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Catholicism
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Catholicism

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1 hour, fully resourced RE lesson all about Catholicism. The lesson looks at Catholic beliefs and practices, why Catholicism is different to other Christian denominations, some of the history of Catholicism including the Counter-Reformation and whether it is difficult to be Catholic in the modern world. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is could also be used in History for teaching about the Reformation. 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. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE RE RESOURCES
Islam : Sunni, Shi'ite
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Islam : Sunni, Shi'ite

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1 hour, fully resourced lesson which provides an overview and introduction to the different varieties of Islam. It examines not only Shi’ite and Sunni Islam, but also Wahhabism, Ibadi Islam and other, alternative, less well known groups. 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. 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. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE RE RESOURCES
World Religions
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World Religions

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15 HOUR UNIT - 15 x fully resourced KS3 lessons which can be used as an whole ‘Introduction to World Religions’ unit. It includes all of the 6 largest World Religions and also a couple of less mainstream popular new religious movements. The lessons on festivals, pilgrimage and the end of term fun lesson focus on the 6 main world religions as well as an optional assessment ideas pack. Contains: 15 x PowerPoints, 50+ worksheets, fully differentiated (3 or 4 levels each lesson, every task), clip links, detailed PowerPoints with easy to follow instructions. All the lessons are also editable, so easy to amend to your classes should you wish to. 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. Check out our RE and PSHE Packages here: One Year of KS3 RE Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE One Year of KS5 PSHE and RSE One Year of Citizenship and British Values Complete Year 7 and 8 RE Complete Careers and Employability AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack We also run psheresources.com and you can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 8000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.
AQA RE Spec A
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AQA RE Spec A

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Mega bundle of RS revision sessions and lessons for Spec A GCSE AQA - (easily amended for other exam boards as all lessons fully editable). This covers all of Component 1 for Islam and Christianity and contains 8 hours of lessons for Component 2. Included - Complete Islam revision guide (all sub-sections) Complete Christianity Beliefs revision guide Complete Christianity Practices revision guide 2x A3 complete revision ‘Knowledge Organisers’ poster of the Christianity 'Key Beliefs and Teachings Content’ 2x Spec A revision games lessons (Islam and Christianity). All versions of revision guides in sub-section booklet forms for individual lessons. Also Included: 8 x 1 hour lessons covering a variety of focus issues from AQA Component 2. These are all editable and can easily be amended for any exam board. These lessons are focused on mostly Christian and Islamic views. The illustrated guides contain many Bible + Qur’an quotes and detailed explanations, with easy student friendly phrasing on everything in Spec A AQA Christianity (beliefs + key ideas) + Islam (entire spec A). It can easily be printed out and given to students without having to explain any of the terminology as all explanation is here for them. There are lots of quotes for students to study and remember, all highlighted in bold and explained with exact Bible + Qur’an references included. Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
Plato's Cave
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Plato's Cave

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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 Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
Gangs, Knife Crime, Law
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Gangs, Knife Crime, Law

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10 x fully resourced lessons with a focus on crime - from county lines to acid attacks. All are differentiated to three levels of progress throughout and include accompanying worksheets, clips and challenge questions. Perfect for KS3 / KS4 Citizenship and easily edited. 1. Crime and punishment 2. Crime, youth crime and the age of criminal responsibility 3. Youth crime and gang crime 4. Law and criminal /civil courts 5. Knife Crime 6. Anti-Social Behaviour 7. The Criminal Justice System 8. Acid Attacks - the latest criminal trend 9. County Lines - Drugs, Gangs and Exploitation 10. The Death Penalty - a history of and exploration of arguments for and against Many more inexpensive and free PSHE, GCSE Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
Alternative Religions + Cults
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Alternative Religions + Cults

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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). MORE RE RESOURCES You can also find us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ecteachresources/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ec_publishing and our website EC Publishing .com
Suffering + Evil
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Suffering + Evil

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A one hour lesson focusing on the the arguments against God based n suffering and evil. It encourages students to consider a variety of philosophical arguments for and against God and to tackle them from different perspectives using new terminology. This was used in for GCSE RS Thematic Studies AQA (9-1) - but is adaptable for other exam boards or KS3. It is fully editable and includes essay preparation, quote analysis tasks, a variety of activities, a 12 mark practice question, clips and questions and is fully differentiated. It is mostly about Christianity with a focus on Islam as the religion of comparison. This pack includes a Powerpoint, worksheets, clips, all well differentiated. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes). You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
Amish : Introduction
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Amish : Introduction

