An amazing selection of resources of Law and Religious Studies. Suitable for KS3, KS4 and KS5.
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An amazing selection of resources of Law and Religious Studies. Suitable for KS3, KS4 and KS5.
All our resources are created with love and care, we take pride in ensuring that they are beautiful to look at, because how are we expected to learn if things aren't pretty?
Topic: ADR
Unit: English Legal Systems
Paper: Paper 1
Exam Board: Eduqas
This case list is a great supplement to student learning. It can be given to students to be filed away and help with revision or it can be used as a revision activity or resource. Also helpful for teachers when prepping lessons.
Contains a variety of key cases on ADR, suitable for English Legal Systems essays.
It is based around the Eduqas specification but would also suit other exam boards.
Includes:
Illustration
Case Name
Legal Principle
Exam Board: Eduqas
Topic: Magistrates
Unit: English Legal Systems
Marks: 10 Marks
This is a 10 mark question on the role of Magistrates. This can be set as an in class essay or as a homework assignment.
If doing this essay timed students should have 20 minutes to answer the question.
There is a model answer and a model plan to help with marking and DIRT work.
Topic: Civil Process (Woolf Reforms)
Exam Board: Eduqas
Marks: 10 Marks
Unit: English Legal Systems
This practice question is designed to help support students who are studying civil process as part of Eduqas A-Level Law.
The question is a 10 mark AO1 describe style question. It is based on the Woolf Reforms.
Included is a model answer and model plan to help support with DIRT, planning and marking.
This is a 66 page booklet that contains six tasks for students to complete over the Summer Holidays between Year 12 and Year 13.
It is designed for Eduqas A-Level Law (you could remove the evaluation question and swap it for a different style question if you wanted it for another exam board).
Tasks:
Case Sheets
Goals for next year
Glossaries
Find the Connections
Problem Question (25 marker)
Evaluation Question (25 marker)
More information about the tasks is below
Case Sheets
Contains a list of cases from English Legal Systems, Tort and Criminal. These have been selected as the most important cases (the ‘know it or die’) cases from Year 12.
Students have to fill in the facts and legal principle for each case. There are five case boxes per page.
Goals
Students should set five smart goals to help them in Year 13
Glossaries
Split into ELS, Tort and Criminal. Students have to write a definition for each key term they are given. There are 11 terms per page.
Connections
Students are given 20 terms. They have to sort these terms into four groups of five. There is one connections page for ELS, Tort and Criminal. It contains key terms, legislation, cases etc.
Problem Question
The problem question is a 25 marker based on fatal offences from criminal law.
Students have space to answer within the booklet
Evaluation Question
The evaluation question is a 25 marker on murder.
Students have space to answer within the booklet
This booklet is designed for year 11 students as they enter year 12 law. It can be used for any syllabus but was designed for Eduqas A-Level. It is completely general though so will suit any exam board (also suitable for BTEC).
It contains a selection of additional reading that students can look at over the summer.
This includes:
Books
The Secret Barrister
Fake Law
The Rule of Laws
Podcasts
Law in Action
The Hearing
Law Pod UK
RightsUp
Websites
The Secret Barrister Blog
UK Supreme Court Blog
Baby Barista
Lawyer Watch
Bright and colour it is designed to be appealing and accessible for all students.
This is a brief key knowledge organiser for Occupier’s Liability.
It has everything that students must know before the exam, including the most important cases and sections of the Occupiers’ Liability Acts.
Colourful and fun to look at, a very nice floral design.
Designed to compliment the rest of their study and/or more detailed knowledge organisers.
This sheet allows students to organise their knowledge on the criminal justice system.
It contains spaces to fill in the bare minimum of information that they will need to know.
There is space to fill in:
Case information forT & V v UK (1999)
Criminal trial process
Table for different types of trials
Summary of Magistrates’ trials
Summary of Crown Court trials
It is bright and colourful, looks great printed in colour but works perfectly well printed in black and white.
Students can also add text into the digital PDF version if you prefer.
This sheet helps students to organise the key knowledge they will need to know about the CPS.
