A presentation designed to lead group work using Philosophy4c in relation to the aftelife, near-death experiences etc. Use an apt. video as hook- perhaps relating to near death experiences.

Designed for teachers using the new OCR Religious Studies AS/A2 specification (H173/H573) This revision session covers both the ‘Religious language: Negative, Analogical or Symbolic’ section of the specification. The topic is a part of the ‘Philosophy of Religion’ component of the A2 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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Download this mini-worksheet which can be given to students at the end of a lesson: it’s a quick activity that encourages students to become self-aware and to reflect on their current state-of-mind and how it impacts their learning. This metacognition activity is brought to you by The Global Metacognition Institute (globalmetacognition.com) All resources can be shared, but users agree not to modify or resell this resource. You can find more metacognition teaching resources at globalmetacognition.com How To Use: Print off the work-sheets and guillotined/cut so that each worksheet is 1/4 of an A4 page. Add the included PowerPoint slide into your lesson’s presentation. Give the students the worksheet (and glue) at the end of your lesson: the activity just takes a few minutes! What’s Included: A metacognitive reflection worksheet (.pdf) A PowerPoint instructional slide to guide students (.ppt)

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Designed for teachers using the new AQA Philosophy specification (teaching from 2017 onwards). This revision session covers the ‘Innatism’ section of the specification [covering Leibniz and Plato]. The topic is a part of the Epistemology component of the AS course. This download contains 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. It includes a fully animated revision session PowerPoint and a set of ‘silent debate’ A3 worksheets. All resources are editable. 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 Philosophy 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. Copyright Adam Godwin (2017) [Godwin86]

Designed for teachers using the new AQA Sociology specification at KS5. Save significant amounts of money by buying these revision sessions in bundles! This download contains 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. It includes a fully animated revision session PowerPoint and a set of ‘silent debate’ A3 worksheets. The topic of this revision session is: ‘The social distribution of crime and deviance by ethnicity, gender and social class, including recent patterns and trends in crime’. 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. 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 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. Copyright Adam Godwin (2017) [Godwin86] godwin86@gmail.com

This fully resourced lesson is professionally designed for the new WJEC/EDUQAS Sociology GCSE specification (9-1). This resource can now be downloaded as a part of a complete 20-lesson bundle. This is lesson 15 of our 20 lesson course for the ‘Social Stratification’ section; it focuses on feminist perspectives, feminist researchers and theorists, and statistical data supporting/detracting from the feminist perspective. It can be purchased as a part of a complete 20 x lesson bundle (from June, 2017) The download includes: -A detailed lesson plan: highlighting differentiation, AfL, key-words, SMSC and a timeline of learning activities (.pdf) -A premium quality, editable, and fully-animated PowerPoint presentation that covers the entire lesson -A double-sided A3 worksheet (see cover image for preview) -A knowledge hunt file with information to be used with the worksheet -Homework These lessons are designed around the new EDUQAS / WJEC specification, we take considerable time making the highest quality lessons. AQA equivalents are available on TES.

This complete set of ten assemblies is designed to introduce metacognition and learning-power to students aged 11-16. The topics covered are: Introduction to Metacognition How to Improve Concentration Increasing Memory & Learning Being Inquisitive & Developing Questioning Skills Healthy Body, Healthy Emotions, Healthy Mind Critical Thinking & Higher-Order Thinking Skills The Benefits of Meditation The Value of Education Increasing Energy & Motivation How to Revise The assemblies stick to the same format: for this reason it is best not to use them in series but, instead, use them over the course of a school year or even multiple years. The format is flexible and includes a wide range of activities: it is designed to be adaptable to different groups. We offer a range of whole-school metacognition resources that aim to enhance metacognitive skills and strategies in students aged 11-16. You can download individual resources or buy our ‘Whole School Metacognition Toolkits’ that make establishing a whole-school metacognition initiative easy. Our resources specialise in: Boosting Learning-Power Teaching Metacognitive Skills & Strategies Increasing Metacognitive Power (Intelligence, Memory etc.) Copyright Adam Godwin (2019)

A professionally designed Christmas quiz for teachers of Chemistry to use with KS3-5 students, featuring 60 well-presented questions, and an answer sheet. If you like it: leave a 5* rating and email us (godwin86@gmail.com) and we’ll send you a beautiful Christmas Crossword worksheet for free! The quiz also includes a word-search (on screen) and a couple of anagram rounds. Fifty of the questions are all Christmas-related and not connected to a specific school-subject: the final ten are subject specific and deal either with GCSE terminology of “fun facts”. Differentiation can easily be achieved by changing quiz group sizes. The quiz is suitable for KS3-5. Completing and peer-marking the 60-question quiz should take the best part of a 1-hour lesson.

