Complete unit of work for the teaching of Ancient Greek Influences, focusing on Plato and Aristotle. This was created for the A-Level Religious Studies OCR. The resource includes PowerPoint slides for a series of lessons covering the whole unit, plus a student booklet made alongside the PowerPoint to encourage student-led learning. The booklet includes a wide range of activities to test and demonstrate knowledge and understanding. The resource covers all key points on the spec, including Plato’s theory of the forms and analogy of the cave, Aristotle’s four causes and the Prime Mover, concluding in evaluation of both theories and comparison of the two. Also included in this resource package is an A3 revision sheet for comparison of the theories plus an A3 revision map breaking the unit down into clear sections; a knowledge test, with answers included; an example essay with clear structuring and example points to support students. If you find this resource helpful or have any further comments, please let me know. Happy teaching!

This is a whole unit of lessons to teach the Meta-Ethics unit of the OCR Religious Studies A-level. It would likely be appropriate for other exam boards also. This resources includes lesson powerpoints for the whole unit, an accompanying student booklet which follows the powerpoint exactly, as well as a summary / revision map, revision crossword and information sheet on Prescriptivism. It is all ready to teach and supports independent, student-led learning. This covers all the points on the OCR specification with a focus on naturalism, intuitionism and emotivism. The three key approaches are explored through many scholars, including but not limited to Bradley, Hume, Ayer, Moore, Mackie, Prichard and Foot. Each approach is also individually evaluated. The resources also goes further including Hare’s proposal of prescriptivism. It encourages students to evaluate whether or not what is meant by the word ‘good’ is the defining question in the study of ethics; whether or not ethical terms such as good, bad, right and wrong have an objective factual basis that makes them true or false in describing something or reflect only what is in the mind of the person using such terms; whether ethical terms can be said to be meaningful or meaningless; and whether or not, from a common sense approach, people just know within themselves what is good, bad, right and wrong. A complete unit of work, ready to teach! Please leave a review and happy teaching!

This document offers an in-depth analysis of the 2025 IB Theory of Knowledge (TOK) essay titles. Ideal for students aiming for a high pass grade, it breaks down each title thoroughly, providing: Detailed Unpacking of Key Concepts: Clear explanations of each title, ensuring you understand exactly what’s being asked. Expert Analysis of Areas of Knowledge (AOKs): Insightful connections between the essay titles and various AOKs, such as History, Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and the Arts. Real-World Examples: Concrete examples tailored to each essay question, which can be directly used or adapted in your writing. Critical Argumentation Tips: Guidance on how to craft balanced, coherent arguments, including how to integrate counterarguments. Conclusion Strategies: Learn how to effectively conclude your essay with clarity and depth. This guide provides everything you need to confidently tackle the TOK essay titles for 2025, making it a valuable resource for IB students looking to maximize their scores.

Firstly, I’d like to say a HUGE thank you to the more than 1000 of you who have downloaded this display pack! I hope your classrooms look gorgeous! This is a complete 200+ page pack of a number of classroom displays that I have developed over the last couple of years to invigorate my department. Two updated booster packs have already been added. Original Display Pack: - Philosophers and Religious Figures Timeline (Over 40 thinkers with pictures, dates and outlines of their thinking). - Famous quote callouts to add along the timeline (one for almost every philosopher). Get students talking! - Custom-made colourful lettering for timeline eras. - Over 20 ethical and philosophical questions in colourful speech bubbles to inspire thinkers in your classroom (A great one for open-evenings or tutor time discussions!) - Steps/Levels display with optional number arrows. Department levels policy documents included. - ‘How to’ guides for all displays. Booster Pack 1: - Philosophical Language Literacy Display with sentence starters for knowledge/explanation and assessment/evaluation. - Agree --> Disagree continuum signposts to make human bar charts in your classroom! - Blooms thinking guidance for teachers with question prompts. Great for shrinking and sticking on desks or displaying at the back of the room. Booster Pack 2: - A raft of additional thinkers to give greater flexibility to the Philosopher Timeline across exam boards. - Quotes for every new thinker of course! I’ve also added another high-quality display pack covering Logical Fallacies and Cognitive Biases. Find it here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/logical-fallacies-and-cognitive-biases-display-pack-philosophy-psychology-11925635

