesson, every task), clip links, detailed PowerPoints with easy to follow instructions. All the lessons are also editable, so easy to amend to your classes should you wish to. Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Bank of England, The Children’s Commissioner, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK. Check out our RE and PSHE Packages here: Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE One Year of KS5 PSHE and RSE One Year of Citizenship and British Values Complete Year 7 and 8 RE Complete Careers and Employability AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 8000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.
Year 11 PSHE
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Year 11 PSHE

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20 x fully resourced, highly-rated PSHE lesson packs and units suitable for Year 11 or KS5. From Revision and Study Skills, Living Independently, RSE, Finance and Careers to Body Image, Sleep, The Dark Web and University Applications - this really is a comprehensive KS4 or KS5 PSHE lesson bundle. All 20 lessons are complete with at least one hour-long powerpoint, accompanying differentiated worksheets, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs and starters. All are well differentiated to three levels throughout to enable clear evidence of progress for all students. These resources have been highly-rated individually by TES users, follow the same consistent format and are easy to follow. There is zero extra work required, and the whole bundle follows PSHE Association topic recommendations and Ofsted latest SRE/ PSHE Association guidance for Year 11. I use all of these myself as a Head of PSHE and I really hope you find them excellent value. I’ve put literally months of time into this to make these lessons top quality for my own school team. Please leave me a review and I’ll send you any other resource of your choice for free. If you like the look of this, I also have a popular complete KS4 one year of PSHE pack here. Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop - where you can find my bundles for other year groups: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :) You can also find us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ecteachresources/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ec_publishing
Shrove Tuesday + Lent
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Shrove Tuesday + Lent

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Lent and the Easter lead-up. These resources focus on the lead up to Easter: Lent, Shrove Tuesday + Ash Wednesday. The pack contains 1x 2 hour PowerPoint, 4x worksheets, 1x clips and questions, all well differentiated to three levels throughout. Basically everything you need to know about these parts of the Christian calendar presented in a fun and engaging, yet also challenging way. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last one hour each. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: <a href=“https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources”>EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)</a>