This resource is to be used with AQA GCSE RS students who are studying Specification A. It can be used to help students in their revision either in preparing them for an end of unit test or quick-fire recall of information covered earlier in the course for final revision. They take the form of 1 mark questions to help give students an idea of what they will look like but ultimately are a great way of getting students to think quickly on the spot about a vast array of areas within the course. [20 Questions and answers for each religion]

These resources are to be used with AQA GCSE RS students who are studying Specification A. They are useful for getting students to plan 12 mark questions in the run up to exams. The essay planning sheets help the students to think about what they need to include in a 12 mark question without giving them a writing frame, leaving them room to develop their own style. Students can work their way through all questions, or can be challenged by choosing the 2 or 3 that they find the most difficult. You could even rate them for different abilities.

This resource is to be used with AQA GCSE RS students who are studying Specification A. It can be used to give students for independent study, can be used in classroom revision sessions or to lead subject clinics. It is intended to get students to practice using content and key words, to ensure that they have revision notes that are reflective of the specification requirements and to help them to plan 12 mark questions.

This quiz is great as a start to either your very first Human Biology lesson or looking at what makes humans unique in Religious Education lessons. It would be best used by getting students to move around the classrooms to vote for answer 1, 2 or 3, then asking them why they chose that answer before revealing the true answer. Students love a little competition and it’s even better when they probably have no idea what the answer is and are therefore making rapid progress in their learning.

This assessment can be completed after lessons considering what it is that makes human beings different to other species of animals if anything! They will need to have considered similarities and differences between humans and animals (i.e. emotions, soul, pleasure/pain, ability to discuss and answer ultimate questions, Universal Declaration of Human Rights etc). Using resources like the Simpsons episode ‘Bart sells his soul’ can be useful in the soul debate, especially when you compare that to the Buddhist view that we do not have a soul and the story of Nagasena’s Chariot.

This resource can be used with GCSE or KS3 students studying Buddhism. (They specifically relate to AQA RS Spec A). They are great resources for developing understanding of the doctrines after an initial lessons on generic Buddhist beliefs which includes an overview of the 3 Universal Truths. They can also be used for revision purposes.

This resource is to be used with AQA GCSE RS students who are studying Specification A. It can be used to help students in their revision either in preparing them for an end of unit test or focusing specifically on exam technique in 4 mark questions. They cover all possible 4 mark questions in the Themes paper and allow students to prepare answers either individually or as pairs/groups to then be shared with the class. [12 Questions and answers covering Religion and Life, Religion, Crime and Punishment, Religion, Peace and Conflict and Religion, Human Rights and Social Justice]

A resource to get students thinking about how we make decisions. A new introduction to a unit of ethics or a good philosophy club discussion activity. This considers absolute and relative morality, some of the rules which form the basis of religious ethics and the values on which many decision are made (value, quality and sanctity of life).

A information sheet with activities and a homework sheet/extension task looking at the 99 names of Allah and the Muslim belief in Tawhid. A good resources for KS3.

This resource is to be used with AQA GCSE RS students who are studying Specification A. It is a great resources to be used at the end of the topic as a formative/summative assessment. It can also be used for revision purposes. It takes the form of the AQA exam and includes a mark scheme.

This resource is to be used with AQA GCSE RS students who are studying Specification A. There are two assessments with mark schemes. They can both be used at the end of the topics (Islamic Beliefs and Teachings) or one in the middle to check knowledge and understanding. They are written in the style of the AQA exam paper and will be good to use for formative assessments and to help track progress. There is also a revision quiz that can be used at preparation for the first assessment.

This resource is to be used with AQA GCSE RS students who are studying Specification A. It can be used to give students for independent study, can be used in classroom revision sessions or to lead subject clinics. It is intended to get students to practice using content and key words, to ensure that they have revision notes that are reflective of the specification requirements and to help them to plan 12 mark questions.

This resource is to be used with AQA GCSE RS students who are studying Specification A. It can be used to give students for independent study, can be used in classroom revision sessions or to lead subject clinics. It is intended to get students to practice using content and key words, to ensure that they have revision notes that are reflective of the specification requirements and to help them to plan 12 mark questions.

These resources are to be used with AQA GCSE RS students who are studying Specification A. They can be used in the run up to exams to help students practice their exam technique in 12 mark questions. They are also valuable in helping students with their timings. The timings allow for approximately ‘a mark a minute’ which is about right for these papers. There are also planning sheets to help students to build up their answers. These are without a writing frame to allow students to develop their own style of answer.

This resource is to be used with AQA GCSE RS students who are studying Specification A. It can be used to give students for independent study, can be used in classroom revision sessions or to lead subject clinics. It is intended to get students to practice using content and key words, to ensure that they have revision notes that are reflective of the specification requirements and to help them to plan 12 mark questions.