Learning Objectives: To consider what ‘worldviews’ are and to evaluate whether they are important To explore the right to freedom of belief and religion as a Human Right To put into context where the world’s religions have come from To be introduced to a variety of key words, facts and figures related to these religions Students start by watching a video on worldviews and use it to feedback their thoughts on what they think the term means, why worldviews may be important and what factors influence someone’s worldview. After identifying that religion plays a key role in shaping some people’s worldviews, they then complete a timeline activity to introduce them to a brief development of religion over time, including the world’s 6 main religions. Students use the information from this activity to answer questions that will introduce them to some key words, facts and figures about these main religions (answers included). The lesson finishes with students responding to the prompt: ‘Religions are irrelevant in today’s world.’ Extension: students to create their own set of ‘worldview glasses’ to show their own worldview Resources included: PPT, lesson plan, map and timeline sheets

This is a complete resource to teach the Natural Law unit for A-Level OCR Religious Studies (RS). It may also be appropriate for other exam boards. Contains a complete set of resources so it is ready to teach! Including lesson PowerPoint, a student booklet which accompanies the PowerPoint, information sheets, worksheets, revision tasks and a knowledge test. There are a range of activities to keep students engaged and lessons exciting. This covers Aquinas’ Natural Law including the idea of telos (with Aristotle’s four causes), the precepts, real and apparent goods, the doctrine of double effect and key questions, such as whether Natural Law is helpful in moral decision making and if the doctrine of double effect can be justified. If you find this resource helpful, please leave a review so others can find it. Thank you, and happy teaching!

A complete unit of work all ready to go! This resource includes a complete unit of work for the Nature of God unit of the Philosophy section of OCR A-level Religious Studies (A2), though could be adapted for other exam boards. Included are a whole unit of PowerPoint slides covering the whole spec, a workbook which matches the slides, two exemplar essays, a bunch of worksheets/extra resources and some exemplar filled in tables considering the clashes and compliments between different attributes. There are a great range of discussion points and various activities to keep students engaged. I usually take about twelve teaching hours to complete this unit of work. Covered in this unit of work are various interpretations of omnipotence (including Descartes, Aquinas and Augustine); interpretations of omniscience; whether God is eternal or everlasting (including Boethius, Anselm and Swinburne); how far free will is affected; interpretations of benevolence, including whether the existence of Hell is compatible with God’s attributes; and how far the contradictions between attributes can be resolved. A complete unit of work all ready to go! Hope you enjoy and happy teaching :)

This resource helps students to consider the concept of moral dilemmas. There are tasks in which students are asked to consider how they would approach various dilemmas, Phillipa Foot’s ‘Trolley Dilemma’ is discussed in relation to absolutist vs situationist approaches and ideas around judging morality based on consequences or intentions are discussed. There is also a basic consideration of how religious groups may approach these ideas. Overall, the (fully editable) PowerPoint is 32 slides in length and likely to take 2-3 lessons to complete. It was originally created to cover two 1-hour lessons, but always seems to take longer if you let the debates run! A NOTE ABOUT MY POWERPOINTS: All slides have information for delivery provided in the ‘Notes’ section. Gold boxes contain information that can be read to the class; it’s also a good opportunity to select a student to read for literacy. Blue ‘TASK’ boxes are always tasks to be completed (these may link to an extra resource that has been provided, such as a worksheet). There will also be a ‘sound level icon’ suggested for these (there is also a slide at the end full of sound levels icons that you can use to edit). Some tasks also have key careers/employability skills indicated. Orange ‘CONSIDER’ boxes are questions that can be discussed as a class or in groups. Green ‘EXTENSION’ boxes are extra work/challenge for those who complete the main blue box tasks or are otherwise ready for something more difficult. Red boxes generally have some information hidden behind them and will reveal as you click through the PowerPoint.

