KS3 Philosophy; War and Terrorism

This unit is centered around the question ‘Is violence ever necessary?’. It’s a topical unit whereby we explore different wars and look into how people become terrorists and how to PREVENT this.

Included is; 8 lessons, core knowledge questions, learning journey, a mid-topic assessment and an out of class work booklet.

Sequence of lessons is as follows;

1. Is violence necessary? (Scenarios and initial thoughts.)
2. Reasons for War (Including war case studies; can be extended into 2-3 lessons).
3. Just War Theory
4. Radicalisation, Extremism and Terrorism
5. Who are Islamic State?
6. The Manchester Bombing
7. Mid Topic Quiz and Question
8. What is Right Wing Extremism?
9. Reggie Yates - Extreme Russia Documentary

I wanted to include an Andrew Tate lesson within this scheme of work but ran out of curriculum time; You could take out the documentary and switch it with a case study into Andrew Tate and how it’s very easy to become influenced into right wing extremism (I will upload a stand alone Andrew Tate lesson next year when I get around to planning).