A series of lessons on the Utilitarianism topic from the OCR A Level Religious Studies specification. Includes key information, activities and revision sheet. The powerpoints contain all the key ideas and concepts from the specification, as well as AO2 questions for students to consider throughout the topic. The lessons are fully resourced and do not require any additional text books. They are easy to use for new or non-specialist teachers, or can be used as a basis to be adapted by more experienced teachers. It is designed as the first ethics topic to be taught on the course, and follows on from my Ethics Induction Lesson which is available as a free download. However it can also be used without the induction lesson.

Series of lessons on the Kantian Ethics topic from the OCR A Level Religious Studies specification. Includes key information, activities and revision sheet. The powerpoints contain all the key ideas and concepts from the specification, as well as AO2 questions for students to consider throughout the topic. The lessons are fully resourced and do not require any additional text books. They are easy to use for new or non-specialist teachers, or can be used as a basis to be adapted by more experienced teachers. It is designed to follow the Utilitarianism topic, which is also available to download. However it can also be used independently of this.

Series of lessons on the Natural Law topic from the OCR A Level Religious Studies specification. Includes key information, activities and revision sheet. The powerpoints contain all the key ideas and concepts from the specification, as well as AO2 questions for students to consider throughout the topic. The lessons are fully resourced and do not require any additional text books. They are easy to use for new or non-specialist teachers, or can be used as a basis to be adapted by more experienced teachers. It is designed to be taught in conjunction with the other religious ethics topic on Situation Ethics, as well as my normative ethics topics (Utilitarianism and Kantian Ethics), which are also available to download. However it can also be used independently of these.

This is an induction lesson aimed at new or prospective students for A Level Religious Studies, introducing the philosophy aspect of the course. It is designed with the OCR specification in mind, however it would also work with other specifications. It includes a powerpoint with the information and instructions, a worksheet for students to complete and reading resources for the activities. The powerpoint contains: a video clip and optical illusions demonstrating the unreliability of our senses a reading and comprehension activity based on Plato’s cave and Descartes’ meditations an activity analysing the ideas of rationalism and empiricism

This is an induction lesson aimed at new or prospective students for A Level Religious Studies, introducing the ethics aspect of the course. It is designed with the OCR specification in mind, however it would also work with other specifications. It includes a powerpoint with the information and instructions and a worksheet for students to complete. The powerpoint contains: video clips showing an ethical dilemma for discussion introduction to different approaches to ethics - normative and applied ethics - and an afl task assessing understanding introduction to ethical principles - teleological and deontological ethics - and an afl task assessing understanding