An amazing selection of resources of Law and Religious Studies. Suitable for KS3, KS4 and KS5.
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An amazing selection of resources of Law and Religious Studies. Suitable for KS3, KS4 and KS5.
All our resources are created with love and care, we take pride in ensuring that they are beautiful to look at, because how are we expected to learn if things aren't pretty?
Topic: Criminal Appeals
Paper: Paper 1
Marks: 8 Marks
Exam Board: OCR
This is a practice exam question based on the 8 mark style knowledge questions from Paper 1. This is designed for the OCR exam board.
Included is a model answer and a model plan that can be used to help with marking/DIRT work.
The essay is designed to be given to students a week in advance to then sit in class. I give students 10 minutes to complete this answer (15 can be used if it is their first essay but in the real exam they should spend no more than 12 minutes on an 8 mark answer).
Lesson Topic: Duty of Care & Standard of Care
Unit: Tort Law
Exam Board: OCR
Paper: Paper 2
This is a lesson on duty of care and standard of care as part of the negligence element of tort law. This lesson is designed for the OCR syllabus but could be modified to suit other exam boards.
This lesson is designed to be taught over one week and split into multiple lessons.
Included is both the teacher version (to be displayed) & student version (to be printed & handed to students). The student version has answers removed!
The lesson covers the basics of duty of care (Robinson principle) and standard of care (including modified standard of care). It also gives an overview of the paper 2 examination and gives an opportunity for both scenario and evaluation practice.
Homework activities for the week are also included
Lesson Activities
Starters: 3
Main Activities: 7
Challenge Questions: 7
Knowledge Checks: 3
Scenario Practice: 1
Plenaries: 4
Topic: Introduction to Human Rights
Unit: Human Rights
Exam Board: Eduqas
This crib sheet is designed to help support students when they are studying an introduction to human rights. It covers the basics of what human rights are as well as some key sections from the Human Rights Act 1998.
It can be given to students to help them structure their notes in lessons or as a homework or revision activity.
How I Use This Resource
I give these sheets to students for every topic. They are expected to fill them in every week and keep them neatly filed. These are a great support for students who aren’t brilliant at taking their own notes and also provide a useful check on learning.
Exam Board: Eduqas
Topic: Introduction to Human Rights
Papers: Paper 2 & Paper 3
Unit: Unit 4: Human Rights
This lesson is designed to be the first lesson students study as part of the human rights section of their course. It is designed for the Eduqas specification but could be easily adapted to other specifications.
It is designed to be taught over one week and can easily be split into 3/4 lessons to suit.
The lesson covers the basics of what the Council of Europe & ECHR are as well as giving an overview of the Human Rights Act and key sections.
The lesson includes:
Homework activities for the week
Starter activities x4
Main Activities x11
Knowledge Checks x6
Plenaries x4
Challenge/Evaluation Tasks x6
Exam Question Practice x1
Worksheets and card sort needed are also included. Please check the notes sections on each slide for more details where relevant!
This bundle contains a selection of scenario and problem questions for Eduqas A-Level Law. These are the 25 mark questions from Paper 2 (Substantive Law in Practice).
They would also suit other exam boards such as AQA 30 mark questions with a small amount of modification.
There is a broad variety of scenarios, including at least one on each topic as well as some more mixed scenarios.
No essay plans or model answers are included.
The essay topics included are:
Mixed Question
Formation
Implied Terms
Economic Duress
Offer & Acceptance
Intention to Create Legal Relations
Consideration
Privity & Discharge
Remedies & Formation
Misrepresentation
Express Terms
Exclusion Clauses
This induction lesson is designed to be delivered to Year 11 students who will be studying A-Level Law in Year 12.
It is designed for the Eduqas syllabus with contract law option but can easily be modified to suit other exam boards and human rights
The activities will work for any exam board, but you will need to alter the information about the exam and content!
Slide 1: Introduction to the course (please edit to change the teacher name)!
Slide 2: Topics to be covered
Slide 3: Requirements for lessons
Slide 4: What to expect
Slide 5: The exams
Slide 6: Bridging work overview
Main Activities
Students are given the definition of murder and theft. They are then shown five small scenarios. Students have to discuss whether they think that the person has committed murder/theft.
The scenarios pick up on key controversial topics within that area such as double transfer of malice, or theft of money.
The PowerPoint is ridiculously cute and Kawaii, enjoy :)
Paper: Paper 3
Exam Board: Eduqas
Units: Tort Law, Criminal Law, Contract Law
Question Type: Evaluation Questions
This lesson is designed to be taught to students just before Paper 3 for Eduqas A-Level Law.