Complete unit of work covering the relationships and families topic as part of the AQA Religious Studies GCSE, though may also be appropriate for other exam boards. This resource includes at least 8 hours of teaching time, covering the nature and purpose of families; marriage; divorce and remarriage; attitudes towards sex, including sex before and outside of marriage; cohabitation; contraception; homosexuality / same-sex relationships, parents and marriage; gender roles and equality; and revision resources. There are a range of activities, lesson powerpoints and worksheets to keep students engaged and lessons varied. All content is covered from Christianity and Islam, inclusive of lots of religious teachings and examples, as well as non-religious ideas. The whole unit is complete and ready to teach with easy to follow lessons. Please leave a review, and happy teaching!

An introduction to religion and the six world religions. Ideal for KS3, especially as a bridging unit, but could also be used at KS2 to introduce to ideas of religion. This covers 5 one hour lessons at a minimum, though I usually take around 7-8 hours of teaching for these lessons. This is a complete unit of work, including PowerPoints, worksheets, various activities and an assessment. Lessons include an introduction to what religion is, exploring what is meant by beliefs, learning about the six world religions and students demonstrating their knowledge by creating their own religion. Nice and simple - perfect for specialists and non-specialists!

A set of knowledge organisers for A-Level Religious Studies. They have been designed for the OCR specification but are likely appropriate for other exam boards too. The knowledge organisers cover the whole OCR ethics specification: Natural Law Kantian Ethics Situation Ethics Utilitarianism Business Ethics Euthanasia Sexual Ethics Conscience Meta-Ethics They cover the AO1 content needed, such as the difference between act and rule utilitarianism; the formulas of the Categorical Imperative; the primary precepts; the six propositions; how to apply the theories to homosexuality; theological vs. psychological views on the conscience, and much more! They each cover every part on the content section of the specification in a good level of detail. A great revision tool for students about to approach exams or to consolidate knowledge of a unit. These would make brilliant posters and also work very well on a phone screen to share with students! If you like these, please leave a review and happy teaching!

A complete unit of work ready to go! This includes PowerPoint, student workbook, revision map, a game of articulate and an example essay focusing on the conscience topic in A-level RS, Ethics section of the OCR exam board. It is completely ready to teach, exploring ideas of Aquinas’ theological approach and Freud’s psychological approach to the conscience, with a comparison on them both. It also considers key questions such as the issue of guilt, whether conscience is the same as reason or whether conscience is an umbrella term. It also looks at the ideas of additional scholars such as Fletcher, Kant, Newman, Augustine and Fromm. The workbook includes a range of tasks so students can work independently and matches up exactly to the PowerPoint for ease of teaching. If you like this resource, please leave a review!

2 hour, fully resourced lesson which focuses on capital punishment, its legal status around the world, the moral and religious arguments for and against and the history of the death penalty. The lesson has been left editable and is filled with engaging, well differentiated and fun activities. It is useful for PSHCE or Religious Education as an introduction to the topic, or could be used as a standalone lesson as something different for a drop-down-day. This lesson gained an outstanding when it was observed. Find more lessons on everything from misogyny, masculinity, Incels and Andrew Tate to dating, love, health and wellbeing, extremism, pornography, gender and transgender prejudice, racism, sex and relationships and much more at our store. Please visit my Tes store https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/EC_Resources for everything PSHE, RSE, RE and Citizenship. We still offer a free lesson of your choice for each time you leave a review! Just email info@ecpublishing.co.uk The pack includes a 2 hour long PowerPoint, differentiated challenge activities, worksheets, clips and literacy focus tasks. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: MORE PSHE RESOURCES

This resource covers the Problem of Evil unit taught in the A-level RS AQA specification. I do have another resource covering OCR which may be more helpful if that is your exam board! This covers the whole unit, including a PowerPoint and a work booklet which matches identically to reinforce student-led learning. It covers key topics such as the logical problem of evil and the inconsistent triad, with theodicies offered by Augustine, Irenaeus and Hick, such as the soul-making theodicy. It also explores key questions, such as whether the logical or evidential aspects of the problem of evil are more challenging for belief and overall whether monotheism can be defended in the face of evil. It is all ready to go - can just pick up and teach. If you do like this resource, please leave a rating and a review. Happy teaching!

