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Inner-city London teacher here, serving Religious Education Resources for GCSE/KS4 and KS3 and Politics for A-Level/KS5. Full of accessible and familiar activities, this shop provides a resource for teachers looking to create a dynamic, challenging and enjoyable classroom. Download a free lesson on the Four Noble Truths, The Problem of Evil and the Additional Member System for a taste before you buy.

Inner-city London teacher here, serving Religious Education Resources for GCSE/KS4 and KS3 and Politics for A-Level/KS5. Full of accessible and familiar activities, this shop provides a resource for teachers looking to create a dynamic, challenging and enjoyable classroom. Download a free lesson on the Four Noble Truths, The Problem of Evil and the Additional Member System for a taste before you buy.
Buddhist Beliefs GCSE Bundle
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Buddhist Beliefs GCSE Bundle

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This lesson covers the GCSE AQA Specification for Buddhism. Each lesson contains a starter, plenary, one or more activity, literacy and homework suggestions. I teach them at speed in 50 minutes but I suggest taking the full 55-60 minutes if possible. Some lessons have slightly more content than others and this can be spread out according to your teaching schedule. All the folders are labelled in order for download but for added clarity the suggested order for the lessons is as follows. Lesson 1 - The story of Buddha Lesson 2 - The Four Sights and Asceticism Lesson 3 - The Enlightenment Lesson 4 – Dhamma and the 3 Refuges Lesson 5 – Dependent Arising Lesson 6 – Dukkha Lesson 7 – Anicca and Anatta Lesson 8 – Buddhism Assessment (midway) Lesson 9 – The Four Noble Truths (pt 1) Lesson 10 – The Four Noble Truths (pt 2) Lesson 11- Theravada and Mahayana Lesson 12 – The Arhat and the Boddhisattva Lesson 13 – Pure Land Buddhism Lesson 14 – Buddhist Beliefs Practice Paper GCSE AQA These lessons should be supplemented with photocopies of relevant sections of the AQA Buddhism textbook or students will have a book themselves. I hope you enjoy the resources – please review if you do and I will be uploading more RE resources in the future so watch this space!
The Arhat and the Boddhisattva (GCSE Buddhist Beliefs)
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The Arhat and the Boddhisattva (GCSE Buddhist Beliefs)

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This lesson covers: Becoming an Arhat activity Review of 8 fold path Becoming a Boddhisattva activity Types of Boddhisattvas Essay literacy exercise Homework suggestion This is lesson 12 of a bundle of lessons and homeworks covering the GCSE AQA Buddhism Beliefs specification topics. In the bundle there is a mixture of in class activities, comprehension, writing, fun tasks and homework worksheets. Class time is 60 minutes. You can modify the classes to suit your students. Usually it is suggested you use the AQA Buddhism book to supplement these lessons but for this lesson you can do without it. If you want to view a sample resource you can download the free Four Noble Truths Resource uploaded.
Christian Beliefs Bundle GCSE AQA
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Christian Beliefs Bundle GCSE AQA

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This lesson covers the GCSE AQA Specification for Christian Beliefs. Each lesson contains a starter, plenary, one or more activity, literacy and homework suggestions. I suggest taking the full 55-60 minutes if possible. Some lessons have slightly more content than others and this can be spread out according to your teaching schedule. All the folders are labelled in order for download but for added clarity the suggested order for the lessons is as follows. Lesson 1 - The Nature of God Lesson 2 - The Problem of Evil Lesson 3 - The Trinity Lesson 4 – Genesis Lesson 5 – The Incarnation of Jesus Lesson 6 – Jesus’ Death Lesson 7 – Easter: The Resurrection and Ascension Lesson 8 – Life after Death Lesson 9 – Sin and Salvation Lesson 10 – The Afterlife and Judgement Lesson 11- Heaven and Hell (download for free from shop) These lessons should be supplemented with relevant sections of the AQA Christianity textbook. I hope you enjoy the resources – please review if you do and I will be uploading more RE resources in the future so watch this space!
Edexcel A-level Politics Elections: WHOLE UNIT OF WORK
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Edexcel A-level Politics Elections: WHOLE UNIT OF WORK

