Notes on humanism, humanist politics, for KS4 and KS5, GCSE+, assembly or drop-down dropdown day on humanism.

Detailed 1-2 lessons introducing AQA A Level Philosophy Metaphysics of Mind - Identity Theory. Contains explanations, pupil activities and step-by-step clarifications.

Full lesson on toxic masculinity for PSHE, Civics, Citizenship, assembly. KS3, KS4, KS5, post-16. Complete with activities, links & teachers’ notes.

Full SoW / PoS for PSHE, RSE, Citizenship at KS3, KS4, Y7-Y11 with planning questions, advice, Ofsted 3 Is, and full curricular map with content. Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ approved.

Assembly for 10-25 minutes on adoption & fostering in UK, including definitions, law, personal stories, reasons for adoption & charities. KS3, KS4, KS5.

Lesson PPT on gender equality, misogyny, sexism for PSHE, Citizenship, RE, Dropdown Day or Assembly. Ideal for KS4, KS5 including legal context.

PPT full lesson PSHE, Citizenship, RE, PSHE, Dropdown Day, assembly on Gender Identity. Sex, gender, gender ID, transgender, intersex, non-binary identities. KS4, KS5.

Worksheet for KS5 AQA A Level Philosophy Metaphysics of Mind - intentionality, qualia, mental states.

Full lesson & PPT for KS5 AQA A Level on Descartes’ conceivability argument for substance dualism and full criticisms & responses.

Full lesson PPT for AQA A Level Philosophy Mind - conceivability argument for substance dualism; arguments; whether conceivability is a guide to possibility; different senses of ‘possible’.

Full lesson PPT for AQA A Level Philosophy - Epistemology on JTB, tripartite def of knowledge; Gettier; Gettier vs JTB; introducing Infallibilism.

Aimed at PSHE, RSE and Citizenship in KS4, but could be used with upper KS3 or with KS5. PPT containing 21 slides ready to go for a teacher to cover FGM / FGC / female circumcision assuming no prior knowledge. Includes: FGM is based on myths debunking main myths & misconceptions around FGM/FGC prominence and communities most affected UK law on FGM/FGC, including taking someone abroad to perform the procedure activity where students sort statements into facts vs. myths support available for survivors and to help prevent FGM/FGC Should take at least 50 minutes so comfortably fits 60 or 75 minute lesson. Also can be used for a Drop Down Day or whole yeargroup session.

Assembly / Drop Down Day / staff or pupil training / safeguarding. KS3, KS4, KS5, post-16 appropriate.

1 hour / 45 to 60 minute lesson. PPT aimed at RE / RS / PSHE with KS3 & KS4. Includes anti-Semitism, what makes someone a Jew, ethnic vs. cultural vs. religious Jewishness & Judaism, and how to explain harms of anti-Semitism.

PPT on property dualism for AQA A Level Philosophy - full A Level/post-16 lesson. Chalmers, emergence, supervenience, knowledge, zombies.

Full PPT covering 1-2, max 3, lessons on how both substance dualism & property dualism face issues: Interactionism & issues; Epiphenomenalism & issues Contains all criticisms, with teacher’s notes & replies. KS5. AQA A Level Philosophy. Total 15 slides covering: the empirical interaction problem the conceptual interaction problem evolution by natural selection phenomenology of our mental life (ie as involving causal connections) - how this is unintuitive & makes mental causally redundant introspective self-knowledge - How can we form self-knowledge or even self-beliefs if mental states don’t cause anything?

Can be used as lecture, KS5 lesson, assembly, Drop-Down Day or GCSE+ for (able) KS4 pupils. Analyses three extremely engaging approaches to power: Foucaldian, Marxist and feminist. If you like this, buy ‘Political Philosophy Research Project’ on my TES shop.

GCSE, KS4 and KS5 resource introducing pupils to Humanism and to Humanist attitudes to sexual ethics, relationships & families (GCSE AQA Religious Studies on Relationships and Families). Perfectly usable and effective more widely in both RE and outside - PSHE, Philosophy, Drop-Down Days and as form time stimulus.