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1 hour, fully resourced lesson which provides an overview and introduction to the Amish, as an alternative religious movement. It compares the validity of Amish beliefs to more mainstream Christian ones and investigates what it’s like to live in the Amish community today. It examines criticisms as well as the Church in the words of believers. This lesson is the fifth in my ‘Alternative Religions and New Movements’ Unit - originally created for year 9, but easily amended for any KS3 / KS4 group. The lesson can easily be used in isolation, however. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for RE or History, 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. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE RE RESOURCES
Abraham's story and Abrahamic religions
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Abraham's story and Abrahamic religions

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2x 1 hour lessons with accompanying worksheets, suitable for KS3/4 easily adapted for either. Different level tasks for MA,LA or Core. Designed to fit Ofsted criteria for' Good' or above. Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
Existence of God
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Existence of God

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1 hour lesson with PowerPoint, clip, worksheets, differentiated fully, KS3. Complete 1 hour lesson with accompanying worksheets, different level tasks for MA,LA or Core. Designed to fit Ofsted criteria for Good or above. Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
Vaccinations + Public Health
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Vaccinations + Public Health

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A fully-resourced, detailed and differentiated 1 hour lesson which investigates why it’s so important for us to be vaccinated, what the anti-vaxx movement is and why they exist and how just a few people missing vaccinations can endanger the communities and public health of their localities. This lesson is great for PSHE or RE (medical ethics),The lesson is suitable or KS3 / KS4 and is editable, so easy to adapt for your own planning. The lesson includes a detailed PowerPoint, information article, differentiated activities, clips tasks with questions and a literacy / debate focus task. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. The PowerPoint is in the ZIP file as it is large. The images have been uploaded to show a few examples of the slides in the lesson :) You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE 2020, RSE, Citizenship GCSE, Tutor Time and RE resources at my shop: MORE EC RESOURCES LESSONS Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 4000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing. You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk
Christianity GCSE Revision - Practices
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Christianity GCSE Revision - Practices

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Christianity 9-1 Revision. An engaging pack of resources that helps students to revise Religious Studies Christianity (made for AQA Spec A but easily amendable). Includes: A jam-packed Christianity Revision Guide for Christian Practices: This illustrated guide contains many Bible quotes and detailed explanations, with easy student friendly phrasing on everything in Spec A AQA Christianity (Practices). It can easily be printed out and given to students without having to explain any of the terminology as all explanation is here for them. There are lots of quotes for students to study and remember, all highlighted in bold and explained with exact Bible references included. A 2 hour revision lesson. This lesson allows students to develop board games to help other students revise from. Students are given opportunities to reflect on the requirements of the Religious Studies GCSE (Christianity Beliefs or Christianity Teachings / Practices - this pack includes revision for both so easily amendable to suit) and think about how they can guide other students to be successful.<br /> The resource also includes 2x knowledge organisers of the complete Beliefs and Teachings of Christianity and Complete Practices which can be used to refer to throughout the lesson when making the revision board games, or used as revision posters for students to take home.
The Illuminati - Religious Movement or Conspiracy Theory?
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The Illuminati - Religious Movement or Conspiracy Theory?

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1 hour, fully resourced lesson which provides an overview and introduction to the Iluminati, investigating whether it is a real alternative religious movement or a conspiracy theory. Students always ask to learn about the Illuminati and I’ve never had an excuse to make a lesson on it until I made this alternative religions and new movements unit - so here it is! This lesson is the sixth in my ‘Alternative Religions and New Movements’ Unit - originally created for year 9, but easily amended for any KS3 / KS4 group. The lesson can easily be used in isolation, however. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for RE or as part of a Fake News Unit, 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. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE RE RESOURCES
Qualities of God
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Qualities of God

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A differentiated task in which students explore the 'omni' qualities of God. Suitable for KS3/4. There is a full lesson which goes with this available here: Full God and the Devil Lesson Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
Christianity, Islam and Death
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Christianity, Islam and Death

