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Resources for Religious Studies, Sociology, Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities.
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Resources for Religious Studies, Sociology, Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities.
We specialise in making whole units and courses for ultimate convenience and time-saving. We always aim to make the best resource for a given topic: our goal is perfection and our resources have helped educate 1 million+ students!
In order to encourage ratings and reviews, if you buy any of our products, are happy with your purchase, and leave a 5* rating for it: just email us and we'll send you a free bonus gift!
This download contains an editable 50+ slide PowerPoint featuring debates for GCSE Religious Studies students. It also contains a ‘randomiser’ slide so that debate topics can be selected randomly.
This tool focuses on Christian teachings and does not refer to a specific comparative religion (making it suitable for all GCSE RS teachers). I based the debate topics on commonalities between AQA, OCR and Eduqas specifications: it should be useful regardless of the specification you are using.
Debates take an ‘agree or disagree’ format: students are asked to move from one side of the room to the other depending on their response to the statements that appear.
This format allows teachers to foster debates and discussions between students, it can be helpful to ask students to justify their reasons and use sensible arguments. Questions you might ask include:
“What is wrong with the other position in your view?”,
“Why did you choose to stand where you’re standing?”,
“Why do you think people disagree so much about this question?”
It is best to encourage students to pick a side rather than float in the middle: but it can also be fun to allow students to change side as the debate progresses, so that students can try to persuade one another to move.
This is a great resource to use at the end of lessons if you have a few minutes left, it can be used as an entire lesson or revision session. It’s a fun way to introduce a course or to use as an ice-breaker with new classes, and can also be used by tutor groups as a whole-school initiative.
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This collection of 17 lessons is for GCSE Religious Studies teachers who are teaching Christianity & Islam. It is for Theme D of the AQA Religious Studies specification: Religion, Peace & Conflict.
It includes 10 lessons about Christian beliefs and 7 lessons about Muslim beliefs. It also includes some bonus resources that I hope will be useful to you.
Lesson 1-10 (Christianity)
Introduction
Central Debates
The Causes of War
Christianity, Pacifism & Peaceful Protest
Christian Teachings About War & Peace
Nuclear Weapons & Weapons of Mass Destruction
ICT Suite Lesson
Religious Responses to War
Assessment Lesson
Unit Overview (Video-Learning Worksheet Lesson)
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Lesson 11-17 (Islam)
11) Violence & War
12) War & Just War
13) Nuclear Weapons
14) Pacifism
15) Peace Activists & Peace-Makers
16) Unit Overview (Islam)
17) Unit Overview (Islam)
It includes three bonus resources:
-A Personal Learning Checklist for this unit
-2 x Debate Generators [revision tools]
Each lesson is fully resourced and includes a lesson plan, homework, AfL tasks. Most lessons are based around professionally designed A3 worksheets.
This download aims to be everything you need in order to teach this theme and cover Christian & Muslim perspectives. Whilst designed around the AQA specification, it is certainly relevant to all GCSE Religious Studies teachers covering Christianity & Islam.
Positive reviews are warmly welcome!
The contents of this page, the download, and all included materials are copyrighted by Adam Godwin (2017)
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GCSE Sociology Resources
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A3 DIRT Worksheet (15+ 5-star ratings!)
KS3 RE Units
Copyright Adam Godwin (2018)
This collection of 17 lessons is for GCSE Religious Studies teachers who are teaching Christianity & Islam. It is for Theme A of the AQA Religious Studies specification: Relationships & Families.
It includes 10 lessons about Christian beliefs and 7 lessons about Muslim beliefs. It also includes three bonus resources that I hope will be useful to you.
