A Level revision notes about ‘Top Girls’ by Caryl Churchill Context Feminism Motherhood The female body Religion Rebellion Women’s roles The state Freedom Hope

A Level revision notes Colour coded: green statistics; yellow definitions; blue dates Stalin as a war leader The impact of the war on the USSR High Stalinism in the USSR 1945-53 High Stalinism: the USSR’s international position 1945-53

One page Case Studies: TROPICAL STORM (Hurricane Katrina) DROUGHT (SE England, 2006) TECTONIC HAZARD (Tohoku Tsunami, Japan) COASTAL LANDSCAPE (Holderness, Yorkshire) RIVER LANDSCAPE (Tay Valley, Scotland) SUSTAINABLE RAINFOREST (B&Q timber policy in the Amazon) SUSTAINABLE ARCTIC (Svalbard Environmental Protection Act , Norway) ARCTIC TREATY (The Arctic Council) CITY IN AN ADVANCED COUNTRY (Hull, Yorkshire) CITY IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY (La Paz, Bolivia) LIDC DEVELOPMENT (Top down and bottom up development, Nigeria) UK ECONOMIC HUB (The Cambridge Cluster) UK’S POLITICAL ROLE (Iraq War, 2003) ETHNIC FOOD IN THE UK (origins of fish & chips and curry) UK FOOD SECURITY (LOCAL) food banks UK FOOD SECURITY (PAST) factory farmed chicken UK FOOD SECURITY (PRESENT) GM crops Glossary of key words

With links to "Wuthering Heights"... "Who so list to hount I knowe where is a hydne" by Sir Thomas Wyatt "Sonnet 116" by William Shakespeare "The Garden of Love" by William Blake "Song (Ae fond kiss)" by Robert Burns "Remember" by Christina Rossetti "At an Inn" by Thomas Hardy "La Belle Dame sans Merci. A Ballad" by John Keats "Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae" by Ernest Dowson "A Song (Absent from thee)" by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord Byron "The Flea" by John Donne "To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell "The Scrutiny" by Richard Lovelace "The Ruined Maid" by Thomas Hardy Colour coded: yellow for definitions

Revision notes for A-level Religious Studies (OCR) Five pages DCT – FOUNDATIONS KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’S EXISTENCE NATURAL KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’S EXISTENCE REVEALED KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’S EXISTENCE ARE NATURAL AND REVEALED KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE SAME? THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST **JESUS’ AUTHORITY AS THE SON OF GOD **Jesus’ divinity expressed in his knowledge of God ** Jesus’ divinity expressed in his miracles **Jesus’ divinity expressed in his resurrection ** JESUS’ AUTHORITY A TEACHER OF WISDOM **Jesus’ moral teaching on repentance + forgiveness ** Jesus’ moral teaching on inner purity + moral motivation **How are Jesus’ teachings useful to an atheist? ** JESUS’ AUTHORITY AS A LIBERATOR Jesus’ role expressed in his challenge to political authority ** Jesus’ role expressed in his challenge to religious authority

Revision for A-level Religious Studies (OCR) Five pages DCT – LIVING CHRISTIAN MORAL PRINCIPLES BIBLE = ONLY AUTHORITY FOR CHRISTIAN MORALS Theonomous Christian ethics Sola scriptura Issues with theonomous ethics BIBLE, CHURCH + REASON = SOURCES OF CHRISTIAN MORALS Heteronomous Christian ethics Roman Catholic attitudes to Church teachings Protestant attitudes to Church teachings AGAPE = ONLY CHRISTIAN ETHICAL PRINCIPLE Autonomous Christian ethics CHURCH AUTHORITY OVER THE INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIAN ETHICS: PERSONAL OR COMMUNAL? CHRISTIAN MORAL ACTION BONHOEFFER DUTY TO GOD OR THE STATE? Bonhoeffer’s teaching on obedience, leadership + doing God’s will CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’S WILL Civil disobedience CHURCH AS COMMUNITY + SOURCE OF SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE Bonhoeffer’s role in Confessing Church Bonhoeffer’s role at Finkenwalde COST OF DISCIPLESHIP God’s grace, suffering + solidarity BONHOEFFER’S EMPHASIS ON SUFFERING BONHOEFFER’S RELEVANCE TODAY