It has several boxes to fill in which they can do during lessons or as additional homework.
It also makes a great revision activity.
Boxes to fill in are:
Role of CPS
Narey Review
Glidewell Report
Macpherson Report
Auld Review
Abu Hamza (2006)
Setting the Standard
It has a nice pastel brown theme which looks very pretty. It looks great printed in colour but also works fine printed in black and white. Can also be filled in digitally if you prefer.
This is a great way for students to organise their knowledge on criminal appeals.
The sheet has space for them to fill in key information on the different types of appeals and also key cases.
There is space to fill in:
Magistrates’ Court Appeals
Crown Court Appeals
Key Case: C v DPP (1995)
Why a good appeals system is important
The sheet is bright and colourful and looks great printed in colour. Students can fill in the digital PDF and it also works fine printed in black and white.
This sheet is a great way for students to organise their knowledge of bail.
It has several spaces to fill in whilst you go through your lesson, it can also be used as a revision activity or homework activity. It also works as a good complement to online learning as students can email you the completed sheet.
Spaces to complete are:
Definition of bail
Advantages/disadvantages table
Police bail
Court bail
Attempts to restrict bail
Bail conditions
A nice pastel theme which is very colourful. Looks great printed in colour but also prints fine in black and white. Can also be filled in digitally.
This sheet will help students to organise their knowledge about juries.
This is a good activity to give students during lessons to help structure their notes (I find it is very helpful for weaker students, or those who are bad at note making) or an be given as a homework or revision task.
Contains space to make notes on:
Five key cases
Jury eligibility
Advantages/disadvantages
The key cases are:
Bushell’s Case (1670)
Heathrow Robbery Trial (2010)
ABC Trial (1978)
R v Owen (1991)
R v Ponting (1985)
The sheet is nice and colourful with a pale blue and brown colour scheme and looks great printed in colour or completed digitally but also works fine printed in black and white.
This sheet will allow students to make notes on the most important parts of the law on magistrates.
The sheet can be completed in class as a method of note taking or it can be completed as a homework task. It also makes a great revision activity.
There is space to make notes on:
Stages of training
Advantages/disadvantages
Criminal role
Civil role
Definition
The sheet is bright and colourful and looks great printed or completed digitally but it can also be printed in black and white perfectly fine.
This crib sheet is designed to accompany a lesson on the civil justice system. It focusses on the Woolf reforms with one side to fill in the problems identified with Lord Woolf and the other side to fill in some of the solutions.
I also recommend students fill in the ‘success’ of the reforms on the back!
This is a great worksheet for students to use in class but also works well as a revision tool or homework.
It is a nice colourful sheet that looks great printed in colour or completed digitally but it also prints perfectly fine in black and white.
This crib sheet helps students to organise their knowledge on youth sentencing.
It contains three tables to be completed during class or as an additional homework activity. It also contains space to fill in some of the conditions that may be attached to a caution.
Areas to complete:
Pre-Court Sentencing
First Tier Sentences
Custodial Sentences
Caution Conditions
This is a nice colourful worksheet that looks amazing when printed in colour or completed digitally but also works perfectly well in black and white.
Lesson Topic: Duty and Standard of Care
Exam Board: Eduqas
Topic: Tort Law
Sequence in Lessons: Lesson #1
This lesson is designed for the Eduqas A-Level law syllabus. This lesson is designed to be the first lesson students study in tort law.
As well as going through duty and standard of care this lesson also talks through the Eduqas examination.
This should be spread over at least three lessons. There are suitable plenaries and starters included that can be used as start and end points.
Homework tasks included
Lesson activities:
What happens next?
When can you claim?
Facebook status
When is a duty owed?.
Videos x2
Match the duty
Knowledge check x3
Why was today’s lesson important?
Puzzle
What would the reasonable man do?
Consequences
Mini Scenario
Match the Cases
Advantages/Disadvantages Table
Ideas for reform
Challenge questions:
Can you think of any situations in which there isn’t an established duty?
Who is the reasonable man?
