Secondary political philosophy resources

This display pack is designed to engage students in reflecting on their thinking and argument. The pack includes two displays: Logical fallacies covering a range of 21 examples of irrationality including: Strawman, slippery slope, ad hominum, black or white, appeal to authority, bandwagon, middle ground, begging the question, non-representative sample, moral equivalency, non sequitur, red herring, splitting hairs, non-testable hypothesis, anecdotal support, genetic, post hoc ergo propter hoc, appeal to tradition, appeal to emotion, affirming the consequent and denying the antecedent. Cognitive biases covering a range of 18 reasons why we all fail to be objective including: Anchoring, confirmation bias, declinism, framing, fundamental attribution error, the halo effect, backfire effect, reactance, groupthink, belief bias, availability heuristic, clustering illusion, conservatism bias, blind spot bias, the ostrich effect, zero risk, in-group bias and the Dunning-Kruger effect. All of the displays are styled in a high contrast white on black or black on white (apart from the red herring of course…) They are eye-catching and informative for your students of all ages from Year 7 through to Year 13. Great for an RE, Philosophy or Psychology classroom. Maybe these should be in every classroom - just think about the world we could create! Instructions: Just cut around the shape leaving a small border of white. I’ve included an example of image for displaying on a small board but you could display these around the walls or however you wish. You could create a board for each or put both together!

A scheme of work on ethics and morality, which includes topics such as abortion, war, euthanasia, animal testing and ethical dilemmas. Suitable for form time activities or can be adapted into a RE SOW for both KS3 & KS4.

American Independence Day BUNDLE! QUIZ + ACTIVITY PACK These resources will engage, educate and motivate your students they are fantastic for quick and easy planning! American Independence Day Fourth of July QUIZ Over 10 rounds and 60+ Questions. This resource contains 1xPowerPoint 1x Student Answer Sheet double sided out of /60+ Marks (PDF and PPT Version) and all the answers!! Contain 10 Rounds: Causes of the American Revolution, True or False, Link the Important Dates, Observation, De-Scrabble, Design Challenge and more… ** American Independence Day** 14 PAGE pack of classroom-ready activities will enthuse and engage students. Suitable for KS3 and KS4 students to explore the American Independence Day through a variety of activities. This Booklet Contains: o Topical debates of issues surrounding American Independence Day o Various thought provoking challenges o Campaign Activities o 14 pages of ready-to-use student worksheets designed to be written on o A wide range of activities, to suit all types of learners. o Minimal preparation required – Just print and go! o Discussion activities included in with every case study, challenging your most able students Can be used for a whole lesson or two on American Independence Day. They can also be used to encourage a flipped learning environment.

American Independence Day 4th July Activity Pack 14 PAGE pack of classroom-ready activities will enthuse and engage students. Suitable for KS3 and KS4 students to explore the American Independence Day through a variety of activities. This booklet has been created by a dedicated team of experts and will allow competition, peer reflection and SMSC. It can be used to teach the topic of American Independence Day, through a range of stimulating exercises, encouraging discussion and liven up lessons through structured engagement between students. This Booklet Contains: o Topical debates of issues surrounding American Independence Day o Various thought provoking challenges o Campaign Activities o 14 pages of ready-to-use student worksheets designed to be written on o A wide range of activities, to suit all types of learners. o Minimal preparation required – Just print and go! o Discussion activities included in with every case study, challenging your most able students Can be used for a whole lesson or two on American Independence Day. They can also be used to encourage a flipped learning environment. This resource will engage, educate and motivate your students – fantastic for quick and easy planning! Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter

