Lesson intended as a double lesson (roughly 1 1/2 hours) and explores Denominations in Judaism and Judaism in Britain, to support the new GCSE specifications on the Study of Judaism. Lesson includes:
- Starter
- 3D learning objectives and differentiated outcomes
- Card Match
- Beat the Teacher (mini-review)
- Exam practise with exam technique
- Exam feedback (peer assessment)
- Plenary: Group Quiz
- Full PPT
- Lesson Plan
- Optional Media Clip
Created with the WJEC / Eduqas RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. As an examiner for this specification, I have used what I know of the course to create this resource.
Publisher documents (PDF also included) to cover Issues of Relationships. 4 seperate booklets, covering:
1. Families
2. Roles of Men and Women
3. Gender Prejudice/Gender Equality
4. Marriage
5. Christian Wedding Ceremonies
6. Same-Sex Marriage
7. Nature and purpose of sex
8. Contraception
9. Cohabitation
10. Adultery
11. Divorce and Separation (annulment)
12. Remarriage
These booklets are ideal for independent study or set as topic-specific homework/revision. All exams questions relate to the content discussed and give pupils a chance to practise their answering of exam questions and their exam technique.
Resource also includes A, B, C, D-style exam questions with some exam hints and tips
Created with the WJEC / Eduqas RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. As an examiner for this specification, I have used what I know of the course to create this resource.
Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!
10 pages and 60 individual clue cards for the game 'What Am I'?!
The game features three hints and pupils need to work in teams to write down the correct word. Great for getting to know the key terminology associated with the religion. Great, competitive game for your pupils!
Instructions are included in the download pack. Any other questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch!
Created with the WJEC / Eduqas RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. As an examiner for this specification, I have used what I know of the course to create this resource.
Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils' RE/RS education in general - which is what we're all here for!
Creative and visually engaging learning mat / revision sheet for Jewish Practices: Festivals (Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur/Pesach - Passover/Sukkot)
Created with the WJEC / Eduqas RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. As an examiner for this specification, I have used what I know of the course to create this resource. Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils' RE/RS education in general - which is what we're all here for!
This is a learning mat indented for independent study or revision for the topic of Religion and Ethics: Sexual Ethics, as part of the OCR AS/A Level specification, although it can be applied across specifications. Document can be downloaded as an A3 Word document and as an A4 PDF, for compatibility.
Resource Includes:
Premarital and Extramarital Sex
Homosexuality
Natural Law
Situation Ethics
Utilitarianism
Kantian Ethics
Do religious views still have a role in modern sexual ethics?
Is sexual behaviour private?
Created with the OCR RS AS/A Level in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications.
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Lesson intended as a double lesson (roughly 1.5 hours) as part of the Christian Practices Unit.
Lesson includes:
- Starter
- 3D learning objectives and differentiated outcomes
- Video Task (and optional video - group/set dependent)
- Information Extraction
- Worksheet
-Application Task
- Exam Practise
- Plenary
- Differentiation (where necessary)
Created with the WJEC / Eduqas RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. As an examiner for this specification, I have used what I know of the course to create this resource.
Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils' RE/RS education in general - which is what we're all here for!
Created with the AQA RS GCSE specification in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. Quick and easy revision presented in a creative way!
Each revision card includes definitions, teachings, the importance and an opinion question. Answers are also available on the reverse of each card for student to work independently.
The final slide (with practise questions) also comes with answers using the appropriate exam technique.
The flip cards include the following topics, according to the specification:
What are good and evil?
What are the different reasons for crime?
What are the different types of crime?
What are the aims of punishment?
What are UK prisons like?
How important is forgiveness?
What is corporal punishment?
What is capital punishment?
Can suffering be a good thing?
Is real forgiveness possible?
Practise Exam Questions
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This learning mat was created to support learners of the Study of Theme D: Religion, Peace & Conflict - the whole unit on one A3 sheet (Word document) or A4 sheet (PDF document)
Topics covered:
Justice
Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Violence and Violent Protest
Terrorism
War
Just War and Holy War
Victims of War
WMDs
Peace and Pacifism
Created with the AQA RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications.
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AQA GCSE Religious Studies: Theme E: Crime & Punishment: exam practise pack
This 23-page pack was created to support learners to prepare for their GCSE examination in Religious Studies: Crime & Punishment - the whole unit, downloaded as both an editable Word document and a PDF (for compatibility). If you are teaching a different specification, the questions can easily be edited to suit these specifications, which assess the information in a simliar way, making this resource relevant to all specifications.
The pack includes:
RAG rating of the specification
Knowledge and understanding relating to the specification
Key words and definitions
Exam practise
Answers / sample answers
Topics covered:
Laws
Crime
Good and Evil
Aims and Types of Punishment
Attitudes to Crime and Punishment
Suffering
Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Corporal Punishment
Capital Punishment (Death Penalty)
Created with the AQA RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications.
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This resource is Lesson 7 on a new Buddhism unit aimed at KS3. The lesson and PowerPoints include a range of engaging, high-quality activities covering an introduction to Buddhism.
Lesson includes:
Homework slide
Review of prior learning
Title, objective and date
Key Words
Presentation Task
Analysis Task (embedded in presentation task)
Evaluation
Plenary
Scaffolding is included in the Powerpoint itself and also in the resources to ensure maximum engagement and comprehension. Challenges (extension tasks) also exist throughout the lessons to further enhance skills and understanding.
There are a variety of knowledge, understanding and evaluation tasks throughout the lesson, including video and debate activities that the students always love - year-on-year.
