This resource contains a complete lesson on ‘Philosophical scepticism’ as part of the Epistemology unit for AQA’s A-Level Philosophy course. The lesson focuses on theory and skills on debate/oracy as well as higher-order thinking. For further activities and guidance, please use the official AQA A-Level Philosophy textbook.
Ancient Philosophical Influences for OCR A Level Religious Studies Philosophy of Religion.
This is the full unit broken down into detailed individual lessons within two PowerPoint presentations, one being 3 lessons on Plato within 35 slides and one 4-5 lessons on Aristotle within 47 slides. Included are information worksheets on both philosophers and a series of tasks covering key themes including the Allegory of the Cave, Theory of the Forms, the Four Causes of Aristotle. Included is also an assessment essay guidance sheet used for a formal assessment of this unit’s learning. These resources cover the full unit in a circa 8 lesson scheme and include class, homework and assessment opportunities within.
A fully resourced lesson focused on philosophical responses to the problem of evil. The lesson looks at Other Christian response ( John Hick) and Non-religious response (Epicurus, David Hume and John Mackie). The lesson follow Eduqas, Route B spec.
This resource is aimed at AQA A Level Philosophy. It can also be used with IB, Scottish Highers and international KS5. It includes Philosophical Zombies (particularly through David Chalmers’ version), property dualism and its appeal to qualia and phenomenal properties of experience. The slides should deliver a lesson of approx 60 minutes but could also suit 75-90 minutes with questioning and student activities, which are alluded to in slides.
A Level Philosophy, Epistemology, the unreliability of the senses, optical illusions, Hume and the problem of induction, Hume on causation vs constant conjunction.
THE PROBLEM OF EVIL ENABLES LEARNERS TO: Explain the evidential and logical problem of evil and HOW this challenges arguments for God’s existence
#ENGAGE, CHECK UNDERSTANDING, CORRECT MISCONCEPTIONS, DIFFERENTIATE, CHALLENGE.
50 MINUTE LESSON
GCSE. AQA. THEME: C
INCLUDES RELIGIONS/PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWS:
Christianity (Bible)
Humanism
Mackie
Elie Wiesel (Holocaust survivor)
**RESOURCES INCLUDED: **
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• Slides
• Support resource (info sheet)
• Exam question success criteria for each target grade (differentiate)
**ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: **
Presentation of argument
Match/Sort activity
Self-assessment
Discussion
Planned questioning to check whole class understanding.
Exam Question: Explain
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This bundle of lessons look at Philosophical Thought Experiments. They have been used with Sixth Form students as part of an elective program to broaden their understanding of Philosophy (especially if they are not studying Philosophy for A Level). They aim to get students thinking in a philosophical way, asking and answering questions during class discussion. There are links to videos found on YouTube to support the learning and these can be found within the presentation. Some fascinating discussion and deep thinking should result!
This is a unit of 5 lessons for the OCR unit on Philosophy of Religion: Ancient Philosophical Beliefs. Lessons cover a variety of tasks, activities and learner styles, geared towards the final exam. Also included is the A3 and A4 Learning Mats / Revision Mats for this topic.
Lessons are:
Introduction and Background
Plato’s Reality
Aristotle’s Causes
Aristotle’s Prime Mover
Comparing Plato and Aristotle
Learning Mat / Revision Mat also included.
Free Workbook also included
Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!
This is a complete unit of work, covering around 14 hours of teaching time. This resource includes a range of activities, lesson powerpoints, a student booklet which follows the powerpoints and assessments. It encourages philosophical discussion about evil, explores theodicies and a case study of the Holocaust to question whether God can exist even though there is evil in the world.
This is a complete unit, ready to teach!
It covers:
The problem of evil and the inconsistent triad
Natural and moral evil
Augustine’s theodicy
Soul-making theodicies
The rise of anti-semitism and Auschwitz
Holocaust denial
Jewish responses to the Holocaust and problem of evil
Psychological explanations for evil, from Milgram and Zimbardo
Assessments, including extended writing responses and multiple choice tests
I personally find this unit most appropriate to teach in Year 9 as a good step to prepare for the GCSE, though it may also work well with Year 8.
Please leave a review, and happy teaching!
A Philosophy Mini-Curriculum for Primary
PDF - scripted lessons for Primary School Educators.
EYFS Lessons - Optional use of Socrates Doll
Socratic Method: Plan, script - question sorting and introducing ‘Big Questions’
What is ‘real’? Plan - thinking about where knowledge comes from and whether we can tell if something is real or not. Discusses personhood.
Years 1 and 2 Lessons
What’s the Big Idea? Plan - an introduction to philosophy and some of the big ideas it delves into.
How Did the Universe Come to Be? A discussion-based unit about creation and the idea of God.
Year 3 Lesson
What is the Difference Between Knowing and Believing? Plan - a look at observation, faith and miracles.
Year 4 Lesson
Morality: How do People Make Moral Decisions? Plan - a look at how people justify moral decisions with logical arguments.
Year 5 Lessons
Utilitarianism Parts I & II - Plans, Presentation, Scenario Cards - a look at Bentham and Mill’s system for moral decision making.
