Resources for AQA A Level Religious Studies (Philosophy) - both Year 12 and Year 13 content for Component 1. Assemblies/PSHCE/General RE content from KS3 through to Sixth Form.
Also content for Eduqas GCSE Religious Studies (Route B) and Judaism.
Resources for AQA A Level Religious Studies (Philosophy) - both Year 12 and Year 13 content for Component 1. Assemblies/PSHCE/General RE content from KS3 through to Sixth Form.
Also content for Eduqas GCSE Religious Studies (Route B) and Judaism.
Self, Death and the Afterlife Philosophy Module
A number of resources to cover self, death and the afterlife created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Introduction to self, death and the afterlife
Psychological continuity + Dennett
Reincarnation
Near Death Experiences
Existence after death : Price, Swinburne and Plato
Hicks Replica Theory
The bundle theory
Personal Identity as physical
Dual aspect monism
Interactionalism, Physicalism and Functionalism
Cartesian Dualism
Gilbert Ryle
Aristotle and the Soul
Dualism and Plato
The strengths and weaknesses of all thee above
revision sheets
Each lesson contains a powerpoint, notes and activites for the entire religious language module
‘A Brief Overview of Everything’ For the Philosophy Section of the A-Level AQA Religious Studies Course.
This PPT does what it says on the tin. In 116 slides it covers the full 2 year Philosophy content for the AQA Religious Studies Course.
My students asked for ‘a brief overview of everything’ and so this was made.
It is just slides of information - as condensed as possible. Is an excellent revision tool.
Revision Tool
PPT
Colour Coded strengths and Weaknesses
Religious Language as an analogy as presented by Aquinas
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand how religious language can be meaningful through analogy
To understand what Aquinas thinks about religious language
To understand the strengths and weaknesses
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on religious language as an analogy
Worksheet
Strengths and weaknesses
Christmas Quiz
Rounds included:
Christmas Film
Guess the Santa
Christmas Music
Christmas Adverts
Christmas General Knowledge
6.Christmas Chocolate (Guess which tin)
Popular Christmas toys(Optional)
I can’t believe it wasn’t Christmas number 1! (Music Round) (Optional)
This pack includes
Quiz sheet
Answer sheet (in case you don’t have time to play the answer videos)
Quiz rounds in video format - click and go
Quiz round answers - in video format - click and go
This is an easy and fun quiz to deliver. Both music, advert and film rounds contain music clips and trailer clips. All videos are set to Christmas music otherwise.
Two optional additonal rounds should you have the time for them.
Christmas Quiz
Rounds included:
Dingbats
Guess the Santa
Christmas Number 1s (00’s edition)
Christmas Blockbuster films (00’s edition)
Guess the item
Christmas traditions from around the world
Christmas Shopping Logos (Optional Round
Famous Mary’s and Joseph’s (Optional Round)
This pack includes
Quiz sheet
Answer sheet (in case you don’t have time to play the answer videos)
Quiz rounds in video format - click and go
Quiz round answers - in video format - click and go
This is an easy and fun quiz to deliver. Both music and film rounds contain music clips and trailer clips. All videos are set to Christmas music otherwise.
Self, Death and the afterlife section
AQA Religious Studies A-Level
Philosophy section
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what the possibilites of psychological continuity after death
To understand Dennett’s argument
To think about the strengths and weaknesses of his argument
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on Dennet
Newspaper article for statrter
Self, Death and the afterlife section
AQA Religious Studies A-Level
Philosophy section
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what Reincarnation is
To understand what a near death experience is
To know the strengths and weaknesses of both
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on reincarnation
Notes on Near Death Experiences
Self, Death and the afterlife section
AQA Religious Studies A-Level
Philosophy section
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what Price argues about existence after death
To understand what Swinburne argues about existence after death
To begin to understand what Plato argues about existence after death
Strengths and Weaknesses of each argument
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on swinburne
Notes on Price
Notes on Plato
Worksheet
Self, Death and the afterlife section
AQA Religious Studies A-Level
Philosophy section
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what kind of personal existence after death there could be
To understand Hick’s replica theory
To understand the strengths and weaknesses of Hick’s theory
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on Hick
Worksheet
Self, Death and the afterlife section
AQA Religious Studies A-Level
Philosophy section - Continuation of Personal Identity as Physical
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand how our identity can continue after death physically
To understand The Bundle Theory
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on Physical Identity and continuation after death
Notes on the Bundle Theory
Self, Death and the afterlife section
AQA Religious Studies A-Level
Philosophy section
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what Dual Aspect Monism is
To understand the benefits of dual aspect monism
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes
Worksheet
Self, Death and the afterlife section
AQA Religious Studies A-Level
Philosophy section
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what Interactionalism, Physicalism and Functionalism are
To understand the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness
To think about the strengths and weaknesses of these
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on Functionalism
Self, Death and the afterlife section
AQA Religious Studies A-Level
Philosophy section - Ryle and The Ghost in the Machine
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what Ryle’s Argument is
To understand to main criticisms of Descartes Argument
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on the Problem of a soul substance
Self, Death and the afterlife section
AQA Religious Studies A-Level
Philosophy section - Cartesian Dualism
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what Cartesian Dualism is
To begin to look at the strengths and weaknesses of Descartes Arguments
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on Descartes X2
Workshet
Self, Death and the afterlife section
AQA Religious Studies A-Level
Philosophy section
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what the Dualism is
To understand Aristotle’s argument and the difference between Plato and Aristotle
To begin to understand Descartes arguments
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on Aristotle V plato
Notes on Descartes
Homework
Self, Death and the afterlife section
AQA Religious Studies A-Level
Philosophy section
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what the Dualism is
To understand Plato’s argument
To understand the allegory of the cave and the world of the forms
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on Plato
The Allegory of the cave
Learning Journeys for the Philosophy sections of AQA A-Level Religious Studies
Topics Covered:
The Design Argument
The Cosmological Argument
The Ontological Argument
Good and Evil
Religious Experience
Religious Language
Miracles
Self, Death and the Afterlife
Each Learning Journey Contains:
The Journey of lessons
Example AO1 and AO2 questions
Key Concepts and their meanings as detailed in the Hodder textbook
List of named scholars for that section
Eduqas Religious Studies GCSE Chilli Challenge Sheets for all 5 modules on the Route B Course.
Each Sheet contains:
12 Revision Ideas
Practice Questions for B, C and D Questions
Eduqas Religious Studies GCSE Chilli Challenge Sheet for the Life and Death Module.
Sheet contains:
12 Revision Ideas
Practice Questions for B, C and D Questions
This is for Route B (the Catholic paper)