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Politics resources are few and far between and often of not very high quality. I have got to a place where I feel confident that using my resources I can get fantastic grades and create great and up to date lessons in Politics. This year I started doing Politics teaching consultancy and it made me aware of how difficult a lot of teachers are finding it to build appropriately challenging, in depth and up to date resources. Now I am making some available. FREE single sample lesson on Additional Member System from this pack provided for you to get a sense of what you are buying. However, this resource can only be bought as a bundle as it contains a whole unit of work for the topic of UK Politics: Elections. Each lesson reflects and builds upon the next. Alongside resources that I have made, the range of Edexcel Politics textbooks, can support this content alongside a subscription to PreChewed Politics but they are not necessary to make use of the resources. If there are answers in the slide notes to questions that you do not know the answers to, you can produce quick answers by plugging in the questions into ChatGPT but if you follow the lessons in order you should find that the circular nature of the resources means that you are always building on previous knowledge. These resources are four years in the making, they offer both a great combination of knowledge and skills development and can be altered and adapted as they come in the form of Microsoft/Google friendly documents. I get fantastic results and happy classrooms so I hope you do to. This contains twelve 1hr lessons (20 files) that match up to the specification Features and Functions of Electoral Systems (this reflects back on Democracy and Participation). First Past the Post Disadvantages of First Past the Post (textbook ref. is core textbook) Supplementary Vote (SV no longer used in UK and this is up to date in slides) Additional Member System Single Transferable Vote Use of Referenda Evaluating Referenda (FOR) Evaluating Referenda (AGAINST) Debates on why different systems are used (short lesson giving room for reviewing assessment) Impacts of different electoral systems pt 1 Impacts of different electoral systems pt 2 It also includes relevant class resources, homework suggestions and a final assessment.
Edexcel A-level Government Relations to Branches: WHOLE UNIT OF WORK
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Edexcel A-level Government Relations to Branches: WHOLE UNIT OF WORK

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Politics resources are few and far between and often of not very high quality. I have got to a place where I feel confident that using my resources I can get fantastic grades and create great and up to date lessons in Politics. This year I started doing Politics teaching consultancy and it made me aware of how difficult a lot of teachers are finding it to build appropriately challenging, in depth and up to date resources. Now I am making some available. FREE single sample lesson on Additional Member System from this pack provided for you to get a sense of what you are buying. However, this resource can only be bought as a bundle as it contains a whole unit of work for the topic of UK Government: Relations to Branches. Each lesson reflects and builds upon the next. Alongside resources that I have made, the range of Edexcel Politics textbooks, can support this content alongside a subscription to PreChewed Politics but they are not necessary to make use of the resources. If there are answers in the slide notes to questions that you do not know the answers to, you can produce quick answers by plugging in the questions into ChatGPT but if you follow the lessons in order you should find that the circular nature of the resources means that you are always building on previous knowledge. These resources are four years in the making, they offer both a great combination of knowledge and skills development and can be altered and adapted as they come in the form of Microsoft/Google friendly documents. I get fantastic results and happy classrooms so I hope you do to. This contains eleven 1hr lessons (19 files) that match up to the specification The Supreme Court Supreme Court Case Studies Judicial Independence Judicial Neutrality Powers of the Supreme Court Relations to branches pt 1 Relations to branches pt 2 Parliamentary Sovereignty The EU and the UK’s withdrawal Political Impacts of Leaving the EU It also includes relevant class resources, student exemplars, homework suggestions and a final assessment.
The Enlightenment Lesson (GCSE Buddhist Beliefs)
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The Enlightenment Lesson (GCSE Buddhist Beliefs)

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This lesson covers: Meditation Mara Mara’s Temptations The three watches How Buddhists describe Enlightenment Homework Suggestion This is lesson 3 of a bundle of lessons and homeworks covering the GCSE AQA Buddhism Beliefs specification topics. In the bundle there is a mixture of in class activities, comprehension, writing, fun tasks and homework worksheets. Class time is 60minutes. You can modify the classes to suit your students. Usually it is suggested you use the AQA Buddhism book to supplement these lessons but for this lesson you can do without it. If you want to view a sample resource you can download the free Four Noble Truths Resource uploaded. Please give a nice REVIEW if you found it useful - I would also welcome your constructive feedback.
Dependent Arising (GCSE Buddhist Beliefs)
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Dependent Arising (GCSE Buddhist Beliefs)

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This lesson covers: Mandalas Dependent Arising The Tibetan wheel of life Not an easy concept - definitely worth doing some reading to make sure you understand it yourself first. This is lesson 5 of a bundle of lessons and homeworks covering the GCSE AQA Buddhism Beliefs specification topics. In the bundle there is a mixture of in class activities, comprehension, writing, fun tasks and homework worksheets. Class time is 50minutes. You can modify the classes to suit your students. Usually it is suggested you use the AQA Buddhism book to supplement these lessons but for this lesson you can do without it. If you want to view a sample resource you can download the free Four Noble Truths Resource uploaded.
The Four Noble Truths pt 2 (GCSE Buddhist Beliefs)
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The Four Noble Truths pt 2 (GCSE Buddhist Beliefs)

