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Creative Religious Education resources for key stages 3 and 4 which draw on an experiential pedagogical perspective.
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Capital punishment
Intro to capital punishment. This lesson looks at what capital punishment is and the reasoning for and against it.
Students reflect on a series of high profile case studies and consider whether they feel capital punishment can be just.
Links to RS edexcel syllabus.
Christianity and Transplant surgery
Lesson centered around the case study of the conjoined twins Mary and Jodie. Explores different Christian attitudes to transplant surgery.
Edexcel text book is useful for one of the activities.
Intro to evil and suffering
evil and suffering lesson with a game taken from RE today
Why wars occur
why wars occur
conflicts
case studies
Links to RS edexcel syllbus
Christianity and Capital Punishment
Students explore the differing Christian response to Capital punishment and the Biblical reasoning behind the attitudes.
This lesson links to edexcel syllabus.
Theories of punishment
Intro the ideas of reform, protection, deterrence and retribution. Contains a game as a starter which encourages students to reflect on a variety of crimes, the punishments administered and why as well as a main task that requires them to think of the logic and theory behind different theories of punishment along with their strengths and weaknesses.
Links to edexcel syllabus
The Covenant
Students examine what the covenant is and why it is an essential aspect of Judaism. They do this through examining key moments of revelation. This lesson has both paired and individual activities. It encourages reflections on symbolism.
Multi-faith societies
Lesson focus' on whether or not multi-faith societies lead to a decline in religion.
Uses case studied to help students recognise some of the complexities of maintaining religious adherence in a multi-faith society.
Links to edexcel syllabus
Adam and Eve - evil and suffering
How the story of Adam and Eve claims to explain the existence of evil in the world.
BUNDLE
Easter
This bundle comprises of three lessons complete with lesson plans. The trio begins with a lesson on Lent which urges students to reflect on the practice of fasting and abstinence before moving onto a lesson on Holy Week. This lesson draws on the Biblical events of the last week of Jesus' life. Finally the Easter lesson focus' on the symbolism of Easter day and concludes with a comparative exam question which reflects on the Easter and Christmas festivals.
Links to new Edexcel RS GCSE syllabus.
The local church
This lesson looks at the role of the local church in Christian communities. It contains a variety of activities including a drawing task, video clip, scenarios that students should reflect upon and an exam question.
Links to new edexcel RS syllabus.
The importance of the local church (without lesson plan)
This lesson explores the functions and services of the local church using a range of activities. An edexcel textbook is useful in supporting this lesson.
Links to the new edexcel RS syllabus.
Intro to Christian pilgrimage - without lesson plan
This lesson provides an introduction to the idea of pilgrimage within the Christian tradition. It urges students to reflect on the meaning and purpose of spiritual journeys with the help of a video clip and a range of activities.
Links to new RS edexcel syllabus
Vesak and dharma day
Buddhist festivals
Vesak and dharma day
This powerpoint covers both Vesak and dharma day as two individual but short lessons which are aimed to take around 30 mins each. It can be adapted easily to be used as two distinct full lessons.
The dharma day lesson has a good SMSC quality.
BUNDLE
Pilgrimage
These lessons on pilgrimage include an introduction to pilgrimage, pilgrimage to Lourdes, the Holy Land and a mini assessment. These lessons include a range of tasks to help students understand and explore the relevance and history of pilgrimage in Christian traditions. These lessons relate to the new Edexcel GCSE syllabus within the 'Living a Christian Life' section.
Liturgical worship - without lesson plan
This lesson explores what liturgy is why it is an import part of worship for some Christians and how it differs from non-liturgical worship.
It includes: video sources/structured activities/exam question/points for discussion
Some resources are differentiated.
Links to new edexcel RS GCSE syllabus
Holy week
This lesson introduces students to the key events of Holy week.
Includes a card sort, freeze frame activity and exam question.
Links to new RS edexcel syllabus.
Intercessory prayer
This lesson explores what intercessory prayer is and the potential problems with it.
It includes a worksheet with differing (fictional) examples of intercessory prayer and urges students to consider the strengths and weaknesses of each from a Christian perspective. It also draws on video sources to help students understand the nature of this form of prayer.
Links to new edexcel GCSE syllabus
Eucharist - without lesson plan
This lesson looks at the eucharist. It asks students to reflect on the theological background of this sacraments and why it is important for Christians today.
Includes a picture analysis activity
A video clip
extracts from the gospels
An exam question
Links to new GCSE RS edexcel syllabus
The nature of transplant surgery
Intro to the nature of transplant surgery
Links to edexcel syllabus
Christian worship
This lesson is the first of two which look at Christian acts of worship. The lesson focus' on getting students to think about acts of worship outside of church, specifically art and music. There is also an exercise on praise which aims to give students experiential knowledge on why this is important.
Links to new edexcel RS GCSE syllabus.
Some differentiated resources are included.