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These resources were created by specialist and experienced staff and lead practitioners from a Religious Studies, Philosophy and Ethics department.
Please don't download and run! Review what you download and leave feedback for our development. Thanks!
A 'Plug and Play' lesson.
This lesson is the third in a series of ten. It gives an overview on how Islam split into Sunni and Shiah before moving on to look at the Shiah festival of Ashura next lesson.
Recall starter - what have we learnt about Islam lower down in school?
Timeline walkaround activity to look at the most significant events in the development of Islam.
Independent work - what qualities does a good leader need?
Prediction task - what do we think happened after some of these significant events?
Body smart task - how did some of these events make people feel?
Homework on the legacy that muhammad (pbuh) left behind on his death.
AFL, Bright Sparks G&T tasks and differentiation included, along with resources for all activities.
Created by Allerton Grange School RE Department.
A 'Plug and Play' lesson.
Lesson number 2 in a series of ten. This lesson gives an objective view of Jehovah's Witnesses and dispels some common myths whilst allowing students to formulate their own informed opinions.
Making links starter.
Picture task - what have these symbols got to do with Jehovah's Witnesses?
Video Clip analysis
Compare and contrast task to look at Jehovah's Witness beliefs alongside of other Christian beliefs.
Homework to look at how beliefs about Armageddon may affect the life of a Jehovah's Witness.
Bright Sparks G&T tasks and Differentiation for SEN included.
Created by Allerton Grange School RE Department
Lesson designed for the beginning of the Edexcel A-level Religious Studies course.
Differentiated learning objectives, video clip analysis, introduction to inductive and deductive reasoning, introduction to priori/posteriori, paired tasks, AFL, Key term starter/plenary, homework resources.
Created by Allerton Grange School RS Department.
A full unit of work, including lesson PPTs and information sheets, an assessment essay and multiple choice quiz, and simple knowledge organiser. Built around knowledge rich curriculum principles with a disciplinary question which is explored through the unit. Retrieval quizzes feature throughout to support retention of knowledge. Designed for Y7.
THE INTRO, CONSOLIDATION AND ASSESSMENT ARE FREE TO DOWNLOAD AS INDIVIDUAL LESSONS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CONTENT.
Lesson 1 - Introduction to new topic (short lesson to tag on to a feedback lesson for a previous unit.
Lesson 2 - General and Specific revelation (Quran and Bible)
Lesson 3 - Rules and Guidance (Moral and Ritual Mitzvoth)
Lesson 4 - Rules and Guidance (Tripitaka and the Eightfold path)
Lesson 5 - Stories from History (Bhagavad Gita)
Lesson 6 - Stories from History (Ramayana)
Lesson 7 - Living Scriptures (Guru Granth Sahib)
Lesson 8 - Revision lesson
Lesson 9 - Assessment
Lesson 10 - Assessment feedback and introduction to the next topic
All PPTs and worksheets are in dyslexia friendly font and size, with PPTs being on pale blue background. Worksheets and wordy tasks are scaffolded with sentence starters and explicit teaching of tier 2 and 3 vocabulary.
A 'Plug and Play' lesson.
This lesson is the second in this series on Shia Islam and looks at the different beliefs between Shiah's and Sunni's. Students investigate the festival of Ashura and make informed opinions on why some people would agree/disagree with Ashura as a festival.
It looks at the four rightly guided caliphs and analyses the issue of Ali not being the first leader after the death of Muhammad (pbuh).
G&T tasks, Peer-assessment, AFL and homework task included.
Created by Allerton Grange School RE department.
First lesson in a unit on Morality which was designed for a Y9 class doing RS in 1 hour a week.
There is a reflection task at the beginning to help students evaluate their work/assessment on a previous topic, before setting targets for this new unit.
Students begin with independent work of investigating what morality is and where we get our morals from.
Students make links between religion and morality - Can they be independent of each other? Where do none religious people get their morals?
Students look at various moral problems, assess what they think about them and then work out why they feel the way they do, using higher level thinking skills and independent work.
Creative work - design your own rule book for your own kingdom. How would you make sure that people lived together in harmony?
Research homework asking adults to compare society with how it was twenty years ago.
Created by Allerton Grange School RE department.
First in a series of 10 lessons. Looks at religions practised in Britain which are not as well known.
Students are given time to set up new books etc as this is the first lesson of the year.
Students look at a number of optical illusions to highlight the fact that people can see the same thing in different ways.
Prioritising task - students have to create their own groups within the class based on shared values.
Mind--mapping task to look at things that people find important.
Personal reflection homework
Contains Bright Sparks G&T tasks throughout
Created by Allerton Grange School RE Department
A complete lesson, built around the principles of a knowledge rich curriculum, which seeks to explore the disciplinary question of whether holy books are still relevant today. Designed for Y7.
Resources are in dyslexia friendly font, with scaffolding and sentence starters. Also available as part of a bundle.
This lesson looks at holy books as sources of rules and guidance through the moral and ritual mitzvoth in the Torah.
THE INTRODUCTION, CONSOLIDATION AND ASSESSMENT FROM THIS TOPIC ARE FREE TO DOWNLOAD AS INDIVIDUAL LESSONS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CONTENT.
A complete lesson, built around the principles of a knowledge rich curriculum, which seeks to explore the disciplinary question of whether holy books are still relevant today. Designed for Y7.
