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.
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.
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
SAWM. RAMADAN LESSON ENABLES LEARNERS TO: Explain how, when and why Muslims do ‘Sawm’ (fasting) with reference to scripture.
#ENGAGE, CHECK UNDERSTANDING, CORRECT MISCONCEPTIONS, REDUCE COGNITIVE OVERLOAD.
SINGLE LESSON
TEACH AS PART OF GCSE. AQA ISLAM PRACTICES
OR AS A STAND-ALONE LESSON
PRIOR LEARNING: Students may know some religious teachings about the Night of Power, holy books and congregational prayer; these will be revisited in this lesson.
**TASKS INCLUDE: **
Do Now task (recap to activate relevant knowledge applied to this lesson)
Planned questioning
Write a diary account of a Muslim on first day of Ramadan
Chunked activities to prevent cognitive overload
Whole class assessment to check understanding
End task exam questions with sentence starters
**PEDAGOGY FEATURES: **
• Exam skills – development
• Recap (activate prior knowledge)
• Planned questioning
• Check whole class understanding.
• Address misconceptions
• Peer learning
• Reduce cognitive overload
• End task assessment
EASY TO DELIVER
• Concise and logically sequenced
• Minimal printing
• Accessible for specialists and non-specialist teachers.
• Date on slide updates automatically.
• Task time indicators.
**I HOPE YOU ENJOY TEACHING THIS LESSON. YOUR FEEDBACK IS WELCOME. **
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CREATION OF LIFE. CHRISTIAN BELIEFS. AQA. FUN AND ENGAGING. VARIETY OF TASKS TO STIMULATE LEARNING. #CHECK UNDERSTANDING. ADDRESS MISCONCEPTIONS. I DO, WE DO, YOU DO. SINGLE LESSON
PEDAGOGY FOCUS:
Check understanding and address misconceptions throughout
Reduce cognitive overload
I do, we do, you do
Exam skills: Strong religious reference, development
Extra Challenges
Minimal printing. Concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically. Customisable Do Now task.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
Explain scientific accounts of creation of life
Explain contrasting Christian beliefs about the creation of life
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is welcome.
CREATION OF THE WORLD. CHRISTIAN BELIEFS. AQA. FUN AND ENGAGING. VARIETY OF TASKS TO STIMULATE LEARNING. #CHECK UNDERSTANDING. ADDRESS MISCONCEPTIONS. I DO, WE DO, YOU DO. SINGLE LESSON
Pedagogy Focus:
Check understanding and address misconceptions throughout
Reduce cognitive overload
I do, we do, you do
Exam skills: Strong religious reference, development
Minimal printing. Concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically. Customisable Do Now task.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
Explain scientific accounts of creation of the universe
Explain contrasting Christian beliefs about the creation of the world
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is welcome.
HELL. CONTRASTING CHRISTIAN BELIEFS. AQA. FUN AND ENGAGING. VARIETY OF TASKS TO STIMULATE LEARNING. #CHECK UNDERSTANDING. ADDRESS MISCONCEPTIONS. I DO, WE DO, YOU DO.
PEDAGOGY FOCUS:
Check understanding and address misconceptions throughout
Reduce cognitive overload
I do, we do, you do
Exam skills: Strong religious reference, development, Evaluation
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: (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCES OF AUTHORITY)
Evaluate whether an omnibenevolent God would send anyone to hell
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is welcome.
THE RESURRECTION. CHRISTIAN BELIEFS. AQA. FUN AND ENGAGING. VARIETY OF TASKS TO STIMULATE LEARNING. #CHECK UNDERSTANDING. ADDRESS MISCONCEPTIONS. I DO, WE DO, YOU DO. SINGLE LESSON
PEDAGOGY FOCUS:
Check understanding and address misconceptions throughout
Reduce cognitive overload
I do, we do, you do
Exam skills: Strong religious reference, development
Extra Challenges
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 (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCES OF AUTHORITY):
Evaluate statement: Jesus’ resurrection is a made-up story
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is welcome.
WORLD RELIGIONS. KS3 RELIGIOUS STUDIES INTRO LESSON. FUN AND ENGAGING. VARIETY OF TASKS TO STIMULATE LEARNING.
#CHECK UNDERSTANDING. ADDRESS MISCONCEPTIONS. SINGLE LESSON
**Pedagogy Focus: **
• Check understanding and address misconceptions throughout
• Reduce cognitive overload
• Build on Prior knowledge
• Appropriate challenge
• SMSC: tolerance and respect
Concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically.
**STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO: **
Understand why we learn Religious Studies in School
Identify 5 philosophical attitudes towards the existence of God/s.
Identify the six main religions in the world and list key facts about them
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is welcome.
PROPHET MUHAMMAD - LIFE, DEATH & LEGACY # FUN LESSONS.
To introduce Islam through the life and legacy of the ‘Seal of the Prophets’
Lots of engaging activities for students to be able to:
Explain the key events in the life of Prophet Muhammad
Explain his teachings
Explin Why he is important in Islam
Explain the diversity of believers in Islam
Explain why the imamate is important and Shia Islam
OCR A LEVEL RELIGIOUS STUDIES: PERSON OF JESUS
A GRADE MODEL ANSWER: Jesus was merely a political liberator. Discuss
This answer meets success criteria:
Breadth and Depth drawing (scholars)
Numerous synoptic links
Sources of authority (Bible)
Evaluation throughout
Thesis and Conclusion
**This essay is aimed to offer clarity on a complex topic. **
**TASK IDEAS **
Students could highlight the above criteria in the answer. Discuss how it meets the success criteria and if it could be improved. They could then copy the highlighted criteria to form an essay plan; take away the model answer and they form their own answer based on the plan.
