Provide students with a strong understanding of religion with high quality, engaging and content-rich resources building a firm foundation for the new GCSE 9-1 Religious Studies. Deliver a rich, coherent RE course at KS3 and equip pupils with a deep understanding of religion with ready-made, flexible and high quality KS3 lessons. Knowing Religion is written by an author team of experienced RE teachers and led by series editor Robert Orme of West London Free School. Discover the history and beliefs of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism as well as these religions in the modern worldStart teaching straight away with Teacher Guide resources available on Collins Connect, including teaching ideas and support along with answers to questions in the student booksGive pupils the grounding they need to excel at GCSE RSIgnite an interest in religion through a compelling narrative, fascinating facts and extraordinary peopleAid pupil memory with a knowledge organiser at the end of each unit covering key vocabulary, people, places, and datesSpark discussion and assess understanding with questions for each lesson including longer-form discursive questions to provide extended writing and essay practice16 lessons on each religion to offer flexibility and map onto the school timetable with easeThe Knowing Religion series also includes resources on Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Biblical Literacy

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Ks3 Knowing Religion .

This book has been graded for interest at 11-14 years.

There are 120 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2017 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Andy Lewis is an Assistant Headteacher and Director of RE at St Bonaventure's Catholic school in East London. He is the author of a number of textbooks, regular blogger and expert speaker at a range of regional and national teaching events. Waqar Ahmad Ahmedi is Head of RE at one of the leading comprehensive schools in Birmingham, and a regular expert speaker at subject conferences. He has extensive examining experience for major awarding bodies. Waqar also writes regularly about faith and education, including textbooks for the latest GCSE RS specifications, and has been advising schools on the teaching of Islam. Robert Orme has taught at a number of secondary schools in the UK. He is currently Head of Religious Education at a mixed state school in London. His writings on RE and secondary education have been featured in a number of publications including TES, Schools Week, The Telegraph and RE:Online.