The European Union Citizenship GCSE (9-1) 2016 onwards 10 PAGE study work booklet of classroom-ready activities will enthuse and engage students, and ensuring they get the most from their course. This booklet has been created by a dedicated team of Citizenship experts and is matched against the new curriculum specifications set by the exam board. It can be used to teach the topic of The European Union , through a range of stimulating exercises, encouraging discussion and liven up lessons through structured engagement between students. This Booklet Contains: o Revision Summary Topic Map o Contemporary case studies around this topic o A clear focus on key terms and literacy based activities o Differentiated Exam Questions and Practice o 10 pages of ready-to-use student worksheets designed to be written on o A wide range of activities, to suit all types of learners. o Minimal preparation required – Just print and go! o Discussion activities included in with every case study, challenging your most able students o Links to online digital and flipped learning activities Can be used for a whole lesson or two on The European Union, or as a recap/revision tool on key issues. They can also be used to encourage a flipped learning environment. Fully matched to cover all specification content for GCSE Citizenship. The learning objectives for this work booklet are: o To study the purpose of international organisations and why they were established o To understand the role the UK plays as a part of these organisations o To evaluate the effectiveness of these organisations This resource will engage, educate and motivate your students – fantastic for quick and easy planning! Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter

**The Commonwealth ** Citizenship GCSE (9-1) 2016 onwards 8 PAGE study work booklet of classroom-ready activities will enthuse and engage students, and ensuring they get the most from their course. This booklet has been created by a dedicated team of Citizenship experts and is matched against the new curriculum specifications set by the exam board. It can be used to teach the topic of The Commonwealth , through a range of stimulating exercises, encouraging discussion and liven up lessons through structured engagement between students. This Booklet Contains: o Revision Summary Topic Map o Contemporary case studies around this topic o A clear focus on key terms and literacy based activities o Differentiated Exam Questions and Practice o 8 pages of ready-to-use student worksheets designed to be written on o A wide range of activities, to suit all types of learners. o Minimal preparation required – Just print and go! o Discussion activities included in with every case study, challenging your most able students o Links to online digital and flipped learning activities Can be used for a whole lesson or two on The Commonwealth, or as a recap/revision tool on key issues. They can also be used to encourage a flipped learning environment. Fully matched to cover all specification content for GCSE Citizenship. The learning objectives for this work booklet are: o To study the purpose of international organisations and why they were established o To understand the role the UK plays as a part of these organisations o To evaluate the effectiveness of these organisations This resource will engage, educate and motivate your students – fantastic for quick and easy planning! Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter

American Independence Day Fourth of July (July 4th) QUIZ Over 10 rounds and 60+ Questions. This resource contains 1xPowerPoint 1x Student Answer Sheet double sided out of /60+ Marks (PDF and PPT Version) and all the answers!! Contain 10 Rounds: Causes of the American Revolution, True or False, Link the Important Dates, Observation, De-Scrabble, Design Challenge and more… This quiz resource is perfect for lesson time, form time, extracurricular clubs, part of a drop-down day or as a fun treat for your class and contains two ‘hidden’ YouTube videos… This will last a full hour by the time you get students into small teams and run through the Quiz and the interactive way the answers appear. A tie-breaker is included which involves drawing an image. This informative, fun and engaging quiz will be a great way to celebrate the end of term. Like us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter

A powerpoint which introduces students to the role of women in Plato’s ideal society. Used to set up an assessment. Designed for IB Philosophy course, but can be used with any KS5 Specification.

A guide for KS5 students on the role of Justice in Plato’s Republic

A one page overview of Plato’s Cave.

A PowerPoint for 6th form students which talks through and explains Plato’s Forms

This is a workbook indented for independent study or revision for the topic of Ancient Philosophy: Plato, as part of the OCR AS/A Level specification. It is a 20 page document (PDF also included) to support your learners. These workbooks are ideal for independent study or set as topic-specific homework/revision. Resource Includes: Historical Context Reality The Forms Hierarchy of the Forms The Simile of the Divided Line The Simile of the Cave Aristotle’s Objections Other Objections Exam question (35 marks) with exam technique Created with the OCR RS AS/A Level in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!

The philosopher persuades us to embrace Plato’s Ethics.

A lesson plan, PowerPoint and activity resources to introduce the civil war to KS2 (produced with Y5/Y6 in mind. Perfect for learning about the English Civil War in History lessons, but also includes some techniques from P4C (philosophy for children) such as discussion and debate. We made it to help teachers prepare for a visit to the National Civil War Centre in Newark, Nottinghamshire, but we’re sending it out there as a gift to you all!

