Inspire Second Edition

A complete course in Junior Cycle Religious Education

The market-leading InspiRE, tried and tested in classrooms around the country, has been revised and updated based on teacher feedback, recent exam papers and changes in the world around us. Much-loved features and approaches have been retained and enhanced with timely updates.

What can you expect?

The market-leading Religious Education programme for Junior Cycle, InspiRE Second Edition continues to offer teachers and students a comprehensive, engaging and inspiring approach to delivering the Junior Cycle Religious Education Specification.
Revised and updated content that clearly addresses all Learning Outcomes, providing current, relevant information and meaningful real-world examples for students.
Suitable for exam and non-exam Religious Education classrooms
All five major world religions and non-religious worldviews are covered
Follows a spiral approach, where students will meet and revisit Learning Outcomes on an ongoing basis.

Textbook

Learning intentions, key terms and ice-breaker activities at the start of each chapter
REcall questions to prompt prior learning
Content presented in a well-paced and structured sequence in clear, simple language; religious literacy developed through spiral approach to the specification
NEW unit assessment feature, including engaging project opportunities for non-exam and exam students; and past exam questions and sample exam-standard answers with helpful hints and tips on answering
Engaging and informative visuals throughout
Chapters include learning experiences based on the three elements of Enquiry, Exploration, and Reflection and Action. These tasks allow for a variety of creative ongoing formative assessment, as well as links to CBAs. Checkpoint questions throughout help students to monitor their progress.
End-of-unit visual summaries provide a helpful visual overview of the preceding information

Activity and Assessment Portfolio

The FULLY REVISED AND EXPANDED student Activity and Assessment Portfolio includes:
engaging activities for each chapter
practical exam-style questions and helpful key terms summaries
thoughtful reflection activities.
Facilitates students in:
- preparing for CBAs 1 and 2
- reflecting on their learning and their use of the Junior Cycle Key Skills
- completing self-assessment checklists
- developing action plans based on their self-assessment.

Digital Resources

A wealth of NEW AND UPDATED resources to enhance the classroom experience will be available including:
- Editable planning documents
- Editable chapter PowerPoint presentations
- Weblinks
- Videos
- Key term quizzes and crosswords
- Unit multiple-choice quizzes
- Bible passages
- Editable visual summaries
- Playlists

Teacher’s Resource Book

The invaluable Teacher’s Resource Book provides the ultimate support for planning, teaching and assessing Junior Cycle Religious Education. It contains:

clear information on the specification
sample departmental units of learning, comprehensive schemes of work and blank planning templates
solutions to textbook questions
suggested strategies for creating meaningful learning experiences in the classroom fextra extension ideas, activities and worksheets, which can easily be tailored to meet the needs of your class group/school ethos
teacher self-evaluation worksheets fan assessment chapter with information on CBAs and the exam.

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