A key stage 3 lesson about why Muslims dont depict Allah or Prophet Muhammad and the art they use instead. It also includes a debate about whether or not anyone should try to draw/depict God.

This is a set of lessons I used to introduce and teach about Buddhist ethics and concepts like metta, karuna and ahimsa for GCSE. It contains information about Aung San Su Kyi, metta and karuna, Bodhisattvas, the Five Precepts and quotes from the Dalai Lama.

This is a lesson that compares Lent and Ramadan. Split the class into groups and give them different information from the slides to present back to everyone else. Everyone presents their information so the class can discuss and record differences and similarities in Ramadan and Lent. The plenary is an assessment about whether or not fasting is the best way to show your commitment to God. I use this lesson as part of a Year 7 SOW about the Five Pillars of Islam and after a unit of work on Christianity.

I use this as two lessons, to teach about Buddhist attitudes to the environment including: animal rights testing on animals controversy surrounding Tiger Temple vegetarianism global warming deforestation tree ordination

A lesson that explain Buddhist scriptures - the Tipitaka (3 baskets) and how they are used. It also includes key suttas from the diamond, heart and lotus suttas, to use as examples.

For AS Level and A Level - NEW LINEAR COURSES. Notes to aid the new WJEC AS Level Religious Studies Option B Complete note pack and contents page that can be used in class as a textbook. Written following the new A Level Specification to include everything from concepts about Allah, to Salah, to Muhammad, to Shi'a Muslims.

Lesson about the role of the teacher and students in Sufism, Islam. Made for the Eduqas/WJEC A Level spec

A lesson about different death ceremonies in Buddhism - cremations in Thailand and Tibetan sky burials. Includes hyperlinks to a Thai funeral and discussions around the customs and importance of attending a Buddhist funeral.

A lesson looking at the similarities and differences between Christian baptisms and Muslim birth ceremonies.

A lesson that looks at Buddhist attitudes to wealth and poverty. It discusses alms giving, basic supplies that Buddhists do accept spending money on, Therevadan views about wealth and exam style questions.

Grade descriptors and criteria for answering 4,5 and 12 mark exam questions on the new AQA Religious Studies specification. It has sentence starters and ideas about how to organise mini paragraphs. It also contains criteria for SPaG.

This is an assessment focussing on the beliefs and practices part of the new AQA specification. I use this in an hour lesson. It contains 2 x 1,2,4,5 and 12 marks questions and the mark scheme.

Powerpoints for Theme 4, section b and c, of the Educas/WJEC AS Level Study of Religion, Islam Perfect to adapt to your own students and link to the notes I also sell for the Educas A Level. It includes A01 information and A02 evaluation questions.

Powerpoints for Theme 3, section c, of the Educas/WJEC AS Level Study of Religion, Islam Perfect to adapt to your own students and link to the notes I also sell for the Educas A Level. It includes A01 information and A02 evaluation questions.

Powerpoints for Theme 4, section a, of the Educas/WJEC AS Level Study of Religion, Islam Perfect to adapt to your own students and link to the notes I also sell for the Educas A Level. It includes A01 information and A02 evaluation questions.

Lesson about the devotional practices that take place in Sufism, Islam. Made for the WJEC/Eduqas A Level spec

I use this lesson as an introduction to Buddhist views on ethical issues - it starts the students thinking about situations and linking metta and karuna (loving kindness and compassion) to ethics. It has an old AQA 6 mark question and markscheme on it - but this could be easily adapted to the new 5 mark or 12 mark questions for the new specification.

This worksheet provides images and a short description of the birth ceremonies/rites for the students to match.

This is a tracker I put at the front of our y12 and y13 essay books to help them track their essay progress. There is space to note whether it is an A01 or an A02 essay, the date, title and topic.