Ancient Philosophical Influences

This comprehensive resource pack includes everything you need to teach the Ancient Philosophical Influences topic with confidence and clarity. Designed specifically for the OCR A-Level Religious Studies specification, this pack contains a full sequence of high-quality, fully embedded lessons and supporting materials.

What’s Included:

Engaging, ready-to-teach lessons covering:

• An introduction to Plato and Aristotle
• An overview of Socrates and the pre-Socratics
• Plato’s Theory of the Forms and the Hierarchy of Forms
• Plato’s Cave and other key analogies
• Aristotle’s Four Causes and Prime Mover
• A comparative study of Plato’s Form of the Good and Aristotle’s Prime Mover
• Dedicated essay planning and evaluation support

What You’ll Get

Each lesson includes:

• Fully resourced PowerPoints with all key content for the OCR specification
• Retrieval and recap activities to strengthen understanding
• Worksheets and discussion tasks
• Evaluation and essay-planning templates to develop AO2 skills
• Exam-style practice and model responses

Proven Impact
These resources have been tried, tested, and refined to support outstanding student outcomes — contributing to ALPS scores of 1 and 2 in A-Level Religious Studies.

Whether you’re an experienced teacher looking to save time or new to the course and seeking clear, structured guidance, this pack provides everything needed for success in the Philosophy of Religion unit.