An amazing selection of resources of Law and Religious Studies. Suitable for KS3, KS4 and KS5.
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An amazing selection of resources of Law and Religious Studies. Suitable for KS3, KS4 and KS5.
All our resources are created with love and care, we take pride in ensuring that they are beautiful to look at, because how are we expected to learn if things aren't pretty?
Lesson Topic: Duty of Care & Standard of Care
Unit: Tort Law
Exam Board: OCR
Paper: Paper 2
This is a lesson on duty of care and standard of care as part of the negligence element of tort law. This lesson is designed for the OCR syllabus but could be modified to suit other exam boards.
This lesson is designed to be taught over one week and split into multiple lessons.
Included is both the teacher version (to be displayed) & student version (to be printed & handed to students). The student version has answers removed!
The lesson covers the basics of duty of care (Robinson principle) and standard of care (including modified standard of care). It also gives an overview of the paper 2 examination and gives an opportunity for both scenario and evaluation practice.
Homework activities for the week are also included
Lesson Activities
Starters: 3
Main Activities: 7
Challenge Questions: 7
Knowledge Checks: 3
Scenario Practice: 1
Plenaries: 4
Exam Board: Eduqas
Topic: ECHR Main Provisions
Papers: Paper 2 & Paper 3
Unit: Unit 4: Human Rights
This lesson goes through the main provisions in the ECHR that students will need to know for A-Level law. It is designed for the Eduqas specification but could be easily adapted to other specifications.
It is designed to be taught over one week and can easily be split into 3/4 lessons to suit.
The lesson covers Art 5, 6, 8, 10 & 11. There are activities throughout as well as evaluation and scenario practice.
The lesson includes:
Homework activities for the week
Starter activities x6
Main Activities x6
Knowledge Checks x4
Plenaries x6
Challenge/Evaluation Tasks x7
Exam Question Practice x1
Exam Board: Eduqas
Topic: Introduction to Human Rights
Papers: Paper 2 & Paper 3
Unit: Unit 4: Human Rights
This lesson is designed to be the first lesson students study as part of the human rights section of their course. It is designed for the Eduqas specification but could be easily adapted to other specifications.
It is designed to be taught over one week and can easily be split into 3/4 lessons to suit.
The lesson covers the basics of what the Council of Europe & ECHR are as well as giving an overview of the Human Rights Act and key sections.
The lesson includes:
Homework activities for the week
Starter activities x4
Main Activities x11
Knowledge Checks x6
Plenaries x4
Challenge/Evaluation Tasks x6
Exam Question Practice x1
Worksheets and card sort needed are also included. Please check the notes sections on each slide for more details where relevant!
Paper: Paper 2
Exam Board: Eduqas
Units: Tort Law, Criminal Law, Contract Law
Question Type: Scenario Questions
This lesson is designed to be taught to students just before Paper 2 for Eduqas A-Level Law.
It contains a selection of activities that students can complete to help teachers prepare students for their exam.
This is designed for the Eduqas exam board but could be modified to suit scenario question revision for other exam boards.
This is the contract law option but can easily be modified for human rights by making your own resources.
UPDATE
This lesson has been updated with flow charts for each of the torts, criminal offences & contract law issues that students need to know.
For each flow chart they have been given one key case or statute that they need to know.
These can be printed off and given to students to help them learn the very basics.
Activity One
This is a flow chart flash card sort. For each tort/crime etc. there is a set essay plan that students can follow to establish it. There are sets of cards for each of these (you will need to print & laminate these, please set printer to "Flip Along Short Edge).
Students should be given one set each (e.g. negligence) and can then put it in the correct order. If correct they can then exchange for another set. The group with the most complete sets wins!
Activity Two
This is an overview of the paper going through what each part contains. It also advises students to spend 45 minutes on each question.
I recommend giving your students a past paper at this point to ensure they are fully familiar with what they are going to see
Activity Three
For this activity students will pick one topic to revise.
On a blank piece of paper they write down everything they know about the topic.
They then take one of the mind map sheets provided and add the flow chart structure around the outside.
