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Resources for Religious Studies, Sociology, Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities.
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Resources for Religious Studies, Sociology, Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities.
We specialise in making whole units and courses for ultimate convenience and time-saving. We always aim to make the best resource for a given topic: our goal is perfection and our resources have helped educate 1 million+ students!
Sample answers and commentaries from AQA for the new specification.
Received via email but not uploaded onto their site yet.
"Explain two religious beliefs about miracles"
âThe design argument proves that God existsâ
"If God were loving, there would be no suffering in the world"
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-20 lessons GCSE Buddhism Course
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-Materials for Buddhism & Hinduism (Themes section)
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This download features a FREE DEMO LESSON to promote our professionally designed GCSE Sociology Units. It focusses on the prison system as a means of social control and contributes towards the Social Stratification (Power & Authority) sections of the specification.
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We also sell complete units for the thematic studies aspect of the course :)
The Download (comprising 4 files, within one zip file) includes:
-A PPT Containing a Full Lesson
-A complete lesson plan covering: objectives, key-words, differentiation, and lesson timeline
-An A3 âDesign a board-gameâ template for the main activity
-A âKnowledge Huntâ file for the main activity.
-A Homework Task
The topic of the lesson focusses on the following part of the specification:
Buddhist Beliefs about Death & The Afterlife
-Bardo States (Tibetan Buddhism)
-The 6 Realms & 31 States of Rebirth
-Pure Land Buddhist Views
-Theravada/Mahayana comparisons
-Western Buddhist reinterpretation of reincarnation theory
-Zen Buddhism as âBuddhism without beliefsâ
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The Veggy Buddha
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo I donât eat my friends Buddhist Vegetarianism (Parts 1 thru 5)
Really effective way of >making students think!
This free lesson is normally sold for ÂŁ4.99 or as part as a larger bundle of GCSE Religious Studies resources. If you like this free lesson, we hope you will check out our complete GCSE Religious Studies units!.
This complete lesson was professionally designed for the new AQA Religious Studies GCSE specification. It is for the â Religion & Lifeâ theme. It is the 2nd in a series of 10 full lessons and you can download them as a bundle to save money.
This download includes:
-An editable PowerPoint file
-A3 Group Worksheets (x6) (.doc)
-A detailed lesson plan: highlighting differentiation, AfL, key-words, SMSC and a timeline of learning activities (.pdf)
The topic of this lesson is CENTRAL DEBATES and it introduces students to the main debates and controversial discussions of the unit as a whole. The lesson features a variety of debate and discussion tasks that serve to introduce students to the unit as a whole.
We take considerable time making the highest quality lessons and we believe these are the best GCSE Religious Studies resources money can buy, positive reviews are greatly appreciated.
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Download this mini-worksheet which can be given to students at the end of a lesson: itâs a quick activity that encourages students to become self-aware and to reflect on their current state-of-mind and how it impacts their learning.
This metacognition activity is brought to you by The Global Metacognition Institute
All resources can be shared, but users agree not to modify or resell this resource.
You can find more metacognition teaching resources at globalmetacognition.com
How To Use:
Print off the work-sheets and guillotined/cut so that each worksheet is 1/4 of an A4 page.
Add the included PowerPoint slide into your lessonâs presentation.
Give the students the worksheet (and glue) at the end of your lesson: the activity just takes a few minutes!
Whatâs Included:
A metacognitive reflection worksheet (.pdf)
A PowerPoint instructional slide to guide students (.ppt)
Professionally designed for the new AQA Sociology GCSE specification (8192) taught from September 2017. Bundles of complete teaching materials for the new specification are available from June 2017.
This download is offered freely. I will also be releasing revision sessions, booklets and key-word glossaries.
This download includes 4 key-word lists taken from the specification: from each section of the specification.
Hope it saves you some time! :)
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Enhance your teaching practice with our metacognition teacherâs prompt cards!
