tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57284568553234491322024-03-13T06:34:02.701+00:00Mr Regnier's Religious Studies BlogMr Regnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111869149091924130noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728456855323449132.post-70281221450314584812017-12-14T19:19:00.000+00:002017-12-14T19:19:10.753+00:00Buddhist Dingbats<iframe height="480" src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ldnnll3QkMkLlK2B9iHM192vLdvuQ_tR/preview" width="640"></iframe><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This a fun little Dingbats (or Pictionary?) quiz I made for my Year 10s today. Can you guess the twelve Buddhist key terms from the words and pictures above?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can download the question sheet <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ldnnll3QkMkLlK2B9iHM192vLdvuQ_tR/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a> and find the answers <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1he8shC7KsfkB8gtJBVatizTX61GmUP5W/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>. </span>Mr Regnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111869149091924130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728456855323449132.post-81346683374141948952017-11-05T09:39:00.000+00:002017-11-05T09:39:40.583+00:00Kantian Ethics Keyword Revision Games<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So it's been "a while" since I last posted! Here are some keyword games I've created for the Kantian Ethics topic for the OCR A level spec. I like to use these as quick starter activities to recap key vocabulary and clarify any misunderstandings.<br />
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You can download them from google docs <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MGcM8IZs8BRJxjs_AfUBSGdsuOF_GGHn20eYpQkwa4k/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a> or TES <a href="https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/kantian-ethics-keyword-revision-games-11764448" target="_blank">here</a>.Mr Regnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111869149091924130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728456855323449132.post-69604956368990690582015-05-10T20:01:00.000+01:002015-05-10T20:02:10.874+01:00WJEC AS Religion in Contemporary Society: Past Paper Questions and 2015 Guesses<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I've collected together the WJEC Religion in Contemporary Society past paper questions from 2009 (except for Religion and TV and NRMs as I don't teach these), which you might find useful for exam prep and essay practice. You can find them </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G9UF5cr6-U9cHlRMTEQkGuiEnmMSjU6IKKX9epZKL1E/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> (you may need a Google account).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I've also had a stab at guessing what might come up this year and have come up with these dummy questions, which I set as a mini mock for my Year 12s.</span><br />
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(b) ‘Religious believers should support animal rights.’
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(b) ‘Religion has little relevance in the modern world.’
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">These are just my guesses, of course, based upon what has and hasn't come up in the last few years, and just so we're clear I have no knowledge of the actual exam paper! But my reasoning is as follows:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The use of animals as pets and entertainment is on the syllabus, but has never been the focus of an exam question, so might come up this time. I tend to think that part b questions are a little harder to guess, but there's something on the syllabus about the compatibility of animal rights with religious principles, so perhaps we are due for a question on this area. Euthanasia came up last summer, which is why I've plumped for Animal Rights, but there has been a fairly even spread in recent years. If the question is on Euthanasia, I wonder if the focus might be on religious arguments for and/or against.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In Religion and Community, again there's been a fairly even spread in recent years so the only reason for picking a question on Secularisation is that Fundamentalism came up last year. It's been four years since a question on the evidence for secularisation, so I wouldn't be surprised if it came up this year. Last year's Fundamentalism question looked at the characteristics of fundamentalism, so that's unlikely to come up this year - so something on the causes of fundamentalism would be a better bet if I'm wrong about the question being on secularisation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In Religion and the Individual, Freud has been the focus of the last three summer questions, so I think Jung is a pretty good bet to come up. The question I've come up with is pretty general, but the might me a more focused question - on the archetypes maybe? A part a on Jung may well be followed by a Jung part b, but you have to go back four years to find a part b question which assesses the general validity of psychological approaches to religion, which is why I've plumped for my part b question. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So those are my thoughts. If you teach (or study) RICS, let me know if you think my questions are along the right lines or if you think something else might come up. </span>Mr Regnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111869149091924130noreply@blogger.com5Dover, Kent, UK51.1278758 1.313402699999983351.0481513 1.1520411999999833 51.207600299999996 1.4747641999999832tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728456855323449132.post-73875014149197637042015-03-20T12:36:00.001+00:002015-03-20T12:36:59.471+00:00Secularisation / Fundamentalism Revision Games<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Revision time for GCSEs and A Levels is upon us, and students up and down the land are no doubt spending every possible hour practicing past papers and creating technicolour mind maps. Or am I just being wildly optimistic?</span><br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o55EFijxo_z1wknXZkS4dV36Ue3k271RYIvW5m4eaGU/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Here are some revision activities</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> on Secularisation and Fundamentalism, from the WJEC Religion and Community topic for AS. I find they work nicely as quick starters, helping students consolidate their knowledge of key terms, while giving me an overview of what areas might need extra clarification and revision. Included are keywords for an Articulate style game, keyword pairs, and some suggestions for different revision activities using the keywords. Plenty to keep your students busy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Also of use might be these student revision self-assessment sheets for </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B93RWlBLQ-3OQ2MxMjhzV2NZbXc/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">fundamentalism</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> and </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B93RWlBLQ-3OSVpTalp1emh1ZWc/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">secularisation</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">.</span>Mr Regnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111869149091924130noreply@blogger.com2Dover, Kent, UK51.1278758 1.313402699999983351.0481513 1.1520411999999833 51.207600299999996 1.4747641999999832tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728456855323449132.post-12861988723932707412015-03-05T16:55:00.003+00:002015-03-05T16:55:37.531+00:00World Book Day Shelfie<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Today is <a href="http://worldbookday.com/" target="_blank">World Book Day</a>, which celebrates books, authors and reading around the world. To mark the occasion, my school's English Department are running a little competition, where teachers submit a shelfie - a photo of their bookshelf - and students have to guess which photo belongs to which teacher. </span><br />
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Mr Regnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111869149091924130noreply@blogger.com0Dover, Kent, UK51.1278758 1.313402699999983351.0481513 1.1520411999999833 51.207600299999996 1.4747641999999832tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728456855323449132.post-75376205763288382212015-02-24T18:42:00.000+00:002015-02-24T18:45:14.921+00:00Features of Jesus' Miracles Mnemonic<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I like to create short mnemonics around the topics I'm teaching. I tend to find that they really help students retain information, and avoid missing out chunks of important material when writing essays. A quick test on a mnemonic is also a ready-made starter task! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In our Year 12 class, we're currently studying miracles as part of our New Testament module, and this is a little mnemonic I've come up with to help remember seven key features of Jesus' miracles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The features, and the explanations below, are adapted from Gwynn ap Gwilym's WJEC textbook:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>C</strong>ommand - Jesus performs some miracles with only a verbal command. This is the case with nature miracles, but also elsewhere, e.g. the possessed man in Capernaum synagogue. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>O</strong>nly where there is faith - Faith is a common feature of the miracle stories, while both Mark (6:5) and Matthew (13:58) tell us Jesus performed few miracles in his home town because people did not believe in him. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>A</strong>t a distance - Jesus does not need to be present to perform a miracle, for example, the healing of the centurion's servant.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>T</strong>ouch - Jesus is able to perform miracles by touch, such as healing the ear of the high priest's servant. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>P</strong>ity for suffering - The miracles demonstrate Jesus' compassion for suffering humanity. Healing miracles are good examples of this, as is the feeding of the 4,000, where Jesus says he has compassion for the hungry crowd.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>E</strong>vidence not always accepted - Those who did not believe in Jesus attribute the miracles to Satan, e.g. the teachers of the Law in Mark 3:20-30.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>G</strong>lorify God - The purpose of Jesus' miracles is to bring glory not to Jesus, but to God. For example, when the widow of Nain's son is resurrected, the people glorify God.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">I'd say that if you could remember these seven features, and support each with examples, you would be well on your way to getting a good grade in 30 mark AS question. That said, I'd be interested to know whether you think the list is a good one, or whether any features should be added or removed?