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I am a teacher specialising in Geography and Religious Studies with over 4 years experience to date. I pride myself on designing lessons that engages students in their learning, with an enquiry-based focus being at the forefront. Any lesson that you download is fully resourced and differentiated ready to use in a flash. I hope they make a real contributing to your own classroom like they have done to mine.

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I am a teacher specialising in Geography and Religious Studies with over 4 years experience to date. I pride myself on designing lessons that engages students in their learning, with an enquiry-based focus being at the forefront. Any lesson that you download is fully resourced and differentiated ready to use in a flash. I hope they make a real contributing to your own classroom like they have done to mine.
Christian Pilgrimage
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Christian Pilgrimage

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on Christian pilgrimage. It included a worksheet to complete, a game board activity, and reflection questions in the main part of the lesson. Learning Objectives: To describe what happens on a Christian pilgrimage to Jerusalem. To explain the reasons why Christians go on the pilgrimage. To analyse how their lives may be changed by the experience.
Types Of Clouds
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Types Of Clouds

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the different types of cloud. In this lesson students have to read the fictional account of Will Smith's aerial journey tracking an alien, encountering different types of cloud in the process. They use to complete a worksheet explaining their different characteristics. Learning Objectives: To understand the different types and features of clouds. To explain how they are classified.
Climate of the UK
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Climate of the UK

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This contains a fully resourced lesson on how the climate of the UK varies. The main component of the lesson involves choropleth mapping to show how temperature and rainfall varies between winter and summer. Extension tasks are included throughout. Learning Objectives: To describe what the climate of the UK is like. To explain the reasons for these differences.
What Is Longshore Drift
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What Is Longshore Drift

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the process of longshore drift. The main activities include a class discussion, video note taking task and a group drama activity. This lesson can easily be used by non-specialists as all answers are included. Learning Objectives: To understand the forces of transportation and deposition. To explain the process of longshore drift. To analyse how human activity can affect this process.
What Does It Mean To Die
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What Does It Mean To Die

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated introductory lesson on different views people have towards life after death. It contains a key term match up task, ranking task and class discussion task as the main activities of the lesson. Learning Objectives: To describe the meaning of key terms related to life after death. To explain reasons why people believe in life after death. To explore your own personal viewpoint.
School Microclimate Survey
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School Microclimate Survey

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated set of lessons in order to carry out a microclimate survey around a school environment, although it could be adapted to suited others. The first lesson helps students to prepare for their microclimate survey, paying particular attention to how two major pieces of equipment work and to construct hypotheses for their survey. The second lesson involves students going around a school environment, in groups, collecting their microclimate data. Differentiated recording sheets are provided for students. The third lesson involves students writing up their report to show the results of their survey. I hope you find these resources helpful.
The Benefits of Living in a Multicultural Britian
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The Benefits of Living in a Multicultural Britian

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This contains a fully resourced lesson with a clear set of activities on the definition and benefits of living in a multicultural society. Credit must be given to the user 'Owall' for some of his/her ideas. If you amend or add to this please do add to TES since it is an important topic that I feel is under-resourced on TES.
The Teleological (Design) Argument
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The Teleological (Design) Argument

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the Teleological (Design) Argument for the existence of God.The main part of the lesson involves a class discussion on the elements of design they can think of from the natural world and relate this to the teleological argument in a written exercise, followed by an active class demonstration of Paley’s watch analogy (you could include props such as a pocket watch!) consolidated with a card sort task, then students create their own labelled diagram (text-to-picture) exercise to show the modern reformulations of the teleological argument. An essay question is provided at the end. Learning Objectives: To outline the teleological argument for the existence of God. To explain Paley’s version of the teleological argument. To assess the effectiveness of its modern reformulations.
Light in World Faiths
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Light in World Faiths

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This information sheet and worksheet details how light in two of the world's major religions - Christianity and Hinduism. Students use the first page to complete two tasks (grid filling and venn diagram) to help them understand this. Worked very successfully with my students.
OCR AS Philosophy - Philosophical Language And Thought (Theme 1)
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OCR AS Philosophy - Philosophical Language And Thought (Theme 1)

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This contains a set of fully resourced, differentiated lessons on the nature of reality (Plato vs Aristotle) and the philosophical distinctions between the body and soul (Plato, Descartes, Aristotle, Dawkins, Ryle) to cover the OCR AS Philosophy specification for Theme 1 - Philosophical Language And Thought. It was taught in the following order: What Is Plato’s Analogy Of The Cave? How Valid Is Plato’s Analogy Of The Cave? What Is Plato’s Theory Of The Forms? What Are Aristotle’s Four Causes? What Is Aristotle’s Prime Mover? How Did Plato Distinguish Between The Body And Soul? How Did Aristotle Distinguish Between The Body And Soul? How Did Descartes Distinguish Between The Mind And Soul?
How Can The Teleological Argument Be Challenged
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How Can The Teleological Argument Be Challenged

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on how the teleological argument can be challenged, namely on three grounds: moral (John Stuart Mill), logic (David Hume), and scientific (Charles Darwin). The main part of the lesson involves students working in groups to produce a teaching tool based on their allocated challenge (use poster paper, ensure they also make their own copy), from which they then teach the other groups about their challenge. This leads into a written task where students write a model conclusion to an essay question on the challenges facing the teleological argument. Learning Objectives: To explain why David Hume, Charles Darwin and John Mill rejected the teleological argument. To assess the effectiveness of their objections. To evaluate the overall strength of the teleological argument for the existence of God.
OCR AS Philosophy - God And The World (Theme 3)
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OCR AS Philosophy - God And The World (Theme 3)

