Sacraments: Eucharist / Holy Communion CHRISTIAN PRACTICES. #FUN LESSONS. A fun and engaging lesson with a variety to tasks and multimedia to stimulate learning and is ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused. You’ll find it concise and easy to follow making it suitable for specialists and non-specialists alike. You can use props for the main activity e.g. red squash/Disco crisps – but I often ask the kids to improvise and their creativity can make it even more fun. There will be an emphasis (and modelling) of key skills needed in exam questions. Assessment and extra challenges throughout Date on slide updates automatically / Resource light / Easy to follow & Suitable for non-specialists SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING: ‘‘Sacraments: Eucharist / Holy Communion’ Christian Practices AQA Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority): • To explain the origins, symbolism and significance of the Sacrament of the Eucharist • Explain differences within Christianity with regards to the practice of the Eucharist Activities/resources include: Customisable recap do-now starter a variety of tasks to gain an in-depth understanding of: • The Origins of the Sacrament • The events of the Last Supper • Relevance of the Gospel of Luke and the New Covenant • Role play: Catholic / Anglican service of mass • Differences between Catholic and Anglican denominations including transubstantiation -v- Real Presence. I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.

Sacraments: Infant and Believers Baptism - Christian Practices. #FUN LESSONS. A fun and engaging lesson by employing use of popular media and games. It does not lack academic challenge it is ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused. This is concise and easy to follow making it suitable for specialists and non-specialists alike. You can use props for the main activity e.g. doll, water – but I often ask the kids to improvise and this often makes it even more fun. There will be an emphasis (and modelling) of key skills needed in evaluation questions. Mini plenary’s and extra challenges throughout Date on slide updates automatically / Resource light / Easy to follow & Suitable for non-specialists SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING: ‘Sacraments: Believers and Infant Baptism’ Christian Practices AQA Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority): • Explain the meaning and significance of sacraments • Explain the difference between a believer’s baptism and Infant baptism and evaluate which type is most important Activities/resources include: Customisable recap do-now starter a variety of tasks to gain an in-depth understanding of: • the meaning and significance of sacraments • Denominational differences regarding the sacraments • purpose of baptism • believers and infant baptism differences • evaluate which is most important believers or infant baptism • Key term bingo I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.

‘Prayer -Christian Practices’ #FUN LESSONS. Engages students with the use of a range of popular culture media. It is a ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused lesson that is concise and easy to follow making it suitable for specialists and non-specialists alike. There is an emphasis (and modelling) of key skills needed in exam questions and mini plenary’s and extra challenges throughout. Date on slide updates automatically / Resource light / Easy to follow & Suitable for non-specialists SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING: Prayer – Christian Practices Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority): • To explain the meaning and significance of the Lord’s Prayer • To explain the difference between liturgical (set prayers) and informal prayers and public/private prayers and evaluate which is most meaningful Activities include: variety of multimedia in popular culture including: Stormzy and David Bowie Customisable recap do-now starter, a variety of tasks to learn about: Liturgical prayer and Lord’s prayer Informal prayers, and arrow prayers Private and Public prayer - Strengths and weaknesses liturgical and informal prayer - strengths and weaknesses The five purposes of prayer 5 mark exam question with scaffolding I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.

‘Worship: Christian Practices’ is a concise and easy to follow, ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused lesson. There will be an emphasis (and modelling) of key skills needed in evaluation questions. Mini plenary’s and extra challenges throughout Date on slide updates automatically / Resource light / Easy to follow & Suitable for non-specialists SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING: Worship: Christian Practices’ AQA Students will be able to • Explain different types of Christian worship and the denominations that use them • Evaluate (strengths and weaknesses) of these forms of worship Activities include: Customisable recap do-now starter, a variety of tasks to learn about: • Learning from popular TV series (videos) differences between Liturgical non liturgical, informal and charismatic forms of worship • Matching activity to pair forms of worship with their advantages and disadvantages • Venn diagram to illustrate similarities and differences between each type of worship • Drama activity: students role play a type of worship the rest of the class guess which type of worship it is. • debates regarding which is the most respectable form of worship • Exam 4 mark question with scaffolding, model answer and peer assessment I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.

