I'm Head of Department and AQA examiner for Religious Studies. I teach the AQA spec and provide tried and tested resources. I'm uploading resources all of the time; my newest collection is the #FUN LESSONS range which are engaging, exam focused, challenging and getting great results. Lessons are fully resourced and easy to follow with minimal printing. I hope you enjoy teaching them.
I'm Head of Department and AQA examiner for Religious Studies. I teach the AQA spec and provide tried and tested resources. I'm uploading resources all of the time; my newest collection is the #FUN LESSONS range which are engaging, exam focused, challenging and getting great results. Lessons are fully resourced and easy to follow with minimal printing. I hope you enjoy teaching them.
EXISTENCE OF GOD: GENERAL REVELATION & EVALUATION #FUN LESSON
A fun and engaging lesson with a variety of tasks, multi-media and games to stimulate learning. It is ‘MASTERY’ ‘and EXAM SKILLS focused.
• Resource light, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
• Suitable for specialists and non-specialists.
Emphasis on exam skills: Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO SOURCE OF AUTHORITY):
Explain 4 kinds of General Revelation and:
a. How each might prove the existence of God
b. What each might reveal about the Nature of God
c. Strengths and weaknesses
Answer 12 mk question: General revelation is a reliable source of knowledge of the divine (God). Evaluate.
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
OCR A LEVEL RELIGIOUS STUDIES: PERSON OF JESUS
A GRADE MODEL ANSWER: Jesus was merely a political liberator. Discuss
This answer meets success criteria:
Breadth and Depth drawing (scholars)
Numerous synoptic links
Sources of authority (Bible)
Evaluation throughout
Thesis and Conclusion
**This essay is aimed to offer clarity on a complex topic. **
**TASK IDEAS **
Students could highlight the above criteria in the answer. Discuss how it meets the success criteria and if it could be improved. They could then copy the highlighted criteria to form an essay plan; take away the model answer and they form their own answer based on the plan.
RELIGION & LIFE: QUOTE SHEET FOR BOOKS. This product is included free with my Religion & Life #FUN LESSONS bundle (visit my shop).
BIBLE/QURAN QUOTES FOR SUBTOPICS IN RELIGION & LIFE FOR EXERCISE BOOKS
RELIGION & LIFE AQA . REVISION LESSON #FUN LESSONS. STUDENTS SHOULD BE LEARNING WITHOUT REALISING IT! PACKED WITH GAMES TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS. FULLY RESOURCED. CONCISE. EASY TO FOLLOW. MINIMAL PRINTING.
THIS RESOURCE IS INCLUDED IN MY RELIGION & LIFE #FUN LESSONS BUNDLE (SEE MY SHOP)
Suitable for non-specialists
TASKS INCLUDE:
Knowledge audit (to show progress)
The Try Again Game
Articulate
Quote match
Pairs present multiple views on different 12-mark statements
Pub quiz (without the beer!)
PLUS
Homework revision activity resource to hand out
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
CHRISTIANITY INTRODUCTION - KEY BELIEFS IN THE NICENE CREED
FUN AND ENGAGING LESSON. VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA AND GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING, MASTERY AND EXAM SKILLS FOCUSED. SUITABLE FOR SPECIALISTS AND NON-SPECIALISTS.
• Emphasis on exam skills: Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
• No printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO THE NICENE CREED)
Explain two key beliefs of Christianity 5 marks
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
JUDAISM INTRODUCTION. FUN AND ENGAGING LESSON WITH A VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA AND GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING THE CORE BELIEFS OF JUDAISM THROUGH A STUDY OF ITS FESTIVALS.
CHALLENGING, MASTERY AND EXAM SKILLS FOCUSED.
SUITABLE FOR SPECIALISTS AND NON-SPECIALISTS.
• Emphasis on exam skills: Modelling, Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
• Minimal printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO THE TORAH
Describe core beliefs of Judaism.
Describe 3 festivals in Judaism
Explain why Yom Kippur is the most holy festival
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
FIVE PILLARS INTRODUCTION: ISLAM. FUN AND ENGAGING . VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA AND GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING, MASTERY AND EXAM SKILLS FOCUSED.
SUITABLE FOR SPECIALISTS AND NON-SPECIALISTS.
• Emphasis on exam skills: Modelling, Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
• Minimal printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO THE QURAN):
Explain the five pillars and how each influences the life of a Muslim.
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
EXEMPLARY ANSWER. OCR A LEVEL RELIGIOUS STUDIES: KNOWLEDGE OF GOD (DCT) A GRADE MODEL ANSWER: TO WHAT EXTENT CAN GOD BE KNOWN THROUGH THE NATURAL WORLD? DISCUSS. 40 MKS
This answer meets success criteria:
Breadth and Depth drawing (scholars)
Numerous synoptic links
Sources of authority (Bible)
Evaluation throughout
Thesis and Conclusion
**This essay is aimed to offer clarity on a complex topic. **
**TASK IDEAS **
Students could highlight the above criteria in the answer. Discuss how it meets the success criteria and if it could be improved. They could then copy the highlighted criteria to form an essay plan; take away the model answer and they form their own answer based on the plan.
ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANISATIONS: CHRISTIAN (A ROCHA) AND SECULAR (WWF) RESPONSE TO DEFORESTATION. KS3 RELIGION AND THE ENVIRONMENT. FUN AND ENGAGING LESSON. VARIETY OF TASKS, MULTI-MEDIA AND GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGING, MASTERY AND EXAM SKILLS FOCUSED.
• Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
• No printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO (WITH REFERENCE TO GENESIS):
Explain the impact of deforestation on the environment
Explain the meaning of sustainable agriculture
Explain how and why religious and secular environmental groups respond to deforestation.
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
SEXUAL ETHICS: CHRISTIANITY. LESSON 1 OF OCR A2 SEXUAL ETHICS. 100 MINUTE LESSON. FUN AND ENGAGING. VARIETY OF TASKS TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGE AND MASTERY FOCUSED.
• Assessment (planned no hands up questioning) and extra challenges throughout.
• Minimal printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
Explain contrasting Christian views on types of sexual relationships with reference to sources of authority.
Evaluate whether the Bible is a reliable source of authority on sexual relationships.
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
EVALUATING BONHOEFFER’S THEOLOGY. CHRISTIAN MORAL ACTION. OCR DCT. #FUN LESSONS. 100 MINUTES. FUN AND ENGAGING MULTI-MEDIA LESSON WITH A VARIETY OF TASKS AND GAMES TO STIMULATE LEARNING. CHALLENGE AND MASTERY FOCUSED.
• Aimed to offer clarity on a complex topic
• Customisable recap ‘do now’ task
• Emphasis on Exam Skills: A01 AND A02
• Synoptic links
• Scholar quotes
• Sources of Wisdom
• Assessment and extra challenges throughout.
• Minimal printing, concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically
• Information provided (not dependent on a textbook)
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO: Evaluate each part of Bonhoeffer’s theology and collectively produce a set of mark schemes for all past exam questions which can be shared for revision purposes.
This is the 3rd and final lesson on Christian Moral Action. All 3 lessons are available to purchase as a bundle in my shop.
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
Concise, comprehensive. ‘MASTERY’ and exam-focused lesson.
Date on slide updates automatically
Resource light – one resource to print (information sheet)
Easy to follow & Suitable for non-specialists (notes on slides)
SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING:
AQA RS Theme C: Arguments from Miracles – Do they prove God exists?
Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority):
• Evaluate whether miracles prove the existence of God
Activities include:
Recap starter, reading and question task, debate, ‘depth and mastery’ (partnered discussion) ‘Skills mastery’, model answer analysis, exam question with peer assessment & student friendly success criteria.
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
Concise, comprehensive. ‘MASTERY’ and exam-focused lesson.
Date on slide updates automatically
Resource light
Easy to follow & Suitable for non-specialists (notes on slides)
SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING:
AQA RS ISLAM PRACTICES: Shahada and Salah (first two pillars)
Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority):
��� Explain two rituals of Salah
• Evaluate which is most important Salah or Shahada
Activities include:
Recap starter, reading and question task, ‘depth and mastery’ (partnered discussion) ‘Skills mastery’, model answer analysis, exam question with peer assessment & student friendly success criteria.
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is most welcome.
Concise, comprehensive. ‘MASTERY’ and exam-focused lesson.
Date on slide updates automatically
Resource light
Easy to follow & Suitable for non-specialists (notes on slides)
SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING:
AQA RS HUMAN RIGHTS: SOCIAL JUSTICE (Christianity and Islam)
Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority):
• Define Social Justice
• Give evidence and statistics of social injustice
• Link social injustice to human rights
• How beliefs about social injustice influences believers
• Evaluate the statement: Religious believers have more of a duty to combat social injustice
Activities include:
Recap starter, reading and question task, ‘depth and mastery’ (partnered discussion), debate, ‘Skills mastery’, model answer analysis, exam question with peer assessment & student friendly success criteria.
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 light
Easy to follow & Suitable for non-specialists (notes on slides)
SUITABLE FOR DELIVERING:
AQA RS HUMAN RIGTHS: Freedom of Religion (Christianity and Islam)
Students will be able to (with reference to source of authority):
• Define freedom of religion
• Give examples of religious expression
• Explain contrasting religious teachings on freedom of religion
• Everyone should have freedom of religion in British society. Evaluate (refer to the main religion of Great Britain)
Activities include:
Customisable recap starter (just add two questions), reading and question task, mini-plenary quiz with ‘stretch and challenge’ questions, ‘depth and mastery’ (partnered discussion), debate, ‘Skills mastery’, model answer analysis, exam question with peer assessment & student friendly success criteria.
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, 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.
WRITING ARGUMENTS. FUN AND ENGAGING. VARIETY OF TASKS TO STIMULATE LEARNING. #CHECK UNDERSTANDING. ADDRESS MISCONCEPTIONS. 2 X SINGLE LESSONS
Pedagogy Focus:
• Check understanding and address misconceptions throughout
• Reduce cognitive overload
• Exam skills: Development and justification, strong religious reference and conclusions.
No printing. Concise and easy to follow. Date on slide updates automatically. Customisable Do Now task.
The statement in lesson two is about the Shahada but this can easily be replaced with a statement from any topic.
STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
To construct an argument : Skill focus: Development, multiple views, strong religious reference and conclusions
I hope you enjoy teaching this lesson. Your feedback is welcome.
COVERING VIEWS FROM: CHRISTIANITY / ISLAM & HUMANISM.
This lesson is suitable for revising Theme B OR to provide information sheets to support learning of the lessons below:
Origins of Universe and Life
The Value of the world
Euthanasia
Quality and Sanctity of Life debate
Animals
Death and Afterlife
The revision lesson requires students to create a revision resource on the above topics. It includes a model revision resource. The lesson is compatible with the assessment lesson by the same author or it can be used as a stand alone revision lesson for Theme B. It is resource light; as it requires a couple of each information sheet to be pinned around the room for a carousel activity.
It also includes an end of topic assessment paper that is compatible with the revision lesson.