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I am a teacher specialising in Geography and Religious Studies with over 4 years experience to date. I pride myself on designing lessons that engages students in their learning, with an enquiry-based focus being at the forefront. Any lesson that you download is fully resourced and differentiated ready to use in a flash. I hope they make a real contributing to your own classroom like they have done to mine.

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How Is The Christian Creation Story Best Understood
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How Is The Christian Creation Story Best Understood

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the Christian Creation Story from Genesis. The main part of the lesson involves drawing a storyboard to show the key parts of the story, a pair discussion task on how Fundamentalist and Liberal Christians might view the story (leading to a card sorting task of the reasons behind the views), and finally a written reflection evaluating how they believe the story is best understood. Learning Objectives: To describe the Christian Creation Story. To explain how this story is viewed by different Christians. To evaluate how you personally believe it is best understood.
Contour Island Practical Lesson
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Contour Island Practical Lesson

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on contours. This lesson, well situated after a lesson on the basics of contours, involves students creating their own 3D cardboard models to show how contours can show the height and shape of the land. It contains a full set of step-by-step instructions and supporting visuals to assist students with this. Learning Objectives: To identify how contours can be represented through 3D modelling. To describe the relief of your models using appropriate geographical terminology.
Creation Stories Assessment
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Creation Stories Assessment

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This contains a set of materials in order to carry out an assessment on a 'Ultimate Questions' unit. Students have to devise their own creation story, religious or scientific, and explain how different groups of people (e.g. atheists, Christians) may interpret it and their reasoning for it. This resource is easily adaptable to incorporate into a lesson or another scheme of learning.
Push and Pull Factors
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Push and Pull Factors

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This contains a fully resourced lesson on push and pull factors.In the starter students analyse a cartoon, then work in pairs to work out push and pull factors and test that knowledge with a kinaesthetic activity. Next students look at a case study of rural-urban migration in cities (China) and apply their knowledge by creating their own immigration story.
London Terror Attacks
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London Terror Attacks

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A simple presentation used in my tutor group to explore what happened during the London terror attacks and how the UK government and the international community responded. It could easily be adapted to be used as an assembly.
How Is A Newborn Welcomed In Islam?
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How Is A Newborn Welcomed In Islam?

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on how babies are welcomed into the Islamic faith, otherwise known as the Aqiqah Ceremony. The main part of the lesson contains an information hunt on the different practices followed by pair-work where students have to compare the similarities and differences with Christian Baptism. Learning Objectives: To describe how Muslims welcome newborns into the Islam. To explain why these practices are important to Muslims. To compare this ceremony with the Christian tradition.
Does The Irenaean Theodicy Solve The Problem Of Evil
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Does The Irenaean Theodicy Solve The Problem Of Evil

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the Irenaean theodicy. The main part of the lesson involves using an information sheet to answer a set of questions on its key features, including a comparison to the Augustinian theodicy as an extension task, followed by class note-taking and brief discussion tasks on John Hick’s extension of the theodicy, followed by a ranking task on the strengths of the theodicy and brainstorming activity on its weaknesses before finally reflecting on their viewpoint towards the overall success of the theodicy. Learning Objectives: To explain the key features of the Irenaean theodicy. To assess its relative strengths and weaknesses. To evaluate its success in responding to the problem of evil.
The Maasai Tribe
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The Maasai Tribe

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This contains a full lesson on one of the indigenous tribes of Kenya, the Maasai Tribe.\n\nMaasai Tribe, Kenya.
OCR AS Philosophy Model Essays
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OCR AS Philosophy Model Essays

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This contains a set of model essays that can be used to support the delivery of the OCR AS Philosophy syllabus. Students could highlight and annotate its strengths and make suggestions for improvements as a task, or alternatively simply use it as a revision aid.
How Is London Managing Traffic Congestion
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How Is London Managing Traffic Congestion

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on how London is addressing the challenge (problem) of traffic congestion in the 21st Century. The main part of the lesson involves an information hunt where they complete a grid on the different techniques the city uses to manage traffic congestion, then they get creative designing their own invention that will help London reduce traffic congestion in the future (a video is included to help scaffold this task). Learning Objectives: To describe the different approaches London uses to manage traffic congestion. To explain their advantages and disadvantages. To explore how traffic congestion could be managed in the future.
The effects of volcanic eruptions
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The effects of volcanic eruptions

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A fully resourced lesson on the effects of volcanic eruptions. It focuses on the types of volcanic hazard, how they threaten people and how its effects vary with different levels of economic development. Aimed at KS4 classes, in support of AQA Geography B syllabus.
Boxing Day Tsunami
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Boxing Day Tsunami

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Please find attached numerous resources for the Boxing Day (2004) tsunami.\n\nBoxing Day Tsunami, Indian Ocean Tsunami, Indonesian Tsunami, Asian Tsunami
How successful is the verification principle?
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How successful is the verification principle?