It contains a selection of activities that students can complete to help teachers prepare students for their exam.
This is designed for the Eduqas exam board but could be modified to suit evaluation question revision for other exam boards.
This is the contract law option but can easily be modified for human rights by making your own resources.
Activity One
This is a game of jeopardy. A link to the jeopardy game is provided (this is an online game).
Students are given five categories and different points (like real jeopardy). Each square shows an advantage or disadvantage. Students pick their square and then state what topic the advantage/disadvantage relates to. If correct the points can be allocated.
This works well for different numbers of teams or as individuals for small classes.
Activity Two
This is an overview of the paper going through what each part contains. It also advises students to spend 45 minutes on each question.
I recommend giving your students a past paper at this point to ensure they are fully familiar with what they are going to see.
Students are also given some top tips for the evaluation paper and also some generic evaluation points - NEWLY ADDED
Activity Three - NEWLY ADDED
I’ve amended the lesson to add in an advantages and disadvantages table for each topic. These can be given to students to help guide revision.
These are especially good for weaker students who might struggle to come up with evaluation points. I usually print these slides out and hand them to students to be used for last minute revision.
Activity Four
For this activity students will pick one topic to revise.
On a blank piece of paper they write down everything they know about the topic.
They then take one of the mind map sheets provided and add advantages and disadvantages around the outside.
Next they will fit everything they know into the relevant paragraphs.
This activity helps students to recognise that what they already know is enough as well as creating mini essay plans they can revise from
I have included a model one to help
There is a challenge activity that asks them to plan a past paper question
Activity Five
The final activity is a Padlet. You will need to set up your own Padlet and then students can ask any questions they have anonymously. Great for those students who are quiet or feel embarrassed about asking questions.
Topic: Defences and Remedies
Unit: Tort Law
Exam Board: Eduqas
Papers: Paper 2 & Paper 3
This case table is a great revision resource for A-Level law students. It contains gaps to fill in the facts and legal principle for the key cases for defences and remedies under tort law.
These cases are the ‘tier 1’ cases and sections. These are cases that will appear in every problem question answer for defences and remedies.
Cases included:
Jones v Livox Quarries (1952)
Morris v Murray (1991)
Stapley v Gypsum Mines Ltd (1953)
Pilkington v Wood (1953)
Legislation Included:
Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945, s 1(1)
How I Use This Resource
I give the sheet to students and give them five minutes to complete as much as they can by themselves without notes.
I then give them a further five minutes to work as a group.
They can then complete the table with notes if there are still gaps.
I usually have the table on the board and fill it in throughout if students as me for clarity or shout out any answers! By the end of about 15 minutes every students should have a completed sheet.
Paper: Paper 2
Exam Board: Eduqas
Units: Tort Law, Criminal Law, Contract Law
Question Type: Scenario Questions
This lesson is designed to be taught to students just before Paper 2 for Eduqas A-Level Law.
It contains a selection of activities that students can complete to help teachers prepare students for their exam.
This is designed for the Eduqas exam board but could be modified to suit scenario question revision for other exam boards.
This is the contract law option but can easily be modified for human rights by making your own resources.
UPDATE
This lesson has been updated with flow charts for each of the torts, criminal offences & contract law issues that students need to know.
For each flow chart they have been given one key case or statute that they need to know.
These can be printed off and given to students to help them learn the very basics.
Activity One
This is a flow chart flash card sort. For each tort/crime etc. there is a set essay plan that students can follow to establish it. There are sets of cards for each of these (you will need to print & laminate these, please set printer to "Flip Along Short Edge).
Students should be given one set each (e.g. negligence) and can then put it in the correct order. If correct they can then exchange for another set. The group with the most complete sets wins!
Activity Two
This is an overview of the paper going through what each part contains. It also advises students to spend 45 minutes on each question.
I recommend giving your students a past paper at this point to ensure they are fully familiar with what they are going to see
Activity Three
For this activity students will pick one topic to revise.
On a blank piece of paper they write down everything they know about the topic.
They then take one of the mind map sheets provided and add the flow chart structure around the outside.
Next they will fit everything they know into the relevant paragraphs.
This activity helps students to recognise that what they already know is enough as well as creating mini essay plans they can revise from
I have included a model one to help
There is a challenge activity that asks them to plan a past paper question
Activity Four
The final activity is a Padlet. You will need to set up your own Padlet and then students can ask any questions they have anonymously. Great for those students who are quiet or feel embarrassed about asking questions.
Unit: Contract Law
Exam Board: Eduqas
Paper: Paper 2
This card sort is a quick fire starter for revision sessions at Year 13
Students are given a set of cards for a particular topic and then have to sort them into the correct structure for the problem (scenario) question.
