Free Will Lesson

Free will, Religious Studies lesson which aims to get pupils to understand the meaning of free will, be able to develop their own opinions on whether we truly have free will and be aware of beliefs in relation to free will from Christianity and Islam. The lesson also contains an optional slide where pupils can use a video clip to be able to compare free will to determinism.  Pictures show samples of the slides included in our lesson.

This is an easy to follow power point lesson (no prior planning, printing or preparation required). The resource is designed to be delivered as one 60 minute session but all of our resources are fully editable and designed to allow sections to be added, removed or changed should you need to do so. This lesson can easily be delivered by someone who is not a subject specialist or an experienced Religious Education teacher.

This lesson includes -
Discussion and feedback task on being ‘masters of our own destiny’.
Definition of free will.
Scenario task with feedback on true free will.
Discussion and feedback on avoiding moral suffering when using free will.
Using our free will for positive and negative task.
Christian quotation task.
Islam & Predestination information inc. Sunni and Shia beliefs.
Justification of views writing task. PEEL paragraph.
Plenary & Homework task.

In response to current educational research on cognitive load, our lessons contain minimal unnecessary text or imagery in order to enhance memory of key information

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