USE & ABUSE OF ANIMALS. AQA RELIGION & LIFE. FUN & ENGAGING VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA & GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING A LEVEL STRETCH. MASTERY & EXAM SKILLS FOCUSED. SUITABLE FOR SPECIALISTS AND NON-SPECIALISTS.
Emphasis on exam skills: 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 ways humans use animals for their own benefit including food, experiments and testing
Explain religious and secular views on the value, use and abuse of animals
Using animals for human benefit is wrong. environment. Evaluate
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
BONHOEFFER’S THEOLOGY. OCR DCT. 100 MINUTES. FUN AND ENGAGING MULTI-MEDIA LESSON WITH A VARIETY OF TASKS AND GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGE AND MASTERY FOCUSED.
This is lesson 2 of 3 lessons that covers the OCR specification on Bonhoeffer.
• Aimed to offer clarity on a complex topic
• Customisable recap ‘do now’ task
• Emphasis on Exam Skills: A01
• Scholar quotes
• Sources of Wisdom
• Assessment throughout.
• No printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
• Information provided (not dependent on a textbook)
**STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO: **
Explain Bonhoeffers theology including:
Obedience & leadership
Civil disobedience
Spiritual discipline
Cost of Discipleship – Cheap and Costly Grace
Suffering
Solidarity
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
MEANS OF SALVATION. EVALUATE THE MEANS OF SALVATION. AQA. FUN AND ENGAGING. VARIETY OF TASKS TO STIMULATE LEARNING. #CHECK UNDERSTANDING. ADDRESS MISCONCEPTIONS. I DO, WE DO, YOU DO. MODEL ANSWER INCLUDED.
PEDAGOGY FOCUS:
Check understanding and address misconceptions throughout
Reduce cognitive overload
I do, we do, you do
Exam skills: Strong religious reference, development, evaluate
A Level Challenges
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: (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCES OF AUTHORITY)
Evaluate whether Jesus’ sacrificial death is the sole means of salvation.
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is welcome.
SIN AND SALVATION. CONTRASTING CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT THE MEANS OF SALVATION. AQA. FUN AND ENGAGING. VARIETY OF TASKS TO STIMULATE LEARNING. #CHECK UNDERSTANDING. ADDRESS MISCONCEPTIONS. I DO, WE DO, YOU DO.
PEDAGOGY FOCUS:
Check understanding and address misconceptions throughout
Reduce cognitive overload
I do, we do, you do
Exam skills: Strong religious reference, development, 5 MK questions
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: (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCES OF AUTHORITY)
Explain two contrasting Christian beliefs about the means of salvation.
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is welcome.
AFTERLIFE. CONTRASTING CHRISTIAN BELIEFS ABOUT RESURRECTION, JUDGEMENT AND AFTERLIFE. AQA. FUN AND ENGAGING. VARIETY OF TASKS TO STIMULATE LEARNING. #CHECK UNDERSTANDING. ADDRESS MISCONCEPTIONS. I DO, WE DO, YOU DO.
PEDAGOGY FOCUS: **
Check understanding and address misconceptions throughout
Reduce cognitive overload
I do, we do, you do
Exam skills: Strong religious reference, development, 1 and 2 mk questions
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 (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCES OF AUTHORITY):
Recall contrasting Christian beliefs about resurrection, judgement, and the afterlife
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is welcome.
WHY THE INCARNATION? CHRISTIAN BELIEFS. AQA. FUN AND ENGAGING. VARIETY OF TASKS TO STIMULATE LEARNING. #CHECK UNDERSTANDING. ADDRESS MISCONCEPTIONS. I DO, WE DO, YOU DO. SINGLE LESSON
**PEDAGOGY FOCUS: **
Check understanding and address misconceptions throughout
Reduce cognitive overload
I do, we do, you do
Exam skills: Strong religious reference, development
Extra Challenges throughout
*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 (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCES OF AUTHORITY):
Explain Christian beliefs about the reasons for the incarnation
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is welcome.
HOLOCAUST – WHERE WAS GOD? SKILLS FOCUS: STRONG RELIGIOUS REFERENCE AND DEVELOPMENT. ENGAGING. VARIETY OF TASKS TO STIMULATE LEARNING. #CHECK UNDERSTANDING. ADDRESS MISCONCEPTIONS. SINGLE LESSON
Pedagogy Focus:
• Check understanding and address misconceptions throughout
• Reduce cognitive overload
• Exam skills: Strong religious reference and development
Students will study the covenants and Elie Wiesel “The Night” and apply this to the problem of moral evil.
No printing. Concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically. Customisable Do Now task.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
Describe Jews unique relationship with God
Explain why the holocaust might prove a loving and powerful God might not exist
This is lesson is included in bundle: KS3 Problem of Evil
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson.
Your feedback is welcome.
Concise, easy to follow and comprehensive, ‘MASTERY’ and exam-focused lesson for High Ability classes
Date on slide updates automatically
**Resource light ** one worksheet per student (includes information)
Easy to follow & Suitable for non-specialists
SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING:
AQA RS RELATIONSHIPS/HUMAN RIGHTS: CHRISTIANITY
Students will be able to (with STRONG reference to source of authority):
•Evaluate whether men and women are believed to be equal in Christianity by analysing literal and metaphorical interpretations of Genesis (Adam and Eve and the fall of man) as well as studying Mary Magdalene
Activities include:
starter: check understanding of metaphors, 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. Two extra challenge activities.
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
EXISTENCE OF GOD: GENERAL REVELATION & EVALUATION #FUN LESSON
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 4 kinds of General Revelation and:
a. How each might prove the existence of God
b. What each might reveal about the Nature of God
c. Strengths and weaknesses
Answer 12 mk question: General revelation is a reliable source of knowledge of the divine (God). Evaluate.
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.