This resource is a series of three instructional videos (and their accompanying PowerPoints) to cover exam technique in GCSE Religious Studies - AQA specification.
The videos are ideal for home/remote learning - or just as a reminder before sitting formal exams and assessments. In addition, the PowerPoints are also included for classroom practice and for individual teachers to create their own exam technique videos.
There are three videos:
Q1 and Q2 (1-mark and 2-mark questions) - lasting <5 mins
Q3 and Q4 (4-mark and 5-mark questions) - lasting > 10 mins
Q5 (12-mark questions) - lasting >10 mins
Each video explores:
What to expect from each question
Wording of the question
Marks available
How to achieve the marks
Sample questions
Sample answers
Exam practise
Scaffolding is included in the videos/Powerpoint.
Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!
Information PPT/Brain box game for the Existence of God. Includes Aquinas, Paley and criticisms of the argument.
3 information slides and 3 question slides. Roll the dice to see which question to ask!
Students enjoy the ‘chance’ of the question here. It encourages them to absorb as much information in 20 seconds before being quizzed.
This PowerPoint is a collection of the key texts and passages required for the DCT / Christianity part of the course. It is created as a revision document as sometimes it is easy to skip or misjudge the relevance of some key information, when there is so much content!
The key texts include (but are not limited to):
Genesis 3, The Fall
Parable of the Lost Son (Media File)
Parable of the Sheep and the Goats
Altar to Unknown God
Miracles/Wonders/Teachings of Jesus’
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Parable of the Blind Men and the Elephant
Redemptoris Missio
Sharing the Gospel of Salvation
Ephesians 5:22-23
1 Timothy 2:12
Mulieris Dignitatem
Created for the OCR specification, but can be adapted for other exam boards easily, due to the assessment objectives being the same.
The resource can be downloaded as PowerPoint and PDF - for compatibility. In addition, a ‘printer’ version is included in the file so this can be used as a paper resource/handout/homework.
Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!
Revise the whole unit in one booklet!
Suitable for all pupils of GCSE Religious Studies: WJEC Spec B: Paper 1: Religion and Life Issues
Knowledge and exam practise in one booklet. Everything a pupil needs to know for this unit in their exam!
Revise the whole unit in one booklet!
Suitable for all pupils of GCSE Religious Studies: WJEC Spec B: Paper 1: Religion and Life Issues
Knowledge and exam practise in one booklet. Everything a pupil needs to know for this unit in their exam!
Revise the whole unit in one booklet!
Suitable for all pupils of GCSE Religious Studies: WJEC Spec B: Paper 2: Religion and Human Experience!
Knowledge and exam practise in one booklet. Everything a pupil needs to know for this unit in their exam!
Revise the whole unit in one booklet!
Suitable for all pupils of GCSE Religious Studies: WJEC Spec B: Paper 2: Religion and Human Experience!
Knowledge and exam practise in one booklet. Everything a pupil needs to know for this unit in their exam!
Revise the whole unit in one booklet!
Suitable for all pupils of GCSE Religious Studies: WJEC Spec B: Paper 2: Religion and Human Experience!
Knowledge and exam practise in one booklet. Everything a pupil needs to know for this unit in their exam!
Revision booklets for all units in WJEC Religious Studies: Paper 1: Religion and Life Issues
Full course revision - including differentiating between Christian denominations (RC/CoE).
Our World
Looking For Meaning
Relationships
Is It Fair?
Booklets also include a whole page of practise exam questions!
Revision booklets for all units in WJEC Religious Studies: Paper 2: Religion and Human Experience
Full course revision - including differentiating between Christian denominations (RC/CoE).
Religion and Conflict
Religion and Medicine
Religion and the State
Religious Expression
Booklets also include a whole page of practise exam questions!
This PPT covers 8 different topics surrounding issues of the sanctity of life.
Questions addressed are:
1. What is the sanctity of life?
2. What do religions believe?
3. Basic Christian beliefs
4. Genesis
5. What does the Bible say?
6. Why is life so special?
7. Should people have free will to make life or death decisions?
8. What are the moral issues people must consider when making life or death decisions?
PPT covers ancient Egyptians, ancient Greeks, Milesians, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Zeno and Empedocles and their interpretation of what is known/reality / the theory of knowledge.
Easy and accessible resource for revision or to present new information. Q&A can be done as a brain box activity, independent work, revision or set as homework!
PPT looks at:
- Old Testament
- New Testament
- The Bible (general)
- Different interpretations of the BIble
Information PPT for individual or group work. Includes Q&A for assessment
When marking, pupils can be advised to focus on one of the following targets:
1. Alternative Opinion
2. Expansion of Answers
3. Knowledge
4. Presentation
5. Set their own
6. Spelling
8. Your next step...
Pupils can use the attached files to respond directly to your marking comments
Full unit of revision on flashcards, for group or independent study for the topic of Issues of Good and Evil. Information on one side and questions on the back! (52 editable PPT slides in total)
Resource Includes:
1. Making moral decisions
a. What is ‘wrong’?
b. Absolute morality
c. Relative morality
d. Virtue
2. Crime and Punishment
a. Crime in Britain
b. Sin
c. Cause of crime
d. Aims of punishment
e. Justice
f. Prison Chaplains
g. Capital Punishment
3. Forgiveness
a. Reconciliation
b. Jesus and forgiveness
c. Examples of forgiveness
4. What is ‘good’ and ‘evil’?
a. Christian attitudes to ‘good’
b. Christian attitudes to ‘evil’
5. Evil and Suffering
a. Evil and Suffering
b. The problem of evil and suffering
c. Holocaust
Created with the WJEC / Eduqas RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. As an examiner for this specification, I have used what I know of the course to create this resource.
Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!
Creative and visually engaging learning mat / revision sheet for Philosophy and Ethics: Issues of Good & Evil: The Death Penalty / Capital Punishment
Created with the WJEC / Eduqas RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. As an examiner for this specification, I have used what I know of the course to create this resource. Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils' RE/RS education in general - which is what we're all here for!
Creative and visually engaging learning mat / revision sheet for Philosophy and Ethics: Issues of Good & Evil: Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Created with the WJEC / Eduqas RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. As an examiner for this specification, I have used what I know of the course to create this resource. Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils' RE/RS education in general - which is what we're all here for!
Revise the whole unit in one booklet!
Suitable for all pupils of GCSE Religious Studies: WJEC Spec B: Paper 1: Religion and Life Issues
Knowledge and exam practise in one booklet. Everything a pupil needs to know for this unit in their exam!
Revise the whole unit in one booklet!
Suitable for all pupils of GCSE Religious Studies: WJEC Spec B: Paper 1: Religion and Life Issues
Knowledge and exam practise in one booklet. Everything a pupil needs to know for this unit in their exam!
Revise the whole unit in one booklet!
Suitable for all pupils of GCSE Religious Studies: WJEC Spec B: Paper 2: Religion and Human Experience!
Knowledge and exam practise in one booklet. Everything a pupil needs to know for this unit in their exam!