This revision lesson aims to prepare students for an upcoming assessment or exam for the ‘Religion’ element of their GCSE in time-saving and engaging methods.
This lesson explores Christianity and Islam. It is created with the AQA GCSE in mind, though is adaptable across specifications. The only difference would be the way in which some of the key words are spelled in Islam, e.g. ‘Mecca/Makkah’ however this is not considered when awarding SPAG anyway. In addition, the original editable documents are included, so you can tailor the language/spellings for your class/qualification.
The PowerPoint includes:
Aims of the lesson
Topics in Christianity, identifying which ones will be covered in the lesson (NB only the more difficult topics are explored in this lesson)
Topics in Islam, identifying the ones covered in the lesson (NB only the more difficult topics are explored in this lesson)
Topics covered:
Jesus
Salvation and Grace
Worship
Worldwide Church
Six Articles/Five Roots
Predestination and Free Will
Five Pillars and Ten Obligatory Acts
Festivals
The activities are a collection of time-saving revision activities that minimalise writing, making the lesson suitable for all learners. Answers are also embedded into the PowerPoint via attractive and engaging animations.
The corresponding learning mat is two-sided (one side for Islam, another for Christianity) and correspond with the work on the PowerPoint. All resources are available in their original Microsoft Word format, though can be downloaded as PDFs too, for compatibility purposes.
Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!
Full unit of revision on flashcards, for group or independent study for the topic of Issues of Good and Evil. Information on one side and questions on the back! (52 editable PPT slides in total)
Resource Includes:
1. Making moral decisions
a. What is ‘wrong’?
b. Absolute morality
c. Relative morality
d. Virtue
2. Crime and Punishment
a. Crime in Britain
b. Sin
c. Cause of crime
d. Aims of punishment
e. Justice
f. Prison Chaplains
g. Capital Punishment
3. Forgiveness
a. Reconciliation
b. Jesus and forgiveness
c. Examples of forgiveness
4. What is ‘good’ and ‘evil’?
a. Christian attitudes to ‘good’
b. Christian attitudes to ‘evil’
5. Evil and Suffering
a. Evil and Suffering
b. The problem of evil and suffering
c. Holocaust
Created with the WJEC / Eduqas RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. As an examiner for this specification, I have used what I know of the course to create this resource.
Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!
This resource contains 2 mock/practise exams with corresponding model answers/answered mocks for the Philosophy and Ethics units for the Eduqas specification of GCSE Religious Studies. As an examiner for this spec, I have used my knowledge of the mark scheme to create these resources.
Good for revision, MAD/DIRT time, and general exam preparation.
Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!
Lesson intended as a double lesson (roughly 1-1.5 hours) as part of the Judaism Practices Unit.
Lesson includes:
Starter
-Homework
3D learning objectives and differentiated outcomes
Model Answer
Research Activity
TPS and Questions
Exam Question with technique
Peer Assessment
Plenary (Exit Pass)
Created with the WJEC / Eduqas RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. As an examiner for this specification, I have used what I know of the course to create this resource.
Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!
Publisher documents (PDF also included) to cover Philosophy & Ethics: Issues of Human Rights - Prejudice and Discrimination. Includes:
1. Income and wealth
2. Does money bring happiness?
3. Use of wealth
4. Acquiring wealth
5. Relative and absolute poverty
6. Christian attitudes to wealth and poverty
7. Humanist attitudes to wealth and poverty
9. Helping those in poverty
These booklets are ideal for independent study or set as topic-specific homework/revision. All exams questions relate to the content discussed and give pupils a chance to practise their answering of exam questions and their exam technique.
Resource also includes A, B, C, D-style exam questions with some exam hints and tips
Created with the WJEC / Eduqas RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. As an examiner for this specification, I have used what I know of the course to create this resource.
Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils' RE/RS education in general - which is what we're all here for!
Resources and video included in the lesson download. Intended as a KS3 lesson.
Lesson includes:
- Starter
- Aims and outcomes (3D Learning objective)
- Definition
- Video activity (and questions)
- Market place activity
- Letter activity
- If this is the answer, what is the question? plenary
- Lesson plan
This pack contains 14 sample questions and differentiated answers for the GCSE Judaism unit - Eduqas specification. Questions cover B (5 marks), C (8 marks) and D (15 marks) questions.