The scheme of learning is for the The Christian Beliefs bundle of 9 lessons. For each lesson it contains: Lesson title Objectives Activities Differentiation Assessment Homework It also contains a handout for the last piece of homework (for end of topic revision)

‘Christian Beliefs – Revision lesson’ is a concise and easy to follow. It is a fun lesson to recap on the content. Students should be learning without realising it! Date on slide updates automatically / Resource light / Easy to follow & Suitable for non-specialists SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING: Christian Beliefs Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority): • Engage in lots of fun game to revise for test. To prepare and present multiple views on a variety of statements with a strong religious reference. ** Activities include: FULLY RESOURCED** • Articulate game • quotes master game (sorting) • presentation game: students are required to give reasons for and against variety of statements and include a strong religious reference • pub quiz (without the beer!) and peer assessment I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.

Sin and the Means of Salvation - CHRISTIAN BELIEFS. AQA. #FUN LESSONS. Concise and easy to follow, ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused lesson. Students will learn the GCSE content plus be challenged by dipping into some relevant A Level material. There will be an emphasis (and modelling) of key skills needed in evaluation questions. Mini plenary’s and extra challenges throughout** ** Date on slide updates automatically / Resource light / Easy to follow & Suitable for non-specialists SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING: Sin and the Means of Salvation / Christian Beliefs Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority): • Explain different Christian views on the means of Salvation including: including law, grace and role of Christ/atonement • Evaluate which of these means guarantees salvation Activities include: Customisable recap do-now starter, a variety of tasks to learn about: • Analysis of the song Amazing Grace and its background • The following means of salvation: Grace, The Law, Role of Jesus, (crucifixion), Sola Fide (Faith Alone), Good deeds • Contrasting Christian beliefs about which of these means is most reliable for Salvation • 12 mark question With emphasis on key skills required by the exam board • key term bingo I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.

Afterlife: Judgement and Resurrection - Christian Beliefs AQA. #FUN LESSONS A concise and easy to follow, ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused lesson. Students will learn the GCSE content plus be challenged by dipping into some relevant A Level material. There will be an emphasis (and modelling) of key skills needed in evaluation questions. Mini plenary’s and extra challenges throughout Date on slide updates automatically / Resource light / Easy to follow & Suitable for non-specialists SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING: ‘Afterlife: Judgement and Resurrection’ / Christian Beliefs Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority): Explain different Christian beliefs about the afterlife Evaluate whether belief in Hell is compatible with belief in an omnibenevolent God? Activities include: Customisable recap do-now starter, a variety of tasks to learn about: • Mediaeval doom paintings analysis and their purpose • Universalist, liberal, Catholic, Protestant and fundamentalist views • relevant extract from the Nicene Creed - analysis • Parable of sheep and goat’s symbolism and annotation • Reasons for and against the statement ‘if God was omnibenevolent there would be no hell’ • Exam five mark question • key term bingo I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.

Person of Jesus: Resurrection and Ascension / CHRISTIAN BELIEFS / AQA #FUN LESSONS. A concise and easy to follow, ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused lesson. Students will learn the GCSE content plus be challenged by dipping into some relevant A Level material. There will be an emphasis (and modelling) of key skills needed in evaluation questions. Mini plenary’s and extra challenges throughout Date on slide updates automatically / Resource light / Easy to follow & Suitable for non-specialists SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING: Resurrection and Ascension: Person of Jesus / Christian Beliefs Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority): • Explain evidence for the resurrection • Explain ways the resurrection influences Christians today with reference to scripture Activities include: Customisable recap do-now starter, a variety of tasks to learn about: artwork analysis of resurrection Nicene Creed annotation Primary sources: the four gospels - comparative analysis Exam skills: 5 mark answer with model answer full self-assessment THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS IS A MADE UP STORY - Video and debate ranking evidence for and against Secular arguments e.g. Sigmund Freud wish fulfilment theory The influence of the resurrection on Christians today The ascension and its importance Philosophical problems with bodily and spiritual resurrection I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.

Person of Jesus: Crucifixion / CHRISTIAN BELIEFS/AQA/ A concise and easy to follow, ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused lesson. Students will learn the GCSE content plus be challenged by dipping into some relevant A Level material. There will be an emphasis (and modelling) of key skills needed in evaluation questions. Mini plenary’s and extra challenges throughout Date on slide updates automatically / Resource light / Easy to follow & Suitable for non-specialists SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING: Crucifixion: Person of Jesus / Christian Beliefs Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority): • To explain Christian beliefs about the earthly and spiritual reasons for Jesus crucifixion. Activities include: Customisable recap do-now starter, a variety of tasks to learn about: Sinful nature of human beings The nature of atonement and Jesus role in this The Four Gospel accounts: comparative analysis Spiritual and earthly reasons for his death Time line from arrest to death Non-Christian sources of the Crucifixion Exam skills: 5 mark answer with model answer full self-assessment I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.

