Atheism
Subject: Religious education
Age range: 11-14
Resource type: Other
One hour, fully resourced lesson which introduces atheism and the different arguments for it. The lesson is adaptable, easy to follow and fully differentiated. It is aimed at Year 9, but could be used for any non-GCSE KS3 / KS4 group or be adapted for a GCSE lesson.
This resource pack includes an hour long PowerPoint with accompanying worksheets, case studies, well differentiated activities, literacy focus tasks, clip tasks with three-way differentiated questions and information sheets.
The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. As with all our lessons, you don’t need any prior knowledge as all the information is included - you can just pick up and teach it.
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