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Resources for Religious Studies, Sociology, Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities.
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Resources for Religious Studies, Sociology, Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities.
We specialise in making whole units and courses for ultimate convenience and time-saving. We always aim to make the best resource for a given topic: our goal is perfection and our resources have helped educate 1 million+ students!
Designed for teachers using OCR Religious Studies AS/A2 specification (H173/H573)
This revision session covers the ‘Applied Ethics: Euthanasia’ section of the specification. The topic is a part of the ‘Religion and Ethics’ aspect of the AS course.
This download is one of a series of revision sessions that use a variety of mind-mapping, discussion and debate tasks to cover a section of the specification.
The revision sessions can be used in a number of ways:
-As revision sessions during a revision period of term-time leading up to exams
-Sandwiched between lessons as they are taught throughout the year as a way of solidifying and assessing learning
-During extra-curricular time (KS5 Religious Studies Clubs)
This revision session features:
-A ‘grid of learning’ post-it task (to focus students on the day’s topic and refresh their memories of the basics)
-A 'competitive mind-mapping task (which can be completed on the whiteboard or on A3 paper)
-A silent debate task (with 6 x A3 silent debate worksheets in an editable .doc file) [nb. allowing group conversation, instead of silence, is also an effective approach]
-Debates that ask students to move from one side of the room or the other and verbalise a defence of their position in response to a statement or rubric.
-A concluding ‘One thing I am still uncertain about…’ post-it question.
This session can be purchased individually or as part of various bundles depending on your needs.
Please note: the cover picture depicts some of the activities that make up this revision session, the wording within those tasks is adapted to the topic specified above and may differ from the wording depicted. Contents and tasks may vary slightly between revision sessions. The cover photo is, however, a fair depiction of the contents of the lesson.
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This fully resourced lesson is professionally designed for the new AQA Sociology GCSE specification (8192). This resource can now be downloaded as a part of a complete 20-lesson bundle.
This is lesson 2 of our 20 lesson course for the ‘Social Stratification’ section.
This lesson focuses on the topic of ‘Functionalism & Social stratification’ and focusses on the work of Davis & Moore.
The download includes:
-A detailed lesson plan: highlighting differentiation, AfL, key-words, SMSC and a timeline of learning activities (.pdf)
-A premium quality PowerPoint presentation (fully animated) that covers the entire lesson
-Homework
All lessons are designed around the new GCSE specification but are certainly useful for any GCSE Sociology specification. We take considerable time making the highest quality lessons, positive reviews are greatly appreciated (and rewarded, just email us!)
This fully resourced lesson is professionally designed for the new AQA Sociology GCSE specification (8192). This resource can now be downloaded as a part of a complete 20-lesson bundle.
This is lesson 7 of our 20 lesson course for the ‘Social Stratification’ section.
This lesson focuses on the topic of Life Chances and deals with the researcher Devine (1992).
The download includes:
-A detailed lesson plan: highlighting differentiation, AfL, key-words, SMSC and a timeline of learning activities (.pdf)
-A premium quality PowerPoint presentation (fully animated) that covers the entire lesson
-A double-sided A4 worksheet
-A 14-page ‘Knowledge Hunt’ Activity Document (to print and put around the room)
-Homework
All lessons are designed around the new GCSE specification but are certainly useful for any GCSE Sociology specification. We take considerable time making the highest quality lessons, positive reviews are greatly appreciated (and rewarded, just email us!)
This KS3 Hinduism homework booklet contains ten homework tasks: it is designed to be printed as a ten page (22 side) booklet.
The booklet serves as a general introduction to Hindu philosophy and ethics and focuses on essential religious terminology. It should comfortably take care of a term’s worth of homework for any KS3 students studying Hinduism.
The homework booklet includes integrated self-assessment and reflection tasks and a built in assessment table that should make marking the homeworks very quick and easy.
Included is an editable Word (.doc) version and an easy-print (.pdf) version for your convenience.
This is the first in a series of homework booklets we hope to be releasing over the coming months, if you would like to request a specific theme or topic for future releases please get in touch.
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This is the third in a series of lessons on Hinduism for GCSE level students for the 'Beliefs, Teachings & Practices' section of the course [section A].
