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Market leaders in PSHE + RSE resources, with over 11 million downloads of our lessons worldwide and over 5000 five star reviews. Established in 2015, our team of consultants and teachers has written for The Bank of England, The Children's Commissioner, The CCRC, The British Legion and many other UK charities and institutions. We love what we do and we aim to be highest quality and best value for money out there. Find us at www.ecpublishing.co.uk.
Christianity
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Christianity

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More added! 21 x highly rated and fully resourced Religious Education lessons (in 20 downloads as one is a double) covering all aspects of Christianity designed for any teacher to deliver outstanding RE . All are well differentiated, last one or two hours and are editable too. There is enough here to cover at least one full term of RE, maybe three half terms. Made by a Head of RE - but suitable for on-specialists as all the information you need is provided. Includes: 21 x hours of PowerPoints, 60+ worksheets, all fully differentiated to three or four levels of challenge for every activity throughout, complete with clips and question sheets and assessment with mark scheme. Most suited to KS3 / KS4 (but everything is editable). There's easily a years worth of planning gone into this - I use all these lesssons myself as Head of RE. Lessons included are - 1. An introduction to Christianity (the history of the Christian origins and what makes people Christian) 2. Why did Christianity split and what are denominations? 3. What is the doctrine of the Trinity? 4. What does the Bible actually say? 5. What are the Ten Commandments? 6. What is the Easter story and how did Jesus die? 7. What was the Reformation and what are the differences between the Catholic and Protestant Churches? 8. Who was Jesus based on historical evidence and what the Bible tells us? 9. What do Christians believe about the afterlife? 10. What do Christians believe about death and dying? 11. Who were Abraham and Isaac? How did monotheism lead to Christianity? 12. Christianity, peace and conflict 13. What is the nativity? 14. What is Advent? 15. What is Orthodox Christianity? 16. Why is Lent and the lead up to Easter important? 17. Who are the Amish and why are these Christians so traditional and conservative compared to other Christian groups? 18. Who are Mormons and how are they different from more mainstream Christianity? 19. What is stewardship and why is this important to Christians? 20. What is Catholicism, how is it different to other Christian denominations? What does being a practising Catholic actually mean? 21. What is Protestantism and what do the different denominations believe? If you like this and it's saved you time, check out my 1 WHOLE YEAR's WORTH OF RE bundle (36 lessons) available here:1 Year’s worth of RE Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :) Or you can check out some of our most popular PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources below: Mental Health PSHE Bundle 1 Whole Year of PSHE Resources British Values Citizenship Bundle Careers, Employment and Enterprise Bundle Islam Bundle Sex and Relationships Education GCSE CITIZENSHIP 9-1 xyy12
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Jesus

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3 HOURS OF LESSONS (one double one single). PowerPoints, worksheets, clip links, differentiated throughout, includes clip link activity, plenary, 3 LOs throughout - to suit Ofsted 'Good - Outstanding'. The first lesson explores Jesus as the son of God and the redeemer as presented in the Bible, Isa the Prophet as presented in the Qur'an and what non-religious researchers have found out about Jesus the person from historical evidence. It includes quote analysis, a clip with differentiated questions, an information sheet, a very detailed and well differentiated powerpoint and enough tasks to last two lessons. The second lesson explores Jesus' death - the Easter Story - and investigates why we celebrate this time even though it commemorates the death of Jesus. 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 Many more inexpensive and free RE and PSHE resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
Hinduism
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Hinduism

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4 hours’ worth of lessons introducing Hinduism - perfect for KS3. This pack has been created for Year 8 although could be tweaked for other KS3 groups. It can be used with students who know very little about Hinduism to begin with. 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. Lessons included: Introduction to Hinduism Hinduism and holy texts - Vedas and Rig Veda Hinduism and Gods - Polytheism, Monotheism and Henotheism BONUS LESSON: Reincarnation Free assessment (Hinduism and Buddhism assessment) 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.
Philosophy
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Philosophy

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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. 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 :) Or you can check out some of our most popular PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources below: Mental Health PSHE Bundle 1 Whole Year of PSHE Resources British Values Citizenship Bundle Careers, Employment and Enterprise Bundle Islam Bundle Sex and Relationships Education
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 :)
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.
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 :)
Buddhism
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Buddhism

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More added! Now 5 hours’ worth of lessons introducing Buddhism - perfect for KS3. This pack has been created for Year 8 although could be tweaked for other KS3 groups. It can be used with students who know very little about Buddhism to begin with. 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. Lessons included: Introduction to Buddhism, Buddha’s life and Wesak Introduction to Buddhist Beliefs (Three Universal Truths, Four Noble Truths, Eightfold Path) Introduction to Buddhist Holy Texts (focus on Tripitaka) BONUS LESSON: Reincarnation Free assessment (Hinduism and Buddhism assessment) 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.
Behaviour Management
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Behaviour Management

