Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel) Three pages ANOUSHKA SHANKAR "BURN" Mind Map Instrumentation Melody Rhythm, Metre and Tempo Harmony and Tonality Texture "EASY" Mind Map Instrumentation Melody Rhythm, Metre and Tempo Harmony and Tonality Texture "BREATHING UNDER WATER" Mind Map Instrumentation Melody Rhythm, Metre and Tempo Harmony and Tonality Texture

Pearson Edxcel A-level Music Two pages To be printed A3 size JS BACH - 'CANTATA, EIN FESTE BURG, BWV 80: MOVEMENTS 1,2 8’ Mind map: 'Movement 1’ Mind map connections: Melody Harmony & Tonality Instrumentation Structure Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Texture Mind map: 'Movement 2’ Mind map connections: Harmony Instrumentation Melody Structure Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Texture Notes on 'Movement 8’

Eight page booklet : define tectonic keywords, complete a fact file about the Tohoku Tsunami; SPAG exercise about Japan's seismicity; empathise with a parent, a businesswoman and a farmer from Japan after the disaster; a moral dilemma about the continued use of nuclear energy; a question about God's role in natural disasters; draw your own version of The Great Wave by Hokusai

Powerpoint, worksheet and resource sheets beginning with some strange facts about the climate. Activity finding out how climate data is collected and each method's limitations. A section about climate change denial and the reasons for ignoring the scientific findings. Differentiated questions: 1-3: Choose two of the stakeholders and describe why they might say climate change is not a problem 4-6: Explain one economic reason and one social reason why some people might say climate change is not a problem 7-9: Explain the political and psychological factors which might lead to climate change denial Links to videos which further understanding .

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Revision notes for A-level Religious Studies (OCR) Four pages PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION – RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE NEGATIVE, ANALOGICAL, OR SYMBOLIC APOPHATIC WAY • PSEUDO DIONYSIUS • MAIMONIDES CATAPHATIC WAY • AQUINAS • VINCENT BRÜMMER SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE • PAUL TILLICH Key Issues TWENTIETH CENTURY PERSPECTIVES LOGICAL POSITIVISM • VIENNA CIRCLE • A.J. AYER LANGUAGE GAMES • LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN • DON CUPITT • DZ PHILLIPS FALSIFICATION SYMPOSIUM • KARL POPPER • ANTONY FLEW • R.M. HARE • BASIL MITCHELL Key Issues

Revision notes for A-level Religious Studies (OCR) Seven pages APPLIED ETHICS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Examples of CSR: Gates Foundation M&S f Merck & Co Amazon MILTON FRIEDMAN Friedman Doctrine 'Hypocritical window dressing’ Greenwashing Coca-Cola’s Giving Pledge KANTIAN ETHICS Goodwill Universalisability Formula of the End in Itself UTILITARIANISM Act Utilitarianism Bentham Natural rights “nonsense on stilts” Rule Utilitarianism Preference Utilitarianism Evaluation GLOBALISATION Interconnectedness Issues Loss, abuse, damage and inequality KANTIAN ETHICS Capitalism UTILITARIANISM Objective empirical approach Voluntary diversification Evaluation **GOOD ETHICS IS GOOD BUSINESS ** Duty to be honest FRIEDMAN Mill’s harm principle Singer’s strong principle ADAM SMITH Self-interest KARL MARX Instability in capitalism Exploiting labour KANTIAN ETHICS Self-satisfaction instead UTILITARIANISM Pursuit of lower pleasures Evaluation EUTHANASIA Should ‘good death’ be universally permitted? SANCTITY OF LIFE Human life made in God’s image Genesis 1 Catholic DECLARATION ON EUTHANASIA Natural Law’s preservation of life Doctrine of double effect PIUS XII Secondary effect of medicines Dignity of the human person Technological abuse Criticism of SofL DANIEL MAGUIRE PETER SINGER Value to community also RONALD DWORKIN Affirming life QUALITY OF LIFE Secular concept Case studies: DANIEL JAMES TONY NICKLINSON Personhood GERMAIN GRISEZ Criticisms of QofL ‘Playing God’ Consent VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA GREGORY PENCE Autonomy NON-VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA Persistent vegetative state PERSONAL AUTONOMY Self-determination Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms J.S MILL Individual is sovereign 'Harm principle’ Criticisms One’s life is of value to others Depression MEDICAL + NON-MEDICAL INTERVENTION Difference between ‘killing’ + ‘letting die’ Morally equivalent, equal responsibility Active or passive? JAMES RACHELS HELGA KUHSE Nazi Germany Conclusion APPLICATION OF ETHICAL THEORIES TO EUTHANASIA NATURAL LAW Doctrine of double effect c Precept of preservation of life Value of life Prevents achieving telos Secular societies What is ‘natural’? Blurred distinction SITUATION ETHICS Agape Personalism Pragmatism Positivism Relativism

Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel ) Two pages To be printed A3 size ELFMAN - ‘BATMAN RETURNS’ Birth of a Penguin Part I Birth of a Penguin Part II Batman vs the Circus The Rise and Fall from Grace Mind map connections: * Melody * Texture * Instrumentation * Rhythm * Harmony & Tonality * Metre & Tempo

Revision notes for A-level Religious Studies (OCR) Four pages PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION – PHILOSOPHICAL LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT ANCIENT PHILOSOPHICAL INFLUENCES PLATO THE FORMS Heraclitus Realm of the Forms Realm of Appearances Hierarchy of the Forms Allegory of the Cave Criticisms of the allegory Darwin Deus Ex Machina ARISTOTLE Method of per genus et per differentia The Four Causes The Prime Mover SOUL, MIND & BODY THE PHILOSOPHICAL LANGUAGE OF SOUL, MIND AND BODY Views of Plato: Psyche Soul Tripartite soul Allegory of the Chariot Logos Thymos Eros Views of Aristotle: Soul Nutritive soul Sensible soul Rational soul METAPHYSICS OF CONSCIOUSNESS Substance dualism Descartes “Cogito ergo sum” Mind + body Pineal gland Neural dependence Gilbert Ryle ‘Ghost in a machine’ Materialism Consciousness Monism ‘I am a body’ Rejection of soul Dawkins ‘The Selfish Gene’ SOUL ONE / SOUL TWO Susan Blackmore John Hick soft materialist

Revision notes for A-level Religious Studies (OCR) Five pages DCT – LIVING CHRISTIAN MORAL PRINCIPLES BIBLE = ONLY AUTHORITY FOR CHRISTIAN MORALS Theonomous Christian ethics Jesus criticised Pharisees for following law too literally Sola scriptura 2 Timothy theopneustos 2 Peter Issues with theonomous ethics TRANSLATION Exodus WHICH BIBLE Martin Luther apocrypha CONTRADICTIONS (OT vs NT) CHERRY PICKING Leviticus Bibliolatry INTERPRETATION BIBLE, CHURCH + REASON SOURCES OF CHRISTIAN MORALS Heteronomous Roman Catholic attitudes Order of decision-making authority Sacred Tradition Magisterium VATICAN II COUNCIL 1975 Papal infallibility ex cathedra Pius IX Human reason (Natural Law): JOHN PAUL II Issues with accepting Church teachings Jesus Pharisees ROSEMARY RADFORD REUTHER Liberation theology Protestant attitudes to Church teachings Order of decision-making Tradition Archbishop of Canterbury Reformation: STANLEY HAUERWAS AGAPE Autonomous Christian ethics 1 Corinthians Mark HANS KÜNG BENEDICT XVI person of goodwill 'global ethic’ PAUL TILLICH CHURCH HAS AUTHORITY OVER INDIVIDUALS Subjectivity Collective wisdom God’s word Agapeic action CHRISTIAN ETHICS: PERSONAL vs COMMUNAL Human freewill Ability to reason Beliefs of majority Utilitarianism God’s judgement of individuals Community ** CHRISTIAN MORAL ACTION BONHOEFFER Assassination attempt against Hitler DUTY TO GOD + THE STATE Obedience, leadership + doing God’s will Cost of Discipleship Romans God-given authority God’s will DAWKINS **CHRISTIANS’ KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’S WILL ** Conscience AQUINAS Humanity corrupted by Fall Decisions checked by community Freewill Civil disobedience Teachings of Christ ‘Act and Being’ Church or state Mark Romans Exodus Daniel MLK + Rosa Parks Suffragettes DUTY TO GOD OR STATE? Choice should be obvious Jesus “Render to Caesar what is Caesar’s” Bonhoeffer Passivity and evil Romans Leadership on Earth Fundamental Christian principles Christians protesting abortions Bonhoeffer’s extreme circumstances Hitler as ‘anti-Christ’ MEIN KAMPF Anti-Semitism CHURCH AS COMMUNITY + SOURCE OF SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE Confessing Church Visible Church community Proverbs Sermon on Mount SALT + LIGHT ‘Religionless Christianity’ Focus on Christ Finkenwalde Personal discipline Look outwards, not inwards Foundation of prayer Centrality of study + discussion Brotherhood ‘Cheap grace’ vs 'costly grace’ Struggling as Christ did Mark "The badge of true discipleship” Jesus “the man for others” BONHOEFFER’S EMPHASIS ON SUFFERING Contemporary relevance Bonhoeffer’s extreme experiences Effects of globalisation Jesus as central starting point

