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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.
Christian Worship and Prayer
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Christian Worship and Prayer

4 Resources
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.
Christmas
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Christmas

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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.
New Religious Movements
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New Religious Movements

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These lessons aimed at KS3 students (year 8-9 ideally) explore some contemporary religious movements, the controversies associated with them and urges students to reflect on what makes a religion different from a so called cult.
War
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War

4 Resources
This bundle includes an introductory lesson on just war, a lesson on why wars occur which draws upon real examples, a lesson on Islam and war which includes a focus on the differing interpretations of jihad and a lesson on Christianity and forgiveness which explores the theological reasoning for forgiveness. Links to edexcel syllabus.
Judaism
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Judaism

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These lessons explore Judaism through some of the major ancient Biblical events such as the founding of the covenant, the destruction of Soloman's Temple and the beginning of the Diaspora, through to more contemporary issues relating to stereotyping and antisemitism. The lessons include a range of interactive tasks that help students to engage experientially with some of the key narratives of Jewish history and identity as an ethnic and religious group.
Christian rites of passage
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Christian rites of passage

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These lessons look at 4 major rites of passage within the Christian tradition: baptism, confirmation, weddings and funerals. The structure of the lessons aims encourage students to think about the history and symbolism associated with these events and to assess whether some of the traditions need modernising.
Crime and Punishment
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Crime and Punishment

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These three lessons explore the differing theories of punishment (deterrence, rehabilitation, reform and retribution) and capital punishment; first through reflecting on the morality of capital punishment by looking at high profile murder cases and then investigating differing Christian attitudes to state sanctioned executions.
Confession - without lesson plan
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Confession - without lesson plan

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This lesson looks at the importance of confession particularly within the Catholic tradition. It uses a range of activities to explore this idea including an extract from a famous novel.
Nativity - without lesson plan
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Nativity - without lesson plan

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This lesson looks at the nativity. It begins with an annotation task and moves onto to look at the problem of prophecy. Students need to have some knowledge of the nativity for his lesson to be successful. Links to new GCSE RS edexcel syllabus
Christmas and its commercialisation - without lesson plan
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Christmas and its commercialisation - without lesson plan

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This lesson begins by looking at some of the traditional symbolism used at Christmas time to represent the nativity. This task gauges how informed students are about the Christian aspects of the festival before moving to reflect on the issue of commercialization.
Worship - without lesson plan
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Worship - without lesson plan

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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.
Pilgrimage to the Israel/Jerusalem (the Holy Land) without lesson plan
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Pilgrimage to the Israel/Jerusalem (the Holy Land) without lesson plan

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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
Pilgrimage to Lourdes - without lesson plan
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Pilgrimage to Lourdes - without lesson plan

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This lesson looks at Lourdes as a site of pilgrimage for Christians. It considers events in the life of Bernadette Soubirous as well as urging students to consider the rituals and spiritual healing that some Christians experience as a consequence of making a pilgrimage to this site. Links to new edexcel RS syllabus
Intro to the sacraments - without lesson plan
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Intro to the sacraments - without lesson plan

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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.
Introduction to Christian prayer - without lesson plan
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Introduction to Christian prayer - without lesson plan

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This lesson provides an introduction to the nature and function of Christian prayer. It has four tasks including analysis of different types of prayer and an exam style question linked to the new GCSE syllabus. A homework task related to adoration and thank giving is also included. Objectives are differentiated and there is an extension task for more able students.
Christian Festivals
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Christian Festivals

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This bundle covers the key festivals of Christmas and Easter including advent, lent and holy week. Within the lessons are a range of activities to help students understand and reflect on the historical and theological basis of these festivals. Activities include freeze frames, card sorts, venn diagrams, discussion tasks, etc
Lent
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Lent

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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.
Scarcity of Natural Resources
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Scarcity of Natural Resources

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This is a simple lesson aimed at lower ability students. It begins with activity's to help establish which resources are/are not renewable before moving on to consider whether or not we should be concerned about our current dependence on non-renewable resources. Links to ed-excel RS Syllabus