Each page is set up so there is room to add revision notes. The idea is that each page contains one case study so that exam revision can be condensed and is hopefully generic enough for any school’s chosen case studies. Topics are straight from the AQA syllabus…
TECTONIC HAZARDS IN A DEVELOPED COUNTRY
TECTONIC HAZARDS IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY
TROPICAL STORMS
EXTREME WEATHER IN THE UK
CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE QUATERNARY PERIOD
SMALL SCALE UK ECOSYSTEMS
TROPICAL RAINFORESTS
HOT DESERTS
COLD ENVIRONMENTS
COASTAL LANDFORMS IN THE UK
COASTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE UK
RIVER LANDFORMS IN THE UK
FLOOD MANAGEMENT SCHEMES IN THE UK
GLACIAL LANDFORMS IN THE UK
TOURISM IN A GLACIATED UPLAND AREA OF THE UK
A MAJOR CITY IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY
IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE URBAN POOR
A MAJOR CITY IN THE UK
AN URBAN REGENERATION PROJECT
GROWTH OF TOURISM IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
RAPID ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (Parts One & Two)
SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRY IN THE UK
A LARGE-SCALE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE FOOD AND WATER IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
A LARGE-SCALE WATER TRANSFER SCHEME
EXTRACTION OF FOSSIL FUELS
RENEWABLE ENERGY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
GEOGRAPHICAL APPLICATIONS: PHYSICAL FIELDWORK
GEOGRAPHICAL APPLICATIONS: HUMAN FIELDWORK
GLOSSARY OF KEY GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS IN THE AQA SYLLABUS
Revision notes for A-level Religious Studies (OCR)
Four pages
DCT – AUGUSTINE’S TEACHING ON HUMAN NATURE
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
THOMAS HOBBES
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO
‘CONFESSIONS’
HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS PRE- AND POST-FALL
Pre-Lapsarian
Post-Lapsarian
ORIGINAL SIN AND ITS EFFECTS ON WILL AND SOCIETY
Original Sin is passed on through sex
GOD’S GRACE
Summum bonum
Contrasts Plato and Kant
CRITICISMS OF AUGUSTINE
Irenaean theodicy
DAWKINS
Humanitarian principle (PINKER)
FREUD
**JEAN PAUL SARTRE **
NIEBUHR
Prideful sin
Realisation of God
Key issues
Revision notes for A-level Religious Studies (OCR)
Five pages
DCT – FOUNDATIONS
KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’S EXISTENCE
NATURAL KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’S EXISTENCE
REVEALED KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’S EXISTENCE
ARE NATURAL AND REVEALED KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THE SAME?
THE PERSON OF JESUS CHRIST
**JESUS’ AUTHORITY AS THE SON OF GOD
**Jesus’ divinity expressed in his knowledge of God
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Jesus’ divinity expressed in his miracles
**Jesus’ divinity expressed in his resurrection
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JESUS’ AUTHORITY A TEACHER OF WISDOM
**Jesus’ moral teaching on repentance + forgiveness
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Jesus’ moral teaching on inner purity + moral motivation
**How are Jesus’ teachings useful to an atheist?
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JESUS’ AUTHORITY AS A LIBERATOR
Jesus’ role expressed in his challenge to political authority
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Jesus’ role expressed in his challenge to religious authority
Revision for A-level Religious Studies (OCR)
Five pages
DCT – LIVING
CHRISTIAN MORAL PRINCIPLES
BIBLE = ONLY AUTHORITY FOR CHRISTIAN MORALS
Theonomous Christian ethics
Sola scriptura
Issues with theonomous ethics
BIBLE, CHURCH + REASON = SOURCES OF CHRISTIAN MORALS
Heteronomous Christian ethics
Roman Catholic attitudes to Church teachings
Protestant attitudes to Church teachings
AGAPE = ONLY CHRISTIAN ETHICAL PRINCIPLE
Autonomous Christian ethics
CHURCH AUTHORITY OVER THE INDIVIDUAL
CHRISTIAN ETHICS: PERSONAL OR COMMUNAL?