Should the standard of care be the same for everyone?
Should a learner driver be held to the same standard of care as an experienced driver?
Cricket Match mini scenario
Exam questions:
Scenario Question
Evaluation Question
Lesson Topic: Elements of Criminal Liability
Exam Board: Eduqas
Unit: Criminal Law
Lesson Sequence: Lesson #1
This is designed to be the first lesson on the criminal law and covers all major elements of criminal liability. This is designed to be taught over 1-2 weeks, there are suitable starters and plenaries throughout which provide appropriate lesson breaks.
This lesson covers:
Actus Reus
Mens Rea
Causation
Omissions
Lesson Activities
Key word definitions
Break or no break
Complete the table x2
Mini scenarios x4
Write a short scenario
£100 word challenge
How would the UK be different?
Write a definition of intention
Five controversial things
Challenge Questions
When are you still liable for murder?
Wallace question
Should you help a drowning child?
Exam Questions
Scenario question x2
This template is designed for A-Level law but would suit all subjects that have evaluation style questions.
The template helps students to structure their answer, with clear space for evaluation and evidence to support arguments.
It also helps students get used to writing the start and finish of their paragraphs using the wording of the question so as to show clear links.
Looks great in colour but prints fine in black and white.
Lesson Topic: Introduction & Theory of Contract Law
Module: Contract Law
Exam Board: AQA
This is a pick and mix style lesson that runs through all the evaluation points for contract law theory. This is designed to support students with their 15 mark answers in their AQA A-Level exam.
I usually go through the lesson and pick out activities, covering certain topics such as morality, justice and society and in more detail. I ensure I’ve given students enough detail that they can easily answer a 15 mark question on the topic.
The lesson is long but is really helpful for student revision - it allows them to highlight some key arguments that can be used in the 15 mark questions for contract law.
There are appropriate starter and plenary activities that can be used to split over several lessons.
There is a practice essay at the end.
Homework activity included
Lesson Activities
Unscramble the words
Mind-map
Write a definition
Research task
Who is this?
Knowledge check x4
Spotlight Discussion
5 Mark practice question
Five words
What connects the images?
Snowball discussion
Case research
KWL Chart
Challenge Questions
Are advertisements invitations to treat?
If a particular construction of a contract leads to an unreasonable result should this be a relevant consideration?
What is the problem of judging whether the contract has been breached based on the result of the breach rather than the content of the term itself?
If there are lots of small breaches should the party be able to terminate the contract?
Is a sale on eBay a private sale or a consumer sale covered by the Consumer Rights Act 2015?
If we are aware of a risk and take it why should death of personal injury not be excluded from a voluntary contract?
Essay Question
Law & Morality + Contract Law
This is an A-Level law mock paper.
This is Paper 2: Substantive Law in Practice with the Contract Law option (there are no Human Rights questions included).
Paper is laid out to look similar to an Eduqas exam paper.
Contains six questions, students can pick one from each area.
Each question is a scenario question.
This mock is designed to be delivered following just a few contract law lessons. By this points students are expected to have done: offer, acceptance, intention to create legal relations, consideration & privity
Question Topics
Tort Law
Land Based Torts
Negligence
Contract Law
Formation
Privity of Contract
Criminal Law
Fatal Offences
Property Offences
Number of Questions: 6 (3 to be answered)
Exam Board: Eduqas
Topics: Tort Law, Contract Law & Criminal Law
Question Style: 25 mark evaluation
Exam Paper: Paper 3: Perspectives on the Substantive Law
This is a mock exam paper designed for second year students who are taking the contract law option. There are six questions on the paper, two for each topic, students can pick one for each area of law (answering 3 in total).
The paper is designed to look and feel like an Eduqas exam paper.
A note about contract law: This paper is designed for students who have started contract law but not completed it. They should have knowledge of offer & acceptance, intention to create legal relations, consideration and privity of contract
Question Topics
Contract Law
Consideration
Intention to Create Legal Relations
Tort Law
Trespass
Psychiatric Injury
Criminal Law
Strict liability
Attempt