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.
This bundle covers the entire topic in 3 x 100 minute lessons. Fully resourced with everything you need for you students to succeed. Plenty of recap, challenge, exam skills focus, mastery & assessment throughout. LESSONS are fun & engaging with a variety of tasks, multi-media & games to stimulate learning. They are not text book dependent; each lesson comes complete with a concise and accessible information sheet. Lessons are designed to offer clarity on a complex topic. Resource light (minimal printing), concise. Date on slide updates automatically. Easy to follow
DIVINE OMNIBENEVOLENCE AND JUSTICE. OCR A2 PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION: ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. FUN AND ENGAGING LESSON. VARIETY OF TASKS TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING, MASTERY AND EXAM SKILLS FOCUSED.
• This lesson is aimed to offer clarity on a complex topic
• Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
• Minimal printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
Critically assess the philosophical problems of attributing omnibenevolence to God. 40 marks
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
DIVINE OMNISCIENCE AND GOD’S RELATIONSHIP WITH TIME. OCR A2 PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION; ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. FUN AND ENGAGING LESSON. VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA AND GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING, MASTERY AND EXAM SKILLS FOCUSED.
This lesson is aimed to offer clarity on a complex topic
Information sheet provided (no need for text books)
Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
Minimal printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO KEY SCHOLARS AND SOURCES OF AUTHORITY):
Evaluate: Divine eternity does not limit human free will. 40 mks
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ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANISATIONS: CHRISTIAN (A ROCHA) AND SECULAR (WWF) RESPONSE TO DEFORESTATION. KS3 RELIGION AND THE ENVIRONMENT. FUN AND ENGAGING LESSON. VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA AND GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING, MASTERY AND EXAM SKILLS FOCUSED.
• Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
• No printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO GENESIS):
Explain the impact of deforestation on the environment
Explain the meaning of sustainable agriculture
Explain how and why religious and secular environmental groups respond to deforestation.
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP AND DOMINION. KS3 RELIGION AND THE ENVIRONMENT. FUN AND ENGAGING LESSON. VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA AND GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING, MASTERY AND EXAM SKILLS FOCUSED.
• Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
• No printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO GENESIS):
To evaluate whether it is solely the duty of Christians to take care of the planet
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
OMNISCIENCE AND TIME. ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. OCR A2 PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION. FUN AND ENGAGING LESSON. VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA AND GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING AND MASTERY FOCUSED.
• This lesson is aimed to offer clarity on a complex topic
• Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
• Minimal printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCE OF AUTHORITY):
Explain how attributing omniscience to God puts limits on human free will
Explain and evaluate Schleiermacher’s solution to the problem of free will
With reference to key scholars and Biblical sources of wisdom: Explain two senses in which God’s relationship with time can be understood and give strengths and weakness of these views.
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
ATTRIBUTES OF GOD OMNIPOTENCE: THE IDEA OF DIVINE POWER. OCR A2 PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION. FUN AND ENGAGING LESSON. VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA AND GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING, MASTERY AND EXAM SKILLS FOCUSED.
• Emphasis on exam skills: Modelling, Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
• Minimal printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCE OF AUTHORITY):
Evaluate whether it is too problematic to attribute omnipotence to God
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
WORLD RELIGIONS KS3. 8 x Fun & engaging 100 minute lessons. Variety of tasks, multi-media & games to stimulate learning. Resource light (minimal printing), concise. Date on slide updates automatically.
Easy to follow suitable for specialists and non-specialists.
LESSONS INCLUDED:
Intro to 6 Major world Religions
Christianity and Nicene Creed
Islam
Judaism
Hinduism
Buddhism
Sikhism
Writing an argument (12 mk questions)
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SIKHISM INTRO FOR KS3. FUN AND ENGAGING LESSON. VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA AND GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING, MASTERY AND EXAM SKILLS FOCUSED. SUITABLE FOR SPECIALISTS AND NON-SPECIALISTS.
• Emphasis on exam skills: Modelling, Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
• Minimal printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO GURU GRANTH SAHIB):
Explain Sikh beliefs about God
Explain how these beliefs influence the lives of Sikhs today
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’S EXISTENCE. REVISION. (DEVELOPMENTS IN CHRISTIAN THOUGHT). OCR A LEVEL. ENGAGING LESSON. VARIETY OF TASKS TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING, MASTERY AND EXAM SKILLS FOCUSED. This lesson summarises the whole topic in 100 minutes and is aimed to offer clarity on a complex topic.
• Modelling, Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
• Minimal printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
RESOURCES INCLUDED:
Info sheet - Types of revelation
Model answer: To what extent can God be known through the natural world?
Slides that cover the whole topic in 100 minutes
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCE OF AUTHORITY):
EVALUATE THE EXTENT GOD CAN BE KNOWN THROUGH NATURAL REVELATION.
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EXEMPLARY ANSWER. OCR A LEVEL RELIGIOUS STUDIES: KNOWLEDGE OF GOD (DCT) A GRADE MODEL ANSWER: TO WHAT EXTENT CAN GOD BE KNOWN THROUGH THE NATURAL WORLD? DISCUSS. 40 MKS
This answer meets success criteria:
Breadth and Depth drawing (scholars)
Numerous synoptic links
Sources of authority (Bible)
Evaluation throughout
Thesis and Conclusion
**This essay is aimed to offer clarity on a complex topic. **
**TASK IDEAS **
Students could highlight the above criteria in the answer. Discuss how it meets the success criteria and if it could be improved. They could then copy the highlighted criteria to form an essay plan; take away the model answer and they form their own answer based on the plan.
