A new unit all about new movements and alternative religions. Created to really engage and intrigue students in the wonderful subject of RE, before they go on to do the (slightly drier) GCSE courses in more mainstream religions.
Includes:
An investigation into cult leaders vs religious leaders
An Introduction to Scientology
An introduction to Mormonism
An introduction to Humanism
An introduction to Jehovah’s Witnesses
An introduction to the Amish
An introduction to alternative Islam
An introduction to the Illuminati
An introduction to Atheism
A introduction to Rastafarianism
Special Christmas lesson on Paganism
Assessment, mark scheme and feedback sheet
Scheme of work
11 x 1 hour lessons:
11 x one hour PowerPoints dozens of worksheets, fully differentiated, clip links, activities, all you need for teaching the unit to students who don’t have much background info on the movements (with plenty to challenge those who do).
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This collection of 17 lessons is for GCSE Religious Studies teachers who are teaching Christianity & Islam. It is for Theme D of the AQA Religious Studies specification: Religion, Peace & Conflict.
It includes 10 lessons about Christian beliefs and 7 lessons about Muslim beliefs. It also includes some bonus resources that I hope will be useful to you.
Lesson 1-10 (Christianity)
Introduction
Central Debates
The Causes of War
Christianity, Pacifism & Peaceful Protest
Christian Teachings About War & Peace
Nuclear Weapons & Weapons of Mass Destruction
ICT Suite Lesson
Religious Responses to War
Assessment Lesson
Unit Overview (Video-Learning Worksheet Lesson)
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Lesson 11-17 (Islam)
11) Violence & War
12) War & Just War
13) Nuclear Weapons
14) Pacifism
15) Peace Activists & Peace-Makers
16) Unit Overview (Islam)
17) Unit Overview (Islam)
It includes three bonus resources:
-A Personal Learning Checklist for this unit
-2 x Debate Generators [revision tools]
Each lesson is fully resourced and includes a lesson plan, homework, AfL tasks. Most lessons are based around professionally designed A3 worksheets.
This download aims to be everything you need in order to teach this theme and cover Christian & Muslim perspectives. Whilst designed around the AQA specification, it is certainly relevant to all GCSE Religious Studies teachers covering Christianity & Islam.
Positive reviews are warmly welcome!
The contents of this page, the download, and all included materials are copyrighted by Adam Godwin (2017)
System Requirements:
Microsoft Office (PowerPoint & Word)
Printing (for the worksheet)
512MB Ram
1.5GHZ Processor
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Copyright Adam Godwin (2018)
1 hour, fully resourced lesson which provides an overview and introduction to Humanism as an alternative movement and worldview. It explores what it means to be a humanist, why religiosity is in decline in the UK and how humanists believe their worldview can benefit humanity.
The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for RE or Citizenship, or could be used as a standalone lesson as something different for a drop-down-day. As with all our lessons, you don’t need any prior knowledge as all the information is included - you can just pick up and teach it.
The pack includes a 1 hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow.
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This is the ultimate Philosophy for Children (P4C) Pack: perfect for any teacher wishing to bring philosophy and critical thinking into their classroom.
It contains 20 resources and includes:
-An 8-Lesson P4C Course
-Debate generating software
-Philosophy Boxes Discussion Sessions
-A host of other tools and templates
Teaching philosophy is my passion and this resource has been made by me over years of spreading the joy of philosophy to young minds. I hope you will help me bring philosophy into the lives of children around the world by using this resource .
This product is suitable for any teacher (around the world) to bring P4C into their classroom. It provides enough resources for whole-school initiatives and may be of interest to those in leadership positions, or coordinating P4C/PSHE/SMSC/Ethics provisions.
Its uses include:
-Introducing philosophy and P4C
-Boosting critical-thinking skills
-Enhancing meta-cognitive ability
-Practicing conversation and debate skills
Feel free to email me with any questions :)
Adam,
godwin86@gmail.com
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GCSE Religious Studies
Buddhism (20 Lesson Unit)
Buddhism (Thematic Studies Units)
Christianity (Thematic Studies Units)
Hinduism (20 Lesson Unit)
Hinduism (Thematic Studies Units)
Islam (Thematic Studies Units)
.
GCSE Sociology Resources
Complete Units (Whole Course)
.
.
AS/A2 Revision Sessions
OCR Religious Studies
AQA Philosophy
AQA Sociology
.
Philosophy for Children (P4C)
The Ultimate P4C Resource Pack
The Debating Society Toolkit
Philosophy Boxes
.
.
Other Tools
A3 DIRT Worksheet (15+ 5-star ratings!)
KS3 RE Units
This collection of 17 lessons is for GCSE Religious Studies teachers who are teaching Christianity & Islam. It is for Theme A of the AQA Religious Studies specification: Relationships & Families.
