I'm Head of Department and AQA examiner for Religious Studies. I teach the AQA spec and provide tried and tested resources. I'm uploading resources all of the time; my newest collection is the #FUN LESSONS range which are engaging, exam focused, challenging and getting great results. Lessons are fully resourced and easy to follow with minimal printing. I hope you enjoy teaching them.
I'm Head of Department and AQA examiner for Religious Studies. I teach the AQA spec and provide tried and tested resources. I'm uploading resources all of the time; my newest collection is the #FUN LESSONS range which are engaging, exam focused, challenging and getting great results. Lessons are fully resourced and easy to follow with minimal printing. I hope you enjoy teaching them.
The scheme of learning is for the The Christian Beliefs bundle of 9 lessons.
For each lesson it contains:
Lesson title
Objectives
Activities
Differentiation
Assessment
Homework
It also contains a handout for the last piece of homework (for end of topic revision)
HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELIGION. FUN AND ENGAGING. VARIETY OF TASKS TO STIMULATE LEARNING. WHOLE CLASS ASSESSMENT. PLANNED QUESTIONING. ADDRESS MISCONCEPTIONS. I DO, WE DO, YOU DO. DIFFERENTIATED. RELIGION: CHRISTIANITY
PEDAGOGY FOCUS:
Check whole class understanding / address misconceptions (e.g. mini boards/cold call)
I do, we do, you do
Differentiated End Task
Extra challenges throughout
Scaffolding
Minimal printing. Concise and easy to follow. Suitable for specialists and non-specialists. Task time indicators. Date on slide updates automatically. Customisable Do Now task.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
• Explain key legislation and origins: UDHR and Human Rights Act
• List Rights and responsibilities
• Explain religious beliefs about human rights
• Evaluate: We don’t need human rights we have scripture
TEACH AS A STAND-ALONE LESSON OR
PART OF THEME F: RELIGION, HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. AQA GCSE RELIGIOUS STUDIES
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HUMAN RIGHTS QUOTES. FOR THEME F: RELIGION, HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. AQA GCSE. DIFFERENTIATED.
CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM QUOTES FOR ALL SUBTOPICS
INCLUDING:
• POVERTY, WEALTH, CHARITY AND EXPLOITATION
• SOCIAL JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND DISCRIMINATION: (sex, sexual orientation, racism)
• FREEDOM OF RELIGION
• HUMAN RIGHTS
The table shows how the same quote can be used in various sub topics which is useful for** lower ability/SEN** where recall of many quotes may be difficult.
This includes generic quotes that can be used across different sub-topics as well as more specific sophisticated quotes to **challenge the more able **
PREJUDICE, DISCRIMINATION & RELIGION. FUN AND ENGAGING. VARIETY OF TASKS TO STIMULATE LEARNING. WHOLE CLASS ASSESSMENT. PLANNED QUESTIONING. ADDRESS MISCONCEPTIONS. I DO, WE DO, YOU DO. DIFFERENTIATED. RELIGION: CHRISTIANITY
PEDAGOGY FOCUS:
Check whole class understanding / address misconceptions (e.g. mini boards/cold call)
I do, we do, you do
Differentiated End Task
Extra challenges throughout
Scaffolding
No printing. Concise and easy to follow. Suitable for specialists and non-specialists. Task time indicators. Date on slide updates automatically. Customisable Do Now task.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO: (WITH REFERENCE TO SACRED WRITING)
• LIST PROTECTED CHARACTERISTICS FROM 2010 EQUALITY ACT
• EXPLAIN RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ABOUT DISCRIMINATION
• EVALUATE WHETHER DISCRIMINATION IS ALWAYS WRONG.
TEACH AS A STAND-ALONE LESSON OR
PART OF THEME F: RELIGION, HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. AQA GCSE RELIGIOUS STUDIES
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is welcome.
Concise, easy to follow and comprehensive, ‘MASTERY’ and **exam-focused lesson. **
Date on slide updates automatically
**Resource light **
Easy to follow & Suitable for non-specialists (notes on slides)
SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING:
AQA RS ISLAM PRACTICES: Jihad: Greater and Lesser
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Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority):**
• Explain the difference between Lesser and Greater Jihad
• Evaluate which is most important Greater or lesser Jihad
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Activities include:**
Customisable recap starter (just add two questions), reading and question task, mini-plenary quiz with ‘stretch and challenge’ questions, ‘depth and mastery’ (partnered discussion), debate, ‘Skills mastery’, model answer analysis, exam question with peer assessment & student friendly success criteria.