Hi all. Here are my work books for Catholic Christianity, Judaism and philosophy. Primarily it focuses on edexcels spec A but could easily be adapted for spec b. I have used these in class for revision on the topics as they contain key words and exam questions that ive made up- some are quite difficult but it’s needed. Enjoy.

This pack contains four lessons about peace, pacifism and peace-making. It deals with Buddhist & Christian beliefs and teachings. For more details about the resources please click on the individual items. If you’re here you should check out my: GCSE Buddhism - Beliefs Teachings & Practices - 20 Lesson Unit GCSE Buddhism Thematic Studies Units Christianity Thematic Studies Units If you like my work, you may also be interested in my complete set of GCSE Sociology Resources covering the entire new specification!

Hi all, Here is my planning for the whole GCSE for edexcel course. It is for spec A. It is every lesson that is made for the new spec. This is the 3 seperate units that I have planned. The catholic Christianity lessons are brief recaps as I took over a class- so didnt have time to cover all the topics. But enjoy!

Firstly, if you choose to download my resource(s), please take the time to leave a rating (as I know most of don’t really bother) - I do really value your feedback. ***** FOLLOW @AllRoundRes, to stay up-to-date with the latest resources and news! ***** #GetYourLearnOn #AskAllRes I created this resource OCR A Level Theology: Developments through Christian Thought. It is a revision summary learning mind-maps for the topic of Religious Pluralism and Theology in Society, covering everything included in the specification. This resource includes everything students need to know for this content area, fully preparing students for an essay/exam practice in this area of learning. From key what and why concepts, essential sources of wisdom and authority to help students access to the higher levels of marking. Also, included are key scholars, key terms and pros and cons. A full summary to write a solid evidence supported essay. The design includes colour and easy to understand font, with clear boxes for each content area. You could print this in A3 for good use and easy to follow text sizing. For best practice print in colour where possible. If you have any queries, questions or concerns, then please email allroundresources@gmail.com or alternatively write a comment describing your needs, where I will be happy to help! ***** Be sure to follow me, to keep update with my most recent uploaded resources! *****

Firstly, if you choose to download my resource(s), please take the time to leave a rating (as I know most of don’t really bother) - I do really value your feedback! ***** FOLLOW @AllRoundRes, to stay up-to-date with the latest resources and news! ***** I created this resource for A Level OCR Theology course, but it could be used for any exam board. It is a revision PowerPoint, containing some key A01/A02 information on Jesus as the Son of God. It could be used as a handout, for students to make notes and summarise into their own words. Or, it could be used as an example for a flip learning activity, where students take control of their learning. They could do this by summarising what they know and creating a presentation to the rest of the class in groups. Some examples of the content is: Key Terms Key Philosophers Sources of Wisdom and Authority Miracles, Resurrection - Video Wider reading Student task - check their understanding Critiques to refute If you have any queries, questions or concerns, then please email thomassaunders00@gmail or alternatively write a comment describing your needs, where I will be happy to help! ***** Be sure to follow me, to keep update with my most recent uploaded resources! *****

PP for introducing students to Books 1-3 of Plato *The Republic * OFSTED outstanding rating! (Uses Pengiun classics translation)

Written specifically for the IB Philosophy course Paper 2. Useful for anyone teaching Plato’s Republic at A-Level, Pre-U or IB