This fully resourced lesson is for those teaching Islam as a comparative religion at GCSE level. It is the fourth in our seven-lesson Islam unit for Theme E: Religion, Crime & Punishment, and compares Islamic & Christian views, teachings and beliefs about capital punishment & the death penalty It was designed with the AQA Religious Studies specification in mind, but relevant to all GCSE Religious Studies teachers covering Islam. The lesson features starters, learning objectives, key-words, key-information, a colour double-sided A3 worksheet, AfL tasks, discussion and debate tasks and homework. This download includes: -A full lesson PowerPoint -A double-sided colour A3 worksheet [please ignore the broken preview on Tes! It’s beautiful :) ] -A comprehensive knowledge hunt, comparing Islamic & Christian views -A detailed lesson plan -AfL tasks & homework The lesson is centered around a double-sided colour A3 worksheet. All necessary resources to run the lesson are included in this download. All included resources are editable. We’ve made 10-lesson units covering Christian views for each of the themes, you can now bolster these with 7-lesson add-on units for the comparative religions: in this case Islam. Download individual units or all 17 lessons (Christianity & Islam) together to save money! Positive reviews are warmly welcome! The contents of this page, the download, and all included materials are copyrighted by Adam Godwin (2017) Contents may differ slightly from those depicted on the cover photo, which are meant to be a fair illustration of the quality and activities contained in the download. System Requirements: Microsoft Office (PowerPoint & Word) Printing (for the worksheet) 512MB Ram 1.5GHZ Processor

The Philosophy Boxes Method is a new approach to P4C designed for students in KS1, 2 & 3: it is graphically stimulating, engaging, and fun. This download is also suitable for older students: but the format was designed with younger students in mind. The topic of this Philosophy Boxes download is ‘Philosophy, Ethics & Computers’, the lessons deals with ethical and philosophical issues relating to: AI, drones, hacking, downloading music/movies, Virtual Reality violence in video-games and others. The aim of Philosophy Boxes is to bring philosophy and critical thinking into every subject at every level: we believe that any subject becomes philosophy when students are asked the right questions and when they think about a topic hard enough and on the deepest (most fundamental) level. The Philosophy Boxes Method presents students with a set of ‘mystery boxes’, when a student selects one of the boxes they are presented with 1 of 21 discussion/debate activities [that use 1 of 8 different formats]. The presentation has integrated AfL so that teachers can test knowledge at any point in the lesson. There are 10 different AfL slides to choose from. The design is colourful, animated, fun and engaging: all activities require movement and teachers can decide whether students are expressing their ideas purely verbally or by using post-it notes. The nature of the design is that it can be used for short sessions (5-10 minutes) or much longer sessions (up to 2 hours!) - it allows for classroom practitioners to be flexible and adaptable. It can, therefore, be used in lessons or as a tutor-time activity. The download includes a PowerPoint Show; if you would like an editable PPT presentation so that you can make your own ‘Philosophy Boxes’ presentation you will need to download the template here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-the-philosophy-boxes-method-template-for-creating-your-own-philosophy-boxes-lessons-p4c-p4k-11463227 A complete selection of Philosophy Boxes lessons can be found here: https://www.tes.com/resources/search/?&q=philosophy+boxes+godwin86 You can also save money by purchasing lessons as bundles.

Designed for teachers using the new AQA Philosophy specification (teaching from 2017 onwards). This revision session covers the ‘Aristotelian Virtue Ethics’ section of the specification. The topic is a part of the Moral Philosophy component of the AS course. This download contains 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. It includes a fully animated revision session PowerPoint and a set of ‘silent debate’ A3 worksheets. All resources are editable. 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 Philosophy 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. Copyright Adam Godwin (2017) [Godwin86]

Created by a Soto Zen Buddhist & specialist Philosophy & Religion teacher, for the teaching of Buddhism at Key-Stage 3. This 10 lessons course aims to move beyond Tibetan Buddhism alone to help students understand Buddhism as a whole. It features a wide array of starters, activities, worksheets, presentations, and plenaries. It contains two assessments. A file is includes ‘List of Videos for Lessons’ referencing YouTube videos associated with this course. For most teachers this will be the only resource needed for teaching Buddhism at Key-stage 3 and may be of use to GCSE students in learning a comparative religion. Course contents include lessons on: -Buddhism as a World Religion -The Life of The Buddha -The Four Noble Truths -The Eightfold Path -The Three Jewels -The Three Marks of Existence & ‘Ultimate Truths’ -A lesson about Meditation (with instructions) -The Life of Buddhist Monks -Buddhist Attitudes to Money -Buddhist Views on the Afterlife The attached image features sample slides and activities from the presentation and hopefully represents the vibrant, professional and clear style it’s creator was aiming for. “May you be happy, may you be healthy, may you be peaceful.”

Designed for teachers using the new OCR Religious Studies AS/A2 specification (H173/H573) This revision session covers the ‘Buddhism in the Far East’ section of the specification. The topic is a part of the ‘Buddhism’ (Developments in Buddhist Thought) component of the A2 course. This download contains 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.

