Just War: video worksheets, differentiated x3

Please ensure you can access the video before you get this resource. From the BBC Matters of Life and Death series. See the BBC Teach > Secondary Resources > Religious Studies GCSE > Matters of Life and Death page for very extensive details, notes, and advice. The series comprises: abortion, animal experimentation, assisted suicide, capital punishment, just war, sibling saviours.

This short film is based around the example of the 9/11 terror attacks, asking how the USA should have responded to the tragedy. It explores the moral and practical issues of war, from both religious and non-religious perspectives. It provides students with the opportunity to evaluate a range of beliefs, prior to consolidating their own viewpoint.

PLEASE be sure to watch the film before using it in lessons. Find the film by searching the BBC Teach website or YouTube’s BBC Teach channel for “When is it right to go to war? | Religious Studies - Matters of Life and Death"

17 questions for the 10-min film. This resource is much cheaper in the bundle. Differentiated THREE ways! All versions look similar, but “B” version has subtle clues, and “C” version requires pupils to cross out wrong answers, not write in correct ones, allowing pupils with literacy difficulties to access the work. Excellent subtitles: scripted, not auto-generated chaos. Questions right up to the end, no slack time. Answer sheet. Very easy to mark. .doc & .pdf for all files. Two different links to film on all sheets.