This lesson is a GCSE AQA RS lesson on Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism. This lesson includes a range of tasks, including: key word tests, paired tasks, clips, written tasks and an exam question.

A GCSE AQA lesson on ‘The concept of dependent arisign’. This lesson contains a range of tasks, including a clip, use of quotes and use of the Tibetan Wheel of Life.

This lesson explores different Christian attitudes towards law breakers and crime. There are past paper questions, quotes, clips and paired tasks.

In this lesson pupils explore the Buddha’s enlightenment through clips, debate, story telling and analyse this belief through practise of a 12 mark question.

In this lesson pupils will examine the different types of miracles. There are case studies, clips, discussion tasks and an assessment at the end in the form of a 12- mark question. This lesson should allow pupils to discuss their own views whilst examining the views of others.

This is a GCSE AQA RS lesson on ‘The Four Noble Truths’. This lesson includes a range of tasks, including: written tasks, key word test, group work etc…

This bundle includes all lessons needed to teach the GCSE topic of Crime and Punishment. You will need the Purple Christianity GCSE AQA book for a couple of the lessons. The lessons include re-cap past paper questions, past paper plenaries, clips, debates, paired tasks, independent tasks and tasks that allow pupils to move around. There is no assessment as I just use the AQA past papers (off the website) as an assessment. These lessons cover everything that needs to be covered according to the AQA spec. Individual lessons can be purchased in my shop.

This lesson introduces pupils to ethical theories by applying them to the story - The Grinch. This lesson includes a clip from the old version of the Grinch with a worksheet. The tasks ask pupils to identify the moral problems in the story which they then look at from different religious perspectives. This is a great lesson if you want to get pupils engaged with ethics.

This is a GCSE RS lesson on ‘Pure Land Buddhism’. This lesson has a range of tasks, including: a key word test, class discussion, written tasks and an exam question.

This is a GCSE AQA RS lesson on The three marks of existence: Anicca and Anatta. This includes a range of tasks, including: key word test, clips, quotes, written tasks etc…

A GCSE AQA lesson covering Buddhist beliefs surrounding ‘The Dhamma’ . It includes a key word test, a paired teaching task, a clip and other tasks.

This lesson explores the three forms of punishment (prison, community service and corporal punishment) and Christian attitudes towards these punishments. There are past exam questions, debate, a clip on prison, paired work and self-assessment.

This lessons explores different Christian beliefs and teachings on evil and suffering by looking at scripture, parables, the free will defense and exam practice questions. There is a mixture of paired and independent tasks.

In this lesson pupils will learn about Buddha’s ascetic life and rejection of it through a clip, information slides and discussion. The starter is a key word test with answers on slide two. There is a past exam question for pupils to mark and then to compare with the examiners comments.

This is a GCSE RS lesson on ‘The Arhat and the Bodhisattva’. This lesson has a range of tasks, including: paired tasks, written tasks, an exam question, key word tests and comparison task.

This lesson is about the ethical theories of utilitarianism, Situation Ethics and Natural Moral Law. Pupils then look at the moral problems shown in the Cat in the Hat story. There are independent and discussion tasks.

A GCSE AQA RS lesson on The three marks of existence: Dukkha. This lesson includes a range of tasks, including: key word tests, clip, paired tasks etc…

This is a creative lesson to get pupils to think about moral issues and how to deal with them using the ethical theories of Utilitarianism, Natural Moral Law and Situation Ethics. Pupils have the opportunity to learn the story and discuss it and there is a creative task of writing a story which they can do for fun or assessment purposes (there is a mark scheme).

This is a lesson that focuses on the birth of the Buddha and his life of luxury. There is a past exam question, a run through of the different types of questions so that pupils can have a go at making their own and swapping them, there is a story board task (with pictures already done for pupils) and there is chance for discussion. This is everything that pupils need to know for the AQA A Spec on this strand of the spec.