Topic: Problems of Religious Language Unit: Unit 2 Philosophy of Religion Exam Board: Eduqas This is a full lesson on the topic of Problems of Religious Language. This is designed for the Eduqas exam board but should suit other exam boards. This is for Paper 2 Philosophy of Religion. This lesson is designed to be taught across two or three separate lessons. It has starters and plenaries that allow it to easily be broken down into three lessons. Teacher note: I personally choose to teach this over half a week and do Non-Cognitive & Analogical language in the second half as they are both shorter topics Includes homework activities. A student version is also included which has answers removed. All necessary worksheets are included along with any links needed. Activities Starters: 3 Plenaries: 3 Main Activities: 11 Small Activities: 3 Knowledge Checks: 2 Challenge Points: 3 Practice Essays: 1* *the essay for this lesson is designed to be answered throughout the first few topics of religious language. There is also a 20 marker which they can do.

Topic: Non-Cognitive & Analogical Approaches to Religious Language Unit: Unit 2 Philosophy of Religion Exam Board: Eduqas This is a full lesson on the topic of Non-Cognitive and Analogical Approaches to Religious Language. This is designed for the Eduqas exam board but should suit other exam boards. This is for Paper 2 Philosophy of Religion. This lesson is designed to be taught across two or three separate lessons. It has starters and plenaries that allow it to easily be broken down into three lessons. Teacher note: I personally choose to teach this over half a week and do Problems of Religious Language in the first half as they are both shorter topics A student version is also included which has answers removed. All necessary worksheets are included along with any links needed. Activities Starters: 3 Plenaries: 3 Main Activities: 3 Small Activities: 2 Knowledge Checks: 1 Challenge Points: 1 Practice Essays: 1

Topic: Hume & Swinburne Unit: Unit 2 Philosophy of Religion Exam Board: Eduqas This is a full lesson on the topic of the Hume and Swinburne’s response to miracles. This is designed for the Eduqas exam board but should suit other exam boards. This is for Paper 2 Philosophy of Religion. This lesson is designed to be taught across two or three separate lessons. It has starters and plenaries that allow it to easily be broken down into three lessons. Teaching Note: When combined with the lesson on miracles it may be that you find teaching miracles over a week and a half & responses over the second half of week two more time effective Includes homework activities. A student version is also included which has answers removed. All necessary worksheets are included along with any links needed. Activities Starters: 3 Plenaries: 3 Main Activities: 5 Small Activities: 3 Knowledge Checks: 2 Challenge Points: 2 Practice Essays: 1

Topic: Nature of God Unit: Unit 1A - Study of Christianity Exam Board: Eduqas This is a full lesson on the topic of the Nature of God. This covers two key questions, ‘Can God Suffer?’ and ‘Is God Male?’ The lesson includes a variety of activities including starters, plenaries and practice essay question. There are also homework activities. This is designed to be taught across two or three lessons. All additional resources and links to online activities are included. A student version is also included. This is more printer friendly and has all the answers removed. Activities Starters: 3 Plenaries: 3 Main Activities: 6 Challenge Points: 2 Knowledge Checks: 2 Practice Essays: 1

Topic: Trinity Unit: Unit 1A Study of Religion: Christianity Exam Board: Eduqas This is a full lesson on the topic of the Trinity. This is designed for the Eduqas exam board but should suit other exam boards. This is for Paper 1A A Study of Religion: Christianity. This lesson is designed to be taught across two or three separate lessons. It has starters and plenaries that allow it to easily be broken down into three lessons. Includes homework activities. A student version is also included which has answers removed. All necessary worksheets are included along with any links needed. For one starter you will need a Kahoot on a previous topic studied. Activities Starters: 3 Plenaries: 3 Main Activities: 8 Knowledge Checks: 2 Challenge Points: 3 Practice Essays: 1

Topic: Challenges to Religious Experience Unit: Unit 2 Philosophy of Religion Exam Board: Eduqas This is a full lesson on the topic of the Challenges to Religious Experience. This is designed for the Eduqas exam board but should suit other exam boards. This is for Paper 2 Philosophy of Religion This lesson is designed to be taught across two or three separate lessons. It has starters and plenaries that allow it to easily be broken down into three lessons. Includes homework activities. A student version is also included which has answers removed. All necessary worksheets are included along with any links needed. Activities Starters: 3 Plenaries: 2 Main Activities: 9 Knowledge Checks: 4 Challenge Points: 6 Practice Essays: 1

Topic: Influences of Religious Experience Unit: Unit 2 Philosophy of Religion Exam Board: Eduqas This is a full lesson on the topic of the Influences of Religious Experience. This is designed for the Eduqas exam board but should suit other exam boards. This is for Paper 2 Philosophy of Religion. This lesson is designed to be taught across two or three separate lessons. It has starters and plenaries that allow it to easily be broken down into three lessons. Includes homework activities. A student version is also included which has answers removed. All necessary worksheets are included along with any links needed. Activities Starters: 3 Plenaries: 3 Main Activities: 8 Knowledge Checks: 4 Challenge Points: 5 Practice Essays: 1