Next they will fit everything they know into the relevant paragraphs.
This activity helps students to recognise that what they already know is enough as well as creating mini essay plans they can revise from
I have included a model one to help
There is a challenge activity that asks them to plan a past paper question
Activity Four
The final activity is a Padlet. You will need to set up your own Padlet and then students can ask any questions they have anonymously. Great for those students who are quiet or feel embarrassed about asking questions.
Exam Board: Eduqas
Paper: Paper 1 - English Legal Systems
Topic: English Legal Systems & Sources of Law
This lesson is designed to be a last minute revision lesson on ELS & SOL. I use it in the last lesson before the exam (e.g. this year it will be the day before). The lesson is designed to help students see how much they already know and how that knowledge can be used in answers.
Starter
Tier 1 Cases/Legislation Kahoot (link provided in notes of PowerPoint)
Content
Overview of Paper 1 including suggested timings for each question.
NEW UPDATE!
This lesson now includes a brief overview of every topic (one slide per topic) including some key cases and statutes as well as flow charts for the AO2 questions.
This is designed to help ensure that every student at least knows the bare minimum before going into the exam. You can either go through this with students or allow them to use it to support their own revision.
Main Activity
Students will start by each picking a topic.
Then they write down everything they know about that topic on a blank piece of paper.
Using the worksheets they then write down either the flow chart structure (Part A Topics) or evaluation points (Part B Topics).
Students then take the knowledge they know and fit this into each of the ‘paragraph’ headings.
Students can then practice planning a past paper question on each topic.
Plenary
Padlet: Set up a Padlet and give students the link. Students can then ask anonymous questions on ELS. The anonymous nature helps with students who may feel that their question is ‘stupid’ or be too nervous to speak up. Encourage as many questions as possible and make it clear that no question is too stupid!
Additional Resources
I also give students a past paper to look through as I talk through the structure. Although they will have seen these numerous times before this allows them to have a clear look at what the paper will look like and ensure they are fully familiar with the structure before the actual exam.
Includes PowerPoint (with Kahoot link) & worksheets on each topic
This is a vicarious liability lesson designed for the Eduqas A-Level specification.
This lesson would also suit other exam boards such as AQA although evaluation points would need removing.
Contains more recent updates from Muhammad v Morrisons and Barclay’s Bank
The lesson is designed to be taught over several lessons (it should cover at least a week of content)
It is designed to fit after psychiatric injury in your scheme of work, if you have taught something differently in the previous week you will need to update the first starter activity.
There are two practice questions (one scenario & one evaluation) each with an essay plan on the next slide.
Note: The beaver indicates cases that students must know for their exam!
Starter Activities
£100 Word Challenge
Unscramble the words
Wordsearch
Plenaries
Write a question for the person sitting next to you
Write your introduction
Main Activities
Split into employer/employee jobs
Mini scenarios x2
Read the extract & answer questions (statutory interpretation revision point)
Advantages/Disadvantages Table
Practice Essay Questions
Scenario Question x1
Essay Question x1 (balance between social interest & burden on employers)
Challenge Points
What’s the point?
Are Uber drivers employed or self-employed?
Should the police be vicariously liable for the murder of Sarah Everard?
This is a 66 page booklet that contains six tasks for students to complete over the Summer Holidays between Year 12 and Year 13.
It is designed for Eduqas A-Level Law (you could remove the evaluation question and swap it for a different style question if you wanted it for another exam board).
This is a modified version with a tort law problem question instead of criminal law
Tasks:
Case Sheets
Goals for next year
Glossaries
Find the Connections
Problem Question (25 marker)
Evaluation Question (25 marker)
More information about the tasks is below
Case Sheets
Contains a list of cases from English Legal Systems, Tort and Criminal. These have been selected as the most important cases (the ‘know it or die’) cases from Year 12.
Students have to fill in the facts and legal principle for each case. There are five case boxes per page.
Goals
Students should set five smart goals to help them in Year 13
Glossaries
Split into ELS, Tort and Criminal. Students have to write a definition for each key term they are given. There are 11 terms per page.