Lesson 1-10 (Christianity)
Introduction
Central Debates
Christian views about Sex, Premarital Sex & Contraception
Christian Views about Homosexuality
Christian Views about Marriage & Families
Christianity, Divorce & Remarriage
ICT Suite Lesson
Christianity, Gender Roles & Sexism
Assessment Lesson
Unit Overview (Video-Learning Worksheet Lesson)
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Lesson 11-17 (Islam)
11) Sexual Ethics
12) Premarital Sex
13) Contraception (1)
14) Contraception (2)
15) Homosexuality
16) Unit Overview (Islam)
17) Unit Overview (Islam)
It includes three bonus resources:
-A Personal Learning Checklist for this unit
-2 x Debate Generators [revision tools]
Each lesson is fully resourced and includes a lesson plan, homework, AfL tasks. Most lessons are based around professionally designed A3 worksheets.
This download is designed to be everything you need in order to teach this theme and cover Christian & Muslim perspectives. Whilst designed around the AQA specification, it is certainly relevant to all GCSE Religious Studies teachers covering Christianity & Islam.
Positive reviews are warmly welcome!
The contents of this page, the download, and all included materials are copyrighted by Adam Godwin (2017)
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Check-out some of our most popular resources on TES!
GCSE Religious Studies
Buddhism (20 Lesson Unit)
Buddhism (Thematic Studies Units)
Christianity (Thematic Studies Units)
Hinduism (20 Lesson Unit)
Hinduism (Thematic Studies Units)
Islam (Thematic Studies Units)
.
.
GCSE Sociology Resources
Complete Units (Whole Course)
.
AS/A2 Revision Sessions
OCR Religious Studies
AQA Philosophy
AQA Sociology
.
Philosophy for Children (P4C)
The Ultimate P4C Resource Pack
The Debating Society Toolkit
Philosophy Boxes
.
Other Tools
A3 DIRT Worksheet (15+ 5-star ratings!)
KS3 RE Units
Copyright Adam Godwin (2018)
This collection of 17 lessons is for GCSE Religious Studies teachers who are teaching Christianity & Buddhism. It is for Theme B of the AQA Religious Studies specification: Religion & Life.
It includes 10 lessons about Christian beliefs and 7 lessons about Buddhist beliefs. It also includes three bonus resources that I hope will be useful to you.
Lesson 1-10 (Christianity)
1) Introduction
2) Central Debates
3) Christian Views About The Origins & Value of The World
4) Christian Views About The Origins of Life
5) Animal Ethics & Animal Testing
6) Abortion & Christianity
7) ICT Suite Lesson
8) Euthanasia & Christianity
9) Assessment Lesson
10) Unit Overview (Video-Learning Worksheet Lesson)
Lesson 11-17 (Buddhism)
11) Abortion (1)
12) Abortion (2)
13) Euthanasia (1)
14) Euthanasia (2)
15) Animal Experimentation
16) Unit Overview (Buddhism)
17) Unit Overview (Buddhism)
Each lesson is fully resourced and includes a lesson plan, homework, AfL tasks. Most lessons are based around professionally designed A3 worksheets.
This download is designed to be everything you need in order to teach this theme and cover Christian & Buddhist perspectives.
The resources are authored by the same professional resource designer who created the 20-Lesson GCSE Buddhism bundle for the 'Beliefs, Teachings & Practices' section of the course: which has soon become the highest rated premium GCSE RS product on all of Tes! ( https://goo.gl/5gQDEE )
Positive reviews are warmly welcome!
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A wide selection of A3 printables that can serve as wall-displays, learning mats, or for use in learning activities.
Most are rich in statistical, research, graph, infographic information and are suitable for learning tasks about:
-Education (12 x A3)
-Education and Gender (5 x A3)
-Crime and Deviance (15 x A3)
-Research Methods (1xA3)
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GCSE Religious Studies
Buddhism (20 Lesson Unit)
Buddhism (Thematic Studies Units)
Christianity (Thematic Studies Units)
Hinduism (20 Lesson Unit)
Hinduism (Thematic Studies Units)
Islam (Thematic Studies Units)
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GCSE Sociology Resources
Complete Units (Whole Course)
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AS/A2 Revision Sessions
OCR Religious Studies
AQA Philosophy
AQA Sociology
.