Each sample question contains:
Exam technique
A mid-band answer
A high-band answer, to be compared and contrasted.
Students can use these to revise, but also to understand the difference between what a mid-band answer looks like and what else is needed to reach the higher bands. Can be an independent task or talked through in lessons.
Topics include:
Shekhinah
Nature of God
Abraham
Messiah
Mitzvah Day
Mitzvot
Prayer
Resurrection
Rosh Hashanah
Worship
Male/Female Worship
Shabbat
Pikuach Nefesh
Free Will
Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!
Three lessons (approx 5 hours) on Drugs Education, aimed at KS4 covering themes about Choices and Responsibility.
PPT and resources encourage a safe and open learning environment for which to learn about Drugs Education. Instructions and guidance for teachers is embedded into the PPT and the resources. Lessons also come complete with Teacher Facts Guides, to enable effective and purposeful Drugs Education.
Lessons include:
1. Consequences of Drug Use
2. Choices and Consequences
3. Drug Use and Sexual Health
Please give feedback. I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ PSHE education in general - which is what we’re all here for.
Homework pack - one a week for 14 weeks as park of an interleaved revision approach to reviewing previous content (Word document but PDF also included) to cover Christianity: Beliefs, Teachings and Practices - ideal for independent study or revision/exam practise. 25-page booklet with a variety of activities and tasks, including exam practise and sample answers.
Set the homework as suits your own classes best. I personally like to give one a week, but students (and parents) know exactly what’s expected over the coming 14 weeks/term. Some will, as ever, do it all in one or two sittings!
Created with the AQA RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. As an examiner for this specification, I have used what I know of the course to create this resource. Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!
Fun and engaging learning mat / information sheets for GCSE Geography: Weather Hazards. A3 Word documents and A4 PDFs included, for compatibility.
Includes:
1. UK Weather Hazards
2. Extreme UK Weather
3. Evidence for Climate Change
4. Causes of Climate Change
5. Effects of Climate Change
6. Managing Climate Change
Created with the AQA Geography GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications.
Please give feedback :) I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ Geographical education in general - which is what we’re all here for!
Three lessons (approx 5 hours) on Drugs Education, aimed at KS4 covering themes about Drugs and Adult Life.
PPT and resources encourage a safe and open learning environment for which to learn about Drugs Education. Instructions and guidance for teachers is embedded into the PPT and the resources. Lessons also come complete with Teacher Facts Guides, to enable effective and purposeful Drugs Education.
Lessons include:
1. Influences of Drug Use
2. Impact of Drug Use on the User and Society
3. Personal Relationships and Domestic Abuse
Please give feedback. I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ PSHE education in general - which is what we’re all here for.
The Parables learning mats / information sheets. Download as A3 word documents or as A4 PDFs (for compatibility). Q&A documents included to support your learners.
Resource includes:
- Parable of the Good Samaritan
- Parable of the Unforgiving Servant
- Parable of the Rich Young Man
- Parable of the Sheep and the Goats
- Parable of the Talents
Please give feedback. I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ religious education in general - which is what we’re all here for.
Publisher documents (PDF also included) to cover Philosophy and Ethics: Religion, Crime and Punishment - ideal for independent study or revision/exam practise.
4 separate booklets, covering:
Crime and Punishment (aims of)
Capital Punishment
Good, Evil and Suffering
Forgiveness
These booklets are ideal for independent study or set as topic-specific homework/revision.
All exam questions relate to the content discussed and give pupils a chance to practise their answering of exam questions and their exam technique.
Resource also includes Q1-5 exam questions with some exam hints and tips for each booklet.
Created with the AQA RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. As an examiner for this specification, I have used what I know of the course to create this resource. Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!
Publisher documents (PDF also included) to cover Philosophy and Ethics: Religion and Life - ideal for independent study or revision/exam practise.
4 separate booklets, covering:
Creation
Life on Earth
Abortion and Euthanasia
Afterlife
These booklets are ideal for independent study or set as topic-specific homework/revision.
All exam questions relate to the content discussed and give pupils a chance to practise their answering of exam questions and their exam technique.