Connections
Students are given 20 terms. They have to sort these terms into four groups of five. There is one connections page for ELS, Tort and Criminal. It contains key terms, legislation, cases etc.
Problem Question
The problem question is a 25 marker based on negligence, nuisance and remedies from tort law.
Students have space to answer within the booklet
Evaluation Question
The evaluation question is a 25 marker on murder.
Students have space to answer within the booklet
Updated August 2024
Lesson Topic: Introduction & Theory of Contract Law
Module: Contract Law
Exam Board: AQA
This is a pick and mix style lesson that runs through all the evaluation points for contract law theory. This is designed to support students with their 15 mark answers in their AQA A-Level exam.
I usually go through the lesson and pick out activities, covering certain topics such as morality, justice and society and in more detail. I ensure I’ve given students enough detail that they can easily answer a 15 mark question on the topic.
The lesson is long but is really helpful for student revision - it allows them to highlight some key arguments that can be used in the 15 mark questions for contract law.
There are appropriate starter and plenary activities that can be used to split over several lessons.
There is a practice essay at the end.
Homework activity included
Lesson Activities
Unscramble the words
Mind-map
Write a definition
Research task
Who is this?
Knowledge check x4
Spotlight Discussion
5 Mark practice question
Five words
What connects the images?
Snowball discussion
Case research
KWL Chart
Challenge Questions
Are advertisements invitations to treat?
If a particular construction of a contract leads to an unreasonable result should this be a relevant consideration?
What is the problem of judging whether the contract has been breached based on the result of the breach rather than the content of the term itself?
If there are lots of small breaches should the party be able to terminate the contract?
Is a sale on eBay a private sale or a consumer sale covered by the Consumer Rights Act 2015?
If we are aware of a risk and take it why should death of personal injury not be excluded from a voluntary contract?
Essay Question
Law & Morality + Contract Law
This document is designed to support students in improving their evaluation skills. It is designed for A-Level Law and the Eduqas specification, although parts could easily be adapted for other specifications. It has contract law questions (although again these could be removed and swapped with human rights).
What is included?
What is evaluation?
Ten exercises to improve evaluation
Exercise One: Match Up
This exercise asks students to match up arguments and counter-arguments.
There are five match ups to complete:
Psychiatric Injury
Strict Liability
Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Civil Trial Process
Exercise Two: Disagree
This exercise asks students to give a counter-point to each of the opinions expressed.
Topics include:
Mitigation of Loss
Magistrates
Law Commission
Law Making Process
Juries
Exercise Three: Evaluate
This exercise asks students to clearly explain why each of the viewpoints is incorrect.
Topics include:
Access to Justice
Privity of Contract
Rylands v Fletcher
Delegated Legislation
Bail
Exercise Four: PEEL Template
This exercise asks students to complete a PEEL template for one paragraph of an essay.
Topics include:
Negligence
Tribunals
Contract Remedies
Voluntary Manslaughter
Psychiatric Injury
Exercise Five: Paragraph
This exercise asks students to write one paragraph for each of the essay questions.
Questions include:
Precedent
Misrepresentation
Express Terms
Criminal Appeals
Criminal Causation
Exercise Six: Ranking
This exercise asks students to rank paragraphs from best to worst. There are five paragraphs to rank.
Exercise Seven: Marking
This exercise asks students to read through two answers and give them a mark.
25 Marker: Nuisance
15 Marker: Civil Appeals
A mark scheme is included.
Exercise Eight: Self-Improvement
This exercise asks students to go back over previous 15 & 25 mark answers. They should re-write one and attempt to get a higher mark.
Exercise Nine: 15 Marks
There are five 15 mark practice questions to answer.
Topics:
Statutory Interpretation
Law Making Process
Juries
Legal Professionals
Criminal Trial Process
Exercise Ten: 25 Markers
There are five 25 mark practice questions to answer.
