Government & Politics (Edexcel) Component 2: Governing the UK Learning objective: Defining constitutions, key terms, and explain the importance of constitutions

Full lesson (Year 7/8) LO: To discuss the freedom and limits on creating your own identity LO: To explain why young Sikhs struggle to follow their religion in Britain LO: To analyse/evaluate the challenges of religious expression for young Sikhs

Full lesson (Year 9) LO: To define the Four noble Truths LO: To summarise information about the Four Noble Truths LO: To analyse the Buddhist beliefs on ending suffering LO: To reflect on the effectiveness of the Eightfold Path

Full lesson (Year 7/8) LO: To identify similarities and differences between Sikhi and Western culture LO: To identify benefits and difficulties for British Sikhs growing up in two cultures LO: To reflect on the cultural challenges young Sikhs may face in Britain

Resources sharing my experience about how I started a Model UN club in 2022-23 despite knowing nothing about going about it. It also includes resources to get started. Hopefully you find it useful. These resources will especially be useful to London-teachers wanting to attend Model UN conferences. All teachers, however, will find the resources useful if they just want to run a club without having to attend a Model UN conference.

Full lesson (Year 7/8) LO: To define the religious environment young Muslim are part of LO:To analyse the reasons why the Muslim community is growing in Britain LO: To evaluate the challenges of being Muslim in Britain

Full lesson (Year 9) LO: To record reasons for suffering from Christian believers LO: To support Christian beliefs about suffering with religious stories and text LO: To make an overall personal judgment about suffering

Full lesson introducing budgeting to KS4 students

Full Lesson (Year 7/8) LO: To define ‘worship’ and ‘being generous’ LO: To explain the connection between ‘worship’ and ‘being generous’ LO: To evaluate whether worship makes people more generous

Full lesson (Year 9) LO: To identify Christian understandings of suffering from Genesis and Job LO: To discuss why Christians may accept suffering LO: To explain what Christians can learn about suffering from the Bible

Full lesson (Year 7/8) LO: To define the religious environment young Muslims are part of LO: To analyse why the Muslim community is growing in Britain LO:To evaluate the challenges of being Muslim in Britain

Full lesson (Year 7/8) LO: To define and explain Gurmukhi LO: To discuss the decline of Gurmukhi in the UK LO: To explain the importance of learning Gurmukhi for young Sikhs

Full lesson (Year 7/8) LO: To discuss about where young people find help and support in life LO: To recall important facts about the sangha LO: To think of and identify ways the sangha help young Buddhists in life LO: To design a vihara young Buddhists can relate to

Full lesson (Year 7/8) LO: To define religious commitment LO: To link identity traits to religious commitments LO: To identify personal challenges in following/not following a religion

Government and Politics (Edexcel) Component 2: Governing the UK Learning objective: To create an argument about whether the UK constitution should be codified

Full lesson (Year 9) LO: To define suffering LO: To identify the biggest problems related to suffering in the world LO: To evaluate whether suffering is a normal human state

Full lesson (Year 9) LO: To identify potential benefits of suffering LO: To form an opinion about the Free Will Defense for suffering LO: To form an opinion about the humanist stance on suffering LO: To write a letter sharing your opinion about the existence of suffering in the world

Here’re a few resources I accessed for free online, and that I use when teaching essay writing skills.