ABORTION AND RELIGION

ABORTION AND RELIGION LESSON ENABLES LEARNERS TO: Explain attitudes towards abortion in contemporary (current) British society and evaluate whether ‘abortion is always wrong.’ #ENGAGE, CHECK UNDERSTANDING, CORRECT MISCONCEPTIONS, DIFFERENTIATE, REDUCE COGNITIVE OVERLOAD.

SINGLE LESSON

TEACH AS PART OF GCSE. AQA THEME B
OR AS A STAND-ALONE LESSON

PRIOR LEARNING: some knowledge of religious teachings on ensoulment, sanctity and quality of life desirable but not essential as these will be revisited in this lesson.

INCLUDES RELIGIONS/PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWS:
Catholic
Protestants
Islam
Pro-life
Pro-Choice
Situation Ethics

**TASKS INCLUDE: **

• Do Now task (recap to activate relevant knowledge applied to this lesson)
• Planned questioning
• Video with thinking prompts
• Peer learning: religious views on abortion
• Chunked activities to prevent cognitive overload
• Whole class assessment to check understanding
• End task Writing task with PEEL paragraph writing frame
• Student friendly Success criteria for 12 mk questions **

**PEDAGOGY FEATURES: **
• Exam skills: Evaluation questions
• Recap (activate prior knowledge)
• Planned questioning
• Check whole class understanding.
• Address misconceptions
• Peer learning
• Reduce cognitive overload
• Differentiation

EASY TO DELIVER
• Concise and logically sequenced
• Minimal printing
• Accessible for specialists and non-specialist teachers.
• Date on slide updates automatically.
• Task time indicators.

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