A mini work booklet of reading and writing tasks. Utilise current examples from newspaper articles in 2016. To be used in conjunction with YouTube, link to video provided in the PowerPoint. Estimated time 30-50 minutes depending on ability. With the content provided you will be able to develop a lesson suited to your pupil/department's expectations.

Pupils will given an introduction to religious language regarding young people and analyse the importance of religion. This lesson includes: Differentiated tasks. Religious Understanding. Key Word Vocabulary. Debating/Public Speaking. Analysis of Information. SMSC Skills. Cooperative Learning.

This lesson has pupils research modern examples of miracles and prepare presentations to evaluate the their viability. They must look into religious and scientific contexts behind their chosen miracles. An evaluative writing pieces is also set at the end. Pupils will have work contracts to sign so that they can self-monitor, peer assess and self assess. This lesson includes: Differentiated tasks. Religious Understanding. Key Word Vocabulary. Worksheet. Analysis of Information. SMSC Skills. Cooperative Learning. Peer Assessment. IT Skills. Presentation Skills Peer Assessment and Feedback worksheet.

Pupils will given an introduction to religious language regarding miracles and analyse examples of miracles found in the news. This lesson includes: Differentiated tasks. Religious Understanding. Key Word Vocabulary. Worksheet. Analysis of Information. SMSC Skills. Cooperative Learning.

Pupils will debate against Stephen Fry’s argument against the existence of God based on the existence of evil and cruelty. This lesson introduces ideas about the nature of Allah (immanence and transcendence). The pupils will have to define keywords and explain their relevance and application to the Islamic ideas of Allah. Analysis of scripture is included. How these beliefs influence Muslims and understand the existence of evil is also covered within the lesson This lesson includes: Differentiated tasks. Religious Teaching Analysis. Understanding Allah from a traditional perspective. Key word vocabulary. SMSC Skills. Literacy Task. Exam Board - AQA Spec A This lesson follows the content recommendations made by AQA.

Exam Board - AQA Spec A This lesson follows the content recommendations made by AQA. Themes A, D, E, and F. Linked to Christian and Muslim beliefs. This lesson includes quick-fire questions and infographics to help pupils remember and retain information for the GCSE Exams. This lesson takes approximately 1 hour to go through effectively and can be modified to be used for multiple 30 minute revision sessions. This is a content based lesson and does not discuss exam skills or how to write essays. As a dedicated professional I take a lot of pride in the work I create, most of which I have offered on TES free of charge. My free lessons and resources come mostly with 4.5+ star ratings and to be sure of their quality you’re welcome to download them. I offer my charged lessons at the minimum amount as I do not believe in extorting my peers but at the same time I am a professional looking to make ends meet

Pupils will use what they have learnt in lessons 2 and 3 regarding birth ceremonies and coming of age ceremonies to create an evaluative answer. Pupils will be introduced to expectations regarding ways to structure and evaluative answer and the content needed. Introduces pupils to evalutive skills that are vital for GCSE. This lesson includes: Analysis of Information. Evaluation. Summarising. Group Discussion. Planning.

THIS LESSON COMES WITH A FREE ASSESSMENT LESSON FOR THE RELIGION AND YOUNG PEOPLE SCHEME OF WORK. Pupils will given an introduction to the United Nations declaration of the rights of the child. Use of key words taught in Lesson 5 will be used to recap on prior learning and apply knowledge to current lesson. Pupils will discuss what older people might think of young people and the laws put in place to protect young people. This lesson includes: Key Word Vocabulary Review. SMSC Skills. Discussion on British Society. Group Discussion. Evaluation. Independent Thought - Developing Identity. Worksheet. Research. Collaborative Learning.

This lesson introduces Islam to pupils with an engaging starter that gets them empathising with the differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims. Pupils are exposed to modern understandings of the divide and how it originated. Their opinion on the matter is requested in a written format upon understanding the differences and seeing the conflict it still causes today. This lesson includes: Engaging Starter Activity. Differentiated tasks. Video analysis of a politcal report on the Sunni-Shia conflict. Key word vocabulary. Group Discussion. SMSC Skills. Literacy Task. Exam Board - AQA Spec A This lesson follows the content recommendations made by AQA.

This lesson introduces Christian worship and praying. The lesson has pupils analyse the importance and power of prayer via a song and/or music video of your choice. They will use their understanding to look at the Lord’s Prayer and evaluate it’s importance to Christians. The lesson finishes with them listing qualities of prayer and reasons for prayer. This pack contains a 12 mark GCSE question which can be done at the end of the lesson or for homework. This lesson includes: Religious Teaching Analysis. Media Analysis IT Skills. Research Skills. Key term definitions. SMSC Skills. Summarising. Literacy Task. Creative skills. Exam Board - AQA Spec A This lesson follows the content recommendations made by AQA.