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This lesson covers: Craving and Desire Overcoming suffering Nibbana This is lesson 10 of a bundle of lessons and homeworks covering the GCSE AQA Buddhism Beliefs specification topics. In the bundle there is a mixture of in class activities, comprehension, writing, fun tasks and homework worksheets. Class time is 60 minutes. You can modify the classes to suit your students. Usually it is suggested you use the AQA Buddhism book to supplement these lessons but for this lesson you can do without it. If you want to view a sample resource you can download the free Four Noble Truths Resource uploaded.
Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism (GCSE Buddhist Beliefs)
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Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism (GCSE Buddhist Beliefs)

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This lesson covers: Key features of Theravada Tradition Key features of Mahayana Tradition The five aggregates Sunyata and the Chariot Buddha Nature Quiz This is lesson 11 of a bundle of lessons and homeworks covering the GCSE AQA Buddhism Beliefs specification topics. In the bundle there is a mixture of in class activities, comprehension, writing, fun tasks and homework worksheets. Class time is 60 minutes. You can modify the classes to suit your students. Usually it is suggested you use the AQA Buddhism book to supplement these lessons but for this lesson you can do without it. If you want to view a sample resource you can download the free Four Noble Truths Resource uploaded.
Pure Land Buddhism (GCSE Buddhist Beliefs)
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Pure Land Buddhism (GCSE Buddhist Beliefs)

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This lesson covers: Sukhavati Pure Land practices Pure Land and Theravada Comparison Exercise Revision Suggestions This is lesson 13 of a bundle of lessons and homeworks covering the GCSE AQA Buddhism Beliefs specification topics. In the bundle there is a mixture of in class activities, comprehension, writing, fun tasks and homework worksheets. Class time is 60 minutes. You can modify the classes to suit your students. Usually it is suggested you use the AQA Buddhism book to supplement these lessons but for this lesson you can do without it. If you want to view a sample resource you can download the free Four Noble Truths Resource uploaded.
The Dalai Lama
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The Dalai Lama

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This is a lesson that can support the GCSE Buddhism course or it can be a general lesson to help contextualise the Dalai Lama as a spiritual and political leader. The lesson covers: Who is the Dalai Lama The challenges the Dalai Lama faces Tibetan independence The challenges of self-immolation The lesson takes 40-50 minutes to complete. Trigger warning - this lesson does refer to the self-immolation of Buddhist monks in protest of Tibetan occupation. If you are interested in more lessons consider my Buddhist beliefs bundle which includes all the content for the GCSE Buddhist Beliefs curriculum.
Samatha Meditation (GCSE Buddhist Practices)
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Samatha Meditation (GCSE Buddhist Practices)

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This lesson covers: Meditation Samatha Meditation Mindfulness Mind mapping Tool Homework This is part of a bundle of lessons and homeworks covering the GCSE AQA Buddhism Beliefs specification topics. In the bundle there is a mixture of in class activities, comprehension, writing, fun tasks and homework worksheets. Class time is 60 minutes. You can modify the classes to suit your students. Usually it is suggested you use the AQA Buddhism book to supplement these lessons but for this lesson you can do without it. If you want to view a sample resource you can download the free Four Noble Truths Resource uploaded.
Buddhist Worship (GCSE Buddhist Practices)
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Buddhist Worship (GCSE Buddhist Practices)

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This lesson covers: Case Study of The Oakland Buddha Temple Shrine Monastery Puja Chanting Beautiful Work Activity This is part of a bundle of lessons and homeworks covering the GCSE AQA Buddhism Practices. This lesson is a slightly reduced price as students work independently for about half of the lesson. In the bundle there is a mixture of in class activities, comprehension, writing, fun tasks and homework worksheets. Class time is 60 minutes. You can modify the classes to suit your students. Usually it is suggested you use the AQA Buddhism book to supplement these lessons but for this lesson you can do without it. If you want to view a sample resource you can download the free Four Noble Truths Resource uploaded.
Vipassana Meditation (GCSE Buddhist Practices)
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Vipassana Meditation (GCSE Buddhist Practices)