These question prompt cards aim to bring metacognitive questioning into your teaching practice. Each card has five questions that follow the general themes:
Grey - Before & During Tasks
Blue - After Tasks
Green - Metacognition & Metacognitive Skills
Yellow - Critical Thinking & Higher-Order Thought
Orange - Deep-Metacognition
There are twenty cards and a total of 100 individual metacognitive question prompts.
A teacher with these at their hand will find bringing metacognitive reflection through casual questioning very easy; this in turn will foster metacognitive thinking in their students.
Printing: These cards are meant to be printed 4 per page and then cut accordingly: this makes them a âpocket-toolâ for any educational practitioner. You can keep them as cards (perhaps laminating them) or, if you staple them together, you can make them into a useful booklet of metacognition question prompts quite easily!
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This metacognition tool is suitable for teachers of all subjects, our resources are designed for students aged 11-16!
Description:
This 5-10 minute starter-activity encourages metacognition and self-awareness by getting students to evaluate certain claims that appear on the screen. It is an ideal starter activity as it allows students to analyse their readiness to learn. It also contains some basic information about metacognition that students might find useful.
How To Use:
Simply run the PowerPoint Show and work through it! No preparation needed!
Whatâs Included:
One PowerPoint Show.
This metacognition activity is brought to you by The Global Metacognition Institute
All resources can be shared, but users agree not to modify or resell this resource.
51şÚÁĎ Adam Godwin (2019)
This download is a demo version so that you can try the method and see how effective it is with your classes.
The full version which can be found here: /teaching-resource/-p4c-the-moral-dilemma-generator-200-slide-ppt-with-randomiser-philosophy-for-kids-11381522 for only ÂŁ4.99
The full resource is a 200 slide PPT, containing 198 moral/ethical debates, discussions, and dilemmas.
It also contains a ârandomiserâ slide: when clicked a random moral problem is presented to the group.
Uses:
-P4C (Philosophy for kids)
-Form time activities
-R.S./Philosophy/Citizenship cover lessons
-Debating societies
-Making best use of spare time at the end of lessons
Discussions follow one of four formats, each asking students to move from one side of the room or the other to make their position clear: teachers should then use questioning to foster a debate between students, encouraging them to present reasons for their choice and defend their position.
The formats are:
-âWhich is more moral?â (students chose between two options)
-âAgree or disagree?â (where students respond to a presented statement about morality of a moral issue)
-âWho do you save?â (where students need to save one of two people/options, and justify the morality of their decision)
-âMoral or immoral?â (where students cast their judgement on a given action, event or person.
This resource is great value at ÂŁ4.99 and cannot be found elsewhere:
-It clearly contributes to the Moral aspect of your schoolâs SMSC provision
-It allows for countless hours of discussion and debate to be structured in a focussed and engaging manner.
-It would take days to reproduce yourself.
-It can save vast amounts of staff time in preparing cover lessons
-It is the perfect way to make the most of any time a teacher might have left at the end of a lesson.
-It deals with cross curricular issues
Please note: this resource deals with controversial issues, debates and questions that may be deemed unsuitable for younger children. It is designed for secondary school students, but can be easily adapted to younger years with appropriate amendments by their teacher.
The full version which can be found here: /teaching-resource/-p4c-the-moral-dilemma-generator-200-slide-ppt-with-randomiser-philosophy-for-kids-11381522 for only ÂŁ4.99
This is a great metacognition activity to use at the end of your lessons! Download it for free and use it today!
Description:
This straightforward activity should be run at the end of a lesson: itâs a quick activity that encourages students to reflect on metacognitive factors that have helped them to learn or presented obstacles to learning. Students are presented with a question and move around the room to show their response, providing an opportunity for further metacognitive questioning from the teacher.
How To Use:
Simply run the PowerPoint Show at the end of your lesson (when there are 5-10 minutes remaining)
Each slide presents your class with four options: they must move to different corners of the room to indicate their answer!