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
Creation of the World and Life - Different Christian + scientific views. CHRISTIAN BELIEFS/AQA/#FUN LESSONS. Concise and easy to follow, ‘MASTERY’ and EXAM SKILLS focused lesson. Students will learn the GCSE content plus be challenged by dipping into some relevant A Level material. There will be an emphasis (and modelling) of key skills needed in evaluation questions. Frequent mini plenary’s for assessment.
Date on slide updates automatically / Resource light / Easy to follow & Suitable for non-specialists
SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING:
Creation of the World and Life – Christian and scientific views
Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority):
• Explain a variety of Christian and scientific beliefs about the creation of the world and life
• Evaluate whether the world and life have a creator.
Activities include:
Customisable recap do-now starter, a variety of tasks to learn:
Fundamentalist, liberal and mythical interpretation of Bible, Differences between Genesis 1 and 2, to what extent is Genesis compatible with the evolution theory, A Level Stretch: Calvin’s -Sensus Divinitus links to Christian belief that man was created in God’s image, Materialists and substance dualists. Working on key skill of development with model answer, writing task and peer assessment. Key term bingo.
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
EVALUATING REVEALED THEOLOGY: KNOW. OF GOD’S EXISTENCE (DCT). #FUN LESSONS. A fun and engaging lesson with a variety of tasks, games and multi-media to stimulate learning. It is ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused.
• Resource light, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
• Suitable for specialists and non-specialists.
Emphasis on exam skills: Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCE OF AUTHORITY):
EVALUATE WHETHER KNOWLEDGE OF GOD CAN BE KNOWN THROUGH REVEALED THEOLOGY
Fully resourced activities include:
Customisable recap starter, Discussion: why might we agree/disagree with Karl Barth? Video and List reasons why the Bible might be reliable/unreliable, self-assessment (answer on slide), video learning: list Bible contradictions, Peer discuss The difference between propositional revelation and non-propositional revelation (liberal view) and how the latter avoids the problem of biblical contradictions. Essay planning mind-map task. A02 writing task: God is ultimately revealed through Jesus Christ in the Bible.” EVALUATE BARTH’S STATEMENT
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
THEME C (THE EXISTENCE OF GOD): FIRST CAUSE ARGUMENT
& EVALUATION #FUN LESSONS. A fun and engaging lesson with a variety of tasks, multi-media and games to stimulate learning. It is ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused.
• Resource light, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
• Suitable for specialists and non-specialists.
Emphasis on exam skills: Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCE OF AUTHORITY):
Explain Aquinas’s First Cause argument for the existence of God.
Evaluate whether the First Cause argument successfully proves the existence of God.
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
THE EXISTENCE OF GOD: ARGUMENT FROM MIRACLES & EVALUATION # FUN LESSONS. A fun and engaging lesson with a variety of tasks, multi-media and games to stimulate learning. It is ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused.
• Resource light, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
• Suitable for specialists and non-specialists.
Emphasis on exam skills: Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCE OF AUTHORITY):
Explain literal, metaphorical, and natural interpretations of miracles which application to Biblical miracles.
Explain what miracles might show about the nature of God.
Evaluate: 3 criticisms: favouritism, Hume, Natural explanations + Give counter arguments
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
THEME C: EXISTENCE OF GOD: SPECIAL REVELATION & EVALUATION. #FUN LESSONS. A fun and engaging lesson with a variety of tasks, multi-media and games to stimulate learning. It is ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused.
• Resource light, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
• Suitable for specialists and non-specialists.
Emphasis on exam skills: Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCE OF AUTHORITY):
Explain 2 examples of Special Revelation and:
• How each might prove the existence of God/Holy figures
• What each might reveal about the Nature of God/Holy figures
• Why these might be a reliable source of knowledge of the divine
• Why these might not be a reliable source of knowledge of the divine
Answer 12 mk question: Special Revelations are the best source of knowledge about God. Evaluate
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
OCR. A LEVEL. PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION: RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE & 20TH CENTURY RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE. #FUN-LESSONS. A concise and easy to follow FUN lesson to recap and master content. Students should be learning without realising it!
GAMES INCLUDE:
Knowledge Audit (to reveal gaps in knowledge and show progress)
Articulate (for key term mastery)
Guess who – match the quote to the source and explain what it means
Prepare and present multiple views on a variety of 40 mk statement
Pub quiz (without the beer!) and peer assessment
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
A GRADE MODEL ANSWER: Religious Pluralism undermines Christian Doctrine Evaluate.
