5 lessons of work looking at life’s journey in Hinduism and Buddhism - beliefs about the afterlife, funeral rites and customs.
Taught to Year 8 (1 hour lessons) but can be scaled up or down for other KS3 classes. Includes bespoke booklet which students can complete as they go in the lessons. SOW is fully complete and an optional KO that can be set for homework.
1 hour lessons (taught to Year 9 but can be scaled up or down) with bespoke booklet for students to complete during the lessons - covering key worship practices, passover and shabbat. The SOW is complete, the KO is optional but can be set for homework.
Powerpoint with audio recordings explaining each of the realms, and the main imagery shown in the Wheel of Life, and blank resource for students to label as they listen. Click the audio icon on each slide to listen to the explanation of what is shown in each part of the wheel - starting in the centre and working outwards. Suitable for secondary stages KS3-KS5 to be used as a lesson or part of a series on Buddhism. Also good support for GCSE and A Level Buddhism (all exam boards).
Key words: Samsara, Anicca, Nirvana, Pari-Nirvana, Karma.
Key concepts: Rebirth, Karma, Paticasamuppada (Dependent Origination), 3 Fires/Poisons.
Lesson focusing on how tourism and other factors have shaped Thai views towards women, holding in tension the "Old" and "New" values of Thai society - presentation for the lesson, alongside sociological essay to help students understand the changing roles.
Lesson with PPT and resources focusing on the value of science in Buddhism. Lesson covers the following points on the AQA spec:
The Buddha’s approach to unanswerable questions.
Similarities between Buddhism and Quantum Physics.
Scholarly views of 14th Dalai Lama and Thitch Nhat Hahn.
Please note that there is an OPTIONAL starter activity on modern science which uses pages from the AQA New A Level textbook, so you will need a copy of this book.
Essay question for homework included.
A lesson with reading and resources focusing on the way that Buddhist belief in miracles and karma could and has been criticised by science. AQA Year 2, Paper 2A, but could be adapted for other spects.
A powerpoint and knowledge organiser to consolidate learning for Buddhism and Science AQA unit (Paper 2A, RE A Level). Fully resourced. Could be adapted to another spec.
Revision lesson with blank knowledge organiser for students to complete as they go - focusing on AQA RE A Level Unit Problem of Evil and Responses (logical and evidential problem, Free Will Defence, Vale of Soul Making and Process Thought).
Ready to run through PPT explaining different views on religious language and how religious believers can respond to the Verification and Falsification Principles proposed by Logical Positivism. AQA A level unit 1 philosophy of religion.
4 lessons covering the spec content on Buddhism, Migration and Pluralisation of religion. These lessons are fully resourced and include revision activities. Please note that as these were taught over concurrent lessons, there are 2 lessons per power point.
A 12 page booklet (written in the style of a textbook) designed to help students understand all the content that could be considered when comparing Buddhist ethics with teleology, deontology and character-based methods of making moral decisions. The booklet is designed to reference A01 and A02 content to help students understand what they should be explaining and what they should be evaluating. To help students use the booklet properly there is an attached lesson with possible exam questions and a blank knowledge organiser to help them engage with the booklet content.
Ready to teach lesson on religious experience with blank knowledge organiser for students to use as they go along. This was planned for AQA A Level RE (year 1 Philosophy Content) but could be adapted for other specs.
A 14 page booklet written in the style of the textbook exploring Buddhist attitudes to issues of human life and death and animal life and death prescribed for study, and exploring A02 analysis points such as the compatibility of ethical theories and Buddhism.
A 14 page booklet, written in the style of a text book, to support students in creating a dialogue between Buddhism and ethical issues on the specification. Buddhist ethics are compared and contrasted with these views, with space for students to make their own dialogues.Issues discussed are:
Theft
lying;
marriage;
homosexuality
transgender issues;
genetic engineering.
wealth,
tolerance and freedom of religious expression.
A supporting powerpoint is attached to help students think about structuring exam questions.
this is designed with the AQA dialogues paper 2A in mind, but could be adapted for other specs with synoptic papers.
Everything students need to known for AQA RE A Level Natural Moral law in a handy double page spread. All A01 and A02 content is covered, with practise questions based on AQA assessment resources.
Everything students need to known for AQA RE A Level Free WIll and Moral Responsibility in a handy double page spread. All A01 and A02 content is covered, with practise questions based on AQA assessment resources.
Final lesson with 11-page booklet, written in the style of a text book, examining Buddhist attitudes to free will and the conscience, with A01 and A02 content to help students create dialogues between these ideas. Extra reading provided for high attainers (an excellent article from Chryssides that is really helpful generally for Buddhist ethics, but can be found for free online).
Everything students need to know for Year 1 content for Buddhism, in handy booklet form. All topics have corresponding practise questions and key words/quotes where necessary. I print these A4 and give them to my students as a basis for their own revision - excellent in conjunction with my Year 1 Buddhism revision notes (see my shop for more AQA RE Buddhism resources).