</span>Mr Regnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111869149091924130noreply@blogger.com1Dover, Kent, UK51.1278758 1.313402699999983351.0481513 1.1520411999999833 51.207600299999996 1.4747641999999832tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728456855323449132.post-40634962390940561852014-12-06T11:50:00.000+00:002014-12-06T11:50:58.011+00:00RS Question of the Week - Can You Commit a Crime Against Someone Before They're Born?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This week's question of the week is taken from the sad story of a <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30327893" target="_blank">seven-year-old girl born with severe brain damage</a> after her mother drank up to eight cans of strong lager and half a bottle of vodka per day while pregnant. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Three judges ruled that she was not entitled to criminal damages under the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/criminal-injuries-compensation-authority" target="_blank">Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme</a> as the damage she undoubtedly suffered was inflicted while she was a foetus, not while she was a person: UK law only recognises crimes against persons.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Can you commit a crime against somebody before they are born?</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">You can download a poster for this week's question <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CPn3mw2DeXHM0NQ2L5Dr53QqubHf3lHrHzm93NyVyUY/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>, and a pdf of a Daily Mirror story (yes, I know) about the case <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B93RWlBLQ-3OcGNabmgzdFZhSjQ/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This week's Questions of the Week come from the news that <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30143250" target="_blank">Monty Python's Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life has become the most popular song at British funerals</a>. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Why do people choose music for their own funeral, when they won't be around to hear it?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Which song would you choose for your own funeral and why?</span> </li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">You can download the posters for the QOTW to use in your own classroom </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/144DZ47FQq3M97rpiPJlmpZdZkxzmMdB0DOPGUHEhQlM/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My choice would be Otis Redding's Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay, with Nirvana's cover Jesus Don't Want Me For A Sunbeam on standby for any encores. What would you choose?</span><br />
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<br />Mr Regnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111869149091924130noreply@blogger.com0Dover, Kent, UK51.1278758 1.313402699999983351.0481513 1.1520411999999833 51.207600299999996 1.4747641999999832tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728456855323449132.post-36706608571187111662014-11-22T11:41:00.000+00:002014-11-22T11:41:09.616+00:00RS Question of the Week - Ched Evans<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Recently, I've been sticking a few questions up in and on the door to my classroom to prompt a bit of discussion and give me an extra starter task if I need it. This week, I've used the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30022080" target="_blank">Ched Evans</a> news story as the basis for the questions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The questions and the story prompted some really good contributions from some of my Year 10 and 11 students, and I was pleased that they were keen to share their thoughts (and their own questions) without me having to prompt them. In fact, one of my students brought along a question from one of her friends, who I don't even teach!</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Do all criminals deserve a second chance? </span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Should criminals be allowed to work in jobs where they could earn £1000s every week?</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">What is a "role model", and why do we expect sports starts to act as role models?</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">If you want to use the questions in your own classroom, you can download the poster <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/12Y_gLTBtD0nk3qiWq33s3Fo3jF3Ke9zQu0H8rxo_Qro/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I've been thinking recently about how to improve my assessment, and particularly how to make sure that students have actually done something with the scrawly bits of purple ink I leave on their work, rather than just looking at the grade and filing the rest under "sooo not bothered"!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I picked up some ideas from <a href="http://marking-work-every-lesson-should-we-bother/" target="_blank">this excellent blog post</a> on marking, and now have a new system:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">When students complete their work, I get them to peer assess each other's work (where possible), writing comments in <span style="color: lime;"><strong>green ink</strong></span>. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I then take in the work and add my marks and comments in <span style="color: purple;"><strong>purple ink</strong></span>. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Once I've handed it back, the students are then given a specific prep task to add improvements or corrections based on my what went well/even better if comments. They do this using <span style="color: red;"><strong>red ink</strong></span>. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Finally I check these corrections, and if I think they've done enough to go up a grade, they get a <span style="color: purple;"><strong>purple stamp</strong></span> using my new toy, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Personalised-Self-inking-Teacher-20mm-Stamp/dp/B00G7M4VN2/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1416332861&sr=8-7&keywords=customised+stamper" target="_blank">fresh from Amazon</a>.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I also record the improved grade in my mark book, and it counts towards their term grades. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I've only been using the <span style="color: lime;"><strong>green</strong></span>-<strong><span style="color: purple;">purple</span></strong>-<strong><span style="color: red;">red</span></strong>-<strong><span style="color: purple;">purple</span></strong> system for a couple of weeks, but my AS class have responded to it very positively. I'm sure the offer of an improved grade helps! It's been an excellent way of starting a dialogue with students about how they think they've improved and where there might still be gaps in their understanding: for example, today I've realised that one EAL student is confusing a "<em>thesis</em> statement" in an essay with an "<em>atheist</em> statement". Definitely something I will now spend some time clearing up next lesson. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'd be keen to hear any thoughts on my new system, or what systems you have worked for you in your marking and AFL?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Things get in the way (as they do), so I've not made much progress towards so far, but the first couple of lessons on euthanasia, plus an introduction to RICS, are now up. You can find them on the </span><a href="http://mythicpizza.blogspot.co.uk/p/religion.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Religion in Contemporary Society Resource Page</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">.</span>Mr Regnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111869149091924130noreply@blogger.com0Dover, Kent, UK51.1278758 1.313402699999983351.0481513 1.1520411999999833 51.207600299999996 1.4747641999999832tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728456855323449132.post-1401270962909646422014-09-22T21:15:00.000+01:002014-09-22T21:15:45.578+01:00Form Critical Crafting<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My Year 12s were looking at form criticism today, and the idea that the gospels are selections and arrangements of pre-existing chunks of oral tradition. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I thought it might be fun to test their understanding with a spot of crafting inspired by Schmidt's "pearls on a string" analogy and my junior school "making stuff out of dry pasta" days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The students examined two chapters from Matthew's gospel and turned their analysis of the different gospel forms they found into a pasta necklace, with each colour representing a different form. In the necklace in the photo, the six red pieces are parables, the green piece is a pronouncement story, yellow is a "tale", and the brown pieces are miracle stories. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Next year I might tinker with the activity, not least by using dyed pasta rather hastily-coloured-in-with-markers pasta, but overall I think the results are quite pretty!</span>Mr Regnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111869149091924130noreply@blogger.com0Dover, Kent, UK51.1278758 1.313402699999983351.0481513 1.1520411999999833 51.207600299999996 1.4747641999999832tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728456855323449132.post-87295092295531474572014-08-14T12:41:00.001+01:002014-08-14T12:41:16.857+01:00A Level Results DayGood luck, congratulations, or commiserations to students (and teachers!) receiving A Level results today. I'm quite happy with the Dukies results, and it's always good to see where hard work has paid off.<div><br></div><div>Next stop GCSE results!</div>Mr Regnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111869149091924130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728456855323449132.post-60383817244247020292014-07-24T17:44:00.001+01:002014-07-24T17:44:25.756+01:00I Don't Think I Even Want To Read Your Book Anymore...<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I love those times when you've bought so much stuff off Amazon that something arrives and you genuinely have no idea what it is. This has just arrived and it could be anything!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It's like the elves have sent you an extra Christmas present.</span>Mr Regnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111869149091924130noreply@blogger.com0Dover, Kent, UK51.1278758 1.313402699999983351.0481513 1.1520411999999833 51.207600299999996 1.4747641999999832tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728456855323449132.post-73404134678961525832014-07-15T16:21:00.002+01:002014-07-15T16:21:51.267+01:00Go-ve<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Via the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/212329012138235/" target="_blank">Save RE Facebook Group</a>.