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This lesson covers: Vipassana Walking Meditation Zazen Experiential Activities Homework This is part of a bundle of lessons and homeworks covering the GCSE AQA Buddhism Beliefs specification topics. In the bundle there is a mixture of in class activities, comprehension, writing, fun tasks and homework worksheets. Class time is 60 minutes. You can modify the classes to suit your students. Usually it is suggested you use the AQA Buddhism book to supplement these lessons but for this lesson you can do without it. If you want to view a sample resource you can download the free Four Noble Truths Resource uploaded.
Death and Mourning Ceremonies (GCSE Buddhist Practices)
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Death and Mourning Ceremonies (GCSE Buddhist Practices)

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This lesson covers: Theravadan funerals Funerals in Tibet Japanese Buddhist Funerals 12 mark Questions Homework This is part of a bundle of lessons and homeworks covering the GCSE AQA Buddhism Practices specification topics. In the bundle there is a mixture of in class activities, comprehension, writing, fun tasks and homework worksheets. Class time is 60 minutes. You can modify the classes to suit your students. Usually it is suggested you use the AQA Buddhism book to supplement these lessons but for this lesson you can do without it. Please see the notes in the power-points to support the teaching of your lesson. If you want to view a sample resource you can download the free Four Noble Truths Resource uploaded.
Visualisation (GCSE Buddhist Practices)
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Visualisation (GCSE Buddhist Practices)

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This lesson covers: Visualisation Thangkas Mandalas Experiential Learning Activities Homework This is part of a bundle of lessons and homeworks covering the GCSE AQA Buddhism Beliefs specification topics. In the bundle there is a mixture of in class activities, comprehension, writing, fun tasks and homework worksheets. Class time is 60 minutes. You can modify the classes to suit your students. Usually it is suggested you use the AQA Buddhism book to supplement these lessons but for this lesson you can do without it. If you want to view a sample resource you can download the free Four Noble Truths Resource uploaded.
Wesak and Parinirvana Day (GCSE Buddhist Practices)
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Wesak and Parinirvana Day (GCSE Buddhist Practices)

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This lesson covers: Festivals and Retreats Wesak significance and meaning Wesak Celebrations Three Activities Homework on Parnirvana Day This is part of a bundle of lessons and homeworks covering the GCSE AQA Buddhism Practices. In the bundle there is a mixture of in class activities, comprehension, writing, fun tasks and homework worksheets. Class time is 55 minutes. You can modify the classes to suit your students. Usually it is suggested you use the AQA Buddhism book to supplement these lessons but for this lesson you can do without it. If you want to view a sample resource you can download the free Four Noble Truths Resource uploaded. If the resource was a success please do leave me a nice REVIEW :)
The five moral precepts (GCSE Buddhist Practices)
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The five moral precepts (GCSE Buddhist Practices)

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This lesson covers: What are the five moral precepts 4 mark questions Ethical discussion topics This is part of a bundle of lessons and homeworks covering the GCSE AQA Buddhism Beliefs specification topics. In the bundle there is a mixture of in class activities, comprehension, writing, fun tasks and homework worksheets. Class time is 55 minutes. You can modify the classes to suit your students. Usually it is suggested you use the AQA Buddhism book to supplement these lessons but for this lesson you can do without it. If you want to view a sample resource you can download the free Four Noble Truths Resource uploaded. If the resource was a success please do leave me a nice REVIEW :)
Compassion (Karuna) (GCSE Buddhist Practices)
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Compassion (Karuna) (GCSE Buddhist Practices)

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This lesson covers: Ethical discussion What is Karuna Equanimity Buddhist Charity 4 mark and 12 mark essay questions This is part of a bundle of lessons and homeworks covering the GCSE AQA Buddhism Beliefs specification topics. In the bundle there is a mixture of in class activities, comprehension, writing, fun tasks and homework worksheets. Class time is 55 minutes. You can modify the classes to suit your students. Usually it is suggested you use the AQA Buddhism book to supplement these lessons but for this lesson you can do without it. If you want to view a sample resource you can download the free Four Noble Truths Resource uploaded. If the resource was a success please do leave me a nice REVIEW :)
Metta loving-kindness (GCSE Buddhist Practices)
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Metta loving-kindness (GCSE Buddhist Practices)

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This lesson covers: What is loving kindness The four sublime states How it compares to compassion 12 mark questions Loving kindness meditation (experiential) Homework This is part of a bundle of lessons and homeworks covering the GCSE AQA Buddhism Practices specification topics. Students will need to have touched upon the four sublime states to complete this lesson. In the bundle there is a mixture of in class activities, comprehension, writing, fun tasks and homework worksheets. Class time is 60 minutes. You can modify the classes to suit your students. Usually it is suggested you use the AQA Buddhism book to supplement these lessons but for this lesson you can do without it. If you want to view a sample resource you can download the free Four Noble Truths Resource uploaded.