Topics:
Murder
Economic Duress
Rylands v Fletcher
Theft
Formation of Contract
This is a 66 page booklet that contains six tasks for students to complete over the Summer Holidays between Year 12 and Year 13.
It is designed for Eduqas A-Level Law (you could remove the evaluation question and swap it for a different style question if you wanted it for another exam board).
Tasks:
Case Sheets
Goals for next year
Glossaries
Find the Connections
Problem Question (25 marker)
Evaluation Question (25 marker)
More information about the tasks is below
Case Sheets
Contains a list of cases from English Legal Systems, Tort and Criminal. These have been selected as the most important cases (the ‘know it or die’) cases from Year 12.
Students have to fill in the facts and legal principle for each case. There are five case boxes per page.
Goals
Students should set five smart goals to help them in Year 13
Glossaries
Split into ELS, Tort and Criminal. Students have to write a definition for each key term they are given. There are 11 terms per page.
Connections
Students are given 20 terms. They have to sort these terms into four groups of five. There is one connections page for ELS, Tort and Criminal. It contains key terms, legislation, cases etc.
Problem Question
The problem question is a 25 marker based on fatal offences from criminal law.
Students have space to answer within the booklet
Evaluation Question
The evaluation question is a 25 marker on murder.
Students have space to answer within the booklet
Lesson Topic: Duty and Standard of Care
Exam Board: Eduqas
Topic: Tort Law
Sequence in Lessons: Lesson #1
This lesson is designed for the Eduqas A-Level law syllabus. This lesson is designed to be the first lesson students study in tort law.
As well as going through duty and standard of care this lesson also talks through the Eduqas examination.
This should be spread over at least three lessons. There are suitable plenaries and starters included that can be used as start and end points.
Homework tasks included
Lesson activities:
What happens next?
When can you claim?
Facebook status
When is a duty owed?.
Videos x2
Match the duty
Knowledge check x3
Why was today’s lesson important?
Puzzle
What would the reasonable man do?
Consequences
Mini Scenario
Match the Cases
Advantages/Disadvantages Table
Ideas for reform
Challenge questions:
Can you think of any situations in which there isn’t an established duty?
Who is the reasonable man?
Should the standard of care be the same for everyone?
Should a learner driver be held to the same standard of care as an experienced driver?
Cricket Match mini scenario
Exam questions:
Scenario Question
Evaluation Question
Lesson Topic: Elements of Criminal Liability
Exam Board: Eduqas
Unit: Criminal Law
Lesson Sequence: Lesson #1
This is designed to be the first lesson on the criminal law and covers all major elements of criminal liability. This is designed to be taught over 1-2 weeks, there are suitable starters and plenaries throughout which provide appropriate lesson breaks.
This lesson covers:
Actus Reus
Mens Rea
Causation
Omissions
Lesson Activities
Key word definitions
Break or no break
Complete the table x2
Mini scenarios x4
Write a short scenario
£100 word challenge
How would the UK be different?
Write a definition of intention
Five controversial things
Challenge Questions
When are you still liable for murder?
Wallace question
Should you help a drowning child?
Exam Questions
Scenario question x2
This target skill document is designed to help students who are struggling with A01/Knowledge in their timed essays. It contains 10 exercises that students can work through to help improve their retention of knowledge.
Exam board: Eduqas
Unit Three Option: Contract Law
This document could be adapted for other exam boards but there are several practice questions and activities that would only suit Eduqas style questions.
All topics are covered so some activities may not be accessible until Year 13 but there is enough variety that students can use the document throughout their course.
This includes contract law questions.
Included activities:
Organising content
Case Lists
Legislation Lists
Glossary
Flash Cards
Five Mark Questions
Essay Plans
10 Mark Practice Questions
Evaluation Practice Questions (15 & 25 mark)
Application Practice Questions (15 & 25 mark)
Lesson Topic: Criminal Justice System
Specification: Eduqas
Unit: English Legal Systems
Place in Unit: Lesson #1
This is a lesson on the criminal justice system from the English Legal Systems unit of the Eduqas A-Level law exam.
This is designed to be the first lesson after students have studied an introductory lesson.