It includes 10 lessons about Christian beliefs and 7 lessons about Muslim beliefs. It also includes three bonus resources that I hope will be useful to you.
Lesson 1-10 (Christianity)
Introduction
Central Debates
Christian views about Sex, Premarital Sex & Contraception
Christian Views about Homosexuality
Christian Views about Marriage & Families
Christianity, Divorce & Remarriage
ICT Suite Lesson
Christianity, Gender Roles & Sexism
Assessment Lesson
Unit Overview (Video-Learning Worksheet Lesson)
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Lesson 11-17 (Islam)
11) Sexual Ethics
12) Premarital Sex
13) Contraception (1)
14) Contraception (2)
15) Homosexuality
16) Unit Overview (Islam)
17) Unit Overview (Islam)
It includes three bonus resources:
-A Personal Learning Checklist for this unit
-2 x Debate Generators [revision tools]
Each lesson is fully resourced and includes a lesson plan, homework, AfL tasks. Most lessons are based around professionally designed A3 worksheets.
This download is designed to be everything you need in order to teach this theme and cover Christian & Muslim perspectives. Whilst designed around the AQA specification, it is certainly relevant to all GCSE Religious Studies teachers covering Christianity & Islam.
Positive reviews are warmly welcome!
The contents of this page, the download, and all included materials are copyrighted by Adam Godwin (2017)
System Requirements:
Microsoft Office (PowerPoint & Word)
Printing (for the worksheet)
512MB Ram
1.5GHZ Processor
.
Check-out some of our most popular resources on TES!
GCSE Religious Studies
Buddhism (20 Lesson Unit)
Buddhism (Thematic Studies Units)
Christianity (Thematic Studies Units)
Hinduism (20 Lesson Unit)
Hinduism (Thematic Studies Units)
Islam (Thematic Studies Units)
.
.
GCSE Sociology Resources
Complete Units (Whole Course)
.
AS/A2 Revision Sessions
OCR Religious Studies
AQA Philosophy
AQA Sociology
.
Philosophy for Children (P4C)
The Ultimate P4C Resource Pack
The Debating Society Toolkit
Philosophy Boxes
.
Other Tools
A3 DIRT Worksheet (15+ 5-star ratings!)
KS3 RE Units
Copyright Adam Godwin (2018)
1 hour, fully resourced lesson which focuses on introducing Scientology as a new religious movement and examines criticisms, but also compares the validity of Scientology beliefs to Christian ones- as students will discover, they actually have quite a lot in common! The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for RE or could be used as a standalone lesson as something different for a drop-down-day.
The pack includes a 1 hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow.
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One hour, fully resourced lesson which introduces atheism and the different arguments for it. The lesson is adaptable, easy to follow and fully differentiated. It is aimed at Year 9, but could be used for any non-GCSE KS3 / KS4 group or be adapted for a GCSE lesson.
This resource pack includes an hour long PowerPoint with accompanying worksheets, case studies, well differentiated activities, literacy focus tasks, clip tasks with three-way differentiated questions and information sheets.
The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. As with all our lessons, you don’t need any prior knowledge as all the information is included - you can just pick up and teach it.
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This bundle contains ten fully resourced and professionally designed religious studies lessons as well as additional teaching materials for GCSE Religious Studies: Thematic Studies.
It has been created for the latest AQA GCSE Religious Studies Specification and covers the thematic study ‘Relationships & Families’ (Theme A) and focuses on Christian teachings. It should be useful to all GCSE Religious Studies teachers: even if using other specifications.
The download includes 10 Lessons, though some can be used over two 1-hour periods:
Introduction
Central Debates
Christian views about Sex, Premarital Sex & Contraception
Christian Views about Homosexuality
Christian Views about Marriage & Families
Christianity, Divorce & Remarriage
ICT Suite Lesson
Christianity, Gender Roles & Sexism
Assessment Lesson
Unit Overview (Video-Learning Worksheet Lesson)
The bundle also includes:
-A Personal Learning Checklist (PLC) for this unit
-A collection of older files, relevant to this topic, from my teacher career
-A DIRT/AfL Worksheet
-The Christian Ethical Debate Generator
For most RE teachers this download includes everything you need to teach this thematic study, not including the comparative religion aspect of the thematic study.
Lessons about comparative religious traditions will be released at a later date as “bolt-ons” to this 10-lesson unit.
My ambition was to make the best available thematic studies resources on Tes, so I hope you like it!