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This resource is Lesson 5 on a new unit aimed at KS3, but also suitable for KS4 learners due to the skills-focus. The lesson and PowerPoints include a range of engaging, high-quality activities covering an introduction to to the History of (Western) religion, re-branded as ‘History of Ideas’.
Lesson includes:
Homework slide
Review of prior learning
Title, objective and date
Key Words
Knowledge building
Analysis Task
Evaluation
Plenary
Scaffolding is included in the Powerpoint itself and also in the resources to ensure maximum engagement and comprehension. Challenges (extension tasks) also exist throughout the lessons to further enhance skills and understanding.
There are a variety of knowledge, understanding and evaluation tasks throughout the lesson, including video and debate activities that the students always love - year-on-year.
Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!
Created with the WJEC / Eduqas RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. As an examiner for this specification, I have used what I know of the course to create this resource.
Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils' RE/RS education in general - which is what we're all here for!
In Feb 2022, AQA released their guidance on the specific topics that will be assessed in the May/June 2022 series for Paper 1: Study of Religion: Christianity.
The attached PPT guides students through this required information. It can be used as a taught lesson, a homework or revision/independent study.
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This thorough and interactive revision lesson on the topic of ‘Soul, Mind and Body’ (in the Philosophy of Religion) section of the course helps learners to revise both AO1 and AO2, in line with the specification requirements. The lesson PPT and resources can be downloaded as both a PPT document and a PDF, for compatibility.
Activities include card sorts, fill in the blanks, video tasks, quizzes and more!
This 23-slide lesson specifically follows the requirements of the OCR A Level Religious Studies Spec, though they can be edited easily for other specifications. They explore appropriate AO1 (knowledge and understanding) followed by AO2 (analysis and evaluation), culminating in exam practise with a choice of four essay titles.
The lesson itself can be both teacher-led and used as a revision resources for at-home learning. It is a versatile resources for both class and home.
Resource covers:
The philosophical language of the soul, mind and body in the thinking of:
Plato
Plato’s view of the soul as the essential and immaterial part of a human, temporarily united with the body
Aristotle
Aristotle’s view of the soul as the form of the body; the way the boy behaves and lives; something which cannot be separated from the body
Metaphysics of consciousness, including:
Substance dualism
The idea that mind and body are distinct substances
Materialism
The idea that mind and consciousness can be fully explained by physical or material interactions
Knowledge and understanding (AO1) relating to:
Plato’s and Aristotle’s view of the soul
Substance Dualism as the idea that mind and body are separate or distinct substances
Descartes’ proposal of material and spiritual substances as a solution to the mind/soul and body problem
Materialism as the idea that mind and consciousness can be fully explained by physical or material interactions
The rejection of a soul as a spiritual substance
oAnalysis and evaluation (AO2) relating to:
Materialist critique of dualism and dualist responses to materialism
Whether the concept of ‘soul’ is best understood metaphorically or as a reality
The idea that any discussion about the mind-body distinction is a category error
o Exam practise questions
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Creative and visually engaging learning mat / revision sheet for ethics: religions and Humanism on making moral decisions.
Can be used for revision, cover work, homework or class work - incredibly versatile resource!
Task mat includes:
Knowledge
Choice of Tasks
Challenge question (Analysis question for extended writing) with exam
Download as an A3 word document and as an A4 PDF, for compatibility.
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This workbook is intended to cover approximately 10 hours of lesson time on the topic of: Introduction to Islam. The workbook is intended for home-study or as homework to complement an existing unit.
Topics include:
Introduction to ‘What is Islam’
Key Facts and Myths
Nature of Allah
Six Articles of Faith
Five Roots
Prophets
Afterlife
There are a variety of knowledge, understanding and evaluation tasks throughout the workbook, including some research tasks.
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This is a unit of 5 lessons for the OCR unit on Christian Moral Action/Practices. Lessons cover a variety of tasks, activities and learner styles, geared towards the final exam. In addition, included for free is the Workbook for home-study and revision and the Learning Mat, which is a summary of the unit on one page!
Lesson 1: Introduction to CM Action
Lesson 2: Duty to God and Duty to State
Lesson 3: Confessing Church and Finkenwalde
Lesson 4: Discipleship, Suffering and Solidarity
Lesson 5: Analysing Bonhoeffer
Free resource: Workbook on Christian Moral Action; Learning Mat for whole unit
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This resource is for revision and exam preparation. It is based on the topic-by-page programme I do with my students.
Each topic comes with knowledge (AO1), questions to develop understanding (AO1), questions to develop analysis and evaluation (AO2) and an essay-style question.
This resource is indented for the OCR AS/A Level specification, although it can be applied across specifications using alternative marking schemes.
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Whole unit on a page!
This is a learning mat indented for independent study or revision for the topic of Developments in Christianity: Gender (in Theology and Society), as part of the OCR AS/A Level specification, although it can be applied across specifications. Document can be downloaded as an A3 Word document and as an A4 PDF, for compatibility.
Created with the OCR RS AS/A Level in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications.
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This is a unit of 4 lessons for the OCR unit on Religious Pluralism in Theology and Religious Pluralism in Society. Lessons cover a variety of tasks, activities and learner styles, geared towards the final exam. Also included is the A3 and A4 Learning Mats / Revision Mats for this topic. In addition, included for free is the Workbook for home-study and revision!
Lessons are:
Intro and Exclusivism
Inclusivism
Pluralism
Pluralism and Society
Free resources: Learning Mat / Revision Mat and Workbook also included!
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