Year 9 lesson introducing aspects of Buddhist meditation. Lots of pictures and tasks. Very interactive. Kids love it!

Presentation with pictures looking at similarities and differences between world religions. Aimed at year 7.

An detailed introduction to classical Functionalist theory. All inclusive Presentation with tasks.

Complete resource on Cosmological argument and an excellent video clip. Aimed at GCSE.

A collection of resources and scheme of work o introducing Humanism as an secular perspective to Year 9.

Range of excellent resources covering Paley’s Design Argument including definition, evidence, examples, criticisms

Define then explore the concept of balance Consider why the principle of balance is important in many aspects of life. For an Online Lesson: Use Presentation and post worksheet on Google Classroom. Make a copy for each student. Explain WALTs (slide 2) Watch video (slide 3) on defining balance, students note down 3 things they learn about balance in bullet points on Balance Worksheet (Task 1: Defining Balance). Go through images on slides 4-12. Discuss how each shows balance. Use questioning or Google chat box if online. Also, ask some students to come live- hot seat. Slide 4 - Balance is about equal weights on each side- equilibrium. This equilibrium keeps things steady. Slide 5 - Why is work life balance important? What are the issues with too little or too much work or life? Slide 6- How does the ecosystem require balance for all to survive? What happens if one thing changes e.g. no sunlight? Slide 7- What skills do you need to maintain balance when surfing? Slide 8 - What type of personality are you? What are the issues of being too dominant? Too steady? Slide 9 - What did the Buddha men by the Middle Way? Why did he learn that living life to extremes is not good? How can Buddhists live following the Middle Way? (8 Fold Path) Slide 10 - Why is gravity important on earth? Slide 11 - What does this quote mean? Complete task 2 on worksheet: Exploring the meaning of balance. Students note down their ideas. Slide 13 shows a circle map. Students complete Circle map summary to define Balance (task 3 on worksheet). Suggestions: Stability Equality Not too much Not too little Fairness Even distribution Steady Middle Way Not going to extremes Different parts equal How do we know what balance is? We see it in gravity We see it in people and actions We see iit in how the earth works We see it Global warming Slide 14- Balance is about avoiding extremes! Students complete the table on the worksheet and fill all the empty boxes (Task 4 on Worksheet). Plenary: My representation of balance Create your own image to represent the concept of balance! (last task on worksheet)

A Complete Introduction to Postmodernism as a Theory with detailed notes and tasks

Explore balance in relation to health Compare good health to poor health and consider how balance is needed to promote good health. For an Online Lesson: Use Presentation and post worksheet on Google Classroom. Make a copy for each student. Explain WALTs (slide 2) Task 1 (slide 3) - Students write on the worksheet what they think the definition of ‘health’ is. Ask for a few answers (hands down) then show the World Health Organisation definition on slide 4 and simplified version on slide 5. Task 2 (slide 6) - Students attempt to describe physical mental and social health on the worksheet. Hear a few answers (hands down) then go through answers on slide 7. Students should now understand that health is made up of physical, mental and social aspects. Task 3 (slide 8) - Students complete the tree map on the worksheet to show aspects needed for good physical, mental and social health. They should do this while watching the video - stop the video at 4:30. Students answer the question “which is the most important of the three aspects of health” in the chat box. Ask a few to explain their answer. Go to slide 10 and explain that to be in good health we must balance all three aspects. Task 4 (slide 11) - quick statement sorting activity. Students cut and paste the statements into the correct cells of the table (all on the worksheet). Should only take about 3 minutes. Task 5 - (slide 12) - Students suggest ideas of what we need to balance in our lives to have good health. Example given is physical exercise/playing computer games. Other good examples could be balance between healthy and unhealthy food, balance between interacting with other people/spending time alone, working on school work/relaxing. All these activities are important and have benefits but need to be balanced to promote good overall health.