This lesson looks at the nature and purpose of families for Christians. It looks at traditional views against modern ones as well as the diversity of views. Exam style questions included.

Rather fittingly perhaps, this lesson follows on from marriage. We look at the contrasting attitudes to divorce within Christianity and why some see it as ok whilst many have difficulty with it. Exam style questions included.

This lesson focuses mainly on Christianity and looks at marriage and it’s value for Christians. It thinks about the nature and purpose of marriage for Christians. You can’t teach this without touching on the difficulty of homosexual marriage for Christians, this idea is explored in previous lessons but comes up again here. There are a couple videos, one is a nice one of the recent royal wedding, I found my students went all gushy and it was a nice moment as a class. The activity associated is about spotting the symbolism and understanding what it says about the beliefs.

All about contraception, looking at the different kinds and why some are seen as acceptable and others not. Again the focus is on Christianity because of the diversity of views. Lots of opportunities to make links to prior learning and the idea of God’s intention in creation as a basis for moral decision making.

This lesson explores Christian attitudes to sex (there is enough diversity to cover exam requirements) it goes behind the scenes to look at the idea of complimentary pairs in creation. I really wanted to help students understand that when some Christians disagree with homosexuality it isn’t necessarily the case that they are homophobic, but rather that their world view doesn’t sustain the idea of homosexuality and so it places them in a difficult position, choosing between what they believe are eternal principles and what modern society expects. I find this helps students to understand the diversity of views. there are exam questions included.

Lesson 1 of 7, This goes into quite a lot of detail, some of which you may find you don’t want to touch with your classes, e.g. the stuff about the ancient Greek practice of pederasty. It’s really an exploratory lesson designed to open up dialogue, and set the context of the conversation about sexual ethics.

This is a detailed lesson based off the text book for Eduqas Alevel Religious Studies. You do not need the text book to teach this. There are questions throughout and exam style questions.

This lesson covers Ashura from Shi’a Islam, an interesting and evocative topic, great for class discussion. There are also exam style questions in the power point.

This large lesson covers both Eids. There are also exam questions included. For Id-ul-Adha I have included some links to environmental ethics, you may not wish to show some of these images to you class or go down that road, but I found my year 10s really got into a debate about whether it was necessary to sacrifice that many animals today.

My revamped lesson on Hajj, it has lots of detail and a few activities including a homework. There are also exam questions included.

This lesson looks at both Zakah and Khums and its importance within Islam. Exam questions in the power point.

This Lesson covers the AQA spec, it looks at Ramadan in detail, there are also a few embedded videos. Exam questions included.

A much bigger topic in the spec, this longer lesson spends time looking at all the different attributes of Islamic prayer. It includes exam questions.

This is a shorter lesson that introduces the practices and explores the first of the 5 pillars, the Shahadah

This lesson looks at the nature of the Qur’an what it is like and some of the beliefs about it. It also looks at the other Holy books that are referenced in the Qur’an. It’s a straightforward power point, following the AQA Spec and will hopefully save you some time!

I’ve set this up as a carousel lesson, it’s designed to be taught in one big double lesson but you could break it up. There is a worksheet pack and some source material, I also used text books to help them but they could use the internet instead. It covers the prophets named on the AQA Spec.

Whole lesson with questions. Looks at what heaven and hell are like within Islam and how you get there!