A bulk of 5 lessons SOW.

This is a 5/6 lesson resource made for my Year 8 classes. It will come after their Year 8 Exams in the summer term and so we don’t have long left. There’s room for scope with assessments etc if you need longer lessons. The aim of this SOW is to encourage Year 8 to think about their Options over the summer holidays and be ready to pick GCSE RS at the end of the Autumn term. It guides students to think about RS creatively, linking in other subjects that challenge our numbers such as History - so we can show where are skills meet - and the lessons are as follows (with the DVD Hidden Figures shown at the end end). It also shows how this links to our curriculum map that you can adapt for yourself - everything we do builds into GCSE and Year 8’s need to be reminded of that! Any video clips used are available for all on YouTube as a public domain. The idea and inspiration for this SOW is all my own trying to boost GCSE numbers in the future. I’ve made references to different faiths, philosophers and ethics to make this high-level.

1. What makes a hero or a villain?
2. Should flawed heroes be celebrated?
3. Were the Crusades all they were cracked up to be?
4. William Wilberforce
5. Katherine Johnson and Hidden Figures
6. Katherine Johnson and Hidden Figures Part 2