How I Use These Cards
I put students in pairs/small groups and give them each one topic. Once they have correctly sorted it they can do the next topic. The group with the most complete topics at the end of 3 minutes gets a prize.
Printing Notes
Set your printer to: Print Along Short Edge
This will mean the cards are printed flipped so that the back matches the front! If you do long edge then this won’t work. I recommend doing a test print of pages 1 & 2 first to ensure your formatting is working!
Unit: Criminal Law
Exam Board: Eduqas
Paper: Paper 2
This card sort is a quick fire starter for revision sessions at Year 13.
Students are given a set of cards for a particular topic and then have to sort them into the correct structure for the problem (scenario) question.
Although based on Eduqas these are suitable for all exam boards, although you may want to pick out any topics that you do not study.
How I Use These Cards
I put students in pairs/small groups and give them each one topic. Once they have correctly sorted it they can do the next topic. The group with the most complete topics at the end of 3 minutes gets a prize.
Printing Notes
Set your printer to: Print Along Short Edge
This will mean the cards are printed flipped so that the back matches the front! If you do long edge then this won’t work. I recommend doing a test print of pages 1 & 2 first to ensure your formatting is working!
Unit: Tort Law
Exam Board: Eduqas
Paper: Paper 2
This card sort is a quick fire starter for revision sessions at Year 13 (or late Year 12).
Students are given a set of cards for a particular topic and then have to sort them into the correct structure for the problem (scenario) question.
How I Use These Cards
I put students in pairs/small groups and give them each one topic. Once they have correctly sorted it they can do the next topic. The group with the most complete topics at the end of 3 minutes gets a prize.
Printing Notes
Set your printer to: Print Along Short Edge
This will mean the cards are printed flipped so that the back matches the front! If you do long edge then this won’t work. I recommend doing a test print of pages 1 & 2 first to ensure your formatting is working!
Exam Board: Eduqas
Paper: Paper 1 - English Legal Systems
Topic: English Legal Systems & Sources of Law
This lesson is designed to be a last minute revision lesson on ELS & SOL. I use it in the last lesson before the exam (e.g. this year it will be the day before). The lesson is designed to help students see how much they already know and how that knowledge can be used in answers.
Starter
Tier 1 Cases/Legislation Kahoot (link provided in notes of PowerPoint)
Content
Overview of Paper 1 including suggested timings for each question.
NEW UPDATE!
This lesson now includes a brief overview of every topic (one slide per topic) including some key cases and statutes as well as flow charts for the AO2 questions.
This is designed to help ensure that every student at least knows the bare minimum before going into the exam. You can either go through this with students or allow them to use it to support their own revision.
Main Activity
Students will start by each picking a topic.
Then they write down everything they know about that topic on a blank piece of paper.
Using the worksheets they then write down either the flow chart structure (Part A Topics) or evaluation points (Part B Topics).
Students then take the knowledge they know and fit this into each of the ‘paragraph’ headings.
Students can then practice planning a past paper question on each topic.
Plenary
Padlet: Set up a Padlet and give students the link. Students can then ask anonymous questions on ELS. The anonymous nature helps with students who may feel that their question is ‘stupid’ or be too nervous to speak up. Encourage as many questions as possible and make it clear that no question is too stupid!
Additional Resources
I also give students a past paper to look through as I talk through the structure. Although they will have seen these numerous times before this allows them to have a clear look at what the paper will look like and ensure they are fully familiar with the structure before the actual exam.
Includes PowerPoint (with Kahoot link) & worksheets on each topic
Topic: Alternative Dispute Resolution
Unit: English Legal Systems
Exam Board: Eduqas
Papers: Paper 1
This case table is a great revision resource for A-Level law students. It contains gaps to fill in the facts and legal principle for the key cases and statutes for ADR.
These cases are the ‘tier 1’ cases and sections. These are cases that will appear in every question on ADR.
Cases included:
Charlotte Church
Dunnett v Railtrack (2002)
Legislation Included:
Arbitration Act 1996, s 1
European Convention on Human Rights, Art 6
Family Law Act 1996, Part 3
How I Use This Resource
I give the sheet to students and give them five minutes to complete as much as they can by themselves without notes.
I then give them a further five minutes to work as a group.
They can then complete the table with notes if there are still gaps.
I usually have the table on the board and fill it in throughout if students as me for clarity or shout out any answers! By the end of about 15 minutes every students should have a completed sheet.
This fun 20 question quiz is a great revision or homework activity. Can be used as a quick starter or plenary to a lesson on alternative dispute resolution.