Philosophy for Children (P4C)
The Ultimate P4C Resource Pack
The Debating Society Toolkit
Philosophy Boxes
.
.
Other Tools
A3 DIRT Worksheet (15+ 5-star ratings!)
KS3 RE Units
This bundle is for a collection of ‘Philosophy Boxes’ lessons/sessions.
Each session comprises a P4C lesson/session that can be used 2-3 times with the same group.
This download includes 19 out of the 20 sessions, the 20th file is the template (worth £9.99) that allows you to create your own ‘Philosophy Boxes’ sessions.
The Philosophy Boxes Method is a new approach to P4C designed for students in KS1, 2 & 3: it is graphically stimulating, engaging, and fun. This download is also suitable for older students: but the format was designed with younger students in mind.
The aim of Philosophy Boxes is to bring philosophy and critical thinking into every subject at every level: we believe that any subject becomes philosophy when students are asked the right questions and when they think about a topic hard enough and on the deepest (most fundamental) level.
The Philosophy Boxes Method presents students with a set of ‘mystery boxes’, when a student selects one of the boxes they are presented with 1 of 21 discussion/debate activities [that use 1 of 8 different formats].
The presentation has integrated AfL so that teachers can test knowledge at any point in the lesson. There are 10 different AfL slides to choose from.
The design is colourful, animated, fun and engaging: all activities require movement and teachers can decide whether students are expressing their ideas purely verbally or by using post-it notes.
The nature of the design is that it can be used for short sessions (5-10 minutes) or much longer sessions (up to 2 hours!) - it allows for classroom practitioners to be flexible and adaptable. It can, therefore, be used in lessons or as a tutor-time activity.
The download includes a PowerPoint Show; if you would like an editable PPT presentation so that you can make your own ‘Philosophy Boxes’ presentation you will need to download the template here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-the-philosophy-boxes-method-template-for-creating-your-own-philosophy-boxes-lessons-p4c-p4k-11463227
A complete selection of Philosophy Boxes lessons can be found here: https://www.tes.com/resources/search/?&q=philosophy+boxes+godwin86
Other bundles of ‘Philosophy Boxes’ lessons exist, depending on your need.
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GCSE Religious Studies
Buddhism (20 Lesson Unit)
Buddhism (Thematic Studies Units)
Christianity (Thematic Studies Units)
Hinduism (20 Lesson Unit)
Hinduism (Thematic Studies Units)
Islam (Thematic Studies Units)
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GCSE Sociology Resources
Complete Units (Whole Course)
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AS/A2 Revision Sessions
OCR Religious Studies
AQA Philosophy
AQA Sociology
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Philosophy for Children (P4C)
The Ultimate P4C Resource Pack
The Debating Society Toolkit
Philosophy Boxes
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A3 DIRT Worksheet (15+ 5-star ratings!)
KS3 RE Units
A Personal Learning Checklist [and DIRT worksheet] for A2-Level Religious Studies (new specification).
Based on the OCR specification, for the Philosophy of Religion section of the course
This worksheet allows for a complete review of learning for the Philosophy of Religion section of the A2-Level course.
The first side is a PLC with two ways for the student to rate confidence and the second side features a key-word check as well as various DIRT tasks.
This double-sided A4 worksheet is great for:
-Revision lessons
-AfL
-Fostering teacher-student dialogue
-Directed Individual Reflection Time (DIRT)
-Exam preparation
-Checking key-word knowledge (literacy)
This is an ideal tool for your students to help them keep track of their learning, and help you monitor the classes strengths and weaknesses. It serves as a highly efficient form of self-assessment.
On the reverse of the sheet are other useful measures that allow teachers to gauge a student’s confidence and reflective abilities.
The worksheet:
-Allows the student to see clearly what they need to know for the exam.
-Allows the student to communicate to their teacher how they can be best helped.
-Gets the student to analyse their progress in relation to their target grade.