It is designed around the OCR specification and is therefore suitable for teachers using the AQA specification (which is a less detailed equivalent to the OCR spec) and highly relevant to GCSE Religious Studies teachers regardless of the specification used.
The Download (comprising 3 files, within one zip file) includes:
-A PPT Containing a Full Lesson
-A complete lesson plan covering: objectives, key-words, differentiation, and lesson timeline
-A double-sided worksheet
-A Homework Task
The topic of the lesson focusses on the following part of the specification: Karma
• The meaning of the term karma and the role it plays in Hindu life and rebirth
• Karma as causality and a form of cosmic justice
• Karma as the connection between action and consequence
• The state of jivan mukti and its relationship to karma
• The relationship of karma with samsara
• The effect of positive and negative karma within samsara (parabdha karma)
• The creation of karma through choices and actions in the current lifetime (kriyamana karma) and its connection with moral/ethical thinking
• Sakam karma (with results in mind) and nishkam karma (desireless/fruitless) and the way these relate to rebirth and liberation
• Common and divergent emphases given to karma by different Hindu groups
• Different interpretations and emphases given to sources of wisdom and authority by different Hindu groups
Sources:
• Bhagavad Gita III, 3–9
• Bhagavad Gita III,29–30
This is part of a series of lessons, if you like it: save countless hours by downloading the complete course! The complete series of GCSE Hinduism lessons can be downloaded at our TES Shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/godwin86
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This is the third in a series of lessons on Hinduism for GCSE level students for the 'Beliefs, Teachings & Practices' section of the course [section A].
It is designed around the OCR specification and is therefore suitable for teachers using the AQA specification (which is a less detailed equivalent to the OCR spec) and highly relevant to GCSE Religious Studies teachers regardless of the specification used.
The Download (comprising 7(+) files, within one zip file) includes:
-A PPT Containing a Full Lesson
-A complete lesson plan covering: objectives, key-words, differentiation, and lesson timeline
-A double-sided A3 worksheet (in 3 formats depending on your printing capacities)
-Silent debate A3 Worksheets for group activity
-18 Page colour knowledge-hunt (place around the room)
-A pack of classical sitar music to play during the knowledge hunt (SMSC)
-A Homework Task
The topic of the lesson focusses on the following part of the specification: The Nature of Reality
• The meanings of the terms: Maya, Loka, Devas and Asuras
• The concept of Loka (world/realm/space) and the ways the Lokas are divided
• The heavenly realms of the Tri-Murti: Brahma-Loka, Shiva-Loka and Vishnu-Loka/Vaikuntha
• The inhabitants of the different realms, including the belief that people are born into different realms as a result of karma
• The nature of the material world
• The meaning of prakriti, purusha and the trigunas
• The role and relationship of prakritim purusha and the trigunas in the creation and constitution of the material world
• The cycle of creation and destruction as it applies to the universe, including the roles of the Trimurti and the Mahayuga
• Common and divergent teachings and beliefs about worlds and their diverse inhabitants, including Maya, Loka, Devas and Asuras
• The nature of reality, including the way gunas interact to determine the nature of things
• Common and divergent understandings of cosmology and creation by different Hindu groups, including:
• The cyclical universe, trimurti, aum and mahayuga
• The relationship between the material world and the concept of Maya
• Different interpretations and emphases given to sources of wisdom and authority by different Hindu groups
Sources:
• The Nasadiya Sukta (Rig Veda)
• Katha Upanishad III 10–11
• Chandogya Upanishad III 14
• Bhagavad Gita XIII 19–20
This is part of a series of lessons, if you like it: save countless hours by downloading the complete course! The complete series of GCSE Hinduism lessons can be downloaded at our TES Shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/godwin86
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This is the eighth in a series of lessons on Hinduism for GCSE level students for the 'Beliefs, Teachings & Practices' section of the course [section A].
It is designed around the OCR specification and is therefore suitable for teachers using the AQA specification (which is a less detailed equivalent to the OCR spec) and highly relevant to GCSE Religious Studies teachers regardless of the specification used.
