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.
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.
This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on what makes us truly human. The main part of the lesson involves students working in pairs to describe characteristics that make us human (table outline provided), using a clip to add further ideas, then finally completing a piece of writing on what they believe is the most important thing that makes us human.
Learning Objectives:
To describe the different characteristics that makes us human.
To explain your viewpoint on what makes us human.
This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on Christian attitudes to abortion. The main part of the lesson involves students producing a fact file on either the Anglican or Catholic viewpoint, which is then peer taught, followed with a set of Biblical quotes from which students have to explain which denomination they believe it best supports, and finally complete a piece of extended writing where they express their personal viewpoint towards abortion (linking it to religious and secular arguments).
Learning Objectives:
To explain varying Christian attitudes towards abortion.
To explore how Biblical evidence can support their views.
To evaluate the morality of abortions.
This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the miracles in the New Testament, in particular the 'Feeding of the 5000'. The main part of the lesson involves discussing in detail the different views people may hold towards miracles, after which students create a newspaper article explaining different viewpoints (as if they were there) towards the miracle.
Learning Objectives:
To describe different viewpoints towards Biblical miracles.
To explain how these viewpoints could link to one New Testament miracle.
To assess how credible you believe the miracle to be.
This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the impacts of the Haiti earthquake, 2010. The main part of the lesson involves students using a map to describe the cause of the earthquake, colour code the impacts of the earthquake and explain the effect they would have, then working in pairs to justify the importance of certain factors in contributing to the devastating nature of the Haiti earthquake.
Learning Objectives:
To describe the cause of the Haiti earthquake.
To explain the effects of the Haiti earthquake.
To assess why the earthquake caused so much devastation.
This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the different sources that comprise the total world’s energy mix. The main part of the lesson involves students producing a mind map of different energy sources which is developed in stages (initially in pairs writing down sources they are aware of, then using a video clip to add further sources and relevant facts with teacher input, then labelling into renewable and non-renewable sources), followed by a worksheet task classifying statements into advantages/disadvantages of renewable and non-renewable energy sources, finished with students using a table of data to answer questions about the world’s current energy mix.
Learning Objectives:
To describe the different sources of energy.
To explain the advantages and disadvantages of these sources.
To investigate how energy sources are used around the world.
This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the use of biofuels as a renewable energy source. The main part of the lesson involves students working in pairs to discuss what biofuels might be and how they may be used to generate electricity (aided by visual cues), a colour coding task on the advantages and disadvantages of using biofuels, and the use of a mini case study for students to explore whether biofuels are ultimately an effective source of energy (including a video clip about Virgin Atlantic proposing to use jumbo jets powered by nuts, and an extended writing exercise).
Learning Objectives:
To describe what biofuels are.
To explain their advantages and disadvantages.
To evaluate whether they ultimately provide an effective energy source.
This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on fossil fuels.
The main part of the lesson involves an extended note taking exercise on the advantages and disadvantages of using fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) and a written exercise evaluating their effectiveness as a form of energy.
Learning Objectives:
To describe how fossil fuels form.
To explain their advantages and disadvantages.
To evaluate the effectiveness of fossil fuels as a source of energy.
This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the causes of rain in the UK. In the main part of the lesson students use a video and information presented on the Powerpoint to explain how each type of rainfall forms - there are three different sheets of varying difficulty to complete depending on how confident each student feels.
Learning Objectives:
To identify the three types of rainfall and its causes.
To explain how it rains in detail.
To analyse where the types of rainfall would be found in UK regions.
This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the Beatitudes. In the main part of the lesson students complete a think-pair-share exercise to define air pressure, use one of two sources to create their own diagrams to explain the processes involved in low and high pressure systems, and colour code a table with whether each weather element is typically associated with low or high pressure systems.
Learning Objectives:
To describe what air pressure is.
To explain the movement of air in a low and high pressure system.
To analyse their associated weather conditions.
This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on how we can we protect communities from coastal erosion. The main part of the lesson involves a fact-hunting exercise where students compile a table with how each methods works as well as its advantages and disadvantages, followed by a a written exercise where students rank each defence in terms of its percieved effectiveness and justify their choices.
Learning Objectives:
To explain how various defences protect the coast.
To assess the effectiveness of different forms of coastal defences.