-Encourages students to reflect in a structured manner on their necessary revision focuses.
-Gets students to establish both a revision and an exam technique focus.
This bundle contains 4 revision sessions, designed to cover the ‘EDUCATION’ section of the new AQA Sociology specification.
The revision sessions feature:
-A ‘grid of learning’ post-it task (to focus students on the day’s topic and refresh their memories of the basics)
-A 'competitive mind-mapping task (which can be completed on the whiteboard or on A3 paper)
-A silent debate task (with 6 x A3 silent debate worksheets in an editable .doc file) [nb. allowing group conversation, instead of silence, is also an effective approach]
-Debates that ask students to move from one side of the room or the other and verbalise a defence of their position in response to a statement or rubric.
-A concluding ‘One thing I am still uncertain about…’ post-it question.
Each session follows the same format, they can be:
-Used as revision sessions during a revision period of term-time leading up to exams
-Sandwiched between lessons as they are taught throughout the year as a way of solidifying and assessing learning
Please note: the cover picture depicts some of the activities that make up this revision session, the wording within those tasks is adapted to the topic specified above and may differ from the wording depicted. Contents and tasks may vary slightly between revision sessions. The cover photo is, however, a fair depiction of the contents of the lesson.
Copyright Adam Godwin (2017) [Godwin86] godwin86@gmail.com
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GCSE Religious Studies
Buddhism (20 Lesson Unit)
Buddhism (Thematic Studies Units)
Christianity (Thematic Studies Units)
Hinduism (20 Lesson Unit)
Hinduism (Thematic Studies Units)
Islam (Thematic Studies Units)
.
GCSE Sociology Resources
Complete Units (Whole Course)
.
.
AS/A2 Revision Sessions
OCR Religious Studies
AQA Philosophy
AQA Sociology
.
Philosophy for Children (P4C)
The Ultimate P4C Resource Pack
The Debating Society Toolkit
Philosophy Boxes
.
.
Other Tools
A3 DIRT Worksheet (15+ 5-star ratings!)
KS3 RE Units
This is the thirteenth in a series of lessons on Buddhism for GCSE level students for the 'Beliefs, Teachings & Practices' section of the course [section A].
The complete series of GCSE Budhism lessons, as well as learning mats, PLCs and revision sessions can be downloaded at our TES Shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/godwin86
The Download (comprising 4 files, within one zip file) includes:
-A PPT Containing a Full Lesson
-A complete lesson plan covering: objectives, key-words, differentiation, and lesson timeline
-A double sided worksheet
-Tibetan Buddhist Mantra Chanting Music (in a .mp4 video format)
-A Homework Task
The topic of the lesson focusses on the following part of the specification:
Buddhist Practices and Forms of Worship
• The role and significance of different forms of worship including:
-Meditation
- Chanting
- Puja and devotional ritual
- Mantra
- Malas
- Offerings
• The significance of worship in the temple
• The significance of worship in the home
• The purpose of devotional ritual
• The relationship between devotional worship and the aim of ending dukkha.
• Common and divergent emphases placed on worship by different Buddhist groups, including the importance and meaning of artefacts like malas.
Sources: Dhammapada 273–276
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Designed for teachers using the new OCR Religious Studies AS/A2 specification (H173/H573)
This revision session covers both the ‘Nature & Attributes of God’ section of the specification. The topic is a part of the ‘Philosophy of Religion’ component of the A2 course and falls under the sub-section: “Theological and Philosophical Developments”.
This download is one of a series of revision sessions that use a variety of mind-mapping, discussion and debate tasks to cover a section of the specification.
The revision sessions can be used in a number of ways:
-As revision sessions during a revision period of term-time leading up to exams
-Sandwiched between lessons as they are taught throughout the year as a way of solidifying and assessing learning
-During extra-curricular time (KS5 Religious Studies Clubs)
This revision session features:
-A ‘grid of learning’ post-it task (to focus students on the day’s topic and refresh their memories of the basics)
-A 'competitive mind-mapping task (which can be completed on the whiteboard or on A3 paper)
-A silent debate task (with 6 x A3 silent debate worksheets in an editable .doc file) [nb. allowing group conversation, instead of silence, is also an effective approach]
-Debates that ask students to move from one side of the room or the other and verbalise a defence of their position in response to a statement or rubric.