GCSE Revision Islam Revision - FULL Component 1 & 3 GCSE 9-1 EXAM PRACTICE EDUQAS REVIEW THIS RESOURCE AND GET ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR CHOICE FOR FREE! Click here if you would like to download the full GCSE Route A Christianity Pack. Click here if you would like to download the full GCSE Route A Islam Pack. GCSE 9-1 EXAM PRACTICE GCSE Christianity Revision - FULL Component 1 & 2 GCSE 9-1 EXAM PRACTICE Eduqas GCSE Revision This is a bundle of ALL OF the 4 components for Eduqas route A Unit 1 & Unit 2 Christianity. This is an exam question generator bundle of resources for namely: Unit 2: Christianity Unit 1: Relationships Good Vs Evil Human Rights Life after Death With these 5 resources there are 1092 question possibilities Eduqas GCSE ISLAM Revision This is a bundle of ALL OF the 4 components for Eduqas route A Component 1 & Component 3 Islam. This is an exam question generator bundle of resources for namely: Unit 1: Islam… Relationships Good Vs Evil Human Rights Life after Death Component 3 : Beliefs, Teachings and Practices in Islam With these 5 resources there are 1361 question possibilities This is a great resource for getting pupils thinking about how exam questions are formulated. It is designed to get pupils into the mindset of the chief examiner to see how they could word questions based on the 4 questions that are in the exam (a-d Key Words, Describe, Explain & Evaluate). This is also great for revision and keeping pupils ‘on their toes’ as the topic and questions that come up are random. You can copy and paste the Exam Question Generator slide into any presentation you wish or use the slide as a standalone resource. If you like this resource check out… Christianity Revision - Knowledge organiser Revision session Toolkit There are many more resources that you will love in our shop. We hope that you enjoy this resource! If you review this resource we will give you another resource of the same value for FREE. We would love your feedback, if you like what you see, please follow us: on Tes <a href=“https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/TeachElite”>TeachElite’s Shop</a> click the’Follow this Author button’ . We will keep you updated on any sales we throw or FREEBIES we upload. You can find us on Twitter and Facebook

GCSE REVISION : Islam Revision - FULL Component 1 & 3 GCSE 9-1 EXAM PRACTICE REVIEW THIS RESOURCE AND GET ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR CHOICE FOR FREE! Click here if you would like to download the full GCSE Route A Pack (Christianity & Islam)! GCSE 9-1 EXAM PRACTICE Eduqas GCSE ISLAM Revision This is a bundle of ALL OF the 4 components for Eduqas route A Component 1 & Component 3 Islam. This is an exam question generator bundle of resources for namely: Unit 1: Islam… Relationships Good Vs Evil Human Rights Life after Death Component 3 : Beliefs, Teachings and Practices in Islam This is a great resource for getting pupils thinking about how exam questions are formulated. It is designed to get pupils into the mindset of the chief examiner to see how they could word questions based on the 4 questions that are in the exam (a-d Key Words, Describe, Explain & Evaluate). This is also great for revision and keeping pupils ‘on their toes’ as the topic and questions that come up are random. You can copy and paste the Exam Question Generator slide into any presentation you wish or use the slide as a standalone resource. With these 5 resources there are 1361 question possibilities If you like this resource check out… Christianity Revision - Knowledge organiser Revision session Toolkit There are many more resources that you will love in our shop. We hope that you enjoy this resource! If you review this resource we will give you another resource of the same value for FREE. We would love your feedback, if you like what you see, please follow us: on Tes <a href=“https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/TeachElite”>TeachElite’s Shop</a> click the’Follow this Author button’ . We will keep you updated on any sales we throw or FREEBIES we upload. You can find us on Twitter and Facebook

**GCSE Revision: Islam (EDUQAS) -Component 3 Exam Question Generator ** This is a great resource for getting pupils thinking about how exam questions are formulated. It is designed to get pupils into the mindset of the chief examiner to see how they could word questions based on the 4 questions that are in the exam (a-d Key Words, Describe, Explain & Evaluate). This is also great for revision and keeping pupils ‘on their toes’ as the topic and questions that come up are random. You can copy and paste the Exam Question Generator slide into any presentation you wish or use the slide as a standalone resource. The Exam Question Generator will generate the start of an exam question and an area of content that you have taught the pupils for Component 3: Islam. This will then enable you and/or the class to come up with an exam style question based on the selected question and topic generated. There are 9 question options (a-d) Contained in the selector are 71 topics based on Islamic beliefs, teachings and practices. That’s over 648 question combinations!!! There is also a separate revision selector for the 9 key terms that pupils need to know for part a questions. If you like this resource check out… Christianity Revision - Knowledge organiser Revision session Toolkit There are many more resources that you will love in our shop. We hope that you enjoy this resource! If you review this resource we will give you another resource of the same value for FREE. We would love your feedback, if you like what you see, please follow us: on Tes <a href=“https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/TeachElite”>TeachElite’s Shop</a> click the’Follow this Author button’ . We will keep you updated on any sales we throw or FREEBIES we upload. You can find us on Twitter and Facebook

