Everything students need to know for AQA Philosophy of Religion: Religious Language. A01 and A02 content covered in handy double page spread, with practise questions based on the assessment resources from AQA.
Everything students need to know for Year 2 AQA Buddhism (minus dialogues content - see my shop for dialogues resources). I print these in an A4 booklet as a basis for revision.
New spec A Level RE revision notes in student-friendly language, written to cover the entire topic and help students with revision. Useful in conjunction with a knowledge organiser or comprehension questions.
A reading written with the AQA A level spec in mind, but would support other RE A level specs.
Covers:
The origins of Mahayana Buddhism in relation to Theravada Buddhism
The goal of the bodhisattva
The Lotus Sutra and the Parable of the Burning House
Upakaya Kusala and the view that the life of the Buddha was upaya kusala
1 hour lessons (taught to Year 9 but can be scaled up or down) with bespoke booklet for students to complete during the lessons - covering key worship practices, passover and shabbat. The SOW is complete, the KO is optional but can be set for homework.
5 lessons looking at the journey of life in Judaism and Sikhism - beginning with Jewish coming of age rituals, looking at beliefs about the afterlife and funeral customs. Also discusses SIkh views of the afterlife and funeral customs.
1 hour lessons taught to year 9 but can be scaled down to other KS3 classes. Resources include a bespoke booklet for students to complete during class, full SOW and an optional KO that can be set for homework.
6 lesson series with power points, worksheets, revision resources and model answers. There are 2 full lessons per PPT.
Please note that some activities do use the AQA new textbook for RE A level which you will need to have a copy of.
Fully resourced lesson on the views of Buddhism on genetic engineering, including an essay planning sheet for 15 mark evaluation question. AQA A Level RE Paper 2A, but could be adapted for other specs.
An overview lesson with corresponding worksheet to help students recap the theodicies that respond to the Problem of Evil (logical and evidential) with a crib sheet for students to fill in. A level (AQA) Unit 1 Philosophy and Ethics
4 lessons covering the spec content on Buddhism, Migration and Pluralisation of religion. These lessons are fully resourced and include revision activities. Please note that as these were taught over concurrent lessons, there are 2 lessons per power point.
A lesson that utilises a specially-created revision booklet for AQA RE A Level - 2A dialogues, including essay plans and structures to help students engage with the content.
Teachings on -
ultimate reality
self, death and afterlife
sources of wisdom and authority
Analysis questions:
How far the belief is reasonable – that is based on reason and/or consistent with reason.
How meaningful the statements of faith are, and for whom.
How coherent the beliefs are, and how consistent with other beliefs within the belief system.
A 12 page booklet (written in the style of a textbook) designed to help students understand all the content that could be considered when comparing Buddhist ethics with teleology, deontology and character-based methods of making moral decisions. The booklet is designed to reference A01 and A02 content to help students understand what they should be explaining and what they should be evaluating. To help students use the booklet properly there is an attached lesson with possible exam questions and a blank knowledge organiser to help them engage with the booklet content.
A 14 page booklet written in the style of the textbook exploring Buddhist attitudes to issues of human life and death and animal life and death prescribed for study, and exploring A02 analysis points such as the compatibility of ethical theories and Buddhism.
Everything students need to known for AQA RE A Level Natural Moral law in a handy double page spread. All A01 and A02 content is covered, with practise questions based on AQA assessment resources.
Everything students need to known for AQA RE A Level Situation Ethics in a handy double page spread. All A01 and A02 content is covered, with practise questions based on AQA assessment resources.
Everything students need to known for AQA RE A Level Free WIll and Moral Responsibility in a handy double page spread. All A01 and A02 content is covered, with practise questions based on AQA assessment resources.
Final lesson with 11-page booklet, written in the style of a text book, examining Buddhist attitudes to free will and the conscience, with A01 and A02 content to help students create dialogues between these ideas. Extra reading provided for high attainers (an excellent article from Chryssides that is really helpful generally for Buddhist ethics, but can be found for free online).