Students are expected to have done summer work on key words from ELS. They will need to have some basic understanding of definitions (see Summer work document sold separately).
Homework slide included.
Lesson Activities:
Find your partner
Complete the chart
Quick fire questions
Videos x 2
LASPO research task
Five words
Thought questions:
Why do we need a criminal justice system?
Why would a defendant choose to have a trial by jury rather than Magistrate?
Practice essay:
Describe the criminal trial process (10 marks)
Exam Board: Eduqas
Papers Covered: Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
Topics Covered: English Legal Systems, Tort Law, Criminal Law, Contract Law (Formation & Privity only)
This booklet is designed to help support students in preparing for their January mocks.
It is designed for Eduqas A-Level law with the contract law option.
Students are expected to have covered all of English Legal Systems, Tort and Criminal Law. They should have studied formation and privity from contract law.
The booklet contains guidance on answering questions, revision, question structures and practice questions for every topic as well as past paper questions.
The practice questions are a combination of past paper questions and newly written questions. I do not recommend using this booklet if you plan to use a past paper for your mock exams!
A full list of what is included is below
Paper 1: English Legal Systems
Structure of paper
Topic List
5 Mark Question Structure
5 Mark Approaching Revision
17x 5 Mark Practice Questions
15 Mark (SOL) Question Structure (diagrams of essay plan for each style of question)
15 Mark (SOL) Approaching Revision
14x 15 Mark (SOL) Practice Questions
Question Structure 10 Markers
Question Structure 15 Markers (eval)
10/15 Combo Approaching Revision
24x 10 & 15 Combination Practice Questions
Substantive Law
Topic List Contract
Topic List Tort
Topic List Criminal
Paper 2: Substantive Law in Practice
Structure of paper
Question Structure
Approaching Revision
Contract Law
Answer Structure (formation & privity only)
Approaching Revision
4x Practice Questions
Tort Law
Answer Structure Diagrams
Approaching Revision
16x Practice Questions
Criminal Law
Answer Structure Diagrams
Approaching Revision
20x Practice Questions
Paper 3: Perspectives on Substantive Law
Structure of Paper
Question Structure
Approaching Revision.
8x Contract Law practice questions
24x Tort Law Practice Questions
24x Criminal Law Practice Questions
This is a bundle of mock papers that make up a full set of A-Level exams.
They are designed to be given to year 13 students after the Christmas of year 2.
Students should be taking the contract law option.
Students are not expected to have finished the contract law module but should have knowledge of formation & privity in order to complete these papers.
Each paper is a full paper in the Eduqas style.
Unit: Unit 1: A Study of Religion: Christianity
Exam Board: Eduqas
This is a last minute revision lesson designed for students taking A-Level Religious Studies on the Eduqas exam board. This is for Paper 1: A Study of Religion and the Christianity option.
This lesson is designed to be taught as one of the last revision lessons prior to the exam.
Starter
Key words wordsearch
Students are given a list of definitions and from these they have to find the key words
These will need printing out
Activity 1
The first activity is an overview of the paper and top tips to do well
This starts with recommended timings and an overview of the type of questions
There are then some top tips for success
Activity 2
There is then one PowerPoint slide for each topic. Each slide provides a brief summary of the topic including key words, Bible verses, scholars and quotes.
These slides can be printed (a printer friendly version with white backgrounds is included) and given to students to help aid revision.
You can also go through each one or targeted ones with the class as a last minute summary of particular topics
Activity 3
This is a list of generic evaluation points that can be used if students are struggling to come up with points for 30 mark questions.
This is designed to help support weaker students or to deal with brain freezes in the exam.
Activity 4
Blurt sheets
Students can choose a sheet based on which topic they would like to revise.
They then write down everything they can remember about that topic in one colour pen
They then swap sheets with the person next to them and write down additionally information in a second colour
They can then use their notes to complete the sheets in a third colour
Plenary
The plenary is a cryptogram of a key quote by Augustine on sacraments
Included is the PowerPoint, a printer friendly version and all relevant worksheets including blurt sheets.
