A set of workbooks I put together for each unit from the Edexcel Religion and Life Unit 2. Each section complete with revision activities and exam questions. A personal progress checker at the front! Room for teacher feedback.

A book I have created for students to take home and complete as a project. It contains old curriculum levels but could easily be adapted. Benefits: Students take ownership Supplements learning in the lesson It has a section for self/ peer assessment and teacher comments

A set of resources for students to read and explore the parable of 'The Good Samaritan'. 1. PowerPoint with differentiated activities/ outcomes 2. Parable of the Good Samaritan story and worksheet. 3. Blank comic strip templates to assist the creation of the story. 4. Higher Ordered Thinking questions I often get students to choose how they want to present what they have learnt about the parable through: a news article, drama, blurb for a book etc.

A PowerPoint that introduces the importance of rules within religion using Islamic food laws as an example. I often use this lesson with the ThinkRE2 textbook however it could be used without.

Three lessons that explore War and Peace using the ThinkRE2 textbook as a stimulus. You could also use and adapt the PowerPoints without the textbook. Lesson Titles: Why war? The D Day Landings What does the Bible say about war? How do Buddhists respond to war? (The Dalai Lama) Powerpoints are fully resourced with outcomes/ worksheets/ activities and success criteria's

A PowerPoint that looks briefly at the cause of poverty and religious attitudes to it. I use a THINKRE2 textbook for students to explore Christian and Hindu beliefs about poverty (to supplement the lesson you could simply find a brief bit on Hindu and Christian attitudes). Activities are supplemented by images/ questions and discussion opportunities. I have also attached an assessment criteria, PowerPoint and writing frame for an essay in response to the question: Poverty has always been with us. Poverty will always be with us. Why should we bother?

A PowerPoint with information and activities to support the teaching of the Eucharist. Activities: Image for students to discuss Research questions (this could form an independent learning opportunity) differentiated outcomes

This lesson allows students to read the Nicene/ Apostles creed and pick out key Christian teachings and keywords. I usually place students into groups to complete this task. In addition the Nicene Creed is the longest so I usually give this the more able students. Question sheets are provided to allow students to jot down their ideas. Once students have completed the various activities I allow students to create a personal creed. Resources: Nicene and Apostles Creed Worksheet of guidance questions for each creed PowerPoint with activities and guidance

A lesson that allows students to explore what is meant by the Christian concept of the Trinity. The lesson culminates in students being able to design their very own version of the Trinity. Resources: PowerPoint with clear activities and differentiated questions Card Sort Exercise

Two creative lessons that allow students to explore what Sawm and Zakat are and how they are performed. Sawm PowerPoint: Includes a series of activities and video links. Zakat: Includes a series of activities. The lesson enables to get students to compare zakat to charity and to produce their own campaign for Muslims to perform zakat.

A lesson with activities/ links and differentiated questions which will allow students to learn about the key elements of Salat. Students have the option to produce a guide to Salat at the end of the lesson. Resources: PowerPoint Images for students to explore (the idea is that students guess what is happening or what the artefact is within each image) Differentiated tasks upon the PowerPoint

A lesson that includes a variety of activities to allow students to explore some of the key beliefs/ teachings and also look at some of the challenges faced by Muslims who live in Britain today. A lesson that is great in supporting community cohesion and stamping out prejudice/ intolerance Resources: PowerPoint with outcomes and activities Quiz and Quick off the draw questions for an engaging activity Challenges faced by Muslims living in Britain worksheet Key words emphasised

A creative lesson that allows students to assess what Jesus was like and what people perceive Jesus to be like. The 2 part lesson culminates in students designing a modern day Jesus which can be used as a formal assessment. Resources included: PowerPoint complete with activities Assessment levels Writing Frame Images of Jesus through art

A lesson that looks at miracles and whether they happen using a biblical example. Students are encourages to assess a series of scenarios at the start of the lesson and depict which they think is a miracle. Students then are encouraged to define the word miracle. This then leads on to allow students to analyse a biblical miracle. YOU WILL NEED THE MOVE 'MIRACLE MAKER' and show the section which portrays the 'Raising of Jairus's daughter' OR you could find the story from the Bible.

A creative lesson that allows students to understand what the word parable means and why Jesus used parables to teach moral messages. The lesson has clear activities and outcomes. Students are encouraged to research a parable (A selection from the Bible are attached) and explain what they have learnt from the parable (there are a choice of activities ranging from drama to a newspaper article). Students also have the option to rewrite their own parable and give a moral message.

This is a high level lesson asking students to read two versions of the Nativity and to compare the stories looking for similarities and differences within each. Provided is a lesson PowerPoint complete with a range of activities/ instructions. You will also find an extension activity for the more able. For the lesson you will need: Luke 2:1-20 and Matthew 2:1-12

Christian and Hindu beliefs about the Soul. A lesson with images as a stimulus to start students discussing what they can see within the image. Students can then use the information sheets attached to research different views about the soul within Christianity and Hinduism. Students could teach each other or create mini presentations. The lesson works well in allowing students to compare Eastern and Western attitudes. Resources include: Images on the PowerPoint Structured Activities Outcomes Information Sheets

A brief PowerPoint with a few activities for students to start to discuss the concept of the Soul. If you can get hold of The Simpsons: 'Bart Sells His Soul' this can be used to allow students to discuss different perceptions of what the soul means to different people.

An interesting lesson looking at the meaning of fact, opinion and belief. The lesson ends with an activity where students can complete a 'Market Place' activity to research different superstitions.

A mixture of PowerPoints and worksheets with differentiated activities and levelled outcomes (With the absence of levels these could be tweaked to bronze, silver, gold). Lesson Titles: 1. What are ultimate questions? 2. Why do we have different worldviews? 3. What are the roles of science and religion? (Lisa The Skeptic episode needed) 4. Can religion and science work together? Assessment provided along with levelled criteria (again this could be tweaked) The textbook Framework RE2 works well with this set of resources if you have access to it.