This lesson is intended for 6th - 8th grades, but could be modified for high school. Courses for which you may find this useful are US History, Social Studies, Civics, and Government. This document provides a practical step by step series of question prompts and action tasks, getting students to think about and understand whether the Reconstruction Amendments accomplished their goals. This lesson includes a written assessment (analysis/evaluation) relating to the 14th Amendment and whether our good intentions matched the outcomes in that particular case. The intended duration of this lesson is 30 - 45 minutes, but could be extended based on quality and quantity of student discussion. Anywhere there is a star, the student is expected to do something. Learning objectives/targets include… CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.10 By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

This collection of 17 lessons is for GCSE Religious Studies teachers who are teaching Christianity & Buddhism. It is for Theme D of the AQA Religious Studies specification: Religion, Peace & Conflict. It includes 10 lessons about Christian beliefs and 7 lessons about Buddhist beliefs. It also includes three bonus resources that I hope will be useful to you. Lesson 1-10 (Christianity) 1) Introduction 2) Central Debates 3) The Causes of War 4) Christianity, Pacifism & Peaceful Protest 5) Christian Teachings About War & Peace 6) Nuclear Weapons & Weapons of Mass Destruction 7) ICT Suite Lesson 8) Religious Responses to War 9) Assessment Lesson 10) Unit Overview (Video-Learning Worksheet Lesson) Lesson 11-17 (Buddhism) 11) Violence & War 12) War & Just War 13) Nuclear Weapons 14) Pacifism 15) Peace Activists & Peace-Makers 16) Unit Overview (Buddhism) 17) Unit Overview (Buddhism) Each lesson is fully resourced and includes a lesson plan, homework, AfL tasks. Most lessons are based around professionally designed A3 worksheets. This download aims to be everything you need in order to teach this theme and cover Christian & Buddhist perspectives. The resources are authored by the same professional resource designer who created the 20-Lesson GCSE Buddhism bundle for the 'Beliefs, Teachings & Practices' section of the course: which has soon become the highest rated premium GCSE RS product on all of Tes! ( https://goo.gl/5gQDEE ) Positive reviews are warmly welcome! ------------------------------------- The contents of this page, the download, and all included materials are copyrighted by Adam Godwin (2017) ____________________ System Requirements: Microsoft Office (PowerPoint & Word) Printing (for the worksheet) 512MB Ram 1.5GHZ Processor

This seven lesson unit is for teachers covering Buddhism as a comparative religion at GCSE level. It covers Theme D: Religion, Peace & Conflict and focuses on Buddhist views, beliefs and teachings. Originally £14.99, I have reduced the price to £9.99, if you enter the code MIGHTYMAY at the checkout you get another 60% OFF and get it for £4! (first-time buyers or new accounts only). It was designed around the GCSE AQA specification, Theme D, and, consequently, covers the three topics listed: • Violence. • Weapons of mass destruction. • Pacifism. Each lesson is fully resourced and includes a lesson plan, homework, AfL tasks. Most lessons are based around professionally designed A3 worksheets. The resources are authored by the same professional resource designer who created the 20-Lesson GCSE Buddhism bundle for the 'Beliefs, Teachings & Practices' section of the course: which has soon become the highest rated premium GCSE RS product on all of Tes! ( https://goo.gl/5gQDEE ) You can buy this 7 lesson unit alongside a 10-lesson Christianity Thematic Study Unit in one bundle to save money. The lessons included are outlined as follows: Lesson 1 - War & Violence Lesson 2 - War & Just War Lesson 3 - Nuclear Weapons Lesson 4 - Pacifism Lesson 5 - Buddhist Peace-Activists & Pacifism Lesson 6 - Unit Overview Lesson 7 - Unit Overview It also contains three bonus resources: -The GCSE Buddhism Ethical Debate Generator -GCSE Buddhism Learning Mats -A PLC (Personal, Learning Checklist) for this unit Positive reviews are warmly welcome! ------------------------------------- The contents of this page, the download, and all included materials are copyrighted by Adam Godwin (2017) Contents may differ slightly from those depicted on the cover photo, which are meant to be a fair illustration of the quality and activities contained in the download. ____________________ System Requirements: Microsoft Office (PowerPoint & Word) Printing (for the worksheet) 512MB Ram 1.5GHZ Processor

