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Introduction to Mosques

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A slideshow and worksheet to get students (who are not particularly familiar with Mosques) to understand what the key features of a Mosque are and why they are important in relation to key Islamic beliefs.
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Conformity lessons

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This has activities, discussions and exam questions built in. I've used it over 4-5 lessons(some one-hour, some two-hour). Largely based on a powerpoint I found on here, I&'ve made it less text heavy and added lots of activities.
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How did the Religions come to Britain

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A series of cards with various information about different world religions and how they ended up in Britain for pupils organise into roughly chronological order (or any order that makes sense to them!) then either a) add information to a timeline, b) complete a cloze activity or c) answer questions (starting with simple ones e.g. Which religion came to Britain first, and leading to more challenging ones e.g. Why do you think Christianity is the most common religion in Britain?)
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What is atheism?

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Ppt with notes, flash cards and tasks built in. An introduction to Humanism, comparing Humanist ideas with Christian ideas, then using the Golden Rule to highlight similarities across global religions and cultures.
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Getting advice from the Qur'an

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A rejigged activity from a textbook, the quotes can be given as cards and pupils choose which one is the best advice in each situation to reflect on how Muslims might use the Qur'an for guidance.
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Adam and Eve

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An image of a 'closed Eden&', with a worksheet to get pupils reflecting on the story along with a copy of the story from the Bible with questions. I can&';t remember where I got the artwork from, but pupils really seem to respond to the thought/speech bubbles.
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Formation of Relationships Theories Lessons

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Powerpoint to guide lessons on Reward/Need Satisfaction Model and Matching Hypothesis over about 4 hours (2 double lessons) including hyperlinked videos, questions/guidelines for making notes, homeworks, starters and plenaries. Could use with any textbook covering these theories.
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Physiological response to stress

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Powerpoint lesson with activities and supporting teaching notes. This introduces the stress unit and gives an introduction to the biology (the brain, neurons, neurotransmitters) students need to understand including links to online videos and resources to build a brain hat. Students use the slides to fill in a sheet about the Sympathetic NS and draw the Pituitary-Adrenal System. It also includes discussion points and exam-style questions, with suggestions for extension and homework activities. Approx 3 hours of teaching.
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Rites of Passage using The Island Part 3: KS4 RE

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Continuing on from previous resource. Lesson 6 looks at comparing Christian and Hindu weddings, lesson 7 looks at different beliefs about death and memorials, lessons 8 and 9 are P4C (philosophy for children) using a clip from 'Up&' - only a lesson plan is included - and lesson 10 concludes the story by looking at ideas of identity.
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Explanations of attachment test

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Ppt of images - students have to relate the image to some aspect of Bowlby or Learning Theory. I've given suggested answers, but students often give better suggestions, still demonstrating good understanding of the theories!
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Organising a mini-essay

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We use this 'PEE' template (Point, evidence, explain) to get pupils to move beyond describing and onto explaining and applying their knowledge. Weaker pupils complete the sentence inside each 'box', while more able pupils can build it into three paragraphs. We use this for the question 'Was Guru Nanak A Good Teacher?' after a lesson on his teachings, but it could be applied to any opinion-style question.
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Different types of interview

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A table to show more to less structured interviews and their features. I project this up then students make a foldable/draw a continuum with the different types of interview on it and underneath pros and cons (or features) of 'more structured&' and &';less structured' so they understand when each one is most useful.
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Maintenance Theories of Relationships Worksheets

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Worksheets to help students make notes on Social Exchange Theory and Equity Theory using the Cardwell, Clark and Meldrum textbook. Equity sheet makes use of IEJ (Identify, Explain/evidence/example, Justify) to prompt students to fully elaborate their AO2. There are extension activities to apply SET to famous literary love stories (Jane Eyre, Gone with the Wind and Pride and Prejudice) and relationship counselling and looking at how paragraphs from an 'outline and evaluate&' essay on SET could be improved.
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Rites of Passage using The Island: KS4 RE

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Pupils work in six pre-organised mixed ability groups over 10 lessons. They imagine they are shipwrecked on an island and have to respond to various situations, discuss and make decisions which they feed back to the class, good answers gain the group points. Each lesson begins with a story and the tasks are guided by ppt. Lesson 1 sets up the scenario, lesson 2 covers birth ceremonies, lesson 3 looks at Brit Milah (circumcision). Following lessons and resources uploaded separately.
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Philosophy for Children Stimulus - Woman praying

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Image shows a woman praying after the Japanese Tsunami. Good prompt to discuss philosophical questions such as 'What is the purpose of prayer?&' &';Why do we suffer?' &'Does God exist?&'; 'Why does God allow natural disasters?&' &';Why do people pray?' etc
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Rites of Passage using The Island Part 2: KS4 RE

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Continuing on from lessons 1-3 and scheme of work. Lesson 4 looks at 'growing up&' rites of passage (religious and non-religious), lesson 5 looks at whether marriage is important or relevant. Lessons 6-10 to follow.
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Key terms - separation, deprivation, privation

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Instructions and information for a key terms Foldable. Fold an A4 sheet lengthways, then cut twice to leave three flaps (see pic), write the key term on the top and underneath write a definition and example using the information on the second slide.