</span>Mr Regnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111869149091924130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728456855323449132.post-77234446875477588802014-07-13T13:30:00.000+01:002014-07-13T13:30:25.679+01:00From Science 2.0 "Scientists Discover that Atheists Might Not Exist".<div>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One of the more interesting aspects of the secularisation debate is the difficulty of explaining why in countries like the UK, levels of religious belief seem to remain relatively high, even though levels of active religious participation are apparently in terminal decline.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.science20.com/writer_on_the_edge/blog/scientists_discover_that_atheists_might_not_exist_and_thats_not_a_joke-139982?utm_content=buffer043f0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer#.U720ZUUTAvQ.facebook" target="_blank">This article from the website Science 2.0</a> suggests that religious patterns of thinking might be hard-wired into our brain. It's well worth a read.</span></span>Mr Regnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111869149091924130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728456855323449132.post-72503461062327791082014-06-25T11:32:00.000+01:002014-06-25T11:32:00.914+01:00Matrix Jesus Bingo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My Year 12s are currently studying the A2 topic on Religion and Film, and we've just started looking at the theme of religious ideas in film, using the Wachowskis' <em>The Matrix</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I've put together <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B93RWlBLQ-3OWmRVa0JQSHpXam8/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">this little game</a> to help my students spot some of the many Neo/Jesus parallels between <em>The Matrix</em> and the gospels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Usual bingo rules apply: students tick off each parallel on their card when they spot it on screen. Instead of calling "house", the winner has to shout out "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Incidentally, I was surprised to find out that only one of my students has actually seen <em>The Matrix</em> before, and most of them seem to think that a film made in 1999 is virtually prehistoric. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This makes me feel very old.</span>Mr Regnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111869149091924130noreply@blogger.com3Dover, Kent, UK51.1278758 1.313402699999983351.0481513 1.1520411999999833 51.207600299999996 1.4747641999999832tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728456855323449132.post-82444002890434674742014-06-21T15:06:00.001+01:002014-06-21T15:06:40.167+01:00BBC Article on Biblical Films<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">My Year 12 class has recently started their A2 course, looking at the topic of Religion and Film.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/0/27396939" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">This BBC article</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> explores the history and continuing popularity of Biblical films.</span>Mr Regnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111869149091924130noreply@blogger.com0Dover, Kent, UK51.1278758 1.313402699999983351.0481513 1.1520411999999833 51.207600299999996 1.4747641999999832tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728456855323449132.post-17569337621559265302014-06-16T22:48:00.001+01:002014-06-16T22:48:15.495+01:00The Complete Incomplete PowerPoint on Life, Death, and Beyond<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've been gradually putting together <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B93RWlBLQ-3OYkxNeGVlLWpORXM/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">this PowerPoint</a> for the AQA's synoptic unit on Life, Death and Beyond.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's still not complete: One of the four topics is missing and I've not quite had chance to add in some extra notes I've got in other places, but students studying the unit might find it useful for revision ahead of their exam on Thursday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Good luck!</span>Mr Regnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111869149091924130noreply@blogger.com1Dover, Kent, UK51.1278758 1.313402699999983351.0481513 1.1520411999999833 51.207600299999996 1.4747641999999832tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728456855323449132.post-59212225427145845042014-06-03T12:03:00.000+01:002014-06-03T12:03:44.225+01:002014 Religion Philosophy & Ethics Essay Competition<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you're missing Religious Studies after your exams, then the University of Gloucestershire's 2014 Religion, Philosophy and Ethics Essay Competition might be for you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The competition is open to AS and A2 students in the UK, and the winner will receive an iPad. All you have to do is write 1500 words on one of the following titles:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">1) What is the proper role of religion in a modern, secular, society?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">2) If you had a time machine, would it be wrong to travel back and kill Hitler?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">3) Does science give us an accurate picture of "how the world is"?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Easy peasy, eh?