This is an activity I use as a starter to introduce the concept of military ethics, but you could use it for any introduction to ethics. If pupils have individual devices, they could work individually by clicking on the decision they wish to make given the scenario or you could do this as a whole class activity via a smartboard. Each link in the PowerPoint leads pupils to a slide with the next stage of the story. The pupils are introduced to dilemmas such as whether civilians should be protected in war, whether or not torture can be justified, chains of command, etc… The first slide is like this: You find yourself as a newly recruited member of an elite military unit known for its commitment to ethical decision-making. Your choices will determine the outcome of critical situations and shape your character’s journey. Click the action you want to take to see the next part of the story. Chapter 1: The Mission Briefing As you gather in the briefing room, your commanding officer outlines a classified mission: Infiltrate the remote region of Serathis, known for its political instability, to prevent the illicit production and distribution of a powerful bio-weapon. Intel suggests that a rogue faction called The Crimson Serpents has gained control of a secret research facility and is on the verge of deploying the weapon. The first step is to navigate through enemy-controlled territory to reach the secret research facility. Whilst moving through enemy territory you encounter some civilians. Risk exposure to try to gain local support? Maintain covert operations?

This is part of a unit I teach on knowledge, why do people believe the things they believe, encouraging pupils to reflect on their own beliefs. The rest of the unit isn’t mine so I can’t share it. Regardless, these resources could be used either together or as stand alone lessons. Collectively there is probably around 4-5 hours of lessons. The lessons include some embedded clips, group activities, research tasks and reflection questions. This is lots of fun to teach, provokes lots of discussion, and would be great for the final few lessons of term.

This is a collection of resources to allow pupils to explore some key concepts of Judaism whilst solving a mystery. There is a bank of evidence, PowerPoint to explain the task to pupils and a teacher solution/explanation at the end of the evidence bank. I reckon it’d take around half an hour. My class liked it.

This is a PPT lesson for the end of term. It features a number of Christmas movie clips from ClickView (the link is in the notes of the PowerPoint slide) with some key philosophical questions for discussion. If your school doesn’t use ClickView, it should be pretty obvious which clips I mean. In Home Alone it’s the whole booby trap scene, in Muppet’s Christmas Carol it’s the bit from Ghost of Christmas Future onwards and for The Grinch it’s from when the Grinch decides to steal Christmas to the end. It kept my class going for maybe an hour and a half.

This is a PPT lesson containing some festive activities focused around philosophy of knowledge/metaphysics/epistemology. The clip is available in clickview and I have included a link in the notes section of the PowerPoint slide. If your school doesn’t use PowerPoint, it should be obvious which section of Muppet’s Christmas Carol I show - it’s essentially from Scrooge returning to his home, meeting Marley and Marley and encountering the Ghost of Christmas Past. It contains a debate task, research task and creative writing task and kept my class going for an hour or so.