-A concluding ‘One thing I am still uncertain about…’ post-it question.
This session can be purchased individually or as part of various bundles depending on your needs.
Please note: the cover picture depicts some of the activities that make up this revision session, the wording within those tasks is adapted to the topic specified above and may differ from the wording depicted. Contents and tasks may vary slightly between revision sessions. The cover photo is, however, a fair depiction of the contents of the lesson.
This download is useful for any teachers who are hoping to foster critical thinking skills in KS2 or KS3 students.
This resource pack contains:
A double-sided A3 poster/table that identifies, describes and exemplifies 32 common logical fallacies
A 32 question ‘Logical Fallacy Quiz’ (with a teacher’s answer key)
An ‘analysing and evaluating philosophical arguments’ activity’
The A3 poster/table is an excellent resource in and of itself and can be used for other activities in the teaching of critical thinking skills.
The quiz is designed to be used alongside the table: students work in pairs or teams to identify examples of logical fallacies. There are 32 questions - which should be ample for a long lesson.
This activity can be differentiated by changing team sizes and/or shortening the quiz (allowing for more reflection time).
A smaller activity is also included: it introduces the idea of ‘philosophical arguments’, soundness, validity - and provides examples of simple philosophical arguments for young learners to analyse and evaluate.
This resource is designed with KS2 and KS3 students in mind.
This multi-use interactive learning session is an ideal way to introduce philosophy to young learners.
This session uses our unique format for philosophy teaching resources and features an integrated menu that allows teachers to select from a variety of starter, main, plenary, assessment and end-of-lesson reflection activities. With a massive selection of activities designed to trigger philosophical discussions, debates and reflections: you can re-use the resource numerous times with the same group.
We designed this lesson not only to introduce philosophy as an intellectual discipline but to inspire a love of philosophical thinking. To this end this session explores topics such as:
The nature of philosophy
The different fields of philosophy (epistemology, metaphysics, ethics etc.)
The philosophical method (of reasoned argumentation)
The difference between knowledge and mere belief
The big question asked in this session is “What is Philosophy?”. Using a variety of engaging activities students will discuss and debate a range of other philosophical questions such as
Why is it important to think deeply about things?
To what extent is it important to question and challenge the assumptions we live by?
What is the difference between intelligence and wisdom?
To what extent is certain knowledge possible?
Students will analyse and evaluate an eclectic mix of philosophical claims that have been chosen to represent the extensive range of philosophical enquiry such as:
“We should not trust our senses as they are too limited, easy to trick and unreliable”
“It’s important to be a sceptic and to doubt claims we hear and read on the internet”
“The biggest moral problem of our age is how we treat animals”
Aside from a wide range of debate and discussion activities, teachers can also choose from a variety of more substantial activities such as essay writing, poetry writing, and speech writing tasks.
This resource is suitable for teachers of all school subjects who are looking to introduce philosophy, philosophical thinking and critical thinking. As with all our resources, this session will help students to develop vital communication, social and interpersonal skills: healthy debates will help learners to practice ‘disagreeing in an agreeable fashion’.
This resource is suitable for students aged 8-16; due to the flexible nature of the sessions design it can be used for multiple hour-long sessions or as a stimulating tutor-group activity. The file is a PowerPoint Show: no planning or preparation is required.
This fully resourced lesson is professionally designed for the new AQA Sociology GCSE specification (8192). This resource can now be downloaded as a part of a complete 20-lesson bundle.
This is lesson 16 of our 20 lesson course for the ‘Crime & Deviance’ section; it focuses on feminist perspectives, feminist researchers and theorists, and statistical data supporting/detracting from the feminist perspective.