This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the three types of weathering that can affect coastal environments. The main part of the lesson involves a teacher-led introduction on the definition of weathering using visual images to promote whole class discussion, a card sort activity on how each type of weathering works, and a photo analysis activity where students have to justify the type(s) of weathering they believe are operating in each image.
Learning Objectives:
To identify what is meant by weathering.
To describe the different ways in which the coastline is weathered.
To interpret signs of weathering from the physical landscape.
This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the types and actions of waves in coastal environments. The main part of the lesson involves a simple matching-up exercise of key terms, a self-imagining and written task on the difference between swash and backwash, and lastly producing a set of diagrams on the differences between constructive and destructive waves.
Learning Objectives:
To define key terms related to waves.
To describe how waves breaks and exits on a typical coastline.
To explain the differences between constructive and destructive waves.
This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on coastal erosion. The main part of the lesson involves students producing their own labelled diagrams to show the different ways in which the waves erode the coastline, then do a class quiz-quiz trade (QQT) activity on the factors that affect coastal erosion then complete a written exercise afterwards.
Learning Objectives:
To describe the different ways in which the coastline is eroded.
To explain the different factors that can affect the rate of coastal erosion.
This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the characteristics of God. It is aimed primarily at KS3, although it can be easily adapted to KS4. In the main part of the lesson students complete an information gathering exercise around the room then rank their overall importance for a Christian God to have in the second task.
Learning Objectives:
To describe the characteristics believe Christians believe God has.
To explain why Christians believe these characteristics are important.
This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson which acts as an introduction to abortion. The main part of the lesson involves a true or false worksheet on the UK law on abortion, a card sort on the stages of foetal development and video from which they mark on where they believe life begins, and use a set of adverts to help them explain in spider diagram format pro-life and pro-choice arguments.
Learning Objectives:
To outline the UK law regarding abortion.
To explain different views as to when life begins.
To explore reasons behind Pro-Choice and Pro-Life beliefs.
This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson which acts as an introduction to euthanasia. The main part of the lesson involves a match-up task on the different types of euthanasia, a colour coding exercise on the secular arguments for and against euthanasia, then finally a group exercise where students have to produce a short newspaper article where they use the arguments to try to convince the other half of the class (the public) that Frankie Dunn was right/wrong in helping Maggie to die (scenario based on the movie 'Million Dollar Baby'.
Learning Objectives:
To describe the different types of euthanasia.
To explain non-religious arguments for and against the morality of euthanasia.
To analyse which side you believe presents the strongest argument.
This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on miracles from the Old Testament. The main part of the lesson focuses on the '10 Plagues' miracle, where students watch a clip and record the plagues in their exercise book, discuss and make notes as a class why it is important for Christians (and the potential problems), then finally create a survival kit for the '10 Plagues' if it were to happen in the modern day.
To describe one example of a miracle from the Bible.
To explain why Christians see it as important.
To investigate its use as proof of the existence of God.
This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the 'Miracle of the Sun', otherwise known as the Fatima miracle. The main part of the lesson involves reading the story as a class and summarising it into a grid, a pair ranking task of arguments for and against the event being a genuine miracle, and a continuum line task where students express their view towards the event.
Learning Objectives:
To describe the story of the miracle.
To explain the contrasting arguments held about the event.
To evaluate whether you personally believe the event was a miracle.
This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the different types, and importance of using, renewable energy. The main part of the lesson involves an extended note taking task on the different types of renewable energy, and a written exercise where students evaluate the effectiveness of these sources.
Learning Objectives:
To describe how different forms of renewable energy work.
To explain the advantages and disadvantages.
To evaluate the effectiveness of these energy sources.
This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on whether wind is a good source of energy. The main part of the lesson involves students using a video clip to order statements that correctly describe how wind turbines generate electricity, a card sort activity organising cards into advantages and disadvantages of the energy source followed by a ranking exercise, finished by students working in groups to write speeches and engage in a town hall meeting to discuss whether a wind farm development should be allowed to go ahead or not (based on a local case study). There is enough material here to last approximately 2 hours.
Learning Objectives:
To describe how wind turbines generate electricity.
To explain the advantages and disadvantages of using wind energy.
To explore different viewpoints towards the use of wind energy.
To evaluate whether wind is a good source of energy
