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Creative Religious Education resources for key stages 3 and 4 which draw on an experiential pedagogical perspective.
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Creative Religious Education resources for key stages 3 and 4 which draw on an experiential pedagogical perspective.
Religious education
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Easter
This bundle comprises of three lessons complete with lesson plans. The trio begins with a lesson on Lent which urges students to reflect on the practice of fasting and abstinence before moving onto a lesson on Holy Week. This lesson draws on the Biblical events of the last week of Jesus’ life. Finally the Easter lesson focus’ on the symbolism of Easter day and concludes with a comparative exam question which reflects on the Easter and Christmas festivals.
Links to new Edexcel RS GCSE syllabus.
Evil and suffering in Buddhism
This lesson explores Buddhism’s response to evil. Students consider the Buddha’s teachings on what constitutes evil and the source of the problem. This lesson always stimulates lively discussion with my students.
Vesak and dharma day
Buddhist festivals
Vesak and dharma day
This powerpoint covers both Vesak and dharma day as two individual but short lessons which are aimed to take around 30 mins each. It can be adapted easily to be used as two distinct full lessons.
The dharma day lesson has a good SMSC quality.
Churches - key features
This lesson explore the different features of Catholic and Protestant churches
Capital punishment
Intro to capital punishment. This lesson looks at what capital punishment is and the reasoning for and against it.
Students reflect on a series of high profile case studies and consider whether they feel capital punishment can be just.
Links to RS edexcel syllabus.
Adam and Eve - evil and suffering
How the story of Adam and Eve claims to explain the existence of evil in the world.
Bar bat mitzvah short lesson
This is a short lesson that can be easily expanded. It introduces the ideas of coming of age and how this is recognised/celebrated in Judaism.
Christian life cycle - Baptism
This lesson provides an introduction to the Christian life cycle. It explores the connection between John the Baptism and the recreation of the ritual of baptism in modern Christian rites of passage.
The Sacraments/Prayer - confession
This lesson explores the sacrament of confession. It looks at the importance of the act of confession from an experiential perspective and draws on the a literary source to help students understand the complexities and importance of this form of prayer.
This lesson suitable for mid to high ability students. It will need differentiation for those less able.
Links to the new edexcel syllabus
Christianity and Family Life
This lesson explore the Christian teaching on the importance of family. Students consider the family metaphorically and then look at what the Bible teaches and consider if it links with the churches teachings.
Links to edexcel syllabus.
Christian worship
This lesson is the first of two which look at Christian acts of worship. The lesson focus’ on getting students to think about acts of worship outside of church, specifically art and music. There is also an exercise on praise which aims to give students experiential knowledge on why this is important.
Links to new edexcel RS GCSE syllabus.
Some differentiated resources are included.
Antisemitism
The lesson begins with an activity aimed at exploring how as humans we are conditioned into making judgements/assumptions about things which distort reality.
The lesson goes onto to explore the experience of Anne Frank through an extract of her diary and an extended writing exercise.
Christianity and racial harmony
This lesson looks at Christian teachings on racial harmony firstly through the parable of the Good Samaritan and later through a collection of images that can be related to religion and racial tensions across the globe.
New Religious Movements and the Media
This lesson looks at the Branch Divianians and the events at Waco.
Pilgrimage to Israel
This lesson looks at the spiritual value of a pilgrimage made to Israel from a Christian perspective. Using a carousel activity students visit six different key locations in the Holy land and reflect on their biblical significance and how visiting such places may help a Christian feel closer to God.
Links to new RS GCSE syllabus
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Evil and Suffering
This bundle of lessons includes the power points for a whole scheme of work on evil and suffering. The lessons range from an introduction to the idea of evil, through to an exploration of the nature of God, responses to the problem of evil, Buddhist perspectives and an assessment task. These lessons are interactive and include many tasks that encourage students to develop their oral/discussion skills. These lessons can be used at KS3 or 4 and strongly support the the Edexcel GCSE syllabus.
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Christian Worship and Prayer
This bundle includes lessons on Christian worship and prayer. The lessons include a range of activities, some of which are differentiated and exam questions to help students apply their learning. These lessons link to the new Edexcel GCSE syllabus.
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Christmas
These lessons explore the Christmas through the significance of advent, the nativity story and a reflection on Christmas' meaning in secular/capitalist society. These lesson contain a range of tasks, some of which are differentiated. Can be used in connection to the new edxcel GCSE syllabus.
Sacraments: Ordination - without lesson plan
This lesson looks at the sacrament of ordination. Students learn about what is involved in the vocation of the priesthood and the process of becoming ordained.
Links to new edexcel RS syllabus.
Intro to the sacraments - without lesson plan
This lesson serves as an introduction to the 7 sacraments of the Catholic church. It encourages students to reflect on the idea of ‘outward expressions of inward grace’ through a range of activities.
This lesson links to the new RS GCSE syllabus and includes some differentiated resources.