A new spec EDUQAS lesson from component 1 Christianity. This lesson focuses on Christianity in Britain and the Church in the community. It explores the issues of religion on the decline and how the Church is still very relevant in our modern society. You will need the Eduqas textbooks for one activity.

A MINI BUNDLE of A level resources used to teach the A Level Shi'a Islam unit. These lessons work well alongside the Victor Watton Islam book (or another text can be used). This unit is taught over 11 lessons, however can be adapted to suit your needs. The unit starts with an introduction to Muhammad and the origins of Shi'a Islam. There is a lot of focus through the unit on the differences in terms of key beliefs and roles of the Iman. There are opportunities for exam questions and reviewing example questions in line with the spec (Edexcel). This unit is perfect to support your teaching of Shi'a Islam and keep pupils engaged with a variety of activities.

BTEC HSC Tech award to be delivered to Y9s. Component 1 - Learning Aim A Human lifespan development. The lesson is the second lesson focusing on the life stages and PIES. The lesson teaches students what the life stages are in detail focusing on the developmental processes. Also students are taught about PIES and what happens in each section in terms of development, using examples. The lesson aims to explore life stages and PIES in more depth. Activities are varied and have challenging elements. Perfect to teach as is, or can be adapted to suit. The final task involves students looking at photos of each area of PIES. I will be using some photos of my son to aid their understanding and enable application to a personal example. However, I haven’t included these photos of the PPT. I have included some generic photos as examples. There is an opportunity for you to use your own photos of search online for generic photos.

An exciting lesson where students learn what the ten commandments are, the relevance in religion and what they tell about God. Originally planned for a unit of work on Judaism, but can be used within a Christianity unit. A variety of activities and opportunities for thoughtful discussions.

BTEC Applied Law lesson created for Level 3 students. The focus of the presentation is to provide information about funding in the legal system (e.g. legal aid, citizens advice). An element of the lesson is aimed at evaluation.

A resource for the EDUQAS NEW SPECIFICATION, topic issues of good and evil. This lesson introduces crime, punishment and morality. It starts with exploring what crime is, why do people commit crimes and where does morality come from. This leads in to the main activities on Christian views about crime and punishment. This provides students with an opportunity to learn key Christian teachings and Bible quotes.

A KS3 lesson about the life of Muhammad, from a Islam unit of work. Can also be taught as part of a religious founder/figures unit of work or as a stand alone lesson. The lesson aims to teach students about Muhammad and the importance of his actions. The main activity is a fortune line, exploring thoughts and feelings. Students are encouraged to work with each other to review their learning. A homework task is included with this lesson.

BTEC lesson for Unit 1 where students will learn about the courts. The main focus of this lesson is for students to understand the difference between civil and criminal courts. There are mini activities/examples to check students understanding.

Lesson 1 of a KS3 religious journeys unit of work. This lesson aims to introduce what a journey is and how life can be a journey. The main focus is students exploring their own journey and what their future aspirations are. The main activity is a fun and engaging activity with cross curricular links. This lesson is ideal for all abilities with levelled tasks. It is a KS3 unit of work that links to GCSE topics on pilgrimage and religious expression. Could be used for older primary school students.

Designed for GCSE students to learn how to become an Ed Psych. The lesson goes through the application and interview process. All students take part in all steps of the process e.g. writing the personal statement, giving constructive feedback, etc. A fun and engaging series of lessons that are perfect for developing team work skills. Designed to be taught over three lessons, but easily adaptable to less/more.

This lesson is from the Eduqas new spec topic Issues of Life and Death. Its aims are to explore the Christian attitudes to euthanasia in a sensitive manner. DIfferent religious viewpoints are considered (RC and CofE). The lesson ends with a practice 15 mark quetsion for students to attempt. This could be teacher, student or peer assessed (you might need to provide students with aids to peer or self assess).

Pupils will learn what Passover is, what happens and the importance of the Seder Meal. Activities involve students actively learning through a marketplace style activity, but can be adapted to suit the class. Slight cross curricular links with history and art. Homework activity to learn key spellings about Judaism, an ideal homework for a Judaism unit of work.

Lesson 4 of a KS3 unit of work on religious journeys. This lesson links to the previous lessons and the future lessons. This lesson aims to teach students about places of pilgrimage in Judaism (Western Wall) and Hinduism (River Ganges). This lesson is packed with lots of different activities e.g. questioning, reading, small video clip, word fill, map reading. There is also A02 opportunities for students to create their own prayer/wish/statement to take on their own pilgrimage. The lesson offers opportunities for students to apply their learning to tasks. Cross curricular links within the lesson (e.g. Geography). Also, students are able to make comparisons to other places of pilgrimage in order to join up their learning. Links to GCSE topics on pilgrimage and religious expression.

GCSE lessons on Bandura. These lessons introduce the study - its aims, hypothesis, methods and results. There is also an evaluation task that requires students to draw on previous learning. A variety of activities (e.g. word fill, discussion, sorting) and lots of opportunities for progress checking (e.g. true/false, post its). This lesson can be taught as two but condensed down in to one lesson if needed. These can follow on from lessons about Social Learning Theory (see my resources).

A revision PPT for Eduqas RS GSCE (new spec). The PPT provides students with information and notes. The PPT has been created for a final revision lesson with Y11 students and is mostly teacher led. It is perfect resource to guide revision, and for students to access to support addiitonal revision at home.

This is a A Level lesson from the new Eduqas spec. Its from theme 3, part A The concept of a state governed according to Islamic principles and the political and social influence of institutions as a challenge to secularisation. The lesson has a number of teacher led and student led activites. I taught this topic in about 2/3 lessons, but can be adapted to suit your class, their needs, and time constraints.