Revision notes for A-level Religious Studies (OCR) Seven pages DCT – SOCIETY GENDER + SOCIETY Key terms: Feminism Gender biology Gender identification Gender expression Socialisation Patriarchal society Gender dysphoria Misogyny EFFECTS OF CHANGING VIEWS ON GENDER + GENDER ROLES IN CHRISTIANITY Roles of men + women in family and society: Hermeneutics Genesis 1 Both genders reflect nature of God Genesis 2: “no suitable helper” Implied inferiority ‘Helper’ depends on translation Genesis 3: Eve tempted by serpent Women weaker will than men Men shouldn’t let women take lead in decision-making Ephesians 5: “Wives, submit yourselves" Husbands must love their wives like their own bodies Paul Cultural norms of 1st century Rome Patriarchal society Comparisons to Church + Christ’s relationship 1 Peter 3: ‘weaker sex’ 1 Timothy 2: women must learn in silence + never assume authority over man ‘Head’ in Greek also translates to source of life ‘MULIERIS DIGNITATEM’ JOHN PAUL II Response to rise of feminism Virgin Mary recognised as theotokos Gender roles Mariage is mutual relationship of equals Genesis 2 Women shouldn’t take on male roles “Feminine originality” Motherhood + parenthood “The woman’s part” Cultural shift in attitudes to women Rejects feminist criticisms (eg de Beauvir + Frieden) motherhood demeaning to women MARY THE MODEL OF MOTHERHOOD Special value God place on motherhood MYSTERY OF GENERATION Mystery inherent in Trinity ‘sincere gift of self’ Man +woman ‘one flesh’ MUTUALITY “Special debt to the woman” ACTIVE MOTHERHOOD Different types of family: "Intact families Blended family relationships CATECHISM OF CATHOLIC CHURCH: “does not tolerate ‘trial marriages’” Christian responses to contemporary secular views about roles of men + women in family and society Conservative Protestant Christian responses Biblical theology is timeless Gender roles: Purely biological, not product of culture Foucault KATY RUDY Gender roles illustrate power the ‘Right’ in American politics + society Mistrust of socially liberal ideologies Feminism cause of family breakdowns Men + women created equal but different Complementarianism Motherhood + parenthood: Woman’s role ‘domestic haven’ Christian home place of refuge, love, peace Eve = ‘mother of all living’ Paul: husband must provide for family Different types of family: Critical of feminism, cohabitation + same-sex relationships Feminism has led to eroticisation Foucault Couples expect too much from relationships Christianity values permanency Relationships too private + egocentric Christian family should look outwards Same-sex parents not truly Christian

Revision notes for A-level Religious Studies (OCR) Five pages DCT – DEVELOPMENT RELIGIOUS PLURALISM + THEOLOGY EXCLUSIVISM INCLUSIVISM PLURALISM RELIGIOUS PLURALISM + SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT OF CONTEMPORARY MULTI-FAITH SOCIETIES INTERFAITH DIALOGUE CHRISTIAN RESPONSES TO INTERFAITH DIALOGUE Official Church responses Should Christians convert those of other faiths? Should Christians have mission to those of no faith? SCRIPTURAL REASONING MOVEMENT RELATIVISING RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel) **Three pages ** To be printed A3 size RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: 'ON WENLOCK EDGE’ Three Mind Maps: ’1. ON WENLOCK EDGE’ ’3. IS MY TEAM PLOUGHING?' ’5. BREDON HILL’ Mind Map connections: Melody Harmony & Tonality Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Instrumentation Texture Structure

Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel) One page To be printed A3 size KAIJA SAARIAHO: 'PETALS FOR VIOLINCELLO AND LIVE ELECTRONICS’ Background information MIND MAP: Harmony & Tonality Instrumentation Melody Structure Texture Rhythm, Metre & Tempo

Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel) One page To be printed A3 size KATE BUSH: 'HOUNDS OF LOVE’ MIND MAP: ‘Cloudbusting’ ‘And dream of sheep’ ‘Under ice’ Mind map connections: Harmony & Tonality Texture Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Structure Instrumentation Melody

Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel) Three pages To be printed A3 size STRAVINSKY: 'THE RITE OF SPRING’ ’INTRODUCTION’ Melody Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Harmony & Tonality Texture Instrumentation ’THE AUGURS OF SPRING’ Melody Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Harmony & Tonality Texture Instrumentation ‘RITUAL OF ABDUCTION’ Melody Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Texture Harmony & Tonality

Revision Notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel) Two pages To be printed A3 size DEBUSSY - 'LA SOIREE DANS GRENADE’ Background notes Harmony & Tonality Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Instrumentation DEBUSSY - 'PAGODES’ Background notes Impressionist features in 'Estampes' (notes) Harmony & Tonality Melody Texture Instrumentation Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Structure

Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel) One page To be printed A3 size CLARA WIECK-SCHUMANN - 'PIANO TRIO IN G MINOR, OP. 17: MOVEMENT 1 Mind Map connections: Harmony & Tonality Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Texture Instrumentation Melody Structure

Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel) One Page To be printed A3 size COURTEY PINE: 'BACK IN THE DAY’ ‘Inner state (of mind)’ ‘Lady Day and (John Coltrane)’ ‘Love and affection’ Mind map connections: Melody Harmony and Tonality Texture Structure Instrumentation Rhythm, Metre & Tempo

Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel) One Page To be printed A3 size THE BEATLES: 'REVOLVER’ **MIND MAP: ** **'Eleanor Rigby'** **'Here, there and everywhere'** ** 'I want to tell you'** ** 'Tomorrow never knows'** Mind map connections: Melody Harmony & Tonality Instrumentation Texture Rhythm, Metre & Tempo

Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel) One page To be printed A3 size Bernard Herrmann - 'Psycho’ Mind Map 'Prelude' 'The City' 'Marion' 'The Murder (Shower Scene)' 'The Toys' 'The Cellar' 'Discovery' 'Finale' Connections include: Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Melody Harmony & Tonality Instrumentation Texture

Powerpoint and worksheets about the effects of Hurricane Katrina. First part deals with levees and subsidence with a differentiated question. Second part looks at social, economic and environmental effects which are sorted and then used to write a newspaper article. Links to videos included.