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Even if you don't win, entering competitions like this one is an excellent way of developing your writing skills, and preparing you for the deeper research and reading required at degree level study (and that good universities will look for in UCAS statements).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You can find out more <a href="http://r-p-e.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/2014-rpe-essay-competition-win-ipad.html" target="_blank">here</a>. The deadline for entries is 24th October 2014.</span>Mr Regnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111869149091924130noreply@blogger.com0Dover, Kent, UK51.1278758 1.313402699999983351.0481513 1.1520411999999833 51.207600299999996 1.4747641999999832tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728456855323449132.post-40287816344971508282014-05-08T21:17:00.000+01:002014-05-08T21:24:20.591+01:00RS Honours Board Classroom Display<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Outside my classroom I've put up a display board that celebrates some of the successes that students have had in the department over recent years, including GCSE pass rates, A*/A grades, and students who went on to study RS or Philosophy at University.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I think it's worked nicely as a talking point for students and recognition of their hard work, and as way to promote the department to prospective students and parents. A couple of other departments have used it as a template for their displays... although our Maths department has forgotten to remove the religiousy praying figure background, which raises a grin every time I walk past it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I've uploaded it <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B93RWlBLQ-3OcU9ybGJqU2Z5MDg/edit?usp=sharing">here</a> (with names of my students changed, of course) for other RS teachers to use and adapt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I hope you find it useful. If so, you might also like my <a href="http://mythicpizza.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/top-20-celebrities-with-degrees-in.html">Celebs Who Studied RS</a> posters. </span><br />
<br />Mr Regnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111869149091924130noreply@blogger.com4Dover, Kent, UK51.1278758 1.313402699999983351.0481513 1.1520411999999833 51.207600299999996 1.4747641999999832tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728456855323449132.post-70203779799140772242014-04-29T11:50:00.001+01:002014-04-29T12:37:11.618+01:00Spooner Strikes Again<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So today in RS, I discovered that when you're teaching about culling and hunting, you have to be very careful not to get those words jumbled up!</span>Mr Regnierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01111869149091924130noreply@blogger.com0Dover, Kent, UK51.1278758 1.313402699999983351.0481513 1.1520411999999833 51.207600299999996 1.4747641999999832tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728456855323449132.post-76221479863772992472014-04-22T13:46:00.000+01:002014-04-22T13:46:32.761+01:00Dawkins: Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life on 4oD<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In my Year 13 A level class, we're currently studying the AQA synoptic unit on Life, Death and Beyond. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">4oD is showing Richard Dawkins' series </span><a href="http://www.channel4.com/programmes/sex-death-and-the-meaning-of-life/episode-guide"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sex, Death, and the Meaning of Life</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">, which is useful for thinking about atheist responses to ultimate questions. Dawkins is always watchable, even if his tendency to </span><a href="http://www.logicallyfallacious.com/index.php/logical-fallacies/66-cherry-picking"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">cherry pick</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> his evidence occasionally becomes annoying. The series is available free on 4oD, though you have to </span><a href="https://4id.channel4.com/registration?redirectUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.channel4.com%2Fprogrammes%2Fsex-death-and-the-meaning-of-life&subContext=NetworkNavRegister"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">register</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> first. Each episode is worth watching if you are studying or teaching the synoptic unit.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.channel4.com/programmes/sex-death-and-the-meaning-of-life/4od#3457672"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Episode 1</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> considers why we should act morally if there is no God watching us.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.channel4.com/programmes/sex-death-and-the-meaning-of-life/4od#3457671"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Episode 2</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> explores what science can tell us about death.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.channel4.com/programmes/sex-death-and-the-meaning-of-life/4od#3457673"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Episode 3</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> asks if there is a purpose to life in a Universe governed by the blind forces of nature.</span> <br />
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