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1hr PP, clip, worksheets, differentiated fully -KS3/4. Complete 1 hour lesson with accompanying worksheets, different level tasks for MA,LA or Core. Designed to fit Ofsted criteria for Good or above. Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
Ethics Introduction
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Ethics Introduction

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A fully-resourced, detailed and differentiated 2 hour lesson which serves as an introduction to Ethics. This is perfect as part of a KS3/KS4 RE or philosophy unit and focuses on philosophers, theories and fallacies. This lesson is editable, so easy to adapt for your own planning and contains match up tasks, clip tasks, literacy and debate tasks, information sheets and more, as well as an engaging 2 hour PowerPoint. It is well-differentiated with three-level challenges for each task 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 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. Check out our RE and PSHE Packages here: RE lessons and units Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE One Year of KS5 PSHE and RSE One Year of Citizenship and British Values Complete Year 7 and 8 RE Complete Careers and Employability AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack Check out the EC Publishing website for full, affordable PSHE, Citizenship and RE Packages for all year groups including the new 2024 Complete PSHE Package. You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 8000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.
Reincarnation
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Reincarnation

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A fully-resourced, detailed and differentiated 1 hour lesson which introduces the concept of reincarnation - focusing on Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist beliefs around this. Students will compare the idea of reincarnation to that of Heaven and Hell and discover why it is that people believe in reincarnation up until the modern day. This lesson is editable, so easy to adapt for your own planning and is best suited to KS3. The lesson is well-differentiated with three-level challenges for each task, contains a variety of activities, an hour long PowerPoint, information pack and assessment packs, detailed worksheets, clips with differentiated questions, clear measurable LOs, new key-term introductions and other activities. It 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. Check out our RE and PSHE Packages here: One Year of KS3 RE Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE One Year of KS5 PSHE and RSE One Year of Citizenship and British Values Complete Year 7 and 8 RE Complete Careers and Employability AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack We also run psheresources.com and you can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 8000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.
Complete Year 8 RE  (in one download)
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Complete Year 8 RE (in one download)

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** UPDATED AND EXPANDED FOR 2021 - ONE YEAR OF YEAR 8 RE LESSONS, assessments and schemes of work. mark schemes, feedback sheets, homework project, 40 hours of fully resourced, well-differentiated, highly-rated, detailed and editable RE units for Year 8.** All of the resources are in the ZIP file. The images you see are a very small preview. All 40 lessons are divided into units by half term and 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. Includes assessments, markschemes + DIRT feedback sheets. The schemes of work are in the unit packs or the lesson downloads for each half term. These are: Exploring Islam Exploring Judaism Exploring Hinduism and Buddhism Religion, Peace and Conflict Religion, Philosophy and Ethics Religion and the Afterlife These resources have been highly-rated individually by TES users, follow the same consistent format and are easy to follow. There is zero extra work required, you really can just pick them up and teach them. However, they are also fully amendable should you wish to. 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. Check out our RE and PSHE Packages here: One Year of KS3 RE Complete KS3 PSHE and RSE Complete KS4 PSHE and RSE One Year of KS5 PSHE and RSE One Year of Citizenship and British Values Complete Year 7 and 8 RE Complete Careers and Employability AQA Citizenship GCSE Mega Pack We also run psheresources.com and you can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 8000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.
Religion and Science
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Religion and Science

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A fully-resourced Religious Education lesson investigating whether religion and science really are incompatible. Students will examine case studies where religion and science have clashed throughout history and in the modern era before making their own minds up on the question through completion of a literacy and debate task. A number of religions and religious quotes will be examined throughout the lesson, with the most detailed focus on Christianity. Suitable for KS3 / KS4 and editable. The lesson includes a detailed PowerPoint, detailed information sheets, differentiated challenge activities and worksheets, clips tasks with questions and a literacy / debate focus task. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and challenging activities. The PowerPoint is in the ZIP file as it is large. The images have been uploaded to show what is in the lesson :) Please visit my Tes store https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources for everything PSHE, RSE, RE and Citizenship. We still offer a free lesson of your choice for each time you leave a review! Just email info@ecpublishing.co.uk Teaching Personal Social and Health Education, Religion Education, Whole School Tutor Time or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship, RE and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 10,000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing.