An easy, end-of-unit or end of year project based on religious festivals and ceremonies. Students can use prior knowledge of religious ceremonies and festival to create their own, celebrating anything they like. Students should think about the factors that make a religious ceremony and its importance. Aimed at year 8.

I have put some of the key Muslim concepts onto a display - I use it in the A Level classroom as a reminder of concepts to link back to in essays etc.

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

Worksheet that can be used for revision purposes. Students should link all the concepts in the bubbles to other bubbles and then write along the lines how and why the two concepts link together. Can be edited for specific themes eg the Mosque, or can cover the entire unit of work. I like to photocopy in A3.

Theme 3 A for A2 Eduqas Religious Studies – Significant social and historical developments (A, B, C) 6 lessons - A - Religion and society – state governed by Islamic principles. Includes: Political structure of Madinah as a model for any state governed by Islamic principle. Impact of the Constitution of Madinah. State governed by Islamic principles and political and social influence of religious institutions – Islamic leaders with sole authority. The role of Shari’a law in a chosen country - investigation. The challenges of Shari’a law within a non-Islamic secular state.

Powerpoints for Theme 2, 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.

Powerpoints for Theme 3, 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.

2 Flow Charts i put up near the board in my class room to help students answer the new Religious Studies A 5 and 12 mark exam questions.

overview and keyword sheet for the OCR Unit B603 - Medical Ethics, Human Relationships and Poverty. Space to add more keywords to glossary.

writing frame for AS Level and A Level Religious Education/Studies essays

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.

Power points that cover the key points from the AQA specification (Religious Studies A - 8062 - 3.1.5) It covers Beliefs, Sources of Authority, the Five Pillars, Worship and Festivals. They cover A01 and A02 activities. They are a good starting point and you can edit them to fit your own needs.

Scheme of work for the new WJEC/Educas AS Level. To be used with KS5. Split into knowledge (A01) and evaluation/analysis (A02). Please note - Theme 3 (Salah, Zakat5 and 5 categories of action) becomes Theme 2 in A2 – D,E,F

Information and some activites about the Holy Books in Islam: includes the Qur’an, the Injil and the Tawrat. Has a mini test and answers halfway through and a 12 mark AQA exam question at the end.

Powerpoints for Theme 2, 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 2, section b, 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.

These lessons are for Eduqas/WJEC Islam A2 Theme 3 (a,b,c) part C - Significant social and historical developments - Islam and Pluralism The lessons include all resources, links to videos and A01 and A02 questions and grading grids and are ready to teach. Four/five lessons about: Diversity in Muslim attitudes to other religions, including People of the Book. Sura 42:13, Sura 2:136 & Sura 2:256. Importance of religious freedom & tolerance in the history of Islam. Conversion in Islam, historically and today. Also includes further extension research about Islam and Pluralism

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.