Workbooklet for AQA GCSE RS Theme D Religion, Peace & Conflict- self contained, home learning etc

Here are 2 workbooks I made during lockdown to cover the whole material and exam practice for the Religion, Peace and Conflict theme which is part of the Short Course and Theme D in Spec A.

My students did not all have access to the internet and when they did they found there wasn’t enough bandwidth jiggery pokery for them all to use it at the same time so I started writing workbooks for them to use. Since we are back in school now they have all asked to carry on with this approach as it allows them to work at their own pace, so lessons become more workshop style and less about me telling them facts about the world. It doesn’t stop me from doing whole class tasks but it does allow me to tailor discussions to particular strengths and needs and gives them an excellent revision resource.

I thought about combining them into one booklet, but by keeping separate it is possible for reprographics to print all 6 lessons into an A4 booklet, and keeps their work contained into 5 lessons and an assessment - so you can mark the assessments whilst they start the new topic.

My workbooks are all self-contained, with all the info they will need and with tasks which I try to vary, interspersed - a lot of the workbooks I have seen involve a big load of text followed by a list of questions, which just doesn’t work for my learners.

The assessments have my marking grid on the back, sometimes you want to give specific feedback, but other times, for example myself with 180 students to teach in the same year group, you need to turn the assessment feedback into something that is manageable. It also means that you can talk to the students about common pitfalls before they do the assessment.

I’ve been an RE teacher 20 years, so you are getting the benefit of my experience here. I’ve seen all the initiatives come and go, I try to make sure my workbooks tick the boxes - literacy, Biblical texts, PSHE, British Values, etc etc.
For £5 you are buying a self-contained series of 12 lessons that covers the Theme D unit. This took me 2 full weekends to write and edit.

Booklet 1:
Lesson #1: Who was Gandhi? p2
Lesson #2: Should Christians be pacifists? p8
Lesson #3: What is a Just War? p14
Lesson #4: What causes war? p21
Lesson #5: Is Holy War possible? p25
Lesson #6: Assessment p30

Booklet 2:
Lesson #1: What are nuclear weapons? p2
Lesson #2: Is Just War possible today? p7
Lesson #3: Q5 technique/Where does extremism come from? p14
Lesson #4: What do Christians teach about forgiveness and reconciliation? p21
Lesson #5: Does protest change anything? p27
Lesson #6: Assessment p34