The download includes:
-A detailed lesson plan: highlighting differentiation, AfL, key-words, SMSC and a timeline of learning activities (.pdf)
-A premium quality PowerPoint presentation (fully animated) that covers the entire lesson (editable)
-A double-sided A3 worksheet (see cover image for preview)
-A knowledge hunt file with information to be used with the worksheet
-Homework
All lessons are designed around the new AQA specification, we take considerable time making the highest quality lessons.
This fully resourced lesson is professionally designed for the new AQA Sociology GCSE specification (8192). This resource can now be downloaded as a part of a complete 20-lesson bundle.
This is lesson 12 of our 20 lesson course for the ‘Social Stratification’ section.
This lesson focuses on ‘Power Relationships’ and pays special attention to the researcher Walby and her feminist analysis of patriarchal structures in society.
The download includes:
-A detailed lesson plan: highlighting differentiation, AfL, key-words, SMSC and a timeline of learning activities (.pdf)
-A premium quality PowerPoint presentation (fully animated) that covers the entire lesson
-A4 Double-sided worksheet
-Homework
All lessons are designed around the new GCSE specification but are certainly useful for any GCSE Sociology specification. We take considerable time making the highest quality lessons, positive reviews are greatly appreciated (and rewarded, just email us!)
This seven lesson unit is for teachers covering Buddhism as a comparative religion at GCSE level. It covers Theme A: Relationships & Families and focuses on Buddhist views, beliefs and teachings.
It was designed around the GCSE AQA specification, Theme A, and, consequently, covers the three topics listed:
• Contraception.
• Sexual relationships before marriage.
• Homosexual relationships.
Each lesson is fully resourced and includes a lesson plan, homework, AfL tasks. Most lessons are based around professionally designed A3 worksheets.
The resources are authored by the same professional resource designer who created the 20-Lesson GCSE Buddhism bundle for the 'Beliefs, Teachings & Practices' section of the course: which has soon become the highest rated premium GCSE RS product on all of Tes! ( https://goo.gl/5gQDEE )
You can buy this 7 lesson unit alongside a 10-lesson Christianity Thematic Study Unit in one bundle to save money.
The lessons included are outlined as follows:
Lesson 1 - Sexual Ethics
Lesson 2 - Premarital Sex
Lesson 3 - Contraception (1)
Lesson 4 - Contraception (2)
Lesson 5 - Homosexuality
Lesson 6 - Unit Overview
Lesson 7 - Unit Overview
It also contains three bonus resources:
-The GCSE Buddhism Ethical Debate Generator
-GCSE Buddhism Learning Mats
-A PLC (Personal, Learning Checklist) for this unit
Positive reviews are warmly welcome!
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The contents of this page, the download, and all included materials are copyrighted by Adam Godwin (2017) Contents may differ slightly from those depicted on the cover photo, which are meant to be a fair illustration of the quality and activities contained in the download.
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This seven lesson unit is for teachers covering Buddhism as a comparative religion at GCSE level. It covers Theme D: Religion, Peace & Conflict and focuses on Buddhist views, beliefs and teachings.
It was designed around the GCSE AQA specification, Theme D, and, consequently, covers the three topics listed:
• Violence.
• Weapons of mass destruction.
• Pacifism.
Each lesson is fully resourced and includes a lesson plan, homework, AfL tasks. Most lessons are based around professionally designed A3 worksheets.
The resources are authored by the same professional resource designer who created the 20-Lesson GCSE Buddhism bundle for the 'Beliefs, Teachings & Practices' section of the course: which has soon become the highest rated premium GCSE RS product on all of Tes! ( https://goo.gl/5gQDEE )
You can buy this 7 lesson unit alongside a 10-lesson Christianity Thematic Study Unit in one bundle to save money.
