A lesson and knowledge organizer homework preparing students for the Conscience module of AQA Year 2 RE A Level Ethics (new spec). This lesson was taught in 85 minutes and the KO was set as half term homework.

Fill in the gaps knowledge organisers, with thorough (8,000) word document containing all key knowledge for Year 1 AQA A Level RE Buddhism (paper 2A). This can be used in conjunction with key questions and a Sanskrit/Pali glossary to ensure that students are fully comprehending key religious content.

Fill in the gaps sheets to be printed A3 to consolidate all learning of the AQA Year 13 RE A Level unit: Buddhism, Gender and Sexuality (Paper 2A)

Lesson focusing on the different debates surrounding sexual behaviours in Buddhism, with fully resourced power point, for use in AQA Paper 2A Buddhism Year 13/Year 2. Unit = Buddhism, gender and sexuality.

Lesson with PPT and resources focusing on the value of science in Buddhism. Lesson covers the following points on the AQA spec: The Buddha’s approach to unanswerable questions. Similarities between Buddhism and Quantum Physics. Scholarly views of 14th Dalai Lama and Thitch Nhat Hahn. Please note that there is an OPTIONAL starter activity on modern science which uses pages from the AQA New A Level textbook, so you will need a copy of this book. Essay question for homework included.

A lesson with reading and resources focusing on the way that Buddhist belief in miracles and karma could and has been criticised by science. AQA Year 2, Paper 2A, but could be adapted for other spects.

A powerpoint and knowledge organiser to consolidate learning for Buddhism and Science AQA unit (Paper 2A, RE A Level). Fully resourced. Could be adapted to another spec.

Lesson for AQA 2A RE A level. Lesson focusing on how secularisation in the British context has challenged Buddhism. Content covered: what is secularisation? how have moral authorities been replaced by science and rationalism? Buddhism being relegated to the personal sphere. the effect of militant atheism.

Lesson for AQA RE A Level Paper 2A secualrisation content, but could be adapted for others specs. fully planned and resourced, considering arguments for an against wealth in Buddhism, and how Buddhists view materialistic values of secular society.

A lesson exploring the contemporary Triratna and Secular Buddhism movements. Fully resourced and ready to teach with chance for interactive evaluation - can be adapted to other specs but designed for AQA 2A RE A Level Year 2 content on Buddhism and Secularisation.

2 lessons on one powerpoint, focusing on socially engaged Buddhism and how the work of socially engaged Buddhism can be examined in an exam context, and comparison between the ideas of Batchelor (that Buddhism is not a religion) and Brazier (that Buddhism is a religion) with wider reading and exam context. There is also a Knowledge Organiser for the whole AQA unit on Secularisation. With thanks to other TES authors whose ideas helped with this.

An overview lesson with corresponding worksheet to help students recap the theodicies that respond to the Problem of Evil (logical and evidential) with a crib sheet for students to fill in. A level (AQA) Unit 1 Philosophy and Ethics

Everything students need to known for AQA RE A Level Free WIll and Moral Responsibility in a handy double page spread. All A01 and A02 content is covered, with practise questions based on AQA assessment resources.

A series of 13 lessons with curriculum plan and knowledge organiser for revision homeworks. Key content for Unit 1, Christian Beliefs, suitable for AQA spec but would also be adaptable to other exam boards. Whilst most resources are provided, please note that these lessons do utilise both the approved AQA GCSE 9-1 textbook, and the new Hodder Education Religious Studies A Christianity text book, so people teaching these lessons as they are will need access to both of these books for some activities.

This work booklet was designed to be completed over a period of 5 weeks to help Humanities students draw on Geographical skills, Historical skills and Religious Criticism to evaluate the statement “Celebrating Christmas should be compulsory in the UK.” We invited students to attend a 1 hour after school session, however it could also work in a KS3 humanities lesson setting for Autumn term 2. It also makes nice cover work/homework.

A lesson on the differences between Samatha and Vipassana meditation in Buddhism, and reference to the debate regarding whether or not Buddhism rejects the use of mindfulness as a C21st therapy. Planned for the AQA 2A 7062 content, but could be adapted to other A level specs.

A lesson looking at the workings of Samsara and Karma within Buddhist doctrines, particularly focusing on the transfer of karma across lifetimes, the way our past experiences condition our present and future personalities (paticcasamuppada) and the literal and metaphorical interpretations of Samsara. Planned for AQA 2A 7062 content, but can be adapted to other specs.

A lesson that explores the concept of anatta within the context of most Indian philosophies accepting the existence of the atman. Illustrates the personal nature of anicca and the fact that humans are only made of the 5 skandhas. An activity using the chariot analogy is utilised to help students understand the function of a name in Buddhism, and the idea that humans have no permanent soul. Planned for AQA content but could be adapted to other specs.