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A selection of lessons and tools to help you create a positive learning atmosphere, manage behaviour, foster students' growth-mindsets, set targets and reward achievements. Perfect for SLT to want to improve whole-school behaviour as these lessons make perfect form time / pshe sessions and can be taught by non-specialists as they have complete and easy to follow instructions throughout. All our Whole School, 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. 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 :) Or you can check out some of our most popular PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources below: Mental Health PSHE Bundle 1 Whole Year of PSHE Resources British Values Citizenship Bundle Careers, Employment and Enterprise Bundle Islam Bundle Sex and Relationships Education 20s5
Thematic Studies Revision AQA RS
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Thematic Studies Revision AQA RS

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Theme A NOW ADDED! 6x RS Thematic Studies AQA (9-1) exam practice kits, with revision packs (quotes, scripture and information packs) practice exam questions, quote analysis exam-prep worksheets and easy to use peer assessment mark scheme. Also just added, a Crime and Punishment knowledge organiser and a double revision session pack with Relationships revision guide. This pack covers themes A, C, D, E and F. These packs are great to set as homeworks, revision tasks or to use in lessons as assessments. Everything is editable, in student speak and all of the exam prep tasks are differentiated. Also included: a 12 mark question peer assessment grid for AQA RS 9-1 GCSE (produced originally for Spec A, but works under the same principle for other AQA specs and is editable). Can be used for any 12 mark question and has been written in student speak based on the AQA assessment materials. There is a space for students to fill in the question being assessed as well as guidance on how to give appropriate peer assessment feedback. It can be used again and again in lessons and has been created to save time. There is an editable word version and a PDF version included. More AQA RS GCSE Resources available here. I upload free resources for RE, PSHE and Citizenship weekly. Please follow me to make sure you always see these as they are uploaded. Leave a review on this and message me for any other of my lessons for free.
Year 11 PSHE
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Year 11 PSHE

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20 x fully resourced, highly-rated PSHE lesson packs and units suitable for Year 11 or KS5. From Revision and Study Skills, Living Independently, RSE, Finance and Careers to Body Image, Sleep, The Dark Web and University Applications - this really is a comprehensive KS4 or KS5 PSHE lesson bundle. All 20 lessons are complete with at least one hour-long powerpoint, accompanying differentiated worksheets, clip links with questions, plenaries, clear LOs and starters. All are well differentiated to three levels throughout to enable clear evidence of progress for all students. 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, and the whole bundle follows PSHE Association topic recommendations and Ofsted latest SRE/ PSHE Association guidance for Year 11. I use all of these myself as a Head of PSHE and I really hope you find them excellent value. I’ve put literally months of time into this to make these lessons top quality for my own school team. Please leave me a review and I’ll send you any other resource of your choice for free. If you like the look of this, I also have a popular complete KS4 one year of PSHE pack here. Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop - where you can find my bundles for other year groups: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :) You can also find us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ecteachresources/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ec_publishing and our website psheresources.com
Religious Philosophy Unit
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Religious Philosophy Unit

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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.
Religious Education KS3
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Religious Education KS3

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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 … Who are EC Resources? EC Resources are the top TES PSHE + RE 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.
Christian Denominations
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Christian Denominations

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A nine hour unit of lessons all about the different denominations of Christianity. Includes - 9 x one hour PowerPoints dozens of worksheets, fully differentiated, clip links, activities, all you need for teaching the a complete unit on Christian denominations. Includes: The Bible - why people interpret it differently. Catholicism Protestantism Orthodox Christianity Mormonism Jehovah’s Witnesses The Amish The Orthodox Church Assessment, feedback and mark scheme Full scheme of work Everything is differentiated three ways throughout and is fully editable too. Many more RE, PSHE and Citizenship Resources at more store
Buddhism Introduction
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Buddhism Introduction

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A double lesson (1hour if all tasks completed) all about the origins of Buddhism and how the life of Buddha relates to Buddhists today. Also included are optional activities on Wesak. 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 :)
Christianity, Islam, Judaism : Abrahamic Religions
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Christianity, Islam, Judaism : Abrahamic Religions

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6x Complete 1 hour lessons with Powerpoints, clips and worksheets, suitable for KS3/4, with a variety of different level tasks for MA,LA or Core, all differentiated to 3 or 4 levels. Designed to fit Ofsted criteria for' Good' or above. A look at the three Abrahamic religions, what unites them and who Abraham was. Many more inexpensive and free resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)
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.
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 :)
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
Introduction to RE: SoW Year 7
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Introduction to RE: SoW Year 7

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A 7 page medium term, detailed SoW plan for one half term for Year 7 RE. This focuses on an introduction to World Religions and Big Questions. All the separate lessons are available for free or cheap at my shop; Or the whole lot together can be found by pasting this in your browser: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/religious-studies-essentials-unit-11440043 Emjcot's Shop