Eight page booklet : define Geographical keywords; complete a fact file about a an Indian state; SPAG exercise about Indian food; annotate a photo to show the problems of slum life; moral dilemma comparing the lives of the super rich and the extreme poor; explain why trees are important in Geography (using a Hindu quote as a prompt); a comparison of the lives of Krishna and Jesus

Revision notes for A-level Religious Studies (OCR) Four pages ETHICAL LANGUAGE – META-ETHICS Definition Do mind-independent moral properties exist? Moral realism Moral anti-realism Cognitivism True/false statements Non-cognitivism Grounding problem NATURALISM Cognitivist + realist Fixed absolutes F.H. BRADLEY Concrete absolute reality Moral perspective Self-realisation Observation Criticism DAVID HUME Empiricist challenge Reason vs emotion Moral good + evil Hume’s Law Moral ‘ought’ statements Factual ‘is’ statements Non-cognitive vs cognitive PHILIPPA FOOT Virtue ethics Moral rules ‘Natural goodness’ J.L. MACKIE Anti-realism Moral rules Tradition Variations between cultures STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES Moral nihilism Verification Tautologies Open question argument Non-moral property INTUITIONISM G.E. MOORE NON-NATURALISM Intuition Intrinsic good Non-natural property Naturalistic fallacy Closed vs open questions H.A. PRICHARD Moral obligations Duty Moral vocabulary W.D. ROSS Conflicting duties Prima facie duties Overriding obligation Seven foundational prima facie duties STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES Argument from queerness Cultural relativism EMOTIVISM Approval vs disapproval DAVID HUME MORAL JUDGEMENTS MOTIVATE ACTION HUME’S FORK A.J. AYER Three kinds of knowledge ANALYTIC JUDGEMENTS SYNTHETIC JUDGEMENTS MORAL JUDGEMENTS Judgements of value Utterances of preference C.L. STEVENSON Attitude relative to fundamental belief Persuasion Approval/disapproval STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES Quantify goodness/pleasure Foot’s moral realism Moral diversity Moral nihilism Changing moral views Moral progress Embedding problem Key issues: What is meant by ‘good’ Meaningful vs meaningless

Powerpoint inspired by the RGS scheme of work "China Today". Whole lesson, includes starter (multinational companies), comparison of Shenzhen in 1970 with today, Geographical mystery about Apple's involvement ion China (WHAT were the reasons for moving iPhone production to China? HOW were the Foxconn workers treated? WHY are there nets outside Foxconn factory windows? WHO benefits from Apple products being made in China? ), differentiated questions (Explain why Apple was so interested in making its products in China; Compare the opinions of a Foxconn worker in China with an Apple customer in the UK. Then give your opinion of Foxconn/Apple; Describe the living and working conditions inside a Chinese factory like Foxconn) and plenary (the suicide of Ma Xiang Qian )

Powerpoint comparing the UK's development with Nigeria as a starter, The main part looks at how oil has brought wealth to Nigeria (eg Eko Atlantic City) but also devestation to the peoples of the Niger Delta. Plenary compares MNCs with the GDP of various countries. Activities include a mystery exercise and an exam-style question... HYPOTHESIS: “The discovery of crude oil in 1956 has helped Nigeria to develop”

Eight page booklet : define keywords, Latitude/Longitude map skills, a SPAG exercise about Russia, space for pupils to analyse Russia's citizenship policy, a moral dilemma based on renewing the UK's nuclear weapons, a page to write about the pupil's photo of Russia and finally a chance to research and design a Russian doll

Eight page booklet : define Geographical keywords; map the main national religions of the Middle East; SPAG exercise about the earliest civilisations; complete a multiplier effect of the oil industry; moral dilemma about letting refugees come to Britain; research the family tree of religions to find their founding dates; describe the importance of four Middle Eastern locations to religious people

Eight page booklet : define Geographical keywords; map countries and name their main exports; SPAG exercise about consumerism; find job titles to fit the four industrial sectors; moral dilemma about buying resources from developing countries; give own opinions about religious quotes regarding the environment; a question about our disposable society and new technology

Eight page booklet : define Geographical keywords, map imported items' origins found around the house; SPAG exercise about globalisation; explain the reasons for child labour being so common; questionnaire about shopping habits and attitudes; empathising with opinions of shop owners, shoppers and child labourers; comparison of multi-cultural preferences vs traditional British life

Powerpoint and worksheet about the causes of Hurricane Katrina. Worksheet diagram to be completed through the lesson. Animations and videos. Differentiated question to check overall understanding.