I made these back in 2006 and they were on an old page of mine but I have finally brought them across here to my proper shop. On my old page, they were downloaded 23534 times. Had a review score of 4.5 stars. They had 186 reviews. They are colourful, fun and useful for introducing a topic, reviewing information and a paired task. They also make a funky wall display. Thanks. x

This is a Year 7 unit that I designed for two purposes - the first was to engage boys/pp learners and the second was to promote literacy and extended writing. It basically is designed to look like “Horrible Histories” as a way of engaging - it focuses on seemingly “gory” stories from world religion -focusing on the origin of Ganesh and Kali as well as the Ten Plagues of Egypt and some New Testament stories. However, underpinning this is the idea of writing to inform, writing to entertain, speaking and listening group work and also extended writing. My classes really enjoyed it and it contributed to an overall improvement in our evidence of extended writing. It was approved by my school’s Head of English as a piece of exemplary practice. Overall, there are 5 lessons so it is fairly short unit but because the children were enjoying some tasks so much, I extended the time they were given and they had longer - more like 7 lessons. It includes a differentiated booklet to accompany the lessons for weaker ability and also some extension tasks for the more able. There is also homework which is also differentiated. This would work well with Year 7 but also a nurture group (because of all the differentiation) or even for students educated at home. Enjoy.

This is a sample complete lesson suitable for Year 7 - the whole scheme of work is also for sale but this was to give you an idea of the quality and the type of work I produce. Pilgrimage introduction, including research task.

This is quite a large unit - each lesson lasts at least an hour - some lessons last more. There are at least 7 lessons here - but when I taught it, it stretched out longer than that. You are paying for 33 resources in total. The lessons focus on the point of pilgrimage and towards the end, there is some discussion about whether all pilgrimage is religious. It focuses on a mix of world religions deliberately because I wanted to include small parts of Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism that I felt were lacking in my Year 7 curriculum. However, Christianity, Judaism and Islam also feature quite heavily. I used this with Year 7 but it could work with Year 8 as an introduction task - or even as a “nurture” class project and would also be perfect for anyone who home educates. There is a mix of tasks including group work, extended pieces of writing, research tasks, assessment questions and peer/self assessments - as well as a final assessment. My students really enjoyed it. There is also a differentiation booklet of resources for the less able which can be broken down if you would rather. There are also tasks for “fast finishers” and everything is supported with sentence starters and word frames, as well as measurable success criteria for most of the bigger tasks. The unit looks at Lourdes, Mecca, 3 sites in India, Jerusalem and a non religious pilgrimage study of the film “Africa United”. There is homework included in the form of a differentiation “takeaway” homework project. You might have to buy that DVD - it cost me less that £2 on Amazon. There is also a baseline test and hyper links to relevant clips. You could literally download this and be ready to teach in minutes. Enjoy. :)

For last minute revision for Theme B. This is a good basic revision resource that GIVES information - it has no questions or exam technique BUT it is one A3 sheet with a good amount of information from every area of the unit. Focuses on Christianity and Islam.

New resource - AQA Religon and Life - Themes - Religion and Life. Pick up and teach. Will be part of a bundle later. Will also be uploading a homework booklet too. Check out my other AQA stuff. Thanks.

New resource - lesson two from the new Themes unit - Religion and Life. Pick up and teach. Exam Practice embedded throughout my work. Will be a bundle and homework coming as well. Check out my other stuff. :)

The new unit from AQA Spec A 8062 Themes: Religion and Life. A religious run down on the Genesis Creation Story, types of truth and exam practice. All created with the AQA specification close at hand. A whole lesson. There will be a bundle and hwk coming but this will get you started. These lessons are complete and you do not need a textbook. Thanks. Check out my other AQA resources. :)

A complete lesson which finishes the unit off. Follows AQA spec 8062. See my shop for earlier and later lessons. A bundle will make this more cost effective.

Full lesson including worksheets and 12 mark assessment for learning. Please see my shop for earlier lessons and later lessons in the series.

A whole lesson using the AQA spec. Please see my shop for others in this series. Thanks. Any resources are attached to the powerpoint.

A full lesson using the new AQA spec for theme f. Covers racism. Please see my shop for the rest of the unit.

lesson 4 human rights and disability aqa 8062 Christianity and Islam

A whole lesson, including worksheet and powerpoint covering the new AQA spec 8062. Please see my shop for my earlier and later lessons, as well as bundles which are more cost effective.

An entire lesson including powerpoint, resources and work sheets for lesson 2 of AQA Christianity and Islam.

All of the keywords published on the AQA website in a flash card format - 4 on a powerpoint slide, ready to be printed. Complete with a list of tasks to accompany them.

All of the keywords from the AQA website for Christianity in a powerpoint - 4 cards on a page, ready to be printed into flash cards. Also includes tasks to accompany them.

THEME F - LESSON ONE. SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS. INCLUDES RESOURCES AND EXAM PRACTICE. USES THE OXFORD APPROVED TEXT BOOK AND THE HODDER EDUCATION TEXT BOOK.