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?
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: 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.
Exam Board: Eduqas
Marks: 25 Marks
Topic: Res Ipsa Loquitur
Unit: Tort Law
This is an Eduqas style 25 mark scenario question on negligence with a focus on res ipsa loquitur. This is good practice for the tort law unit. As well as dealing with various instances of res ipsa there is also a causation issue that will help to distinguish the higher grade students.
Although this is designed to be an Eduqas 25 marker it could easily be adapted to other exam boards.
Included is a model plan and a model answer. These are great to help support you with marking and to also support students with DIRT.
Essay Topic: Magistrates
Unit: English Legal Systems
Paper: Paper 1
Marks: 15
Exam Board: Eduqas
This is a 15 mark evaluation style essay question on Magistrates. It follows a typical Eduqas style question for Paper 1: English Legal Systems.
Included is a model essay plan which you can use to help you with marking and also help students with their own planning.
There is also a model answer included which can support with DIRT work.
There are lots of statistics in the model answers for this question and you may want to update these as time goes on
Exam Board: Eduqas
Topic: ECHR Main Provisions
Papers: Paper 2 & Paper 3
Unit: Unit 4: Human Rights
This lesson goes through the main provisions in the ECHR that students will need to know for A-Level law. 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 Art 5, 6, 8, 10 & 11. There are activities throughout as well as evaluation and scenario practice.
The lesson includes:
Homework activities for the week
Starter activities x6
Main Activities x6
Knowledge Checks x4
Plenaries x6
Challenge/Evaluation Tasks x7
Exam Question Practice x1
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).
Essay Topic: Burglary
Specification: Eduqas
Marks: 25
This is a 25 mark evaluation style essay on burglary. This is designed for the Eduqas A-Level Law specification, Perspectives on Substantive Law paper.
Included is a model answer that can be handed to students as well as a model plan that is very useful for marking.
Essay Topic: Voluntary Manslaughter
Specification: Eduqas
Marks: 25
This is a 25 mark evaluation style essay on voluntary manslaughter. This is designed for the Eduqas A-Level Law specification, Perspectives on Substantive Law paper.
Included is a model answer that can be handed to students as well as a model plan that is very useful for marking.
Essay Topic: Causation (Negligence)
Specification: Eduqas
Marks: 25
This is a 25 mark evaluation style essay on negligence. This is designed for the Eduqas A-Level Law specification, Perspectives on Substantive Law paper.
Included is a model answer that can be handed to students as well as a model plan that is very useful for marking.
Essay Topic: Occupier’s Liability
Specification: Eduqas
Marks: 25
This is a 25 mark scenario style essay on occupier’s liability. This is designed for the Eduqas A-Level Law specification, Substantive Law in Practice paper.
Included is a model answer that can be handed to students as well as a model plan that is very useful for marking.
This question can easily be adapted to an AQA 30 Marker Scenario Question
Essay Topic: Misrepresentation
Essay Type: Evaluation
Marks: 25
This is a 25 mark evaluation style essay on misrepresentation from the contract law module. This is designed for the Eduqas Paper 3 A-Level Law exam, Perspectives on the Substantive Law. This is for the optional contract law unit.
Included is the essay title, to be handed to students, as well as a model plan and model answer. These can help support your own marking as well as helping students with DIRT work.
Exam Board: AQA
Unit: Nature of Law
Topic: Law and Society (Contract Law)
Marks: 15
This is a nature of law style 15 mark question for the AQA A-Level Exam in law.
This question focuses on contract law with reference to the law and society unit.
Included is the question to be given to students as well as a model plan and model answer to assist with marking/DIRT.
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 :)
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.
This PowerPoint is a great general resource for all A-Level subjects that are essay based.
It was originally designed for A-Level Law but I have also used it for A-Level Religious Studies. You may want to edit it slightly for your own subject but it is vague enough in its terminology that it can be used for almost anything without editing!
The short PowerPoint goes through the ten steps necessary to prep for an in class essay, breaking each step down. This is great for Year 12 students who do not yet have the skills to prepare for essays effectively.
Steps included are:
Compile Information
Create a Rough Plan
Create Your Final Plan
First Timed Practice
Revise Plan
Write Without Notes & Mark
Revise Plan
Timed Practice Without Notes & Mark
Revise
Final Essay
I recommend adding some modeling into the lesson which focuses on your specific subject.
Topic: Trespass to Land
Unit: Tort Law
Exam Board: Eduqas
This is a full lesson on trespass to land. This is part of the tort law unit of A-Level Law. 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 several practice questions with plans to help support.
There are also homework tasks included.
Lesson Activities
Starters: 4
Main Activities: 7
Challenge Points: 4
Knowledge Checks: 2
Practice Essays: 1
Plenaries: 4
Topic: Naturalism
Unit: Ethics
Exam Board: Eduqas
Marks: 30 Marks
This is a 30 mark question for A-Level Religious Studies. This question focuses on naturalism which is part of the ethics unit. This is designed for the Eduqas Exam Board.
Students can complete this as homework or in class. If students are completing this as an in class essay they should be given 35 minutes to complete it.
Included is a model plan and model answer which can help with marking and DIRT.
Topic: Ontological Argument
Unit: Unit 2: Philosophy of Religion
Exam Board: Eduqas
This knowledge organiser is a greater brief summary of the Ontological Argument. It can be given to students to help with revision or as part of their lesson on the Ontological Argument.
It covers Anselm, Descartes and Malcolm with a key quote.
It should be made clear to students that this is only a brief summary and they will need more information than this to do well in their exam!
This is designed for the Eduqas A-Level Religious Studies syllabus. It is designed for Paper 2 - Philosophy of Religion.
Unit: Unit 2: Philosophy of Religion
Topic: Cosmological Argument
Exam Board: Eduqas
Paper: Paper 2
This worksheet is a great little revision activity for A-Level Religious Studies.
Students are asked to write down the ten most important things they can remember about the cosmological argument. This helps them to consolidate their notes and knowledge.
This can be used as part of a revision lesson or as a starter or plenary activity. It is also a good homework activity.