Ontology: Plan, Presentation - A look at the Ontological arguments for the existence of God and its problems.
Year 6 Lesson
Plato’s Cave: Plan - A look at the role of the philosopher in society and the idea of knowledge through revelation.
Primary Range Home/School
Lesson 1
The Purpose of Things: Plan - A discussion-based enquiry into the purpose of everyday things. It examines the ‘why’ of objects, both made and naturally occurring. An introduction to teleology.
Lesson 2
Of Superheroes and Miracles: Plan and Presentation - A discussion-based enquiry into the origins of the idea of the ‘superhero’. Encompassing believability, scepticism, Hume and his views on miracles.
Lesson 3
Morality with a Buddhist Focus: Plan - A discussion-based enquiry looking at morality and the externalised, spiritual drives behind it. Encompassing non-spiritual reasons of morality, inviting discussion about internal morality as well as a starting point to study belief in karma.
Lesson 4
Knowing VS Believing Part 1: Plan - A discussion-based enquiry looking at the difference between ‘Knowing’ and ‘believing’. Part 1 covers magic tricks and the senses as a source of ‘fact’. It asks whether scientists need a little belief in their line of work too. Introduces concepts such as dark matter.
Lesson 5
Knowing VS. Believing Part 2: Plan - A discussion using Flew’s The Invisible Gardener Parable. How do we know things? Is there a battle going on between science and belief? Do scientists believe? An introduction to the Falsification Principle.
For more and the accompanying Free presentations can be found on my website by googling philosophy in ks2. These are made using ‘creative commons’ pictures and so are not subject to copyright.
The problem of Other Minds (Solipism)
Typed notes about:
Mills argument from analogy
Wittgenstein Private Language
Satre and Heidegger's criticisms
Student tasks are upon the worksheet along with example exam questions
The essential Philosophy for Children (P4C ) tool!
Professionally designed with amazing animations to capture your students’ attention.
This download includes an editable PowerPoint (and a PowerPoint show, for your convenience) featuring over 101 philosophical questions to stimulate discussions in your class tutor-group.
It also has a ‘randomiser’ so that you can randomly select a question each time!
Perfect for form-time, end of lessons, great for any subject! Suitable for KS2-5!
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BHA’s educational resources are for teachers who want to make RE, Citizenship and PSHE properly inclusive, and for students researching assignments. They are all PDF resources and you will need Adobe Reader to view and print them. Most of these resources for students of all ages outline how humanists approach a range of issues. They contain discussion questions, further reading suggestions and web links, as well as a humanist perspective. (Please note that they are not intended to be definitive or prescriptive statements about what all humanists think or BHA policy.)
Here is a table with all the philosophers on the OCR A2 Philosophy And Ethics Course from the philosophy side. Within the table are all of the philosophers opinions and arguments for the course topics along with criticisms from other philosophers. I will add one for all of the philosophers in the Ethics part of the course soon. A great resource to cement the knowledge into your head as it is written in understandable and relevant language.
This resource contains a complete lesson on the theories of ‘Property Dualism - The Philosophical Zombie argument’, including criticisms and any relevant defences, as part of the ‘Metaphysics of the Mind’ unit of AQA’s A-Level Philosophy course. Please note that, whilst this contains all relevant learning materials, this should be used in conjunction with the official textbook.
The lesson is part of a series of lessons looking at Philosophical Thought Experiments. It has been used with Sixth Form students as part of an elective program to broaden their understanding of Philosophy (especially if they are not studying Philosophy for A Level). The aim to get students thinking in a philosophical way, asking and answering questions during class discussion. There are links to videos found on YouTube to support the learning and these can be found within the presentation. Some fascinating discussion and deep thinking should result!
This particular lesson focuses on The Trolley Problem and considers how we make moral decisions; is utilitarianism enough? Are there certain actions that are inherently wrong?
PowerPoint resource of 4 lessons to enable children to model writing based on J.K Rowling. Gives the children chance to look at the individual elements and then try writing their own parts. This is the starting point before the children will be given an opportunity the following week to change the characters and setting.
Breaks down the story into opening, build-up, problem, resolution and ending.
Can be easily changed or adapted depending on story.
Wanting to have a discussion based lesson with your class to help build your evaluation skills?
This lesson introduces students to two ethical problems- Phillipa Foot’s Trolley Problem and Bernard William’s Organ Transplant analogy!
This lesson can be great to use in a form time to hear the contrasting views of your students or you could spend the full hour on this lesson.
Optional struture-
One half of the room focus on one analogy, discuss it with peers, and then vote. Afterwards, they could teach the other half of the classroom the analogy and the others can then discuss what would be the right thing to do.
From there, you could have a whole class discussion on the most ethical thing to do!
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Best wishes,
Liz
These first year undergraduate lectures by Dr Peter Millican aim to provide a thorough yet accessible introduction to many philosophical topics and to get students interested in thinking about key areas of philosophy. Taking a chronological view of the history of philosophy, each lecture is split into 3 or 4 sections which outline a particular philosophical problem and how different philosophers have attempted to address these. This content is placed under a Creative Commons licence and is free for reuse, remixing and redistribution in education worldwide (BY-NC-SA).