I also recommend giving students some past papers to look at.
Unit: Paper 3: Religion & Ethics
Exam Board: Eduqas
This is a last minute revision lesson on religion and ethics. This is designed for the Eduqas exam board but may suit other exam boards. This lesson is designed to be taught just before the exam but can be adapted to suit.
A printer friendly version is included.
Teaching Note: You will also want to have some copies of past papers available to give to students.
Starter
The starter are 10 simple questions taken from across philosophy. Students can either answer them in their books or you could go around the room and ask students the questions.
Answers are in the notes section of the PowerPoint
Overview of the Paper
Students are given a brief overview of the paper and reminded of the recommended timings for each question.
There are then some top tips for success to help students succeed.
Short Summary of Ethics
Each topic has been summarised on a single PowerPoint slide. You can either teach this, go through topics that students are stuck on or just print the slides out for students to look over. A printer friendly version is also included.
Generic Evaluation Points
These are generic points that can be used when students are stuck and cannot think of anything to write. My students have found these really helpful so I hope yours do to!
Blurt Sheets
Students pick a sheet for the topic they want to revise.
They then:
Write down everything they can remember about the topic in one colour
Swap sheets with the person next to them & then update the sheet with extra information in a second colour
Use their notes to finish the sheet off in a third colour with lots of detail
I also normally give students past papers at this point to look through as well and let them lead what we will do, going round and helping, answering questions and teaching anything that I feel like we need to go over again.
Plenary
Write down four things they remembered, four things they were reminded of and four things they learned
Unit: Paper 2: Philosophy of Religion
Exam Board: Eduqas
This is a last minute revision lesson on philosophy of religion. This is designed for the Eduqas exam board but may suit other exam boards. This lesson is designed to be taught just before the exam but can be adapted to suit.
A printer friendly version is included.
Teaching Note: You will also want to have some copies of past papers available to give to students.
Starter
The starter are 10 simple questions taken from across philosophy. Students can either answer them in their books or you could go around the room and ask students the questions.
Answers are in the notes section of the PowerPoint
Overview of the Paper
Students are given a brief overview of the paper and reminded of the recommended timings for each question.
There are then some top tips for success to help students succeed.
Short Summary of Philosophy
Each topic has been summarised on a single PowerPoint slide. You can either teach this, go through topics that students are stuck on or just print the slides out for students to look over. A printer friendly version is also included.
Generic Evaluation Points
These are generic points that can be used when students are stuck and cannot think of anything to write. My students have found these really helpful so I hope yours do to!
Blurt Sheets
Students pick a sheet for the topic they want to revise.
They then:
Write down everything they can remember about the topic in one colour
Swap sheets with the person next to them & then update the sheet with extra information in a second colour
Use their notes to finish the sheet off in a third colour with lots of detail
I also normally give students past papers at this point to look through as well and let them lead what we will do, going round and helping, answering questions and teaching anything that I feel like we need to go over again.
Plenary
Put the three key words into a sentence (mythological views on religious language)
Exam Board: AQA
Paper: Paper 1: The Study of Religions
Religions: Christianity and Islam
This is a last minute revision lesson for students taking GCSE Religious Studies Paper 1. This is designed for those studying Christianity and Islam.
Starter Activity: Key Word Definitions
The lesson has an overview of the papers including recommended timings and last minute exam tips.
There is then a brief overview of each of the topics on the paper including a quote for each one. This can be taught to students or just given to them as a last minute summary.
Main Activity
The main activity is a revision challenge. There are 32 activities split evenly between Christianity & Islam and Practices & Beliefs.
Each activity is worth a different amount of points.
Students have to go around the room and earn as many points as they can. They can complete whichever activities they choose.
You will need to print out one copy of each activity (I recommend laminating them for future use).
There are also further worksheets and templates that you will need to print.
You will also need to print some copies of Past Papers for a few of the activities! Please go through each activity and check you have the required resources in advance of the lesson!
The person with the most points gets a prize.
Plenary: Unscramble the quote