PERSON OF JESUS. OCR A LEVEL REVISION. ENGAGING LESSON. VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA AND GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING, MASTERY AND EXAM SKILLS FOCUSED.
This lesson summarises the whole topic in 100 minutes.
RESOURCES INCLUDED:
info sheet - 3 titles of Jesus
Model answer “Jesus was merely a political liberator” Discuss
Slides that cover the whole topic in 100 minutes
• Modelling, Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
• Minimal printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCE OF AUTHORITY):
Evaluate whether Jesus was merely a political liberator
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
BUDDHISM INTRODUCTION KS3 LESSON. FUN AND ENGAGING LESSON. VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA AND GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING, MASTERY AND EXAM SKILLS FOCUSED.
SUITABLE FOR SPECIALISTS AND NON-SPECIALISTS.
• Emphasis on exam skills: Modelling, Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
• No printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCE OF AUTHORITY):
Describe key events in the life of Siddhartha Gautama
Explain truths that the Buddha learned through his enlightenment
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
HINDUISM INTRODUCTION. FUN AND ENGAGING LESSON. VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA AND GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING, MASTERY AND EXAM SKILLS FOCUSED.
SUITABLE FOR SPECIALISTS AND NON-SPECIALISTS.
• Emphasis on exam skills: Modelling, Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
• No printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCE OF AUTHORITY):
Identify the main Hindu beliefs
Explain how these influence a Hindu’s life
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
JUDAISM INTRODUCTION. FUN AND ENGAGING LESSON WITH A VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA AND GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING THE CORE BELIEFS OF JUDAISM THROUGH A STUDY OF ITS FESTIVALS.
CHALLENGING, MASTERY AND EXAM SKILLS FOCUSED.
SUITABLE FOR SPECIALISTS AND NON-SPECIALISTS.
• Emphasis on exam skills: Modelling, Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
• Minimal printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO THE TORAH
Describe core beliefs of Judaism.
Describe 3 festivals in Judaism
Explain why Yom Kippur is the most holy festival
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FIVE PILLARS INTRODUCTION: ISLAM. FUN AND ENGAGING . VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA AND GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING, MASTERY AND EXAM SKILLS FOCUSED.
SUITABLE FOR SPECIALISTS AND NON-SPECIALISTS.
• Emphasis on exam skills: Modelling, Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
• Minimal printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO THE QURAN):
Explain the five pillars and how each influences the life of a Muslim.
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
CHRISTIANITY INTRODUCTION - KEY BELIEFS IN THE NICENE CREED
FUN AND ENGAGING LESSON. VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA AND GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING, MASTERY AND EXAM SKILLS FOCUSED. SUITABLE FOR SPECIALISTS AND NON-SPECIALISTS.
• Emphasis on exam skills: Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
• No printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO THE NICENE CREED)
Explain two key beliefs of Christianity 5 marks
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
INTRO TO SIX WORLD RELIGIONS. FUN AND ENGAGING LESSON. VARIETY OF TASKS TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING . MASTERY AND EXAM SKILLS FOCUSED. SUITABLE FOR SPECIALISTS AND NON-SPECIALISTS.
• Emphasis on exam skills. Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
• Minimal printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
To identify the six main religions in the world.
To describe their main beliefs.
To explain their similarities and differences
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE MODEL ANSWER: Corporate religious experiences are more reliable than individual religious experiences. Discuss. Complete essay (Thesis, main body & conclusion). Demonstrates OCR success criteria for a top level answer.
Includes reference to scholars:
James, Schleiermacher, Swinburne, Ayer, Flew, Socrates,
Religious experiences: St Bernadette, Saul, Pentecost, Toronto Blessing
Religious Sources of wisdom:
Old and New Testament
RELIGION & LIFE AQA #FUN LESSONS BUNDLE: 10 LESSONS INC. REVISION. PLUS: Test & mark scheme, scheme of work, glossary, quote bank. Everything you need for you students to succeed.
Plenty of recap, challenge, exam skills focus, mastery & assessment throughout.
LESSONS: Fun & engaging, Variety of tasks, multi-media & games to stimulate learning. Resource light (minimal printing), concise. Date on slide updates automatically. Easy to follow suitable for specialists and non-specialists.
SCHEME OF LEARNING: minute details of Learning objective/Task details/Differentiation/Assessment (proof of learning) and Homework (research/recap rotation)
VIEWPOINTS: Main religion Christianity + Islam / Non-religious views: humanism, classical and preference utilitarianism
LESSONS INCLUDED:
Origins of world and life
Value of world and life
Value and abuse of animals
Value, Sanctity and Quality of life
Abortion and the Law
Abortion: religious and non-religious views
Euthanasia and the Law
Euthanasia: religious and non-religious views
Life after death
Revision lesson
End of Topic assessment
I hope you enjoy teaching this pack. Your feedback is most welcome.