If you are pleased with this bundle, please leave a review so that other RE teachers know that it is worth getting :)
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions: godwin86@gmail.com
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System Requirements:
Microsoft Office (PowerPoint & Word)
Printing (for the worksheet)
512MB Ram
1.5GHZ Processor
The contents of this page, the download, and all included materials are copyrighted by Adam Godwin (2017)
.
Check-out some of our most popular resources on TES!
GCSE Religious Studies
Buddhism (20 Lesson Unit)
Buddhism (Thematic Studies Units)
Christianity (Thematic Studies Units)
Hinduism (20 Lesson Unit)
Hinduism (Thematic Studies Units)
Islam (Thematic Studies Units)
.
.
GCSE Sociology Resources
Complete Units (Whole Course)
.
AS/A2 Revision Sessions
OCR Religious Studies
AQA Philosophy
AQA Sociology
.
Philosophy for Children (P4C)
The Ultimate P4C Resource Pack
The Debating Society Toolkit
Philosophy Boxes
.
Other Tools
A3 DIRT Worksheet (15+ 5-star ratings!)
KS3 RE Units
Copyright Adam Godwin (2018)
In this engaging and comprehensive lesson, students are introduced to the religion of Islam. They find out a number of key introductory facts about Islam, including:
-Who follows Islam;
-Some of the things that they believe;
-Where and how they worship;
-Their sacred places and texts.
Children learn through collating their collective prior knowledge, watching an interesting video (hyperlinked) and recording the key information, and exploring more information about the Qur’an, mosques and the Prophet Muhammad using a list of approved websites. They conclude by comparing what they have found out about Islam with what they know about Christianity.
The lesson is tried and tested, and is easy for teachers and students to follow. It contains a comprehensive 15-slide Powerpoint which offers a step-by-step guide throughout the lesson. Challenge activities are provided in order to enrich learning for higher-attaining learners.
In the past, I have used this lesson with children from across Key Stage 2 - the key learning is aligned with national expectations for RE, and also the content prescribed by most diocese regions. All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final slide.
Everything students need to know for AQA Philosophy of Religion: self, death and the afterlife. A01 and A02 content covered in handy double page spread, with practise questions based on the assessment resources from AQA.
12 hours of fully resourced Philosophy lessons and an assessment offering an introduction to Philosophy for KS3/4. All lessons include a 1 or 2 hour PowerPoint, clips, worksheets and are differentiated fully to three or four levels.
All our RE, PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last one hour each.
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KS3 RE COMPLETE PACKAGE from EC Publishing- Includes lessons, assessments and schemes of work. mark schemes, feedback sheets, homework projects, all divided into half terms. Contains new and exciting content, all written with consultation of a collection of UK city SACRES, so the pack follows the instruction that RE should be ‘in the main, Christian’ (this is about 60%).
All of the content is in the three ‘Complete’ downloads, but some of the lessons included have also been added as single resources so you can get a good look at the content. The pack is also available on the EC website, here.
All lessons are complete with at least one hour-long PowerPoint per lesson, accompanying differentiated worksheets, GCSE -style prep-tasks, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs, starters and all are well differentiated to three levels throughout.
Units covered:
Year 7
1 Introduction and overview lesson
2) Religious Festivals
3) Christianity
4) World Religions - Beliefs , Life and Death
5) Sikhism
6) End of year RE fun lesson
Year 8
Exploring Islam
Exploring Judaism
Exploring Hinduism and Judaism
Religion, Peace and Conflict
Philosophy and Ethics
Religion and the Afterlife
Year 9
New religions, alternative movements and cults
Exploring Christian denominations
Religion, science, medicine and ethics
Religion and Human Rights
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Throughout this series of lessons, children are given a broad introduction to Buddhism, through a range of engaging and informative lessons. The following double-length (approx 60-90 mins) lessons are included:
-Lesson 1: The Story of Siddhartha Gautama
-Lesson 2: Suffering
-Lesson 3: The Noble Eightfold Path
-Lesson 4: Buddhist Stories
Each lesson contains a colourful, comprehensive Powerpoint to guide teachers and children through the activities and learning. All necessary worksheets, templates, and video links are also included.
I originally used these lessons with lower KS2 children, but feel that they can also be easily adapted for children who are slightly older.
17 page workbook with accompanying 101 slide presentation, designed to be used in tandem. The workbook contains learner tasks; the presentation contains the answers (in red). Pack also contains an essay structure crib sheet that can be used for the a, b, c, and d questions in Component 1.
This complete resource is designed to be picked up and taught with little preparation. Focusing on the demands of WJEC Eduqas Component 1, this workbook examines in detail the demands of each type of exam question (a, b, c, and d) as well as the two assessment objectives (Ao1 and AO2) Questions and assessment objectives are examined in detail and exemplars of best practice given, as well as activities that encourage students to put these new skills into practice. The workbook contains examples of model and flawed answers for students to assess, with feedback and answers provided on the PowerPoint.