Complete essay includng thesis and conclusion. Demonstrates OCR success critiera for a top level answer.
Includes reference to scholars:
Kramer, Barth, Craig, Hick, Rahner.
**Sources of wisdom: **
Bible and Quran
TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT. PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION. OCR A LEVEL. MODEL ANSWER: CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT
Exemplar Essay: Thesis, body and conclusion
Demonstrates OCR success criteria for a top-level answer.
INCLUDES REFERENCE TO SCHOLARS:
Aquinas, Paley, Tenant, Hawking, Hume, Ockham, Ayer, Flew
SOURCES OF WISDOM:
Bible
QUALITY & SANCTITY OF LIFE. AQA RELIGION & LIFE. FUN & ENGAGING. VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA AND GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. FULL LESSON INCLUDING MODEL ANSWER FOR 12 MK EXAM QUESTION.
Challenging, mastery & exam skills focused.
Resource light and easy to follow so suitable for specialists and non-specialists.
Emphasis on exam skills: Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING:
AQA RS: Religion and Life
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (with references to source of authority):
Evaluate which is most important sanctity or quality of life. With reference to religious and secular sources of authority. 12 mks
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
ABORTION & THE LAW. AQA RELIGION & LIFE. FUN & ENGAGING. VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA, DEBATES & GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING & ‘MASTERY’ FOCUSED.
Resource light and easy to follow so suitable for specialists and non-specialists.
Extra challenges throughout.
SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING:
AQA RS: Religion and Life
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (with references to source of authority):
Explain the UK law on abortion including the 5 conditions for abortion
Explain why in some country’s abortion is still illegal
Explain secular arguments for making abortion legal
Evaluate the claim that ‘Abortion should be legal worldwide to prevent back street abortions?’
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome
ABORTION & RELIGION. AQA RELIGION & LIFE. CHRISTIANITY / ISLAM
FUN & ENGAGING . VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA & GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING A LEVEL STRETCH. MASTERY & EXAM SKILLS FOCUSED.
Easy to follow suitable for specialists & non-specialists.
Emphasis on exam skills: Assessment & extra challenges throughout.
Minimal printing, concise and easy to follow.
Date on slide updates automatically
SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING:
AQA RS: Religion and Life: Christianity/Islam
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (with reference to sources of authority)
Explain two contrasting beliefs in contemporary British society about abortion. 5 marks
Abortion should be allowed only when the mother’s life is at risk.’ 12 marks
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
EUTHANASIA & THE LAW. RELIGION & LIFE. FUN & ENGAGING LESSON. VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA, DEBATES & GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING A LEVEL STRETCH.
SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING:
AQA RS: Religion and Life: Christianity/Islam
Easy to follow suitable for specialists & non-specialists.
Assessment & extra challenges throughout.
Minimal printing, concise and easy to follow.
Date on slide updates automatically
Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority):
Explain various types of euthanasia and UK laws about it
To consider the moral implications of euthanasia
UK Law on euthanasia should change. Evaluate
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
RELIGION & LIFE: SCHEME OF LEARNING. This product is free with my Religion & Life #FUN LESSONS bundle (visit my shop).
SCHEME OF LEARNING PROVIDES MINUTE DETAILS OF
Learning objective
Task details
Differentiation
Assessment (proof of learning)
Homework (research/recap rotation)
VIEWPOINTS: Main religion Christianity + Islam / Non-religious views: humanism, classical and preference utilitarianism
LESSONS LISTED:
Origins of world and life
Value of world and life
Value and abuse of animals
Value, Sanctity and Quality of life
Abortion and the Law
Abortion: religious and non-religious views
Euthanasia and the Law
Euthanasia: religious and non-religious views
Life after death
I hope you enjoy teaching this pack. Your feedback is most welcome.
SIKHISM INTRO FOR KS3. FUN AND ENGAGING LESSON. VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA AND GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING, MASTERY AND EXAM SKILLS FOCUSED. SUITABLE FOR SPECIALISTS AND NON-SPECIALISTS.
• Emphasis on exam skills: Modelling, Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
• Minimal printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO GURU GRANTH SAHIB):
Explain Sikh beliefs about God
Explain how these beliefs influence the lives of Sikhs today
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.