The Download (comprising 4 files, within one zip file) includes:
-A PPT Containing a Full Lesson
-A complete lesson plan covering: objectives, key-words, differentiation, and lesson timeline
-Double-sided A4 worksheet
-A3 Silent Debate group worksheets
-A Homework Task
The topic of the lesson focusses on the following part of the specification:
Human Concerns [Duties/Virtues/Yamas]
• Hindu understanding of the concepts of free will, suffering and virtue, including their relationship to karma and samsara
• The meaning and importance of Hindu virtues/ moral duties (yamas), including harmlessness/ non-violence (Ahimsa), compassion (daya), selfcontrol/restraint(dama) and giving (dana)
• The relationship between virtues and particular elements of dharma
• Common and divergent emphases placed on human concerns by different Hindu groups, including which virtues are identified as of core importance
• Different interpretations and emphases given to sources of wisdom and authority by different Hindu groups
Sources:
Mahabharata V 39
Bhagavad Gita XVI, 1–3
Bhagavad Gita VIII 8–12
This is part of a series of lessons, if you like it: save countless hours by downloading the complete course! The complete series of GCSE Hinduism lessons can be downloaded at our TES Shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/godwin86
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This is the ninth in a series of lessons on Hinduism for GCSE level students for the 'Beliefs, Teachings & Practices' section of the course [section A].
It is designed around the OCR specification and is therefore suitable for teachers using the AQA specification (which is a less detailed equivalent to the OCR spec) and highly relevant to GCSE Religious Studies teachers regardless of the specification used.
This lesson, being a general overview of Hindu sacred texts, is not specification specific.
The Download (comprising 4 files, within one zip file) includes:
-A PPT Containing a Full Lesson
-A complete lesson plan covering: objectives, key-words, differentiation, and lesson timeline
-Double-sided A3 worksheet
-A 14 Page 'Knowledge Hunt' (.doc) with colour pictures, outlining 'Interesting Facts' and extracts/quotes from the four main Hindu sacred texts.
-Background music for SMSC/Behaviour Management during the knowledge hunt
-A Homework Task
The topic of the lesson focusses on Hindu sacred texts, and the 'Sources of authority' aspect of your specification.
The lesson provides students with an overview of and selected readings from:
The Vedas, a collection of hymns praising the Vedic gods. Veda means 'knowledge'
The Ramayana, long epic poems about Rama and Sita
The Mahabharata, which includes the Bhagavad Gita
The Puranas, a collection of stories about the different incarnations and the lives of saints
This is part of a series of lessons, if you like it: save countless hours by downloading the complete course! The complete series of GCSE Hinduism lessons can be downloaded at our TES Shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/godwin86
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This is the seventeenth in a series of lessons on Hinduism for GCSE level students for the ‘Beliefs, Teachings & Practices’ section of the course. It coverers 4 Hindu festivals:
-Kumbh Mela
-Holi
-Diwali
-Navratri
It is designed for AQA and OCR specifications but relevant to all GCSE Hinduism Religious Studies teachers .
The download includes:
-A selection of 8 lessons (referring to 4 different Hindu festivals)
-Lesson Plans (where necessary)
-Homeworks
-Worksheets
Each festival can be taught using different approaches:
A video and documentary based approach based around a (rather beautiful, if I do say so myself) A3 Worksheet. [Includes PPT, Worksheet and Lesson Plan]
An ICT Suite ‘Research, Present & Quiz’ approach, which includes integrated peer-assessment. [Includes PPT and Worksheet, Lesson Plan not necessary as it’s such a straightforward approach].
The festivals covered in this download are:
-Kumbh Mela
-Holi
-Diwali
-Navratri
This is part of a series of lessons, if you like it: save countless hours by downloading the complete course! The complete series of GCSE Hinduism lessons can be downloaded at our TES Shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/godwin86
We also have learning mats, revision sessions, and much more!
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This is the eighteenth in a series of lessons on Hinduism for GCSE level students for the 'Beliefs, Teachings & Practices' section of the course. It coverers 3 Hindu festivals:
-Maha Shivaratri
-Ganesh Chaturthi
-Raksha Bandhan
It is designed for AQA and OCR specifications but relevant to all GCSE Hinduism Religious Studies teachers .