This fully resourced lesson is for those teaching Buddhism as a comparative religion at GCSE level. It is the fourth in our seven-lesson Buddhism unit for Theme D: Religion, Peace & Conflict and compares Buddhist & Christian views, teachings and beliefs about pacifism and peace. It was designed with the AQA Religious Studies specification in mind, but relevant to all GCSE Religious Studies teachers covering Buddhism. We've made 10-lesson units covering Christian views for each of the themes, you can now bolster these with 7-lesson add-on units for the comparative religions: in this case Buddhism. Download individual units or all 17 lessons (Christianity & Buddhism) together to save money! The lesson features starters, learning objectives, key-words, key-information, a colour double-sided A3 worksheet, AfL tasks, discussion and debate tasks and homework. This download includes: -A full lesson PowerPoint -A double-sided colour A3 worksheet [please ignore the broken preview on Tes! It's beautiful :) ] -A comprehensive knowledge hunt, comparing Buddhist & Christian views -A detailed lesson plan -AfL tasks & homework The lesson is centered around a double-sided colour A3 worksheet. All necessary resources to run the lesson are included in this download. All included resources are editable. Positive reviews are warmly welcome! ------------------------------------- The contents of this page, the download, and all included materials are copyrighted by Adam Godwin (2017) Contents may differ slightly from those depicted on the cover photo, which are meant to be a fair illustration of the quality and activities contained in the download. ____________________ System Requirements: Microsoft Office (PowerPoint & Word) Printing (for the worksheet) 512MB Ram 1.5GHZ Processor

A lesson aimed at lower-middle ability year 11 students in a revision lesson. AQA's An Inspector Calls lesson focuses on the use of language in the final speech, analysis of context and the speech's structure. This leads a prompted answer to a GCSE question.

Hi all, Here is my GCSE unit on philosophy and ethics for the new exam boards. Primarily my focus was for the edexcel courses but I have that these themes are throughout courses. Lessons are ready to be taught and contain exam questions, videos, and sources of wisdom and authority. These are for the belied in God part of the course so lessons have a theological angle. Enjoy.

This guide is usable for teachers and students alike. It explains what Sexual Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying looks like which is a great way for teachers to start a discussion with their students on the topic. It also fits in with the culture of our world today as this issue seems to be in the news on a daily basis. It is truly instructive and preventative.

Wordsearch on the theme of 'British Politics'. Powerpoint so can be used on the board or printed as a worksheet. Includes space for students to explain the keywords and suggested extension activities. Can take 10 minutes or an hour, depending on which activities the students complete. Ideal for the start of a lesson, a quick filler, a homework, part of a cover lesson or as a plenary on the board with a whiteboard pen. The idea behind these is to get students to become more literate and think independently about the words that could be used to describe the topic being taught. The repetition of the word over and over as they look for the word is useful in remembering the terms. Often the students will pick up on things that you would not normally expect!

This lesson is for the specification of BELIEFS IN ACTION - EDEXCEL GCSE (9-1) RELIGIOUS STUDIES B. Topic = MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH with a focus on CHRISTIANITY. This lesson is catered to suit all abilities and learning styles that can easily be adapted to suit. The title is an exam question where students will answer it in exam conditions at the end of a lesson for a good plenary. This lesson looks at the controversial issue of abortion with a focus on Christian (and a focus on Catholic) views. Students will be looking at how a foetus develops over 9 months and decide when they think it is okay (if at all) to have an abortion. They will also be completing the controversial exam question statement 'Abortion should not be allowed'.