Topic: Mystical Experience Unit: Unit 2 Philosophy of Religion Exam Board: Eduqas This is a full lesson on the topic of Mystical Experience. This is designed for the Eduqas exam board but should suit other exam boards. This is for Paper 2: Philosophy of Religion This lesson is designed to be taught across two or three separate lessons. It has starters and plenaries that allow it to easily be broken down into three lessons. Includes homework activities. A student version is also included which has answers removed. All necessary worksheets are included along with any links needed. Activities Starters: 3 Plenaries: 3 Main Activities: 5 Knowledge Checks: 2 Challenge Points: 2 Practice Essays: 1

Topic: Religious Experience Unit: Unit 2 Philosophy of Religion Exam Board: Eduqas This is a full lesson on the topic of the Religious Experience. This is designed for the Eduqas exam board but should suit other exam boards. This is for Paper 2: Philosophy of Religion. This covers the different types of religious experience. Separate lessons on Mystical Experience, Challenges and Influences are available This lesson is designed to be taught across two or three separate lessons. It has starters and plenaries that allow it to easily be broken down into three lessons. Includes homework activities. A student version is also included which has answers removed. All necessary worksheets are included along with any links needed. Activities Starters: 4 Plenaries: 4 Main Activities: 17 Knowledge Checks: 4 Challenge Points: 4 Practice Essays: 1

Topic: Bernard Hoose Unit: Ethics Exam Board: Eduqas This is a full lesson on Bernard Hoose and his summary of proportionalism. This is designed for the A-Level Law Religious Studies exam, ethics unit. The lesson is designed to be taught over multiple different lessons/sessions. A student version is included. This is printer friendly and does not have the answers. This is designed for the Eduqas exam board but will suit other exam boards as well. Includes a practice question with plan to support and plenty of activities to test knowledge. There are homework activities which can be modified to suit your own students. Lesson Activities Starters: 3 Main Activities: 5 Small Activities: 3 Challenge Points: 3 Knowledge Checks: 2 Practice Essays: 1 Plenaries: 3

Topic: Naturalism Unit: Ethics Exam Board: Eduqas This is a full lesson on naturalism. This is part of the ethics law unit of A-Level Religious Studies. This lesson is designed to be taught across several lessons and has appropriate starters and plenaries throughout. This is designed for the Eduqas exam board but will suit other exam boards as well. Includes practice question with plans to help support. There are also homework tasks included. A student version of the PowerPoint is also included. This version is printer friendly and has the answers removed. This can be given to students prior to the lesson with the full PowerPoint being given after the subject is complete. Lesson Activities Starters: 3 Main Activities: 9 Challenge Points: 2 Knowledge Checks: 2 Practice Essays: 1 Plenaries: 3

Topic: Ethical Egoism Unit: Ethics Exam Board: Eduqas This is a full lesson on ethical egoism. This is part of the ethics law unit of A-Level Religious Studies. This lesson is designed to be taught across several lessons and has appropriate starters and plenaries throughout. This is designed for the Eduqas exam board but will suit other exam boards as well. Includes practice question with plans to help support. There are also homework tasks included. A student version of the PowerPoint is also included. This version is printer friendly and has the answers removed. This can be given to students prior to the lesson with the full PowerPoint being given after the subject is complete. Lesson Activities Starters: 3 Main Activities: 7 Challenge Points: 7 Knowledge Checks: 2 Practice Essays: 1 Plenaries: 3

Topic: Virtue Theory Exam Board: Eduqas Unit: Unit 3 Ethics This is a full lesson covering Virtue Theory for A-Level Religious Studies. This is designed for the Eduqas exam board but can easily be adapted to suit other exam boards. The lesson covers an overview of Virtue Theory as well as Aristotle’s version of Virtue Theory and also Jesus’s virtues. It also contains evaluation of Virtue Theory. Lesson activities include: Starters: 3 Challenge Points: 4 Other Activities: 9 Knowledge Checks: 3 Plenaries: 3 Essay Practice: 1 A copy of the Sermon on the Mount is also included. There is a normal version and a student version included. The student version has all the answers removed and is also more printer friendly.

Topic: Divine Command Theory Unit: Ethics Exam Board: Eduqas This is a full lesson on Divine Command Theory. This is designed to be one of the first lessons students study as part of their A-Level Ethics unit. This is designed for the Eduqas Religious Studies qualification but would also suit other exam boards with modifications. A student version is included which is printer friendly and has the answers removed. Starter Activities: 3 Challenge Questions: 5 Main Activities: 5 Plenaries: 3 Knowledge Checks: 1 Practice Essays: 1 The lesson covers Divine Command Theory, Robert Adams and the Euthyphro Dilemma as well as other challenges. It includes a practice 30 mark question.

Unit: Unit 1: A Study of Religion: Christianity Exam Board: Eduqas This is a last minute revision lesson designed for students taking A-Level Religious Studies on the Eduqas exam board. This is for Paper 1: A Study of Religion and the Christianity option. This lesson is designed to be taught as one of the last revision lessons prior to the exam. Starter Key words wordsearch Students are given a list of definitions and from these they have to find the key words These will need printing out Activity 1 The first activity is an overview of the paper and top tips to do well This starts with recommended timings and an overview of the type of questions There are then some top tips for success Activity 2 There is then one PowerPoint slide for each topic. Each slide provides a brief summary of the topic including key words, Bible verses, scholars and quotes. These slides can be printed (a printer friendly version with white backgrounds is included) and given to students to help aid revision. You can also go through each one or targeted ones with the class as a last minute summary of particular topics Activity 3 This is a list of generic evaluation points that can be used if students are struggling to come up with points for 30 mark questions. This is designed to help support weaker students or to deal with brain freezes in the exam. Activity 4 Blurt sheets Students can choose a sheet based on which topic they would like to revise. They then write down everything they can remember about that topic in one colour pen They then swap sheets with the person next to them and write down additionally information in a second colour They can then use their notes to complete the sheets in a third colour Plenary The plenary is a cryptogram of a key quote by Augustine on sacraments Included is the PowerPoint, a printer friendly version and all relevant worksheets including blurt sheets. I also recommend giving students some past papers to look at.

Unit: Paper 3: Religion & Ethics Exam Board: Eduqas This is a last minute revision lesson on religion and ethics. This is designed for the Eduqas exam board but may suit other exam boards. This lesson is designed to be taught just before the exam but can be adapted to suit. A printer friendly version is included. Teaching Note: You will also want to have some copies of past papers available to give to students. Starter The starter are 10 simple questions taken from across philosophy. Students can either answer them in their books or you could go around the room and ask students the questions. Answers are in the notes section of the PowerPoint Overview of the Paper Students are given a brief overview of the paper and reminded of the recommended timings for each question. There are then some top tips for success to help students succeed. Short Summary of Ethics Each topic has been summarised on a single PowerPoint slide. You can either teach this, go through topics that students are stuck on or just print the slides out for students to look over. A printer friendly version is also included. Generic Evaluation Points These are generic points that can be used when students are stuck and cannot think of anything to write. My students have found these really helpful so I hope yours do to! Blurt Sheets Students pick a sheet for the topic they want to revise. They then: Write down everything they can remember about the topic in one colour Swap sheets with the person next to them & then update the sheet with extra information in a second colour Use their notes to finish the sheet off in a third colour with lots of detail I also normally give students past papers at this point to look through as well and let them lead what we will do, going round and helping, answering questions and teaching anything that I feel like we need to go over again. Plenary Write down four things they remembered, four things they were reminded of and four things they learned

Unit: Paper 2: Philosophy of Religion Exam Board: Eduqas This is a last minute revision lesson on philosophy of religion. This is designed for the Eduqas exam board but may suit other exam boards. This lesson is designed to be taught just before the exam but can be adapted to suit. A printer friendly version is included. Teaching Note: You will also want to have some copies of past papers available to give to students. Starter The starter are 10 simple questions taken from across philosophy. Students can either answer them in their books or you could go around the room and ask students the questions. Answers are in the notes section of the PowerPoint Overview of the Paper Students are given a brief overview of the paper and reminded of the recommended timings for each question. There are then some top tips for success to help students succeed. Short Summary of Philosophy Each topic has been summarised on a single PowerPoint slide. You can either teach this, go through topics that students are stuck on or just print the slides out for students to look over. A printer friendly version is also included. Generic Evaluation Points These are generic points that can be used when students are stuck and cannot think of anything to write. My students have found these really helpful so I hope yours do to! Blurt Sheets Students pick a sheet for the topic they want to revise. They then: Write down everything they can remember about the topic in one colour Swap sheets with the person next to them & then update the sheet with extra information in a second colour Use their notes to finish the sheet off in a third colour with lots of detail I also normally give students past papers at this point to look through as well and let them lead what we will do, going round and helping, answering questions and teaching anything that I feel like we need to go over again. Plenary Put the three key words into a sentence (mythological views on religious language)

Exam Board: AQA Paper: Paper 1: The Study of Religions Religions: Christianity and Islam This is a last minute revision lesson for students taking GCSE Religious Studies Paper 1. This is designed for those studying Christianity and Islam. Starter Activity: Key Word Definitions The lesson has an overview of the papers including recommended timings and last minute exam tips. There is then a brief overview of each of the topics on the paper including a quote for each one. This can be taught to students or just given to them as a last minute summary. Main Activity The main activity is a revision challenge. There are 32 activities split evenly between Christianity & Islam and Practices & Beliefs. Each activity is worth a different amount of points. Students have to go around the room and earn as many points as they can. They can complete whichever activities they choose. You will need to print out one copy of each activity (I recommend laminating them for future use). There are also further worksheets and templates that you will need to print. You will also need to print some copies of Past Papers for a few of the activities! Please go through each activity and check you have the required resources in advance of the lesson! The person with the most points gets a prize. Plenary: Unscramble the quote