CHRISTIAN MORAL ACTION
BONHOEFFER
DUTY TO GOD OR THE STATE?
Bonhoeffer’s teaching on obedience, leadership + doing God’s will
CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE OF GOD’S WILL
Civil disobedience
CHURCH AS COMMUNITY + SOURCE OF SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE
Bonhoeffer’s role in Confessing Church
Bonhoeffer’s role at Finkenwalde
COST OF DISCIPLESHIP
God’s grace, suffering + solidarity
BONHOEFFER’S EMPHASIS ON SUFFERING
BONHOEFFER’S RELEVANCE TODAY
Revision notes for A-level Religious Studies (OCR)
Seven pages
DCT – SOCIETY
GENDER + SOCIETY
Key terms:
Feminism
Gender biology
Gender identification
Gender expression
Socialisation
Patriarchal society
Gender dysphoria
Misogyny
EFFECTS OF CHANGING VIEWS ON GENDER + GENDER ROLES IN CHRISTIANITY
Roles of men + women in family and society:
Hermeneutics
Genesis 1
Both genders reflect nature of God
Genesis 2: “no suitable helper”
Implied inferiority
‘Helper’ depends on translation
Genesis 3: Eve tempted by serpent
Women weaker will than men
Men shouldn’t let women take lead in decision-making
Ephesians 5: “Wives, submit yourselves"
Husbands must love their wives like their own bodies
Paul
Cultural norms of 1st century Rome
Patriarchal society
Comparisons to Church + Christ’s relationship
1 Peter 3: ‘weaker sex’
1 Timothy 2: women must learn in silence + never assume authority over man
‘Head’ in Greek also translates to source of life
‘MULIERIS DIGNITATEM’
JOHN PAUL II
Response to rise of feminism
Virgin Mary recognised as theotokos
Gender roles
Mariage is mutual relationship of equals
Genesis 2
Women shouldn’t take on male roles
“Feminine originality”
Motherhood + parenthood
“The woman’s part”
Cultural shift in attitudes to women
Rejects feminist criticisms (eg de Beauvir + Frieden)
motherhood demeaning to women
MARY THE MODEL OF MOTHERHOOD
Special value God place on motherhood
MYSTERY OF GENERATION
Mystery inherent in Trinity
‘sincere gift of self’
Man +woman ‘one flesh’
MUTUALITY
“Special debt to the woman”
ACTIVE MOTHERHOOD
Different types of family:
"Intact families
Blended family relationships
CATECHISM OF CATHOLIC CHURCH: “does not tolerate ‘trial marriages’”
Christian responses to contemporary secular views about roles of men + women in family and society
Conservative Protestant Christian responses
Biblical theology is timeless
Gender roles:
Purely biological, not product of culture
Foucault
KATY RUDY
Gender roles illustrate power the ‘Right’ in American politics + society
Mistrust of socially liberal ideologies
Feminism cause of family breakdowns
Men + women created equal but different
Complementarianism
Motherhood + parenthood:
Woman’s role ‘domestic haven’
Christian home place of refuge, love, peace
Eve = ‘mother of all living’
Paul: husband must provide for family
Different types of family:
Critical of feminism, cohabitation + same-sex relationships
Feminism has led to eroticisation
Foucault
Couples expect too much from relationships
Christianity values permanency
Relationships too private + egocentric
Christian family should look outwards
Same-sex parents not truly Christian
Revision notes for A-level Religious Studies (OCR)
Five pages
DCT – DEVELOPMENT
RELIGIOUS PLURALISM + THEOLOGY
EXCLUSIVISM
INCLUSIVISM
PLURALISM
RELIGIOUS PLURALISM + SOCIETY
DEVELOPMENT OF CONTEMPORARY MULTI-FAITH SOCIETIES
INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
CHRISTIAN RESPONSES TO INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
Official Church responses
Should Christians convert those of other faiths?