This is the thirteenth in a series of lessons on Buddhism for GCSE level students for the 'Beliefs, Teachings & Practices' section of the course [section A]. The complete series of GCSE Budhism lessons, as well as learning mats, PLCs and revision sessions can be downloaded at our TES Shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/godwin86 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 -A double sided worksheet -Tibetan Buddhist Mantra Chanting Music (in a .mp4 video format) -A Homework Task The topic of the lesson focusses on the following part of the specification: Buddhist Practices and Forms of Worship • The role and significance of different forms of worship including: -Meditation - Chanting - Puja and devotional ritual - Mantra - Malas - Offerings • The significance of worship in the temple • The significance of worship in the home • The purpose of devotional ritual • The relationship between devotional worship and the aim of ending dukkha. • Common and divergent emphases placed on worship by different Buddhist groups, including the importance and meaning of artefacts like malas. Sources: Dhammapada 273–276 Thank you for your download! Positive reviews are greatly appreciated.

Designed for teachers using the new AQA Philosophy specification (teaching from 2017 onwards). This revision session covers the ‘What is knowledge?’ section of the specification. The topic is a part of the Epistemology component of the AS course. This download contains 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. It includes a fully animated revision session PowerPoint and a set of ‘silent debate’ A3 worksheets. All resources are editable. 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 Philosophy 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. Copyright Adam Godwin (2017)

This FREE demo lessonis normally for sale for £4.99 and is a part of a 20-lesson GCSE Hinduism course you can buy for £39.99 on Tes! This is the first in a series of lessons on Hinduism for GCSE level students for the ‘Beliefs, Teachings & Practices’ section of the course [section A]. It is suitable for AQA and OCR specifications for sure, probably useful to other specifications also. 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 -A double-sided A3 worksheet -A ‘Knowledge Hunt’ file for the main activity. -A Homework Task The topic of the lesson focusses on the following part of the specification: “Atman & Eternal Self” • Atman as the eternal self, the part that is liberated from Samsara • Atman as identical with Brahman • Atman as distinct from Brahman • Common and divergent understandings of the atman and liberation (moksha) by different Hindu groups • Common and divergent understandings of the relationship/connection between atman and Brahman by different Hindu groups • Common and divergent understandings to the approaches of different yogas by different Hindu groups • Different interpretations and emphases given to sources of wisdom and authority by different Hindu groups Sources: • Bhagavad Gita II 22 • Brihadaranyaka Upanishad III, 7, 15–23 • Mahabharata XII 149 • Dialogue between Uddalaka and Svetaketu (Chandogya Upanishad) 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 The 20-Lesson GCSE Buddhism course (rated 5 stars) can also be found here Thank you for your download! Positive reviews are greatly appreciated.

A professionally designed Christmas quiz for French (MFL) teachers to use with their students, featuring 60 well-presented questions and an answer sheet. If you like it: leave a 5* rating and email us (godwin86@gmail.com) and we’ll send you a beautiful Christmas Crossword worksheet for free! The quiz also includes a word-search (on screen) and a couple of anagram rounds. Fifty of the questions are Christmas-related and not connected to a specific school-subject: the final ten are subject specific and deal either with GCSE terminology, KS4 exam specification contents, or “fun facts”. The questions and (most) answers are in English but concern how Christmas is celebrated in France. Differentiation can easily be achieved by changing quiz group sizes. The quiz is suitable for KS3-5. Completing and peer-marking the 60-question quiz should take the best part of a 1-hour lesson. The resource is fully editable. Copyright Adam Godwin (2018) Not for re-distribution.

This free lesson is normally sold for £4.99 or as part as a larger bundle of GCSE Buddhism resources. If you like this free lesson, we hope you will check out our complete GCSE Religious Studies units! This fully resourced lesson is for those teaching Buddhism as a comparative religion at GCSE level. It is the second in our seven-lesson Buddhism unit for Theme B: Religion & Life and focuses on Buddhist views, teachings and beliefs about abortion. It was designed with the AQA Religious Studies specification in mind, but relevant to all GCSE Religious Studies teachers covering Buddhism. We’ve made 10-lesson units covering Christian views for each of the themes, you can now bolster these with 7-lesson add-on units for the comparative religions: in this case Buddhism. Download individual units or all 17 lessons (Christianity & Buddhism) together to save money! The lesson features starters, learning objectives, key-words, key-information, a colour double-sided A3 worksheet, AfL tasks, discussion and debate tasks and homework. This download includes: -A full lesson PowerPoint -A double-sided colour A3 worksheet [please ignore the broken preview on Tes! It’s beautiful :) ] -A set of A3 group-work debate worksheets -A detailed lesson plan -AfL tasks & homework The lesson is centered around a double-sided colour A3 worksheet and A3 debate worksheets. All necessary resources to run the lesson are included in this download. All included resources are editable. Positive reviews are warmly welcome! The contents of this page, the download, and all included materials are copyrighted by Adam Godwin (2017) System Requirements: Microsoft Office (PowerPoint & Word) Printing (for the worksheet) 512MB Ram 1.5GHZ Processor