I'm Head of Department and AQA examiner for Religious Studies. I teach the AQA spec and provide tried and tested resources. I'm uploading resources all of the time; my newest collection is the #FUN LESSONS range which are engaging, exam focused, challenging and getting great results. Lessons are fully resourced and easy to follow with minimal printing. I hope you enjoy teaching them.
I'm Head of Department and AQA examiner for Religious Studies. I teach the AQA spec and provide tried and tested resources. I'm uploading resources all of the time; my newest collection is the #FUN LESSONS range which are engaging, exam focused, challenging and getting great results. Lessons are fully resourced and easy to follow with minimal printing. I hope you enjoy teaching them.
ISLAM PRACTICES: HAJJ - PILGRIMAGE #FUN LESSONS. A fun and engaging lesson with a variety of tasks, multi-media and games to stimulate learning. It is ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused.
• Resource light, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
• Suitable for specialists and non-specialists.
Emphasis on exam skills: Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCE OF AUTHORITY):
Explain the role and significance of the 5th Pillar of Islam: Hajj.
Including:
Origins
The rituals of Hajj (how and why)
Exemptions
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
ISLAM PRACTICES: JIHAD #FUN LESSONS. A fun, thought provoking and engaging lesson with a variety of tasks, multi-media and games to stimulate learning. It is ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused.
• Contains recent (2020) examples of Jihad representations in the media with debates on whether this is a fair and accurate representation
• Challenges Islamophobia
• Resource light, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
• Suitable for specialists and non-specialists.
Emphasis on exam skills: Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCE OF AUTHORITY):
Explain the meaning and significance of Greater and Lesser Jihad: including
• Origins
• Influence
• Conditions for the declaration of lesser jihad.
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
ISLAM PRACTICES: FESTIVALS: ID-UL-FITR AND ASHURA #FUN LESSONS.
A fun and engaging lesson with a variety of tasks, multi-media and games to stimulate learning. It is ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused.
• Includes model answer and peer assessment
• Includes memory aids to help recall in exams
• No hands up planned questioning
• Key term bingo to help recall Islam beliefs and Islam practices
• No printing required, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
• Suitable for specialists and non-specialists.
Emphasis on exam skills: Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCE OF AUTHORITY):
Explain the meaning and significance of Id-ul-Fitr and Ashura including
• Origins
• Differences within Islam on the meaning and celebration of these festivals
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
ISLAM PRACTICES: SHIA ISLAM TEN OBLIGATIONS #FUN LESSONS. A fun and engaging lesson with a variety of tasks, multi-media and games to stimulate learning. It is ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused.
• Includes recap on 5 pillars and Jihad
• Includes peer assessment (with answers)
• Includes pronunciation audio recordings for Arabic terms
• No hands up planned questioning
• Plenary quiz to help retain knowledge
• Little printing required, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
• Emphasis on exam skills for 5 mark questions
• Suitable for specialists and non-specialists.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCE OF AUTHORITY):
Explain the Ten Obligations of Shia Islam and how these influence the lives of Shia Muslims
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
ISLAM PRACTICES, FESTIVALS: ID-UL-ADHA #FUN LESSONS. A fun and engaging lesson with a variety of tasks, multi-media and games to stimulate learning. It is ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused.
• Includes model answer and peer assessment
• Includes memory aids to help recall in exams
• No hands up planned questioning
• Key term bingo to help recall Islam beliefs and Islam practices
• No printing required, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
• Suitable for specialists and non-specialists.
Emphasis on exam skills: Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCE OF AUTHORITY):
Explain the meaning and significance of Id-ul-Adha: including
• Origins
• How it is celebrated
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
ISLAM PRACTICES REVISION # FUN LESSONS. A Fun lesson to recap and master content. Students should be learning without realising it!
• Date on slide updates automatically / Resource light
• Easy to follow & Suitable for non-specialists
Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority):
• Engage in lots of fun game to revise for test.
• Prepare and present multiple views on a variety of statements with a strong religious reference **(sources of authority) **
INCLUDES AN EXAM-FOCUSED HOME-LEARNING TASK WITH RESOURCE
**
ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: (FULLY RESOURCED)
• Articulate game
• Quotes master game (sorting)
• Presentation game: students are required to give reasons for and against variety of statements and include a strong religious reference
• Pub quiz (without the beer!)
• Peer assessment
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson.
Your feedback is most welcome.
ISLAM PRACTICES - TEST LESSON #FUN LESSONS
INCLUDES:
• Independent revision session (using notes and/or HW set in the revision lesson of the Islam Practices #Fun lessons series)
• Warm up test – with peer assessment
• Test: 5 exam style questions (1,2,3,4,5)
• Test support slide: success criteria and writing frames
• Mark scheme with indicative content and success criteria
ISLAM PRACTICES SCHEME OF LEARNING #FUN LESSONS
THIS SOL COMPLEMENTS THE BUNDLE: ISLAM PRACTICES #FUN LESSONS
THIS IN-DEPTH SCHEME OF LEARNING **PROVIDES DETAILS OF: **
• Learning objectives
• Task details
• Differentiation & Support
• Assessment (proof of learning)
• Homework (research/recap rotation) with weblinks
THE LESSONS INCLUDED ARE:
Introduction and Shahadah
Salah: Ritual prayer
Salam: Ramadan
Alms Giving: Zakah, sadaqah and Khums
Hajj
Jihad
Id-ul-Adha
Id-ul-Fitr & Ashura
Ten obligatory Acts (Shia Islam)
Revision
Test
DESIGN ARGUMENT + EVALUATION + COUNTER ARGUMENTS #FUN LESSONS - GCSE: ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
• A fun and engaging lesson with a variety of tasks, multi-media and games to stimulate learning.
• ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused.
• Peer assessment (with answers)
• No hands up planned questioning
• Differentiation: writing frames, word banks, quote banks
• No printing required
• Date on slide updates automatically
• Emphasis on exam skills: writing strong conclusions
• Concise and easy to follow: Suitable for specialists and non-specialists.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCE OF AUTHORITY):
• Identify key features of the Design Argument drawing on the philosophy of William Paley and examples from the natural world
• Link the design argument to scriptural reference
• Explain strengths and weaknesses (science/problem of evil)
• Explain counter arguments to weaknesses e.g. theodicies/holy books
• Write a strong conclusion on the effectiveness of the argument
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
AQA THEME C ( EXISTENCE OF GOD): DESIGN ARGUMENT & EVALUATION #FUN LESSONS. A fun and engaging lesson with a variety of tasks, multi-media and games to stimulate learning. It is ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused.
• Resource light, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
• Suitable for specialists and non-specialists.
Emphasis on exam skills: Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCE OF AUTHORITY):
Identify key features of the Design Argument drawing on the philosophy of Paley and examples from the natural world
Link the design argument to scripture: Bible and Quran
Evaluate and give counter arguments with reference to science and theodicies.
Write a strong conclusion on the effectiveness of the argument.
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
THEME C (THE EXISTENCE OF GOD): FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT
& EVALUATION #FUN LESSONS. A fun and engaging lesson with a variety of tasks, multi-media and games to stimulate learning. It is ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused.
• Resource light, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
• Suitable for specialists and non-specialists.
Emphasis on exam skills: Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCE OF AUTHORITY):
Explain Aquinas’s First Cause argument for the existence of God.
Evaluate whether the First Cause argument successfully proves the existence of God.
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
THE EXISTENCE OF GOD: ARGUMENT FROM MIRACLES & EVALUATION # FUN LESSONS. A fun and engaging lesson with a variety of tasks, multi-media and games to stimulate learning. It is ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused.
• Resource light, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
• Suitable for specialists and non-specialists.
Emphasis on exam skills: Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCE OF AUTHORITY):
Explain literal, metaphorical, and natural interpretations of miracles which application to Biblical miracles.
Explain what miracles might show about the nature of God.
Evaluate: 3 criticisms: favouritism, Hume, Natural explanations + Give counter arguments
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
THEME C: EXISTENCE OF GOD: SPECIAL REVELATION & EVALUATION. #FUN LESSONS. A fun and engaging lesson with a variety of tasks, multi-media and games to stimulate learning. It is ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused.
• Resource light, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
• Suitable for specialists and non-specialists.
Emphasis on exam skills: Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCE OF AUTHORITY):
Explain 2 examples of Special Revelation and:
• How each might prove the existence of God/Holy figures
• What each might reveal about the Nature of God/Holy figures
• Why these might be a reliable source of knowledge of the divine
• Why these might not be a reliable source of knowledge of the divine
Answer 12 mk question: Special Revelations are the best source of knowledge about God. Evaluate
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
OCR. A LEVEL. PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION: RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE & 20TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE. #FUN-LESSONS. A concise and easy to follow FUN lesson to recap and master content. Students should be learning without realising it!
GAMES INCLUDE:
Knowledge Audit (to reveal gaps in knowledge and show progress)
Articulate (for key term mastery)
Guess who – match the quote to the source and explain what it means
Prepare and present multiple views on a variety of 40 mk statement
Pub quiz (without the beer!) and peer assessment
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
INTRO LESSON FOR SOUL MIND & BODY OCR A LEVEL RS. #FUN LESSON
An accessible, discursive & engaging introduction to this fascinating topic. Students will learn without realising it.
They will be able to:
Explain the difference between numerical and qualitative identity
Reflect on what makes you ‘you’
Explain the difference between a substance dualist and a materialist
INTRO LESSON FOR SOUL MIND & BODY OCR A LEVEL RS. #FUN LESSON
An accessible, discursive & engaging introduction to this fascinating topic. Students will learn without realising it.
They will be able to:
Explain the difference between numerical and qualitative identity
Reflect on what makes you ‘you’
Explain the difference between a substance dualist and a materialist
**Critically compare the via negativa with symbolic language as ways of expressing religious beliefs in words. ** Grade A model answer.
A complete answer to the above 40 mark question.
A GRADE MODEL ANSWER: Religious Pluralism undermines Christian Doctrine Evaluate.
Complete essay includng thesis and conclusion. Demonstrates OCR success critiera for a top level answer.
Includes reference to scholars:
Kramer, Barth, Craig, Hick, Rahner.
**Sources of wisdom: **
Bible and Quran