Should Christians have mission to those of no faith?
SCRIPTURAL REASONING MOVEMENT
RELATIVISING RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel)
**Three pages **
To be printed A3 size
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: 'ON WENLOCK EDGE’
Three Mind Maps:
’1. ON WENLOCK EDGE’
’3. IS MY TEAM PLOUGHING?'
’5. BREDON HILL’
Mind Map connections:
Melody
Harmony & Tonality
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Instrumentation
Texture
Structure
Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel)
One page
To be printed A3 size
KAIJA SAARIAHO: 'PETALS FOR VIOLINCELLO AND LIVE ELECTRONICS’
Background information
MIND MAP:
Harmony & Tonality
Instrumentation
Melody
Structure
Texture
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel)
One page
To be printed A3 size
KATE BUSH: 'HOUNDS OF LOVE’
MIND MAP:
‘Cloudbusting’
‘And dream of sheep’
‘Under ice’
Mind map connections:
Harmony & Tonality
Texture
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Structure
Instrumentation
Melody
Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel)
Three pages
To be printed A3 size
STRAVINSKY: 'THE RITE OF SPRING’
’INTRODUCTION’
Melody
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Harmony & Tonality
Texture
Instrumentation
’THE AUGURS OF SPRING’
Melody
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Harmony & Tonality
Texture
Instrumentation
‘RITUAL OF ABDUCTION’
Melody
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Texture
Harmony & Tonality
Revision Notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel)
Two pages
To be printed A3 size
DEBUSSY - 'LA SOIREE DANS GRENADE’
Background notes
Harmony & Tonality
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Instrumentation
DEBUSSY - 'PAGODES’
Background notes
Impressionist features in 'Estampes' (notes)
Harmony & Tonality
Melody
Texture
Instrumentation
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Structure
Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel)
One page
To be printed A3 size
CLARA WIECK-SCHUMANN - 'PIANO TRIO IN G MINOR, OP. 17: MOVEMENT 1
Mind Map connections:
Harmony & Tonality
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Texture
Instrumentation
Melody
Structure
Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel)
One Page
To be printed A3 size
COURTEY PINE: 'BACK IN THE DAY’
‘Inner state (of mind)’
‘Lady Day and (John Coltrane)’
‘Love and affection’
Mind map connections:
Melody
Harmony and Tonality
Texture
Structure
Instrumentation
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel)
One Page
To be printed A3 size
THE BEATLES: 'REVOLVER’
**MIND MAP: **
**'Eleanor Rigby'**
**'Here, there and everywhere'**
** 'I want to tell you'**
** 'Tomorrow never knows'**
Mind map connections:
Melody
Harmony & Tonality
Instrumentation
Texture
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel)
One page
To be printed A3 size
Bernard Herrmann - 'Psycho’
Mind Map
'Prelude'
'The City'
'Marion'
'The Murder (Shower Scene)'
'The Toys'
'The Cellar'
'Discovery'
'Finale'
Connections include:
Rhythm, Metre & Tempo
Melody
Harmony & Tonality
Instrumentation
Texture
Powerpoint and worksheets about the effects of Hurricane Katrina. First part deals with levees and subsidence with a differentiated question. Second part looks at social, economic and environmental effects which are sorted and then used to write a newspaper article. Links to videos included.
Practice DME using OCR B exam resources but split up into Powerpoint screens to lead the class through stage by stage. Topic is MNCs in developing countries. The decision is about FIAT cars in Brazil
Also includes an exam workbook
Eight page booklet : define economic keywords, a page to research a billionaire, a SPAG exercise about entrepreneurs, a page to draw a picture reacting to the lyrics of 'Imagine', a moral dilemma based on finding a winning lottery ticket, a self-assessment of attitudes to wealth and poverty and finally a page of religious quotes regarding wealth which need pupil comments