The lessons included are outlined as follows:
Lesson 1 - War & Violence
Lesson 2 - War & Just War
Lesson 3 - Nuclear Weapons
Lesson 4 - Pacifism
Lesson 5 - Buddhist Peace-Activists & Pacifism
Lesson 6 - Unit Overview
Lesson 7 - Unit Overview
It also contains three bonus resources:
-The GCSE Buddhism Ethical Debate Generator
-GCSE Buddhism Learning Mats
-A PLC (Personal, Learning Checklist) for this unit
Positive reviews are warmly welcome!
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The contents of this page, the download, and all included materials are copyrighted by Adam Godwin (2017) Contents may differ slightly from those depicted on the cover photo, which are meant to be a fair illustration of the quality and activities contained in the download.
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This collection of 17 lessons is for GCSE Religious Studies teachers who are teaching Christianity & Buddhism. It is for Theme A of the AQA Religious Studies specification: Relationships & Families.
It includes 10 lessons about Christian beliefs and 7 lessons about Buddhist beliefs. It also includes three bonus resources that I hope will be useful to you.
Lesson 1-10 (Christianity)
1) Introduction
2) Central Debates
3) Christian views about Sex, Premarital Sex & Contraception
4) Christian Views about Homosexuality
5) Christian Views about Marriage & Families
6) Christianity, Divorce & Remarriage
7) ICT Suite Lesson
8) Christianity, Gender Roles & Sexism
9) Assessment Lesson
10) Unit Overview (Video-Learning Worksheet Lesson)
Lesson 11-17 (Buddhism)
11) Sexual Ethics
12) Premarital Sex
13) Contraception (1)
14) Contraception (2)
15) Homosexuality
16) Unit Overview (Buddhism)
17) Unit Overview (Buddhism)
Each lesson is fully resourced and includes a lesson plan, homework, AfL tasks. Most lessons are based around professionally designed A3 worksheets.
This download is designed to be everything you need in order to teach this theme and cover Christian & Buddhist perspectives.
The resources are authored by the same professional resource designer who created the 20-Lesson GCSE Buddhism bundle for the 'Beliefs, Teachings & Practices' section of the course: which has soon become the highest rated premium GCSE RS product on all of Tes! ( https://goo.gl/5gQDEE )
Positive reviews are warmly welcome!
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The contents of this page, the download, and all included materials are copyrighted by Adam Godwin (2017)
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This thought-provoking philosophy teaching resource focuses on ethics and meta-ethics: instead of focusing on specific moral issues (which is covered in a different session on ‘Applied Ethics’ this re-usable lesson explores the fundamental nature of ethics, the difference between ‘right’ and ‘wrong’, the function of moral language, different theories of normative ethics, different ways of thinking about how we ought to live, and deeper issues around the metaphysical status of good and evil.
This session is ideal for teachers who want to explore philosophy with students and is of particular value to teachers who want to nurture the moral development of their students (perhaps in an SMSC or PSHE context) and trigger deeper reflections on the fundamental nature of ‘right and wrong’; we’ve carefully selected the most significant issues and questions relating to normative ethics and meta-ethics so that young learners can engage in fun philosophical discussions and debates. This session explores topics such as:
The fundamental nature of good and evil
Different ways of evaluating the morality of actions
Virtue ethics and what it means ‘to be a good person’
Whether or not morality is absolute or relative (e.g. to different cultures and time-periods)
The degree to which moral judgements refer to objective facts
The degree to which moral judgements are baseless and arbitrary
The big question asked in this session is “What is the fundamental difference between good and evil acts?”. Using a variety of engaging activities students will discuss and debate a wide range of other philosophical questions such as:
What makes it reasonable to call a specific action “good”?
Are there some actions that we can say are always evil in all situations, time periods and cultures?
What is the role of empathy in compassion in determining the most morally correct course of action in life? and
What is the most important virtue to cultivate in life?
Students will also analyse and evaluate an eclectic mix of philosophical claims such as:
“Some actions are morally permissible even when they create suffering for others.”
“Some people are born evil” and
“It is impossible to truly know the difference between right and wrong, good and evil.”