The download includes:
-A selection of 6 lessons (referring to 3 different Hindu festivals)
-Lesson Plans (where necessary)
-Homeworks
-Worksheets
Each festival can be taught using different approaches:
1) A video and documentary based approach based around a (rather beautiful, if I do say so myself) A3 Worksheet. [Includes PPT, Worksheet and Lesson Plan]
2) An ICT Suite 'Research, Present & Quiz' approach, which includes integrated peer-assessment. [Includes PPT and Worksheet, Lesson Plan not necessary as it's such a straightforward approach].
The festivals covered in this download are:
-Maha Shivaratri
-Ganesh Chaturthi
-Raksha Bandhan
This is part of a series of lessons, if you like it: save countless hours by downloading the complete course! The complete series of GCSE Hinduism lessons can be downloaded at our TES Shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/godwin86
We also have learning mats, revision sessions, and much more!
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This is the twentieth in a series of lessons on Hinduism for GCSE level students for the ‘Beliefs, Teachings & Practices’ section of the course. This is the final lesson in the course.
It is designed for AQA and OCR specifications but relevant to all GCSE Hinduism Religious Studies teachers .
The download includes:
-A PPT Containing a Full Lesson
-A detailed lesson plan covering: objectives, key-words, differentiation, and lesson timeline
-A double-sided A3 worksheet
-A Knowledge Hunt Printable
-Homework
This lesson focuses on Hindu Ethical Concerns (Equality, Women’s Rights and Social Justice):
• Hinduism and social issues:
• Social responsibility
• Social inclusion
• Women’s rights
• The ways Hindu attitudes, beliefs and teachings are put into practice through charitable projects, including:
• Different interpretations and emphases given to sources of wisdom and authority by different Hindu groups
• The Purusha Sukta (Rig Veda)
• The Bhagavad Gita
• The work and example of Gandhi
• Karma and the cycle of samsara
• Yamas (virtues) especially daya (compassion), dama (restraint) and kshama (patience/tolerance)
Sources:
Mahabharata XVIII 113 8
Mahabharata III 29
Myths and stories about the deities associated with ethical concerns
This is part of a series of lessons, if you like it: save countless hours by downloading the complete course! The complete series of GCSE Hinduism lessons can be downloaded at our TES Shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/godwin86
We also have learning mats, revision sessions, and much more!
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This fully resourced lesson is professionally designed for the new AQA Sociology GCSE specification (8192). This resource can now be downloaded as a part of a complete 20-lesson bundle.
This is lesson 4 of our 20 lesson course for the ‘Sociology of Crime & Deviance’ section; it refers to the ‘Social Control’ topic. The lesson introduces the distinction between formal and informal modes of social control, it focuses on Marxist/feminist/interactionist/functionalist views of social control.
The download includes:
-A detailed lesson plan: highlighting differentiation, AfL, key-words, SMSC and a timeline of learning activities (.pdf)
-A premium quality PowerPoint presentation (fully animated) that covers the entire lesson (editable)
-A double-sided A4 worksheet/information sheet (see cover image for preview)
-Homework
All lessons are designed around the new AQA specification, we take considerable time making the highest quality lessons.
This fully resourced lesson is professionally designed for the new AQA Sociology GCSE specification (8192). This resource can now be downloaded as a part of a complete 20-lesson bundle.
This is lesson 6 of our 20 lesson course for the ‘Sociology of Crime & Deviance’ section; it refers to the ‘Factors Affecting Criminal & Deviant Behaviour’ topic. The lesson focuses on links between criminality and factors such as: ethnicity, class, age and gender.
The download includes:
-A detailed lesson plan: highlighting differentiation, AfL, key-words, SMSC and a timeline of learning activities (.pdf)
-A premium quality PowerPoint presentation (fully animated) that covers the entire lesson (editable)
-A double-sided A3 worksheet/information sheet
-An 18 side knowledge-hunt: containing arguments for/against Heidensohn’s theory, and information about different means of social control.
-Homework
All lessons are designed around the new AQA specification, we take considerable time making the highest quality lessons.
