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
Religious Language and the Falsification principle
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand the Falsifcation Principle
To explore the strengths and weaknesses of the falsification principle
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
The Parable of the Gardener
Strengths and Weaknesses colour code
The Criticisms of the Cosmological Argument as presented by Russell and Hume.
Covers Russell’s radio debate.
Contains two activities, one notes and another worksheet.
‘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
Responses to challenges from verification and falsification
Hick’s eschatalogical verification
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand the main responses to verification and falsification principles
To understand Hicks eschatalogical verification
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Strengths and Weaknesses hands
The parable of the celestial city
Strengths and weaknesses of Hick
The Problem of Evil and Suffering
A number of resources to cover the Problem of Evil. Created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Introduction to the Problem (Natural and Moral Evil)
The Logical Problem - Inconsistent Triad with reference to Hume, Epicuris and Mackie
The Evidential Problem of Evil - with reference to quality and quantity (Brothers Karamazov) and pointless evil (Rowe’s Fawn)
The Free Will Defence - with reference to Mackie, Swinburne and Plantinga’s defences.
The Augustinian Theodicy
The Irenaean Theodicy
Hick’s Soul-Making Theodicy
Process Theodicy
The strengths and weaknesses of all thee above
Each lesson contains a powerpoint, notes and activites for the entire Problem of Evil module
The Cosmological Argument
A number of resources to cover the Cosmological Argument. Created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
The Four Causes
The Cosmological Argument
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Cosmological Argument with focus on Hume and Russell
Religious Experience as Numinous and Otto’s ‘holy’
Main aims of this lesson are:
To explore what numinous is
To understand who Otto is and what he says about experiences
To know and be able to use terms such as sui generis and mysterium tremendum et fascinans.
Contains:
Highly detailed powerpoint
Challenges to Religious Experiences
The responses to these challenges
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand the challenges to Religious Experience
Contains:
Highly detailed powerpoint
Match up task for challenges and responses
Challenges pack
Responses pack
Eduqas Religious Studies GCSE (Catholic, Route B)
Various Revision Worksheets and powerpoints for the Life and Death Part of the Course.
Key Concepts
Revision PPT - Misc
Paper 2 Practice Questions
RAG
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
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
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
Eduqas Religious Studies GCSE (Catholic, Route B)
Various Revision Worksheets and powerpoints for the Good and Evil Part of the Course.
Revision Grids
Good and Evil revision PowerPoint
Good and Evil Key Concept games
Paper 1 Practice Questions
Paper 1 Revision - Misc
RAG
Religious Language as symbolic as presented by Tillich
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand how religious language is symbolic
To understand what Tillich believes about religious langauge
To understand the strengths and weaknesses
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on religious language as symbolic
Strengths and weaknesses
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
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
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
A resource for Paley’s Design Argument. Created for Sixth Form usage.
Learning objectives are to : Explore the strengths of the Design Argument.
Understand the views of William Paley on the Design Argument.
Contains notes on Paley and additional notes on Swinburne and Tennant’s Design Arguments.