This lesson teaches the topic of Crime and Lawbreakers. The pupils will have to consider what the terms ‘crime’ and ‘punishment’ mean. They will describe the causes of crimes and explain Muslim and Christian attitudes to lawbreakers. This 50 minute lesson includes: Oracy Task. Analysis. Literacy Task. Religious teaching analysis. Numeracy Task (Venn Diagram). Exam practices - 2 marks, 4 marks, and 5 marks. Explanation of key terminology that will be used throughout the topic. Starter and Plenary Exam Board - AQA Spec A This lesson follows the content recommendations made by AQA

This lesson introduces ideas about the topic of Crime and Punishment. The pupils will have to consider what the terms ‘crime’ and ‘punishment’ mean. They will be able to sescribe some of the causes of crime, and explain Christian and Muslim attitudes to lawbreakers. This 50 minute lesson includes: Differentiated tasks. Analysis. Explanation of key terminology that will be used throughout the topic. Link to a useful documentary is also included but is optional. Literacy Task. Starter and Plenary Exam Board - AQA Spec A This lesson follows the content recommendations made by AQA

This lesson introduces ideas about the nature of Allah as all knowing and the Islamic belief in al-Qadr (predestination. Pupils will look at examples of lucky/coincidental events and discuss Allah’s influence and knowledge of the events. Pupils will discuss whether having a knowledge of everything means that Allah does not allow for human free will. Religious teaching about predestination will be analysed and pupils will reflect on their own decisions and decide how this will impact their free will. This lesson includes: Differentiated tasks. Religious Teaching Analysis. Understanding Allah’s nature. Key word vocabulary. SMSC Skills. Development of empathy and self responsibility. Literacy Task. Exam Board - AQA Spec A This lesson follows the content recommendations made by AQA.

This lesson has the pupils engage with the understanding of David Hume’s view on miracles. Pupils must become sceptics and can analyse either a traditional miracle or a modern religious miracle. Pupils will look at the works of other philosophers and relate the views researched to their own personal views regarding miracles. The lesson offers different tasks depending on whether you wish to develop your pupils’ reading skills or analysis skills. There is a differentiated written task at the end which has pupils evaluate miracles and utilise all the knowledge they have learnt in the lesson. This lesson includes: Differentiated Tasks. Key Vocabulary. Analysis Work. SMSC Skills. Analysis of Religious Teachings. Analysis of Philosophical Views. Application of Knowledge and Development of Personal Views.

Pupils will given an introduction to key words used to describe social attitudes to young people and religious people in modern society. Pupils will have evidence their understanding by a means of creative tasks set for them. This lesson includes: Key Word Vocabulary. Creative Writing. Personal Experiences. Presentation/Public Speaking Analysis of Information. Memory. SMSC Skills. Discussion on British Society.

This lesson teaches the topic of Aims of Punishment. The pupils will have to consider what the term ‘punishment’ means. To explain the different aims of punishment and to evaluate them. FREE homework and mark scheme included! This 50 minute lesson includes: Oracy Task. Group Task. Research Task. Peer Assessment. Religious teaching analysis. Explanation of key terminology that will be used throughout the topic. Starter and Plenary Exam Board - AQA Spec A This lesson follows the content recommendations made by AQA

This lesson teaches the topic of Causes of Crime. The pupils will describe the causes of crime and explain how crime can be caused out of necessity and does not always have evil intent. They will also evaluate the need to punish criminal when considering the causes of crime. This 50 minute lesson includes: Independent thinking task. Group Task. Analysis. Literacy Task. Oracy Task. Video link to a case study in the US about a women’s reform house. Religious teaching analysis. Numeracy Task (Venn Diagram). Exam practices - 12 marks plan in class/homework to complete - can change to do 12 mark in class. Starter and Plenary Exam Board - AQA Spec A This lesson follows the content recommendations made by AQA

This lesson teaches the topic of Suffering. The pupils will be able to describe what is meant by ‘suffering,’ and religious attitudes to suffering and explain how they are expected to react. They will also be able to explain religious attitudes on how they should act if they have caused suffering to others. A FREE homework is included! This 50 minute lesson includes: Case Study Analysis Task. Videos included of several case studies to help evidence examples to students and also develop empathy. Independent research Task. Religious teaching analysis. Exam practices - 5 marks. Explanation of key terminology that will be used throughout the topic. Starter and Plenary Exam Board - AQA Spec A This lesson follows the content recommendations made by AQA

This lesson the themes prejudice and discrimination with regards to the unit of Human Rights and Social Justice. The pupils will be able to describe the difference between prejudice and discrimination, and explain religious beliefs about prejudice and discrimination regarding the disabled and different races This lesson covers the attitudes of Christianity and Islam. This 50 minute lesson includes: Starter and Plenary. Oracy tasks Reflective tasks Discussion tasks Literacy tasks - summarising Scriptural analysis Explanation of key terminology that will be used throughout the topic. Video tasks with comprehension questions. Case study tasks on Martin Luther King Jr and racism in football. Extension Task. Exam Board - AQA Spec A This lesson follows the content recommendations made by AQA

This lesson introduces ideas about the topic of Human Rights and Social Justice. The pupils will be able to describe the differences between prejudice and discrimination. They will also be able to explain religious beliefs about the role of women and sexuality. This lesson covers the attitudes of Christianity and Islam. This 50 minute lesson includes: Starter and Plenary. Oracy task. Research Task. Retrieval Task - requires prior knowledge of Theme A: Sex and Relationships. Explanation of key terminology that will be used throughout the topic. Video task with comprehension questions. Religious Teaching analysis. Extension Task. Literacy Tasks. Free Homework included. Exam Board - AQA Spec A This lesson follows the content recommendations made by AQA