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Category Archives: RE Lessons (Years 7-9)


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READ FIRST: Finding a suitable FREE RE Lesson

To find a suitable FREE lesson:

  • On the RE Lessons drop-down menu at the top of the site are sub-menus for Years 7-9 and Years 10-11. These will show you all the available RE Lessons for the selected year groups.
  • On the right-hand side of the pages are clickable module categories. These will show you all the available RE Lessons in those categories (across both the year groups).
  • At the bottom of each lesson are clickable links. These will show you related lessons and others in the same module category or year group.


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F1 The Movie

Learning Objectives:            

  • Students will: explore how ambition can be both healthy and unhealthy.
  • Understand the meaning of sacrifice within Christian teaching, particularly through the verse John 15:12-14.
  • Recognise how sacrifice can appear in everyday life and in high-pressure environments.
  • Explore the relationship dynamics between Sonny Hayes and Joshua Pearce in F1: The Movie and how their decisions illustrate selflessness and teamwork.
  • Reflect on how choosing sacrifice over rivalry can build stronger communities, friendships, and teams.
  • Synthesise learning by writing a news report on the sacrificial death of Jesus.

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Title: How To Train Your Dragon: Is there a way to train your tongue?

Learning Objectives:            

Students will:

  • Consider how truthful or untruthful language can enflame situations locally and globally.
  • Examine Christian teaching on ‘taming the tongue’ and the exercise of self-control as an area of spiritual growth.
  • Reflect on the wider topic of social media and truth in contemporary settings.

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Conclave: Is the best leader always the one who wants to lead?

Learning Objectives:            

  • Students will: consider the Roman Catholic process of electing a new pope through the process of the conclave.
  • Examine a biblical view of leadership and guidance.
  • Reflect on how prayer and discernment sit alongside personal ambition.

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Paddington in Peru: What does the Bible say about Christian responsibility for fostering and adoption?

Learning Objectives:            

  • Students will consider the breadth of fostering and adoption, by analysing the difference between fictional orphans and real-life families.
  • Examine a biblical view of care for the widows and orphans and analyse what this reveals about the character of God as a father.
  • Understand how Christians can impact society and individuals by offering welcome to children in need.

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Inside Out 2: How does what we believe about God affect how we live?

Learning Objectives:            

  • Examine the idea of how the self is created through experience and memory.
  • Analyse the account of the Apostle Paul’s conversion in order to understand a Christian view of conversion.
  • Understand how belief shapes action and behaviour through a contemporary account.

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Wonka: Can we imagine a world of fairness?

Learning Objectives:      

  • Consider the complexity and unfairness in global supply chains, particularly with reference to the chocolate trade.
  • Understand the Bible’s teaching on wealth and poverty, particularly with regard to the fair treatment of workers.

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Barbie: What does the Bible show us about gender equality?

Learning Objectives:

  • Understanding how gender stereotyping influences society and causes division between male and female.
  • Understanding how patriarchal and matriarchal societies differ.
  • Consideration of how the Old Testament understands power and authority in the context of a psalm.
  • Exploration of the radical nature of a Christian worldview in a patriarchal society.

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Elemental: What does the Bible say about immigration?

Learning Objectives:

  • Awareness of the economic and social factors causing mass migration.
  • Awareness of the causes and consequences of prejudice against immigration.
  • Understanding of Christian teaching about welcoming the stranger.

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The Fabelmans: How Jesus used parables to teach and disciple

Learning Objectives:

  • Understanding of how stories are used to teach as well as entertain
  • Comprehension of the Bible as a source of stories that teach about the kingdom of God
  • Awareness of Jesus’ use of parables
  • Consideration of how Jesus’ parables impact modern ethical thought

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