Double lesson exploring the scientific beliefs about the origins of the universe for Eduqas (Catholic) Origins and Meanings. The lesson explores the views of Stephen Hawking, Georges Lemaitre, Charles Darwin, Paul Davies, Richard Dawkins and Pope John Paul II. The students focus on the scientific theories of the Big Bang and Evolution and Catholic responses to them. I have included information about the Goldilocks enigma as it is covered on the A-Level and provides stretch and challenge for students who are already familiar with other aspects of the lesson. The second part of the lesson focuses on the skill of evaluating and asks students to consider how other scholars would respond to certain views. The lesson ends with a D question in which students can apply and consolidate their learning. Includes: Starter slide (date/title, thinking task, flipped research homework) Retrieval starter quiz key words sharing info true/false learning check video/questions exam practice (success criteria sheet) Match up activity challenge questions ‘packaway’ plenary Feedback is always appreciated. Therefore if you leave a review we will send you a free resource as a show of our appreciation. To claim please send us an email AquinasED@gmail.com with your choice of resource and Tes account name.

Complete unit of work covering theme E of AQA Religious Studies GCSE - crime and punishment. May also be relevant for other exam boards. This is a complete unit of work, inclusive of 7 PowerPoint lessons, resources including worksheets, videos, a revision map, unit checklist and practice questions. These lessons cover: good and evil; crime and the reasons for crime; attitudes towards lawbreakers; different types of crime, including hate crimes, theft and murder; aims of punishment, including retribution, reformation, deterrence and protection; treatment of criminals, including prison, corporal punishment and community service; forgiveness; and the death penalty. All content is covered from Chrsitianity and Islam, inclusive of lots of religious teachings and examples. The whole unit is complete and ready to teach with easy to follow lessons. Please leave a review and happy teaching!

Hi all, In this lesson we look at- Qualities of God’s commands Examples of God’s commands Initial evaluation of the Divine Command Theory The Euthyphro Dilemma Adam’s modified Divine Command Theory. If you find this lesson helpful, please write a review! Best wishes, Liz

Complete unit of work on Hinduism! This resource includes at least 8 hours of teaching, with lesson powerpoints, a student booklet complete with notes and knowledge check tasks for independent revision and work, a variety of worksheets and different activities to keep students engaged, a mixture of student-led and teacher-led tasks, a mini knowledge test and an end of unit assessment. Content covered includes: An introduction to Hinduism and key features of the religion Gods and goddesses of Hinduism, including Brahman, the Trimurti and more Reincarnation, including samsara, karma and moksha Hinduism mini-test - multiple choice The caste system and the story of the Purusha How Hindu’s worship and the use of shrines Knowledge assessment with written answers Diwali and the story of the Ramayana It is a complete unit of work, ready to teach with easy to follow lessons! Please leave a review and happy teaching!

Useful recap tool and can be used to help students approach longer-length exam questions. I use this as a basis and add on extras such as specific teachings on poverty, discrimination etc. THIS IS A FREE SAMPLE of the lesson on CHRISTIAN ETHICS, JUSTICE: KEY AREAS FOR REVISION. . I have another package with this resource and a powerpoint and student activity to go with it, in the shop

Worksheet interpreting the Genesis Creation Story Key themes within Genesis 1-2, great for building synoptics within the GCSE Religious Studies specifications. Shine Extension Task GCSE or A Level Religious Studies or PRE (Philosophy, Religion, Ethics)