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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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Creative Religious Education resources for key stages 3 and 4 which draw on an experiential pedagogical perspective.
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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.
Evil and suffering in Buddhism
This lesson explores Buddhism’s response to evil. Students consider the Buddha’s teachings on what constitutes evil and the source of the problem. This lesson always stimulates lively discussion with my students.
The Gospels - are they reliable historical sources?
This lesson explores the reasons why the gospels may not be reliably historical sources. It uses video sources and a classroom game to help recreate and illustrate the problems of oral history and the impossibility of escaping our own interpretation of events.
John Ball
The lesson is an introduction to John Ball, it introduces him as a historical figure and considers contemporary criticisms of his teachings. This lesson is differentiated to suit a range of abilities and structured well enough for observations. It fits nicely into a scheme of work regarding the peasants revolt.
This lesson was created for an observation - it is consequently well structured.
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.
Christianity and bullying
This lesson considers Christian teaching on bullying. It is a well structured lesson with a range of activities.
Links to the edexcel syllabus
Churches - key features
This lesson explore the different features of Catholic and Protestant churches
Believers Baptism/confirmation
This lesson explore what confirmation is and the problems associated with teenage rights of passage. It includes discussion, written and role play exercises.
Being a good muslim
This lesson explores the idea of ihsan. It urges students to consider the idea of 'doing the beautiful' in everyday life and the difficulties in achieving this.
Note: I was observed taking this lesson by ofsted who gave me very positive feedback, they liked the SMSC aspects and stressed that the resources were outstanding.
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.
Bar bat mitzvah short lesson
This is a short lesson that can be easily expanded. It introduces the ideas of coming of age and how this is recognised/celebrated in Judaism.
Religious support for community cohesion
This lesson reflects on the ways in which religious groups try to promote community cohesion. It uses a Jain myth to encourage students to consider the problem of ultimate truth and how this links to conflict. Students then consider how they could promote cohesion in their own community.
Links to edexcel syllabus
The Sacraments/Prayer - confession
This lesson explores the sacrament of confession. It looks at the importance of the act of confession from an experiential perspective and draws on the a literary source to help students understand the complexities and importance of this form of prayer.
This lesson suitable for mid to high ability students. It will need differentiation for those less able.
Links to the new edexcel syllabus
Liturgical Worship
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
Christianity and racial harmony
This lesson looks at Christian teachings on racial harmony firstly through the parable of the Good Samaritan and later through a collection of images that can be related to religion and racial tensions across the globe.
Cult or Religion
This lesson encourages students to think about the way we categorise different religious groups in society. It includes a card sort activity and discussion activity.
Pilgrimage to Lourdes
This lesson looks at Lourdes as a site of pilgrimage for Christians. It considers events in the life of Bernadette Soubirous as well as urging students to consider the rituals and spiritual healing that some Christians experience as a consequence of making a pilgrimage to this site.
Please note, all resources are included at the end of the powerpoint.
Links to new edexcel RS syllabus
The sacraments - eucharist - holy communion
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
Islam and War
Explores the theses of Islam and war including the ideas of greater and lesser jihad
Links to edexcel syllabus