Lesson PPT and a knowledge sheet for the question based tasks. Resources are in dyslexia friendly font, with scaffolding and sentence starters. Also available as part of a bundle.
This lesson looks at how holy books are revealed, through general and direct revelation, and looks at the difference between the Quran and the Bible.
THE INTRODUCTION, CONSOLIDATION AND ASSESSMENT FROM THIS TOPIC ARE FREE TO DOWNLOAD AS INDIVIDUAL LESSONS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CONTENT.
A collection of practice exam questions, categorised by question type, complete with suggested responses on the reverse. Covers only Christianity but easily edited to include a second religion.
Can be printed onto thin card and folded in half (questions are on left and answers on the right) or printed onto Avery L7165 stickers and stuck onto index cards etc.
A 'Plug and Play' lesson.
This is lesson 7/10 in our unit on alternative religions and looks at the practice of Zen Buddhism. Students will analyse a clip to learn about the way of the Buddha. They will then go on to look at the practice of meditation before being guided through a meditation by the teacher.
In the last half of the lesson students will have the chance to do some creative work and design their own special ritual that helps them to find peace and calm.
AFL, G&T tasks and homework task included.
Created by Allerton Grange School RE Department.
A 'Plug and Play' lesson.
In this lesson students will investigate Humanism using resources from the Humanism website.
Students will look at Humanist beliefs and the idea of not believing in God, but valuing human beings.
AFL, G&T tasks and Homework tasks included.
Created by Allerton Grange School RE Department.
A 'Plug and Play' lesson.
In this lesson students will investigate Humanism using resources from the Humanism website.
Students will look at Humanist beliefs and the idea of not believing in God, but valuing human beings.
AFL, G&T tasks and Homework tasks included.
Created by Allerton Grange School RE Department.
A 'Plug and Play' lesson.
In this lesson students will investigate the religion of Kabbalah. They will begin by peer-assessing the homework due in this lesson and then after sharing the learning objectives will analyse a video clip which looks at choosing whether or not to find out the truth about life.
Students will look at the Kabbalist idea that the universe is full of hidden messages and will decode a hidden message before undertaking a creative work task where they design their own hidden code.Students work in pairs to work out each-other's codes before reflecting on whether or not they could follow Kabbalah and give reasons for their response.
AFL, G&T tasks and Homework tasks included.
Created by Allerton Grange School RE Department.
Lesson 3 in a unit on religion and morality designed for a Y9 class doing RS in one hour a week.
Literacy starter activity
Students analyse a video clip to find out how Jewish people make moral decisions e.g. Ten Commandments.
Cloze exercise
Independent creative work based on recent news article. students apply Jewish morals to a news story.
Categorising task- which rule do you think is most important?
Created by Allerton Grange School RE department.
Based on the TES CPD document, 'Getting the Best out of Gifted Learners'.
A set of cards which can be laminated and placed in a cardboard wallet pinned up at the front of the class. Students can either select one at random to create an alternative activity to the one that the rest of the class are completing, or they can use them as extension tasks, depending on how much time there is.
I have included the label for the folder and a set of example tasks that we used for an RS lesson but we have used for History, Citizenship and PSHE lessons. They can be easily adapted to suit your subject/the topic being covered. If we don't have time to let students choose their activity, we will usually pick just one 'Bright Sparks' activity that we set as an alternative task.
Lesson 5 in a unit in morality designed for a Y9 class doing RS in one hour a week.
Photo starter - empathise with the subjects in the photo
Link to previous learning and homework
cloxe exercise on Hindu morals
mind-mapping skills to show examples of activities which conflict with ahimsa and how Hindu morals could solve them.
PMI (positive, minus, interesting) a video clip on Ghandi
Creative independent work based on video clip
SEN and Bright Sparks (G&T) tasks included
Differentiated homework sheet
Created by Allerton Grange School RE department.
This is the introduction lesson to a new topic which seeks to explore the answers to the disciplinary question of whether holy books are relevant in today’s world.
Also available as part of a bundle. Designed for Y7.
This lesson begins with feedback on the assessment to the previous topic (not yet available on TES) before giving a basic introduction. There are notes underneath the slides to help guide teacher delivery.
THE INTRODUCTION, CONSOLIDATION AND ASSESSMENT FROM THIS TOPIC ARE FREE TO DOWNLOAD AS INDIVIDUAL LESSONS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CONTENT AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
This is a revision lesson for the topic which seeks to explore the answers to the disciplinary question of whether holy books are relevant in today’s world.
Also available as part of a bundle. Designed for Y7.
This lesson aims to support students in revising the main response to the disciplinary question and the substantive knowledge that they need in order to address it. There are notes underneath the slides to help guide teacher delivery.
THE INTRODUCTION, CONSOLIDATION AND ASSESSMENT FROM THIS TOPIC ARE FREE TO DOWNLOAD AS INDIVIDUAL LESSONS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CONTENT AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
This is the assessment for the topic which seeks to explore the answers to the disciplinary question of whether holy books are relevant in today’s world.
Also available as part of a bundle with bonus assessment feedback lesson. Designed for Y7.
The lesson begins with a multiple choice knowledge quiz, before moving on to an essay question which will allow students to show off what they have learnt.
There are notes underneath the slides to help guide teacher delivery.
THE INTRODUCTION, CONSOLIDATION AND ASSESSMENT FROM THIS TOPIC ARE FREE TO DOWNLOAD AS INDIVIDUAL LESSONS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CONTENT AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.
