This lesson explore the theological basis of lent and encourages students to reflect on why the practice of giving up things we love/enjoy can be beneficial for ourselves and wider society.

This lesson explores the 10 obligatory acts of Shi’a Islam. The lesson introduces students to the 10 obligations and uses the ‘link method’ to help students remember them and understand why they are important to followers. This lesson links to the New edexcel RE ‘Living a Muslim Life’ syllabus.

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.

In this lesson students consider the symbolism of Easter, why it is an important festival for Christians and asks students to compare the theological importance of Easter with that of Christmas.

This lesson begins by looking at the different roles women have traditionally filled in the field of medicine from the Medieval period to the 19th century through examination of a range of sources. The lesson then moves onto look at the development of the smallpox vaccine and the largely unknown woman who played a role in eradicating the disease.

This is a double lesson for KS3 which first investigates some of the complexities of Harold Godwinson’s family before exploring the events of the Battle of Stamford Bridge. These lessons include structured activities including card sorts and freeze frames to help engage a range of learning styles.

This lesson explore the theological basis of lent and encourages students to reflect on why the practice of giving up things we love/enjoy can be beneficial for ourselves and wider society.

This is an introductory resource to support students in exploring and understanding different types of family unit. The lesson includes starter, main and plenary activities, the corresponding worksheets for which are included at the end of the powerpoint. This lesson was developed for a class of year 7 students who have additional learning needs, however it can be used for KS2 classes or developed for more able KS3 classes.

This lesson explores the reasons why the gospels may not be reliably historical sources. It uses video sources and a classroom game to help recreate and illustrate the problems of oral history and the impossibility of escaping our own interpretation of events.

The lesson aims to compare the story of Noah’s ark to other ancient flood myths. There are a range of tasks, some of which are differentiated.

The lesson examine the medical advances which developed as a consequence of WWII and asks students to consider whether they were worth the destruction in the long run.

Intro to the nature of transplant surgery Links to edexcel syllabus

Euthanasia introduction. This lesson gives an introduction to what euthanasia is, the law and some of the key arguments for and against it. It has some differentiated resources suitable for supporting very weak students. It links to the edexcel syllabus.

Lesson centered around the case study of the conjoined twins Mary and Jodie. Explores different Christian attitudes to transplant surgery. Edexcel text book is useful for one of the activities.

Community cohesion government responses Includes a game to be played in pairs and exam question practice.

why wars occur conflicts case studies Links to RS edexcel syllbus

symbolism of wedding ceremony different types of relationship * Sadly the video links (4thought) for this lesson have expired so a transcript has been attached.

This lesson encourages students to consider whether the world needs a creator or whether it could have occurred by chance. It is a good introduction to units of work that link to creation stories or science and religion. The lesson asks students to reflect on their ideas of the origins of the world and uses a myth to help them reflect on the arguments surrounding creation. There is a leveled writing task which brings the ideas together.

Christian Jewish Creation stories