This lesson focuses on how belief can affect people's actions, focusing on Desmond Doss, a soldier from WWII who refused to fire a single bullet. They explain how his belief affected his action, consider and analyse different viewpoints and evaluate how strictly one should follow their actions. Was designed for an observation lesson.

This contains a fully resourced lesson on Plato's analogy of the cave. It contains a set of activities to meet the following objectives: To describe the story of Plato’s cave. To explain how the story questions our idea of reality. To understand the symbolism of Plato’s ideas in The Matrix. Has worked very well with my classes. It is ideally aimed at KS4, but can easily be adapted for KS3.

This contains a fully resourced lesson, differentiated lesson on whether religion is important in the 21st Century. It is done by considering the fictional scenario that it has been proven that God does not exist, and therefore neither does religion. They complete a group discussion and brainstorming exercise, compile notes and produce a newspaper report on their findings. Learning Objectives: To describe the positive and negative effects of religion. To explain the possible effects of a world without religion. To evaluate whether the world would be a better place without religion.

This contains a fully resourced lesson on how the climate of the UK varies. The main component of the lesson involves choropleth mapping to show how temperature and rainfall varies between winter and summer. Extension tasks are included throughout. Learning Objectives: To describe what the climate of the UK is like. To explain the reasons for these differences.

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on Christian baptism. The main part of the lesson involves students using a resource sheet to describe what happens during a baptism, a ranking task where students consider the importance of reasons why baptism is important for Christians, and a scenario-based discussion task where they finally consider difficulties the ceremony may create for young people. Learning Objectives: To describe what happens during a typical baptism. To explain why baptism is important for Christians. To assess the difficulties this ceremony can bring for young people.

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson towards Aristotle's theory of the Four Causes. The main part of the lesson involves exploring the difference between Plato's and Aristotle's philosophy through picture analysis and a worksheet, followed by note-taking on Aristotle's Four Causes, which is then applied to a variety of objects which can be found within the world of empirical observation (with extension task). Learning Objectives: To outline the difference between Aristotle’s and Plato’s approach to Philosophy. To explain Aristotle’s theory of the 4 causes. To apply his theory to the world of empirical observation.

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on what makes us truly human. The main part of the lesson involves students working in pairs to describe characteristics that make us human (table outline provided), using a clip to add further ideas, then finally completing a piece of writing on what they believe is the most important thing that makes us human. Learning Objectives: To describe the different characteristics that makes us human. To explain your viewpoint on what makes us human.

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on Christian attitudes to euthanasia. The main part of the lesson involves a card sort where students organise the key arguments into those that support either the Anglican or Catholic viewpoint, a Biblical quote analysis task, and a 12-mark evaluation practice exam question. Learning Objectives: To explain different Christian attitudes towards euthanasia. To examine how Biblical evidence can support these viewpoints. To evaluate whether euthanasia is acceptable or not.

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the work of Christian charities. The main part of the lesson consists of an information gathering and consolidation carousel group task (based on four charities, including Barnando's and the Salvation Army) and evaluating which cause they believe is worthy of support, linking their answer to Christian views towards charity and wealth. Learning Objectives for the lesson are as follows: To describe the aims of different Christian charities. To explain why their work is important. To evaluate which cause you believe is particularly worthy.

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the different sources that comprise the total world’s energy mix. The main part of the lesson involves students producing a mind map of different energy sources which is developed in stages (initially in pairs writing down sources they are aware of, then using a video clip to add further sources and relevant facts with teacher input, then labelling into renewable and non-renewable sources), followed by a worksheet task classifying statements into advantages/disadvantages of renewable and non-renewable energy sources, finished with students using a table of data to answer questions about the world’s current energy mix. Learning Objectives: To describe the different sources of energy. To explain the advantages and disadvantages of these sources. To investigate how energy sources are used around the world.

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the causes of rain in the UK. In the main part of the lesson students use a video and information presented on the Powerpoint to explain how each type of rainfall forms - there are three different sheets of varying difficulty to complete depending on how confident each student feels. Learning Objectives: To identify the three types of rainfall and its causes. To explain how it rains in detail. To analyse where the types of rainfall would be found in UK regions.

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on how headlands and bays form. The main part of the lesson involves a critical thinking exercise where students have to theorise how headlands and bays form from the diagram provided, then following a class discussion/teacher explanation they produce to a labelled diagram to explain how they form, which is followed by a group activity where students have to use a set of clues to assess in detail the influence of geology which leads to their formation. Learning Objectives: To explain how headlands and bays form. To assess the importance of geology in its formation.

This fully resourced lesson explores the three types of rainfall in the UK. It contains a key term starter, video note-taking task and then a worksheet where they draw diagrams and explain the three main types of rainfall. The worksheet is differentiated to three different levels according to how confident students feel. I printed off a set for each table in different colours, from which they selected which one they felt the most confident with. Feedback always appreciated.

This contains a fully resourced set of activities that focus on the impact of bullying. This was used during form time, but could easily be adapted into say a Citizenship lesson as well. Learning Objectives: To understand what bullying is and its different forms. To explain the emotional impacts that bullying can have. To analyse the ways in which bullying can be tackled.

This is a fully resourced, introductory lesson on how people go about making moral decisions. The main part of the lesson mostly focuses on a case study to consider the effects of our moral actions, namely that the minerals from our mobile phones can be sourced (on occasion) to war zones. It contains a written task, peer discussion task and evaluation task. To describe what moral decisions are. To explain the effects of our moral decisions. To evaluate the morality of our moral decisions.

This information pack contains a set of arguments for and against gun control in the United States. It can be used in a multitude of ways e.g. writing a speech where they have to support one particular viewpoint.

This contains a fully resourced lesson on push and pull factors.In the starter students analyse a cartoon, then work in pairs to work out push and pull factors and test that knowledge with a kinaesthetic activity. Next students look at a case study of rural-urban migration in cities (China) and apply their knowledge by creating their own immigration story.

A group task where students have to decide on the right course of action presented to them during their stay on the island. A good way to introduce this task is to show the clip of the plane crash from the first season of LOST to get them emotionally involved within it.