This lesson is for the specification of BELIEFS IN ACTION - EDEXCEL GCSE (9-1) RELIGIOUS STUDIES B. Topic = MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH with a focus on CHRISTIANITY. This lesson is catered to suit all abilities and learning styles that can easily be adapted to suit. The title is an exam question where students will answer it in exam conditions at the end of a lesson for a good plenary. This lesson focuses on abortion and the law. It does not focus on religion, however it can easily be brought in. It is just focusing on facts and British law. There is lots of discuss and talk about with decision making exercises. Pro-choice/pro-life. Students really enjoyed the heated discussions.

A fully resourced (9 lessons and 1 assessment) SOW which I have delivered to both Y7 and Y8 to introduce the Greek philosophers Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. All students engaged really well with the content and really enjoyed learning about content normally reserved for 'a level.' The high level knowledge is broken up over 9 lessons and developed upon in each leading to a written assessment piece. Lessons Titles include: Types of truth, Socrates, Socratic Dialogue, Plato, The Analogy of the cave, Aristotle, Comparison of philosophers and then revision. The running these throughout is their attitude to truth. Enjoy and please rate. All feedback is welcomed.

This is a short workshop to teach you the basics of Philosophy For Children (P4C). It's a great way to get your children's thinking caps on! I've really noticed the difference in the rich discussions I've got out of classes where It was made part of their weekly routine.

6 podcasts covering half of the content of The Developments in Christian Thought section of the course for £5. We get our students at The Manchester Grammar School to listen to these before we begin teaching a module so that they can engage in discussion from the outset. They can stick them on their phone / iPod and listen to them on the bus into school or at home. It also means that when you start teaching, it's the second time students are encountering ideas, so they learn more. Hope you find them useful - there's a Marx one for free to show you the type of format. Let us know what you think and we'll take this on board for the second series. Thanks, Mark Coffey (M.A. Oxon, M.A.Leeds & author of Ethics for OCR, Polity Press) and Dr Andrew Brower-Latz (PhD, Durham & author of The Social Philosophy of Gillian Rose)

This podcast series introduces topics for the OCR Religious Studies Developments in Christian Thought section of the A Level. In our teaching at The Manchester Grammar School, we get students to listen to these before beginning a topic so that they already have some background understanding, vocabulary, and a sense of the landscape of a topic. It speeds up their learning and engagement in discussion. N.B. It was 1845 that Marx and Engels met in Cheetham's Library in what was MGS, not the 1870's as mentioned at the outset of this podcast. by Mark Coffey (M.A. Oxon, and author of Ethics for OCR RS) and Dr Andrew Brower Latz (PhD, Durham, and author of The Social Philosophy of Gillian Rose).

Mark Coffey (author of Ethics for OCR Religious Studies) and Dr Brower-Latz (author of the social philosophy of Gillian Rose) discuss the topics on the OCR RS unit 3. This wide ranging discussion of around 50 mins covers the content of the topic. The intention is for students to listen to before lessons so they can come to lessons with a good knowledge and understanding, helping them to engage in discussions and absorb more.

OCR Religious Studies - Developments in Christian Thought - Unit 6 - Challenges part of a series of podcasts by Mark Coffey (author of Ethics for OCR Religious Studies) and Dr Andrew Brower-Latz (author of The Social Philosophy of Gillian Rose), teachers of Religious Studies A Level at The Manchester Grammar School.

This lesson explores the role of the United Nations and assesses whether or not it has fulfilled its aims. There are a lot of resources here to use, they aim to explain to the pupils not only the role of the UN, but also its aims, its successes and its failures. The pupils also have a past exam answer to mark, and attempt for themselves to assess what they have learned. A fast paced, challenging, interesting and comprehensive lesson.

A fascinating lesson that looks at the four main theories of why we use punishment. -Deterrent -Retribution -Protection -Reform It looks at case studies as to how effective the student think these theories are, and it prepares the students for an essay quesion (which can be peer assessed at the end of the lesson) A highly useful introduction to the idea of law and order in society. Originally created for a RS lesson, but can be used forHistory, PSHE or Citizenship. I have also included an interesting article from the Guardian that disusses why prison doesn't work. It can be used as lesson prep, or as an extension for brighter/older pupils.