This resource is suitable for teachers of all school subjects who are looking to introduce philosophy, philosophical thinking and critical thinking. The file is a PowerPoint Show: no planning or preparation is required, just run the file and the intuitive menu system will make delivering a powerful philosophy session very easy!
Help students to protect themselves against misinformation and delusion with this powerful set of resources!
In the age of misinformation teaching critical-thinking skills is an essential duty for teachers and schools. Aside from our standard ‘Fun Philosophy Lesson’ which will help you to trigger deep discussions and engaging debates about critical thinking with ease, this download also includes a special ‘Defence Against the Dark Arts’ lesson which is based on recent research that suggest ‘inoculating against misinformation’ is far more effective than trying to undo false beliefs retrospectively. The resource also includes our Logical Fallacy Training Pack which helps students practice their skills at detecting deceptive and manipulative arguments using the power of reason and logic!
This philosophy teaching resource pack is of interest to all teachers working with students aged 8-16 and explores topics such as:
The nature of critical thinking
The value of scepticism
Emotional biases in the pursuit of truth
Logical Fallacies
Reliable vs unreliable sources of information
Detecting misinformation online
The big question asked in this session is “How do we know if a particular claim is really true?”. Using a variety of engaging activities students will discuss and debate a wide range of other philosophical questions such as:
Why is it important to be sceptical about what we read online?
What might happen to a person who had absolutely no critical-thinking skills?
What are the main sources of bias that influence your ability to wisely discern truth from falsehood? and
To what extent is it possible to be 100% certain about anything?
Students will also analyse and evaluate an eclectic mix of philosophical claims such as:
“We can trust that what our parents and teachers tell us is definitely true.”
“Our emotions and feelings can get in the way of our rational pursuit of the truth” and
“We should be wary of people who hold extreme political views”
As with all our resources, this session will help students to develop vital communication, social and interpersonal skills: healthy debates will help learners to practice ‘disagreeing in an agreeable fashion’. This resource is suitable for students aged 8-16; due to the flexible nature of the sessions design it can be used for multiple hour-long sessions or as a short stimulating tutor-group activity.
The ‘Fun Philosophy Lesson’ resource uses our unique format for philosophy teaching resources and features an integrated menu that allows teachers to select from a variety of starter, main, plenary, assessment and end-of-lesson reflection activities.
This is the second in a series of lessons on Buddhism for GCSE level students for the 'Beliefs, Teachings & Practices' section of the course [section A]. It is suitable for all exam-boards.
The complete series of GCSE Budhism lessons, as well as learning mats, PLCs and revision sessions can be downloaded at our TES Shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/godwin86
Lesson 2 deals with: The Dhamma
• The meaning of the term Dhamma (eternal law and Buddha’s teachings)
• The Dhamma as one of the Three Jewels
• The Three Marks of Existence and their meaning:
• Dukkha
• Impermanence (anicca/anitya)
• No fixed self or soul (anatta/anataman)
• The significance of the three marks of existence for Buddhists
• Issues related to the Dhamma, including the importance of Dhamma for Buddhists in the modern world
• Common and divergent emphases placed on the Dhamma by different Buddhist groups,including different definitions of the Dhamma
• Different interpretations and emphases given to sources of wisdom and authority by different Buddhist groups
Sources:
• Dhammacakkappavattana sutta (Setting the Wheel of the Dhamma in motion)
• Dhammapada 35–36 and 334–336
• Nandakovada Sutta 7–10
• The Tibetan Wheel of Life
The Download includes:
-A PPT Containing a Full Lesson (with assessment)
-A complete lesson plan covering: objectives, key-words, differentiation, and lesson timeline.
-A worksheet
-Two videos: one outlining Buddhist beliefs by Thich Nhat Han, one about The Three Jewels
-A Homework Task
Once you see the high-quality of this lesson, please download our other lessons as a part of this GCSE Buddhism course from our shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/godwin86
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