Person of Jesus: Incarnation - God in the flesh. CHRISTIAN BELIEFS/AQA/#FUN LESSONS. Concise & easy to follow, ‘MASTERY’ and EXAM SKILLS focused lesson. Students will learn the GCSE content plus be challenged by dipping into some relevant A Level material. There will be an emphasis (and modelling) of key skills needed in evaluation questions. Frequent mini plenary’s for assessment. Date on slide updates automatically / Resource light / Easy to follow & Suitable for non-specialists SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING: Person of Jesus: The Incarnation Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority): • Explain Christian beliefs about the incarnation and reasons why God would choose to incarnate • Evaluate was Jesus: mad, bad or God? Activities include: Customisable recap do-now starter, a variety of tasks to learn about Four Gospels and their historicity (annotation), Analyse symbolism of Christmas cards, Analyse Annunciation artwork throughout history, To develop the point The Gospel writers show that Jesus was no ordinary person…. (using key terms and quotes), Video activity on why God became flesh. Exam skills practise of five mark question. Video activity followed by discussion: Was Jesus: Mad, Bad or God? I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.

Creation of the World and Life - Different Christian + scientific views. CHRISTIAN BELIEFS/AQA/#FUN LESSONS. Concise and easy to follow, ‘MASTERY’ and EXAM SKILLS focused lesson. Students will learn the GCSE content plus be challenged by dipping into some relevant A Level material. There will be an emphasis (and modelling) of key skills needed in evaluation questions. Frequent mini plenary’s for assessment. Date on slide updates automatically / Resource light / Easy to follow & Suitable for non-specialists SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING: Creation of the World and Life – Christian and scientific views Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority): • Explain a variety of Christian and scientific beliefs about the creation of the world and life • Evaluate whether the world and life have a creator. Activities include: Customisable recap do-now starter, a variety of tasks to learn: Fundamentalist, liberal and mythical interpretation of Bible, Differences between Genesis 1 and 2, to what extent is Genesis compatible with the evolution theory, A Level Stretch: Calvin’s -Sensus Divinitus links to Christian belief that man was created in God’s image, Materialists and substance dualists. Working on key skill of development with model answer, writing task and peer assessment. Key term bingo. I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.

Trinity and Oneness of God - AQA RS CHRISTIAN BELIEFS #FUN LESSONS. Concise and easy to follow, ‘MASTERY’ and EXAM SKILLS focused lesson. Students will learn the GCSE content plus dip into some relevant A Level material. There will be an emphasis (and modelling) of key skills needed in 12 mk questions. Date on slide updates automatically Resource light Easy to follow & Suitable for non-specialists SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING: AQA RS CHRISTIAN BELIEFS: Trinity and Oneness of God Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority): • To analyse key Christian creeds and explain the doctrinal concept of the trinity, Homoousios and hypostatic union. • Evaluate whether God can be both immanent and transcendent Activities include: Customisable recap do-now starter, a variety of tasks to learn: The Nicene creed and how it demonstrates that God is three persons in one, the roles of the three persons of the trinity, the Christian concepts of Homoousios and hypostatic union. How the trinity and beliefs of omnipotence and omnipresence can be used to argue that God is both transcendent and immanent. Writing task that focuses on skills of justification and strong religious reference with modelling. I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.

Concise and easy to follow, ‘MASTERY’ and EXAM SKILLS focused lesson. Students will learn the GCSE content plus dip into some relevant A Level material. There will be an emphasis (and modelling) of key skills needed in 12 mk questions. Date on slide updates automatically Resource light Easy to follow & Suitable for non-specialists SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING: AQA RS CHRISTIAN BELIEFS: Nature of God Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority): • Explain Christian beliefs about the nature of God • Evaluate the extent to which these are philosophically problematic (evidential and logical problem of evil plus A LEVEL omnipotence paradox) Activities include: Customisable recap do-now starter, a variety of tasks to learn: varieties of problem of evil plus theodicies, maximal/total power. Augustine, Swinburne and Descartes. Video, Key term and quote matching, extra challenge activities, Discussion and debate. Writing task that focuses on essay intro and strong religious reference with modelling. I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.