Resource also includes Q1-5 exam questions with some exam hints and tips for each booklet.
Created with the AQA RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. As an examiner for this specification, I have used what I know of the course to create this resource. Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!
Publisher documents (PDF also included) to cover Philosophy and Ethics: Relationships and Families - ideal for independent study or revision/exam practise.
4 separate booklets, covering:
Sex and Contraception
Families and Gender Equality
Nature and Purpose of Marriage
Cohabitation and Divorce
These booklets are ideal for independent study or set as topic-specific homework/revision.
All exam questions relate to the content discussed and give pupils a chance to practise their answering of exam questions and their exam technique.
Resource also includes Q1-5 exam questions with some exam hints and tips for each booklet.
Created with the AQA RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. As an examiner for this specification, I have used what I know of the course to create this resource. Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!
Publisher documents (PDF also included) to cover Philosophy and Ethics: Religion, Peace and Conflict - ideal for independent study or revision/exam practise.
4 separate booklets, covering:
Conflict and War
Peace and Justice
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Victims of War and Peacemaking
These booklets are ideal for independent study or set as topic-specific homework/revision.
All exam questions relate to the content discussed and give pupils a chance to practise their answering of exam questions and their exam technique.
Resource also includes Q1-5 exam questions with some exam hints and tips for each booklet.
Created with the AQA RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. As an examiner for this specification, I have used what I know of the course to create this resource. Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!
Publisher documents (PDF also included) to cover Christian Beliefs and Teachings - ideal for independent study or revision/exam practise.
5 separate booklets, covering:
Christian Creation
Nature of God
Jesus Christ
Sin, Problem of Evil and the Bible
Afterlife (Eschatology)
These booklets are ideal for independent study or set as topic-specific homework/revision.
All exams questions relate to the content discussed and give pupils a chance to practise their answering of exam questions and their exam technique.
Resource also includes Q1-5 exam questions with some exam hints and tips for each booklet.
Created with the AQA RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. As an examiner for this specification, I have used what I know of the course to create this resource. Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!
Created with the WJEC / Eduqas RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. As an examiner for this specification, I have used what I know of the course to create this resource. Older version of Word and a PDF are also included, to avoid all compatibility issues.
The guide covers:
1. Nature of God
2. Denominations
3. Shekhinah
4. Messiah
5. Creation
6. Covenants (Abraham and Moses)
7. Ten Commandments
8. Pikuach Nefesh
9. Free Will
10. Mitzvot and Mitzvah Day
11. Afterlife
12. Review
13. Exam style questions
Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!
These analysis mind maps sumarise each topic by page for the whole unit of Philosophy of Religion (AS and A2 years). Each map is downloaded as both a Word document and a PDF, for compatibility.
The maps specifically follow the requirements of the OCR A Level Religious Studies Spec, but due to similarities across specifications they are relevant for other exam boards. They can also be edited easily for other specifications.
They explore appropriate AO1 (knowledge and understanding) followed by AO2 (analysis and evaluation) of that specific point. I encourage my own students to add another layer to the map, evaluating the analysis, to develop their AO2. This could continue on indefinitely or end each ‘arm’ with a personal judgement.
I also like to cut up the maps and ask the student to re-construct them. This aids in their revision skills and supports their logical structuring of arguments.
Maps included:
Ancient Philosophical Influences
Soul, Mind, Body
Teleological Argument
Cosmological Argument
Ontological Argument
Religious Experience
Problem of Evil
Nature of God
Religious Language
20th Century Perspectives
Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!
This pack contains 17 sample questions and differentiated answers for the GCSE Christianity unit - Eduqas specification. Questions cover B (5 marks), C (8 marks) and D (15 marks) questions.
Each sample question contains:
Exam technique
A mid-band answer
A high-band answer, to be compared and contrasted.
Students can use these to revise, but also to understand the difference between what a mid-band answer looks like and what else is needed to reach the higher bands. Can be an independent task or talked through in lessons.
Topics include:
Ascension
Baptism
Changing religious landscape
Christmas
Creation
Ecumenism
Evil
God
Missionaries
Persecution
Salvation (B question)
Salvation (D question)
Spirit of God
Suffering
Symbols in Worship
The Fall
Worship
Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!