Once students have moved: it is an ideal opportunity to ask questions that lead them towards insight surrounding their own learning and how they can increase their learning-power in future lessons.
Whatâs Included:
A PowerPoint Show (.ppsx)
This metacognition activity is brought to you by The Global Metacognition Institute
51şÚÁĎ Adam Godwin (2019)
This download is a demo version so that you can try the method and see how effective it is with your classes.
The full version can be found here: /teaching-resource/-p4c-the-philosophical-debate-generator-200-slide-ppt-with-randomiser-philosophy-for-kids-11382893
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About the full version:
This is a 200 slide PPT, containing 198 philosophical debates, discussions, and dilemmas.
It also contains a ârandomiserâ slide: when clicked a random moral problem is presented to the group.
Uses:
-P4C (Philosophy for kids)
-Form time activities
-R.S./Philosophy/Citizenship cover lessons
-Debating societies
-Making best use of spare time at the end of lessons
Discussions follow one of four formats, each asking students to move from one side of the room or the other to make their position clear: teachers should then use questioning to foster a debate between students, encouraging them to present reasons for their choice and defend their position.
The formats are:
-Is the statement TRUE of FALSE?
-Whose side do you take?
-Agree or Disagree?
-Which statement is more true?
This resource is great value at ÂŁ4.99 and cannot be found elsewhere:
-It clearly contributes to your schoolâs SMSC provision
-Furthers studentsâ critical thinking skills
-It allows for countless hours of discussion and debate to be structured in a focussed and engaging manner.
-It would take days to reproduce yourself.
-It can save vast amounts of staff time in preparing cover lessons
-It is the perfect way to make the most of any time a teacher might have left at the end of a lesson.
-It deals with cross curricular issues
Please note: this resource deals with controversial issues, debates and questions that may be deemed unsuitable for younger children. It is designed for secondary school students, but can be easily adapted to younger years with appropriate amendments by their teacher.
The download comprises a FREE teacher training lesson/session that can be used 2-3 times with the same group or as a one-off. The aim of the session is to demonstrate techniques of structuring debates/discussions, inspiring P4C in classrooms, and fostering cross-curricular critical thinking.
These activities are illustrated with reference to interesting debates about pedagogy, philosophy, ethics, the school, and teaching practice (most of which will be relevant to the teachers and trainee teachers (and other classroom practitioners) in your school.
It is ideal for teacher training courses, or for âstaff room morning training sessionsâ that I know are often a feature of professional development in schools.
It is offered freely so that teachers can see the âPhilosophy Boxesâ method in action: mild âpluggingâ of the availability of other PHILOSOPHY BOXES downloads (which you can find on TES for virtually every subject) is featured in the presentation. I hope that, if you like this teaching method, you donât mind helping me sell a few more! :)
The Philosophy Boxes Method presents students with a set of âmystery boxesâ, when a student selects one of the boxes they are presented with 1 of 21 discussion/debate activities [that use 1 of 8 different formats].
The presentation has integrated AfL so that teachers can test knowledge at any point in the lesson. There are 10 different AfL slides to choose from.
The design is colourful, animated, fun and engaging: all activities require movement and teachers can decide whether students are expressing their ideas purely verbally or by using post-it notes.
The nature of the design is that it can be used for short sessions (5-10 minutes) or much longer sessions (up to 2 hours!) - it allows for classroom practitioners to be flexible and adaptable. It can, therefore, be used in lessons or as a tutor-time activity.
The download includes a PowerPoint Show; if you would like an editable PPT presentation so that you can make your own âPhilosophy Boxesâ presentation you will need to download the template here: /teaching-resource/-the-philosophy-boxes-method-template-for-creating-your-own-philosophy-boxes-lessons-p4c-p4k-11463227
A complete selection of Philosophy Boxes lessons can be found here: /resources/search/?&q=philosophy+boxes+godwin86
Other bundles of âPhilosophy Boxesâ lessons exist, depending on your needs.
