A lesson to introduce Christianity at KS3. Especially useful if you have already taught Judaism. The lesson looks at Jewish prophecies regarding the Messiah and explores whether the details of Jesus’ life in the Gospels matches those prophecies. Detective style task - put information sheets around the room, give students a handout to fill in and they can mingle around the classroom gathering evidence. End the class with a discussion/debate regarding the findings. Next lesson can include a write-up of their overall opinion on whether Jesus really is the Messiah the Jews have been waiting for.

Designed for KS3 students, to explore basic versions of the Arguments for God’s Existence, such as the Cosmological Arg, Design Arg, Fine-tuning Arg and the Hard Problem of Consciousness. Youtube links included as hyperlinks. Fill in the gaps activities to help them with their book creator project on each question. You will need clay, spaghetti and marshmallows as additional resources!

All 6 Meds summarised in a flow chart for revision purposes. Colour coded - red pen sections are analysis of Descartes’ ideas. Blue and green pen sections are summaries of Descartes’ ideas. Designed for the IB Philosophy Diploma but would also help A Level teachers of the OCR Religious Studies spec and the AQA Philosophy course.

Stretch and Challenge Philosophy for KS3 with some differentiated tasks. Introduction to Philosophy, pondering whether something can come from nothing. Also includes the counter argument from science looking at multiverse theory. Lesson One of Four. Worksheets, handouts and PPT all included to tackle Cosmological Argument.