I use it as part of my revision lesson on ADR.
I give a prize to the student who gets the highest mark and give students a time limit of 5 minutes to complete it.
The answers are included.
Topic: Formation
Unit: Contract Law
Exam Board: Eduqas
Papers: Paper 2 & Paper 3
This case table is a great revision resource for A-Level law students. It contains gaps to fill in the facts and legal principle for the key cases for formation.
These cases are the ‘tier 1’ cases. These are cases that will appear in every problem question answer for formation.
Cases included:
Balfour v Balfour (1919)
Dunlop v Selfridge (1915)
Hyde v Wrench (1840)
How I Use This Resource
I give the sheet to students and give them five minutes to complete as much as they can by themselves without notes.
I then give them a further five minutes to work as a group.
They can then complete the table with notes if there are still gaps.
I usually have the table on the board and fill it in throughout if students as me for clarity or shout out any answers! By the end of about 15 minutes every students should have a completed sheet.
Topic: Murder
Unit: Criminal Law
Exam Board: Eduqas
Papers: Paper 2 & Paper 3
This case table is a great revision resource for A-Level law students. It contains gaps to fill in the facts and legal principle for the key cases for murder.
These cases are the ‘tier 1’ cases. These are cases that will appear in every problem question answer for murder.
Cases included:
R v Mohan (1976)
R v Pagett (1983)
R v Vickers (1957)
R v White (1910)
R v Woollin (1999)
How I Use This Resource
I give the sheet to students and give them five minutes to complete as much as they can by themselves without notes.
I then give them a further five minutes to work as a group.
They can then complete the table with notes if there are still gaps.
I usually have the table on the board and fill it in throughout if students as me for clarity or shout out any answers! By the end of about 15 minutes every students should have a completed sheet.
Topic: Vicarious Liability
Unit: Tort Law
Exam Board: Eduqas
Papers: Paper 2 & Paper 3
This case table is a great revision resource for A-Level law students. It contains gaps to fill in the facts and legal principle for the key cases for vicarious liability.
These cases are the ‘tier 1’ cases. These are cases that will appear in every problem question answer for vicarious liability.
Cases included:
The Christian Brothers (2012)
Mohamud v Morrisons Supermarket Plc (2016)
Various Claimants v Barclay’s Bank Plc (2017)
How I Use This Resource
I give the sheet to students and give them five minutes to complete as much as they can by themselves without notes.
I then give them a further five minutes to work as a group.
They can then complete the table with notes if there are still gaps.
I usually have the table on the board and fill it in throughout if students as me for clarity or shout out any answers! By the end of about 15 minutes every students should have a completed sheet.
Topic: Other Defences
Unit: Criminal Law
Exam Board: Eduqas
Papers: Paper 2 & Paper 3
This case is a great revision resource for A-Level law students. It contains gaps to fill in the facts and legal principle for the key cases for other defences.
These cases are the ‘tier 1’ cases and sections. These are cases that will appear in every problem question answer for that defence. The relevant defences are consent and mistake.
Cases included:
R v Donovan (1934)
R v Reid (1973)
R v Tolson (1889)
How I Use This Resource
I give the sheet to students and give them five minutes to complete as much as they can by themselves without notes.
I then give them a further five minutes to work as a group.
They can then complete the table with notes if there are still gaps.
I usually have the table on the board and fill it in throughout if students as me for clarity or shout out any answers! By the end of about 15 minutes every students should have a completed sheet.
Topic: Necessity Defences
Unit: Criminal Law
Exam Board: Eduqas
Papers: Paper 2 & Paper 3
This case and statute table is a great revision resource for A-Level law students. It contains gaps to fill in the facts and legal principle for the key cases for necessity defences.
These cases are the ‘tier 1’ cases and sections. These are cases and sections that will appear in every problem question answer for that defence. The relevant defences are duress, self-defence & necessity.
Cases included:
R v Cole (1994)
R v Howe (1987)
R v Hudson & Taylor (1971)
R v Willer (1986)
Palmer v R (1971)
R v Owino (1996)
R v Shayler (2001)
Re A (Conjoined Twins) (2000)
Statutes included:
Criminal Justice & Immigration Act 2008, s 76
Criminal Justice & Immigration Act 2008, s 76(1)(b)
Criminal Justice & Immigration Act 2008, s 76(3)
How I Use This Resource
I give the sheet to students and give them five minutes to complete as much as they can by themselves without notes.
I then give them a further five minutes to work as a group.
They can then complete the table with notes if there are still gaps.
I usually have the table on the board and fill it in throughout if students as me for clarity or shout out any answers! By the end of about 15 minutes every students should have a completed sheet.