DESCARTES SUBSTANCE DUALISM: METHOD OF DOUBT #FUN LESSONS. OCR RS SOUL, MIND & BODY. Concise, easy to follow and comprehensive, ‘MASTERY’ and exam-focused lesson. RESOURCE FREE SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING: A LEVEL: SOUL, MIND AND BODY CAN BE ADAPTED FOR VARIOUS EXAM BOARDS Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority): EXPLAIN DESCARTES METHODOLOGY EXPLAIN 2 PROOFS OF DESCARTES SUBSTANCE DUALISM Activities include: Customisable recap starter (just add two questions). Tasks to link to prior learning. Key term test and self assessment. Engage in a thought experiment (following video clip) describe the experiment and explain its conclusion. Interpret sources of authority, Explain the properties of matter and mind. Frequent mini-plenaries. Culminating in a written A01 question: Explain Descartes method and his two proofs of Substance Dualism using every term in the word bank , Include a quote (and interpretation) and check you have met each of the A01 success criteria. Model answer & student friendly success criteria provided. Peer assessment. No hands up questioning - questions provided. I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.

PLATO’S SUBSTANCE DUALISM & VIEW OF THE SOUL + EVALUATION #FUN LESSONS. OCR - SOUL, MIND AND BODY. Concise, easy to follow and comprehensive, ‘MASTERY’ and exam-focused lesson. MINIMAL PRINTING SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING: A LEVEL: SOUL, MIND AND BODY CAN BE ADAPTED FOR VARIOUS EXAM BOARDS Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority): Explain strengths and weaknesses of Plato’s substance dualism *Answer 40 mk exam question: Evaluate whether Plato’s belief in a separate body and soul is convincing. Activities include: Customisable recap starter (just add two questions). Tasks to link to prior learning. Analysis of Plato’s main claims with paired discussion on strengths and weaknesses, frequent mini-plenaries, reading and writing tasks. Analysis of model answer with success criteria provided. Culminating in a written 40 mk question activity, model answer & student friendly success criteria provided. I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.

Concise, easy to follow and comprehensive, ‘MASTERY’ and exam-focused lesson. Date on slide updates automatically RESOURCE FREE SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING: A LEVEL: SOUL, MIND AND BODY CAN BE ADAPTED FOR VARIOUS EXAM BOARDS Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority): EXPLAIN CHRISTIANITY CONCEPT OF THE SOUL EXPLAIN THE CONCEPT OF AN ENDURING SELF EXPLAIN PLATO’S SUBSTANCE DUALISM AND SIMILARITIES/DIFFERENCES TO CHRISTIANITY Activities include: Customisable recap starter (just add two questions). Tasks to link to prior learning, tasks to reflect on the concept of an enduring self based on students own experience, reading and writing tasks, frequent mini-plenaries and self assessment. Quote interpretation activities. Culminating in a written activity, model answer & student friendly success criteria provided. I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.

OCR 20th c Religious Language: Falsification Symposium (Flew, Hare, Mitchell) + Plantinga and Alston. #FUN LESSONS. Concise, comprehensive, easy to follow ‘MASTERY’ and exam-focused lesson. Date on slide updates automatically. Can be delivered over approx. **250 minutes ** RESOURCE FREE– NO PRINTING SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING: A LEVEL RS – Religious Language: Falsification Symposium (Flew, Hare, Mitchell) + Plantinga and Alston Students will be able to (with reference to 5 sources of authority): • Explain and illustrate (using parables) the falsification principle • Explain and illustrate (using parables) criticisms of the falsification principle from the Symposium as well as two post-symposium philosophers • Evaluate whether the falsification Principle presents a challenge to religious belief. (Essay plan, write and peer assess) Activities include: Recap starter. For each philosopher: a short reading and application task with ‘depth and mastery’ (partnered discussion) followed by a mini-plenary writing task (with success criteria and hints for LA). Structured debate (role play), essay planning and 40 mk evaluation question (success criteria to support) Peer assessment and DIT with reference to success criteria. I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.

READY TO TEACH: Resource free (no printing required) Easy to follow (non-specialist friendly) Date on slide updates automatically. Concise, comprehensive and challenging lesson. SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING: EDEXCEL/AQA/KS3 RELIGIOUS STUDIES: THE PROBLEM OF EVIL Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority): ALL: list examples of moral evil and natural evil MOST: Explain the problem of evil using key terms omnipotence and omnibenevolence SOME: Describe one solution to the problem of evil Activities include: Recap starter, mastery through structured partnered discussion, videos to enrich learning, mini-plenaries to assess learning, debate and writing tasks with writing frames. I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.