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Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies B revision

These activities are mapped to Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies B 1RB0, Beliefs in Action. That is a different specification from Religious Studies A, not a variant of it, and content does not transfer between them. Route B has two areas of study, and each one pairs a religion with an applied theme: Christianity with religion and ethics, Islam with religion, peace and conflict. That pairing is the thing to plan revision around, because the exam rarely asks what a tradition believes without also asking what follows from it. Our coverage is close to even, at 16 activities on the Christianity area and 15 on the Islam area.

This page lists what we actually have for Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies B 1RB0, Beliefs in Action. It is built from the live activities, so it is accurate on the day you read it.

The pairing is the point

Route B does not examine two religions and then, separately, two ethical themes. It pairs them. Area of Study 1 is Christianity through religion and ethics. Area of Study 2 is Islam through religion, peace and conflict.

That has a direct consequence for revision. A student who has learned the Trinity as a definition, or the six beliefs of Islam as a list, has done perhaps half the work, because the questions tend to put a belief into a situation and ask what follows from it. Revision that keeps belief and application together is closer to the assessment than revision that files them separately.

The activities here are built that way. Almost all of them place a belief in a scenario and ask the student to work through it rather than to recall a definition and stop.

What we have, area by area

Sixteen activities on the Christianity area and fifteen on the Islam area, thirty-one in total. That is the most even split of any subject on this site, and it is deliberate: an uneven one would leave a class well prepared for one paper and short for the other, and the two are examined separately.

The lists below can be worked through one area at a time for that reason.

Route A is a different course

This matters enough to state plainly. Edexcel runs two GCSE Religious Studies specifications, and they are not variants of each other.

Route A, 1RA0, has three papers including a textual studies paper on St Mark's Gospel. Route B has two areas of study and no textual paper. A department teaching Route A will find nothing here about Mark, and should not set Route B material to a Route A class.

Every activity names the specification it belongs to on its own page, so the check takes a moment.

Finding the right one

The lists below group by classroom use, worked out from what each activity contains. Homework is not a heading, because all thirty-one suit it and a heading holding everything separates nothing.

The three activities embedded below are playable here without an account.

Using them

For off-screen options to pair with these, including discussion-based ones that suit a subject built on argument, see ready-to-run revision activities. For short tasks and a weekly routine to drop them into, see the revision homework toolkit. To put several in front of one class in order, build a sprint.

Our past paper archive carries Edexcel's own Religious Studies papers and mark schemes, free and unaltered.

What this page does not do

It does not mark extended writing, which is most of what this subject is assessed on. What is checked automatically is the reasoning inside each activity.

It does not cover Route A, and it does not cover any religion other than Christianity and Islam.

It does not track anything, so there is no completion list to check.

Every live Religious Studies activity for Edexcel

31 activities, all mapped to Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies B (1RB0) — Beliefs in Action.

Good for intervention (19)

Good for independent study (19)

Good for mock preparation (4)

Good for starter (2)

Good for cover lesson (1)

See all 31, by topic

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Edexcel Religious Studies 15 minutes

The Trinity and the Nature of God

12 steps, 8 interactive, 6 activity types.

Best used for
Starter Independent study Intervention
  • Starter: Short enough to open a lesson and still leave time to teach.
  • Independent study: Explains before it asks, so a student can work alone.
  • Intervention: Mostly questions, so it finds the gap quickly.

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Christians describe God as a Trinity. What does that mean?

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Edexcel Religious Studies 16 minutes

The Problem of Evil and Suffering

14 steps, 10 interactive, 8 activity types.

Best used for
Homework Intervention
  • Homework: Set it as a link. It marks itself.
  • Intervention: Mostly questions, so it finds the gap quickly.

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Which of these is an example of moral evil, caused by people?

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Edexcel Religious Studies 15 minutes

The Six Beliefs and the Five Roots

11 steps, 7 interactive, 7 activity types.

Best used for
Starter Homework Independent study
  • Starter: Short enough to open a lesson and still leave time to teach.
  • Homework: Set it as a link. It marks itself.
  • Independent study: Explains before it asks, so a student can work alone.

Try one question

A question asks whether a Muslim should ever forgive an enemy. Which sentence uses a belief as evidence, the way this paper rewards?

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Common questions

Is this Route A or Route B?

Route B, 1RB0, Beliefs in Action. Route A (1RA0, Faith and Practice in the 21st Century) is a different specification with three papers including a textual studies paper on St Mark's Gospel, which Route B does not have. Content is not interchangeable, so check which one your class is entered for before setting anything.

Which religions does Route B cover?

Christianity and Islam, each paired with an applied theme: Christianity with religion and ethics, Islam with religion, peace and conflict. Our coverage is 16 activities on the first area and 15 on the second.

Do the activities separate belief from application?

No, and deliberately not, because the specification does not either. Almost all of them place a belief in a situation and ask what follows, which is closer to how the questions are actually put.

Is there anything on St Mark's Gospel?

No. That is a Route A paper. If you teach it, this is the wrong page and those activities sit under the Route A specification.

Can students revise one area of study at a time?

Yes, and the lists below make that easy. The two areas are examined separately, so revising one at a time matches how the papers work.

Will I see who has completed them?

No. Following a shared link records nothing about who followed it, which is a deliberate choice about children's data.

Put one in front of a class

Tell us the subject and how long you have. You get a link to hand out, and it marks itself.

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