A lesson on the Four Noble Truths that aims to take a different direction to other lessons posted on TES. It focuses on whether they adequately explain why there is suffering in the world. Please comment for feedback.

This resource can be used as a guide for students so they are clear in how to achieve full marks in the 12 mark evaluation questions or to help them peer assess another students answer. Aimed at the new AQA GCSE Religious Studies B Specification.

This contains a fully resourced lesson which explores the characteristics of urban areas, and how they change from the urban fringe to the central business district. This uses Ipswich as an example, although it could be easily adapted to study other cities.

Students use the information cards to add at least three facts about the Day of The Dead Festival using the 6W's. A set of SEN cards are available for less able students. This task can then be used as a base for students to create their own illustrated posters about the Day of the Dead Festival.

This lesson focuses on people's attitudes to money, then explores their own. It is a lesson that can be taught on its own, or as part of a wider unit on wealth and poverty.

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.

This 50 minute lesson addresses A.J. Ayer's response to criticism from his strong and weak verification in the form of direct and indirect verification, then explores the strengths and weaknesses of the verification principle. In the plenary an evaluation of its relative success is discussed. Constructive feedback would be a bonus.

A fully resourced introductory lesson to paganism.

A fully resourced lesson on how the UK is linked with the rest of the world (interdependance). *Starter- Students listen to the story of Lizzie, and how morning routine is linked to products worldwide. *Main- Students produce an ideas map showing how the UK is linked to the rest of the world, categorising those links. *Main- They then use the task sheet to create an informative poster to explain why countries are reliant on each other for food. *Plenary- What might happen if we cut off our links to the rest of the world?

A fully resourced lesson on the popualtion density of the UK. The lesson is as follows: * Starter- They imagine McDonalds want to open a new store, but only in areas with the greatest concentrations of people. What factors might they look for? *Main- A class demonstration on what we mean when we talk about population density. *Main- Produce a chloropleth map on the UK's population distribution. *Main- Answer a set of questions examining why people choose to live in certain locations. *Plenary- Pass the ball!

A fully resourced lesson where students are introduced to the skill of measuring scale. It also includes an idea for a class practical on scale, where they have to measure out and scale the classroom itself!

A fully resourced lesson used for an observation lesson on river processes. In the starter they have to decide which type of material would be the easiest to move downstream, create diagrams to show how material can be eroded, and includes a practical designed to show the settling rates of different size materials (sand, gravel, and clay). The instructions for that are contained on the powerpoint, and could be easily adapted to make a task sheet for students to carry out group work! Finally, they then make observations to analyse what they observed from the practical.

A fully resourced lesson on meditation in Buddhism. It includes a starter where they list their life worries and how they deal with them, in the main section a task on describing the story behind Siddhartha's enlightenment and a set of meditation exercises. In the plenary they then explain why meditation is important.

A fully resourced lesson on the main problems associated with miracles, with particular reference to the Bible. Two key theistic responses are then analysed and considered in the plenary. I hope you find this helpful- any comments would be great!

A lesson which explores the concept of poverty and the reasons behind it, in particular focusing on the rural regions. This lesson was designed in addition to the GA China SOW.

This lesson focuses on the different ways in the mass media influences our values, whether that be in a positive or negative manner. This is designed to take place over two 50-minute lessons.

This is a simple task where students have to classify features into physical or human categories. A simple starter designed for my less able students, it can also be used as a re-cap or introductory activity.

This is a decision making exercise where students have to decide how they are going to protect the coastal settlement of 'Broadchurch'. Feedback on this particular task would be appreciated.

This is a lesson on how rocks shape the land, focusing on limestone and gritstone landscapes in the Peak District. Designed in support of the New GA unit 'The Role of Stones', so some of the images have had to be changed.

A fully resourced lesson on the effects of volcanic eruptions. It focuses on the types of volcanic hazard, how they threaten people and how its effects vary with different levels of economic development. Aimed at KS4 classes, in support of AQA Geography B syllabus.