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This contains a set of fully resourced, differentiated lessons on religious experiences and the problem of evil to cover the OCR AS Philosophy specification for Theme 3 - God And The World. It was taught in the following order: What Are Religious Experiences? Do Religious Experiences Prove The Existence of God? How Can The Validity Of Religious Experiences Be Challenged? How Is The Problem Of Evil A Challenge To The Existence Of God? Does The Augustinian Theodicy Solve The Problem Of Evil? Does The Irenaean Theodicy Solve The Problem Of Evil?
How Can The Validity Of Religious Experiences Be Challenged
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How Can The Validity Of Religious Experiences Be Challenged

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on how the different grounds under which religious experiences can be challenged, including psychological, physiological explanations, interpretation difficulties and the inability for humans to experience a divine reality. The main part of the lesson involves students summarising the challenge they have been allocated on the sheet, then peer teaching to others in their group. This leads onto producing a bullet-pointed essay plan on the topic. Learning Objectives: To explain the various challenges to the validity of religious experiences. To assess the strength of these challenges. To evaluate whether the notion of religious experiences is valid.
Does The Augustinian Theodicy Solve The Problem Of Evil
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Does The Augustinian Theodicy Solve The Problem Of Evil

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the Augustianian theodicy. The main part of the lesson involves an information hunt answering key questions on the Augustinian theodicy, a ranking task on the strengths of the theodicy, then a sorting task of the weaknesses of the theodicy into different categories (moral/scientific/logical), before producing a bullet-pointed essay plan on the overall success of the theodicy.
How Is The Problem Of Evil A Challenge To The Existence Of God
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How Is The Problem Of Evil A Challenge To The Existence Of God

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on how the problem of evil can be seen by some to challenge the existence of God. The main part of the lesson involves a brief section of note-taking and class discussion on the basic idea behind the problem of evil, with students suggesting their own solutions to the inconsistent triad (logical problem), followed by a written comprehension exercise on the evidential problem. The lesson concludes with a brainstorming exercise on the strengths and weaknesses of Swinburne’s Free Will Defence and class continuum on its success in resolving the problem of evil. Learning Objectives: To explain the logical and evidential problem as a challenge to the existence of God. To assess one philosophical response to the problem. To evaluate the success of this response.
What Makes A Good Site For A Settlement
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What Makes A Good Site For A Settlement

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the factors that make a good site for a settlement. The main part of the lesson involves a brief written exercise to consider the factors that are important when considering the site of a settlement, then an interactive group task (involving dice!) where students create the location of a site of a settlement and have to discuss its advantages and disadvantages, and lastly decide whether it is an appropiate site for a settlement or not. Learning Objectives: To describe the factors that can influence the site of a settlement. To explain the advantages and disadvantages of these factors. To evaluate whether these factors make it an appropriate site or not.
How Is Land Used In Urban Areas
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How Is Land Used In Urban Areas

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on how land is used in urban areas, paying particular attention to the Burgess Model. The main part of the lesson involves students drawing a sketch of the Burgess Model accompanied by a written paragraph describing what it shows, then working in pairs to study visual information sheets of each zone (CBD, Inner City, Inner Suburbs, Outer Suburbs) to explain the characteristics of each zone - this involves a very enquiry based approach and a heavy emphasis on them having to justify their answers based on the visual evidence provided). Learning Objectives: To describe the different zones that can be found in urban areas. To explain how these zones can be used and why they are located there.
Settlement Test
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Settlement Test

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This contains an end-of-unit test that can be used to assess progress on the core content in a Settlement unit, aimed primarily at KS3 level. This test covers the following topics: settlement hierarchies, services, factors that can affect the site of a settlement, functions of a settlement, Burgess model and urban land use, urbanisation. It can easily be adapted to suit your own school’s local Geography if desired.
Settlement Scheme Of Work
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Settlement Scheme Of Work

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This contains a scheme of work designed to cover the key content of settlement. It is aimed at KS3 to give students a good grounding in preparation for the more rigorous GCSE's and so contains demanding exercises in a fun, interesting and innovative fashion. Content covered: settlement hierarchies, services, site factors, settlement functions, Burgess model, urban land uses, urbanisation patterns and reasons. It should be taught in the following order: 1. What Is A Settlement? 2. What Makes A Good Site For A Settlement? 3. What Different Functions Can A Settlement Have? 4. How Is Land Used In Urban Areas? 5. Why Is The World Increasingly Urban? 6. Settlement End-Of-Unit Test
What Different Functions Can A Settlement Have
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What Different Functions Can A Settlement Have

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on settlement functions. The main part of the lesson involves a simple matching exercise of the different settlement functions, then complete a grid shading exercise of the different indicators of the various functions that a settlement can hold (they are required to justify what they consider the most important indicator for each function as part of this). Learning Objectives: To describe the different functions a settlement can have. To explain the indicators of each type of settlement function. To explore how the function of a settlement can be dependent upon the physical environment.