This fully resourced lesson is professionally designed for the new AQA Sociology GCSE specification (8192). This resource can now be downloaded as a part of a complete 20-lesson bundle.
This is lesson 12 of our 20 lesson course for the ‘Sociology of Crime & Deviance’ section.
The lesson focuses on Cohen’s theory about delinquent subcultures, gangs, and organised crime.
The download includes:
-A detailed lesson plan: highlighting differentiation, AfL, key-words, SMSC and a timeline of learning activities (.pdf)
-A premium quality PowerPoint presentation (fully animated) that covers the entire lesson (editable)
-A double-sided A3 worksheet (.doc)
-A3 Group-Work Sheets (.doc)
-Homework
All lessons are designed around the new GCSE specifications, we take considerable time making the highest quality lessons.
This fully resourced lesson is professionally designed for the new AQA Sociology GCSE specification (8192). This resource can now be downloaded as a part of a complete 20-lesson bundle.
This is lesson 8 of our 20 lesson course for the ‘Sociology of Crime & Deviance’ section; it refers to the ‘Factors Affecting Criminal & Deviant Behaviour’ topic.
The lesson focuses on links between criminality and ethnicity. It addresses the question: “Are the apparent differences in crime rates are caused by racial prejudice and discrimination in the police force and judiciary?”
The download includes:
-A detailed lesson plan: highlighting differentiation, AfL, key-words, SMSC and a timeline of learning activities (.pdf)
-A premium quality PowerPoint presentation (fully animated) that covers the entire lesson (editable)
-A double-sided A4 worksheet
-A 10 side knowledge-hunt
-Homework
All lessons are designed around the new AQA specification, we take considerable time making the highest quality lessons.
This fully resourced lesson is professionally designed for the new AQA Sociology GCSE specification (8192). This resource can now be downloaded as a part of a complete 20-lesson bundle.
This is lesson 9 of our 20 lesson course for the ‘Sociology of Crime & Deviance’ section; it refers to the ‘Factors Affecting Criminal & Deviant Behaviour’ topic.
The lesson focuses on links between class, poverty, inequality and crime/criminality. It addresses the question: “Is poverty the main cause of crime?”.
The download includes:
-A detailed lesson plan: highlighting differentiation, AfL, key-words, SMSC and a timeline of learning activities (.pdf)
-A premium quality PowerPoint presentation (fully animated) that covers the entire lesson (editable)
-A double-sided A4 worksheet
-A 12 side knowledge-hunt
-Homework
All lessons are designed around the new AQA specification, we take considerable time making the highest quality lessons.
Need an instant DIRT worksheet/session?
This is for any GCSE (or exam) subject.
This download includes a generic (multi-subject) A3 double-sided DIRT worksheet and PowerPoint instructional slides.
DIRT stands for ‘Dedicated Improvement Reflection Time’ and the worksheet features a number of activities that encourage students to reflect on their work, their targets and how to improve.
The download also includes a 5-slide, fully-animated, PowerPoint presentation that can be integrated into your teaching materials or used as a session in itself. The Powerpoint features a number of activities for DIRT.
Both files are fully editable so that you can make any alterations or changes you might want to.
This 12-lesson unit is designed for the new GCSE Sociology specifications (suitable for both AQA and EDUQAS/WJEC)
All of the lessons have been professionally designed for the new specification, the unit is structured as follows:
Lesson 1 - Introducing Sociology
Lesson 2 - The Central Debates of Sociology
Lesson 3 - Socialisation, Norms & Values
Lesson 4 - The Four Main Sociological Views
Lesson 5 - Functionalism
Lesson 6 - Conflict Theories: Marxism and Feminism
Lesson 7 - Understanding the GCSE Sociology Course
Lesson 8 - Course Overview
Lesson 9 - Assessment Preparation
Lesson 10 - Assessment Lesson
Lesson 11 - I.C.T. Suite Lesson
Lesson 12 - Documentary Learning Lesson
This download is fully resourced, comprehensive and complete: it is everything you need to complete the introductory unit of the GCSE Sociology course.
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Minimum system requirements: 512MB RAM, 1.5ghz processor. Microsoft Office.
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“The design argument proves that God exists”
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