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This 50 minute lesson addresses A.J. Ayer's response to criticism from his strong and weak verification in the form of direct and indirect verification, then explores the strengths and weaknesses of the verification principle. In the plenary an evaluation of its relative success is discussed. Constructive feedback would be a bonus.
How Did Aristotle Distinguish Between The Body And Soul
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How Did Aristotle Distinguish Between The Body And Soul

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on Aristotle’s philosophical distinction between the body and soul. The main part of the lesson involves students having to make an educated guess on his viewpoint through an introductory quote, followed by students creating their own diagram to show Aristotle’s philosophical viewpoint, then they complete a Venn diagram comparing this view with that of Plato, before finally creating a mind map on the reasons why Richard Dawkins rejects any notion of an immortal soul. Learning Objectives: To outline Aristotle’s distinction between the body and soul. To compare the similarities and differences with Plato’s view of the soul. To assess the philosophical opinions for the rejection of the existence of a soul.
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Ultimate Questions Scheme Of Work
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Ultimate Questions Scheme Of Work

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated scheme of work on 'Ultimate Questions'. All lessons contain a set of clear activities to meet a set of differentiated learning objectives. They should be taught in the following order: 1. What are Ultimate Questions? 2. What is the Meaning of Life? 3. How is the Christian Creation Story best understood? 4. How convincing is the Big Bang theory? 5. How convincing is the theory of Evolution? 6. Creation Stories Assessment
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OCR AS Philosophy Complete Syllabus
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OCR AS Philosophy Complete Syllabus

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This contains a set of fully resourced, differentiated lessons to cover the entire OCR AS Philosophy syllabus. Theme 1 - Philosophical Language And Thought It was taught in the following order: What Is Plato’s Analogy Of The Cave? How Valid Is Plato’s Analogy Of The Cave? What Is Plato’s Theory Of The Forms? What Are Aristotle’s Four Causes? What Is Aristotle’s Prime Mover? How Did Plato Distinguish Between The Body And Soul? How Did Aristotle Distinguish Between The Body And Soul? How Did Descartes Distinguish Between The Mind And Soul? Theme 2 - The Existence Of God It was taught in the following order: What Is The Teleological Argument? How Can The Teleological Argument Be Challenged? What Is The Cosmological Argument? What Is The Ontological Argument? Does The Ontological Argument Work? Theme 3 - God And The World It was taught in the following order: What Are Religious Experiences? Do Religious Experiences Prove The Existence of God? How Can The Validity Of Religious Experiences Be Challenged? How Is The Problem Of Evil A Challenge To The Existence Of God? Does The Augustinian Theodicy Solve The Problem Of Evil? Does The Irenaean Theodicy Solve The Problem Of Evil?
Megacities
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Megacities

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This is an independant learning lesson which might be useful as a useful introduction to megacities. It involves a wonder starter, main activity watching the first episode of Andrew Marr's megacities and a differentiated plenary.
How the Media influences our ideas
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How the Media influences our ideas

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This lesson focuses on the different ways in the mass media influences our values, whether that be in a positive or negative manner. This is designed to take place over two 50-minute lessons.
What Is The Meaning To Life
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What Is The Meaning To Life

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson towards one ultimate question: What is the meaning of life? In the main part of the lesson students have to use information cards to describe a range of philosophical views (e.g. Nihilism, Materialism, Religious...) towards the meaning of life and explain how it might affect the way they live their lives, and then conclude the lesson by completing a written task evaluating which viewpoint they agree and disagree with the most and why. Learning Objectives: To describe different philosophical views about the meaning of life. To explain how these philosophies can shape a persons’ life. To evaluate your personal viewpoint towards them.
Hindu Funerals
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Hindu Funerals

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on Hindu funerals. In the starter students have to use two images to draw out initial observations about Hindu funerals. In the main this leads to an information gathering task and a symbolism task, with a GCSE style question included to assess understanding of the material. Plenary is also included. Learning Objectives are: To describe the key features of a Hindu funeral service. To explain how these features reflect their beliefs about life after death.