This FREE demo lessonis normally for sale for ÂŁ4.99 and is a part of a 20-lesson GCSE Hinduism course you can buy for ÂŁ39.99 on Tes!
This is the first in a series of lessons on Hinduism for GCSE level students for the âBeliefs, Teachings & Practicesâ section of the course [section A]. It is suitable for AQA and OCR specifications for sure, probably useful to other specifications also.
The Download (comprising 4 files, within one zip file) includes:
-A PPT Containing a Full Lesson
-A complete lesson plan covering: objectives, key-words, differentiation, and lesson timeline
-A double-sided A3 worksheet
-A âKnowledge Huntâ file for the main activity.
-A Homework Task
The topic of the lesson focusses on the following part of the specification: âAtman & Eternal Selfâ
⢠Atman as the eternal self, the part that is liberated from Samsara
⢠Atman as identical with Brahman
⢠Atman as distinct from Brahman
⢠Common and divergent understandings of the atman and liberation (moksha) by different Hindu groups
⢠Common and divergent understandings of the relationship/connection between atman and Brahman by different Hindu groups
⢠Common and divergent understandings to the approaches of different yogas by different Hindu groups
⢠Different interpretations and emphases given to sources of wisdom and authority by different Hindu groups
Sources:
⢠Bhagavad Gita II 22
⢠Brihadaranyaka Upanishad III, 7, 15â23
⢠Mahabharata XII 149
⢠Dialogue between Uddalaka and Svetaketu (Chandogya Upanishad)
This is part of a series of lessons, if you like it: save countless hours by downloading the complete course! The complete series of GCSE Hinduism lessons can be downloaded at our TES Shop: /teaching-resources/shop/godwin86
The 20-Lesson GCSE Buddhism course (rated 5 stars) can also be found here
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This FREE multi-use interactive lesson is a sample lesson for our new range of over fifty philosophy & ethics teaching resources: it explores the greatest questions in philosophy.
Browse the complete range of philosophy lessons and philosophy teaching resources here!
This new range of resources consists of over fifty (non-editable) interactive PowerPoints: each one has an integrated menu allowing teachers to select from a huge range of activities relating to different topics in philosophy and ethics.
The content has been designed by a professional philosopher: Adam Godwin, who has a Masters degree in philosophy, which is his lifelong passion. The aim of this new range of resources is to bring phiosophical and critical-thinking into the lives of young learners.
About This Free Philosophy Teaching Resource:
Interactive Philosophy Learning Session
The lesson focuses on the nature of philosophical questions, the importance of questioning skills, and the benefits of critical thinking. It introduces students to how philosophers approach these questions and challenges them to consider the sessionâs central question: âWhat is the single most important philosophical question?â
In addition to this core discussion, students will explore other significant questions, such as:
Can we trust our senses?
What is the size and location of the mind?
Is it possible to perceive reality directly?
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Students will also analyse and evaluate key philosophical claims, such as:
âFree will is an illusion.â
âGood and evil are subjective opinions, not objective truths.â
âLife in a remote jungle tribe is better than life in modern society.â
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The flexible design makes this session suitable for teachers of any subject looking to introduce philosophy and critical thinking. It is ideal for students aged 8â16 and can be adapted for single-hour lessons, longer sessions, or quick tutor-group activities. The resource also helps students develop essential skills such as communication, healthy debating, and interpersonal skills, fostering respectful dialogue and critical analysis.
This session is delivered via a PowerPoint Show, requiring no planning or preparation. Teachers can simply run the file and use the intuitive menu system to guide a powerful and stimulating philosophy lesson with ease.
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This resources is the intellectual property of Adam Godwin (2025)
It is shared freely under a strict non-derivative license: reselling this resource will be treated as copyright violation. Making amendments to the resource, using the template, reusing the contents, or redistributing the resource is forbidden.
Enjoy this free resource for GCSE Sociology: it contains links to four sociology-relevant music videos.
Itâs just a quick five minute activity and talking point but a fun way to start a lesson :)
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