The work book will take approximately 2-3 class-time hours to complete, or alternatively can be set partly or in whole as a homework task.
This resource contains content from Christianity and Islam, but could easily be adapted for use with other religions.
Complete 1 hour lesson with starter handout and worksheet
Suitable for KS3/4
Variety of different level tasks for MA,LA or Core
Differentiated to 3 levels or more
Designed to fit Ofsted criteria for’ Good’ or above
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6 hours of lessons about religious philosophy, questions of evil, ethics, God and the Devil, existence and suffering. Created as an introduction to philosophy for a KS3 RE unit - includes end of unit assessment and full scheme of work.
Originally created for KS3 but easily editable for KS4 as lots of GCSE-prep style activities.
Includes: 5 x PowerPoints (one is a double lesson), differentiated worksheets for all tasks, clips with question activities, group tasks, debate tasks, classroom philosophical experiments, extended writing essay and literacy focus tasks - everything you need to teach an engaging short KS3 unit.
More RE lessons for KS3 and KS4 can be found here.
Designed for teachers using the new AQA Philosophy specification (teaching from 2017 onwards).
This revision session covers the ‘Berkeley’s Idealism’ section of the specification. The topic is a part of the Epistemology component of the AS course.
This download contains one of a series of revision sessions that use a variety of mind-mapping, discussion and debate tasks to cover a section of the specification. It includes a fully animated revision session PowerPoint and a set of ‘silent debate’ A3 worksheets. All resources are editable.
The revision sessions can be used in a number of ways:
-As revision sessions during a revision period of term-time leading up to exams
-Sandwiched between lessons as they are taught throughout the year as a way of solidifying and assessing learning
-During extra-curricular time (KS5 Philosophy Clubs)
This revision session features:
-A ‘grid of learning’ post-it task (to focus students on the day’s topic and refresh their memories of the basics)
-A 'competitive mind-mapping task (which can be completed on the whiteboard or on A3 paper)
-A silent debate task (with 6 x A3 silent debate worksheets in an editable .doc file) [nb. allowing group conversation, instead of silence, is also an effective approach]
-Debates that ask students to move from one side of the room or the other and verbalise a defence of their position in response to a statement or rubric.
-A concluding ‘One thing I am still uncertain about…’ post-it question.
This session can be purchased individually or as part of various bundles depending on your needs.
Please note: the cover picture depicts some of the activities that make up this revision session, the wording within those tasks is adapted to the topic specified above and may differ from the wording depicted. Contents and tasks may vary slightly between revision sessions. The cover photo is, however, a fair depiction of the contents of the lesson.
Copyright Adam Godwin (2017) [Godwin86]
This full lesson (20 slides) is aimed at year 8 students in secondary education. These materials can be adapted for other year groups. The lesson is an introduction to the worldview and ideas of humanism, and would work well as part of an ‘alternative faiths’ unit of lessons.
I have taken some resources and adapted them from the freely available educational resources on the humanists website.
The lessons slides include a range of tasks and activities, including:
Fill in the gaps
Multiple choice
Interpretative response statements
Two-sided table activity
Videos
‘Design a humanist building’ activity
Enquiry question plenary
An entire 6 lesson bundle about science and religion. Includes videos, youtube links, wordsearches, assessment AND an alternative 5 lesson SEND series of lessons with simpler language and more visual activities. All for £3. Bargain.
6 hours’ worth of lessons exploring the concept of God - perfect for KS3 RE and would last one half term.
Each lesson contains a detailed PowerPoint and worksheets, well-differentiated with three-level challenges for each task, a variety of activities, information packs, clips with differentiated questions, clear measurable LOs, new key-term introductions and other activities.
The pack is fully editable, engaging and very easy to follow.
Who are EC Resources?
EC Resources are the top TES PSHE providers and are a group of teachers who work together to create easy to use, high quality and editable lessons and units of work. We have created lessons for The Bank of England, The Children’s Commissioner, MACS Charity, Tes, LikeToBe Careers, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (UK Gov) and have also completed PSHE and Citizenship commissions for schools across the UK.
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Three detailed lessons, lasting between 1-2 hours each covering 1) Atheism 2) Humanism 3) The conflict between religion and science.
All of the lesson packs are complete with detailed, well-differentiated and easy to follow PowerPoints, information packs, accompanying differentiated worksheets, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs, starters and engaging activities. Everything is editable too and comes with information packs so you don’t really need to know anything about the topic beforehand.
They also have colour coded three-level challenges throughout, so students can choose different levels of challenge in every activity and you can easily measure progress throughout the lesson. Everything is editable too.
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