Resources for AQA A Level Religious Studies (Philosophy) - both Year 12 and Year 13 content for Component 1. Assemblies/PSHCE/General RE content from KS3 through to Sixth Form.
Also content for Eduqas GCSE Religious Studies (Route B) and Judaism.
Resources for AQA A Level Religious Studies (Philosophy) - both Year 12 and Year 13 content for Component 1. Assemblies/PSHCE/General RE content from KS3 through to Sixth Form.
Also content for Eduqas GCSE Religious Studies (Route B) and Judaism.
The Design Argument
A number of resources to cover the Design Argument. Created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Introduction to Philosophical Proofs
Paley’s Design Argument
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Design Argument with focus on Hume
Extra content focussed on Swinburne and Tennant
The Problem of Evil and Suffering
A number of resources to cover the Problem of Evil. Created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Introduction to the Problem (Natural and Moral Evil)
The Logical Problem - Inconsistent Triad with reference to Hume, Epicuris and Mackie
The Evidential Problem of Evil - with reference to quality and quantity (Brothers Karamazov) and pointless evil (Rowe’s Fawn)
The Free Will Defence - with reference to Mackie, Swinburne and Plantinga’s defences.
The Augustinian Theodicy
The Irenaean Theodicy
Hick’s Soul-Making Theodicy
Process Theodicy
The strengths and weaknesses of all thee above
Each lesson contains a powerpoint, notes and activites for the entire Problem of Evil module
A resource for Paley’s Design Argument. Created for Sixth Form usage.
Learning objectives are to : Explore the strengths of the Design Argument.
Understand the views of William Paley on the Design Argument.
Contains notes on Paley and additional notes on Swinburne and Tennant’s Design Arguments.
The Ontological Argument
A number of resources to cover the Ontological Argument. Created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Introduction to the Ontological Argument
Anselm’s Ontological Argument with reference to Proslogian 1 and 2
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Ontological Argument with focus on Gaunilo and Kant
Extra content focussed on Plantinga, Frege and Russell
A number of resources to cover the Arguments for the existence of God (Cosmological, Ontological and Design Arguments). Created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Design Argument
-Introduction to Philosophical Proofs
-Paley’s Design Argument
-Strengths and Weaknesses of the Design Argument with focus on Hume
-Extra content focussed on Swinburne and Tennant
Cosmological Argument
-The Four Causes
-The Cosmological Argument
-Strengths and Weaknesses of the Cosmological Argument with focus on Hume and Russell
Ontological Argument
-Introduction to the Ontological Argument
-Anselm’s Ontological Argument with reference to Proslogian 1 and 2
-Strengths and Weaknesses of the Ontological Argument with focus on Gaunilo and Kant
-Extra content focussed on Plantinga, Frege and Russell
Introduction to the Cosmological Argument - The Four Causes.
Learning Objectives - Explore who Aquinas was.
Understand the main features of the cosmological argument
Information on the causes, a task on identifying the causes and into to the Cosmological argument.
Knowledge Organisers for Religious Language
A level Religious Studies
AQA but could also be used for other exam boards
Background
Cognitive and non-cognitive
Verification and Falsification
Responses to the VP and FP (Blik, Language Games and Eschatalogical Verification)
Analogy
The Via Negativa
Tillich
Strengths and Weaknesses
Self, Death and the afterlife section
AQA Religious Studies A-Level
Philosophy section
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what the Dualism is
To understand Plato’s argument
To understand the allegory of the cave and the world of the forms
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on Plato
The Allegory of the cave
Eduqas Religious Studies GCSE Chilli Challenge Sheets for all 5 modules on the Route B Course.
Each Sheet contains:
12 Revision Ideas
Practice Questions for B, C and D Questions
Religious Language as a language game as presented by Wittgenstein
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what language game is
To understand the strengths and weaknesses of Wittgensteins theory
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Strengths and Weaknesses colour code
Strengths and weaknesses answers
The implications of language games on religious language
‘A Brief Overview of Everything’ For the Philosophy Section of the A-Level AQA Religious Studies Course.
This PPT does what it says on the tin. In 116 slides it covers the full 2 year Philosophy content for the AQA Religious Studies Course.
My students asked for ‘a brief overview of everything’ and so this was made.
It is just slides of information - as condensed as possible. Is an excellent revision tool.
Revision Tool
PPT
Colour Coded strengths and Weaknesses
Self, Death and the Afterlife Philosophy Module
A number of resources to cover self, death and the afterlife created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Introduction to self, death and the afterlife
Psychological continuity + Dennett
Reincarnation
Near Death Experiences
Existence after death : Price, Swinburne and Plato
Hicks Replica Theory
The bundle theory
Personal Identity as physical
Dual aspect monism
Interactionalism, Physicalism and Functionalism
Cartesian Dualism
Gilbert Ryle
Aristotle and the Soul
Dualism and Plato
The strengths and weaknesses of all thee above
revision sheets
Each lesson contains a powerpoint, notes and activites for the entire religious language module
Religious Language and the Falsification principle
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand the Falsifcation Principle
To explore the strengths and weaknesses of the falsification principle
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
The Parable of the Gardener
Strengths and Weaknesses colour code
Responses to challenges from verification and falsification
Hick’s eschatalogical verification
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand the main responses to verification and falsification principles
To understand Hicks eschatalogical verification
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Strengths and Weaknesses hands
The parable of the celestial city
Strengths and weaknesses of Hick
Knowledge Organisers for Good and Evil
A level Religious Studies
AQA but could also be used for other exam boards
Logical and Evidential Problem of Evil
The Free Will Defence
Hick’s Soul Making Theodicy
Process Theology
Knowledge Organisers for Self and Life after Death
A level Religious Studies
AQA but could also be used for other exam boards
Dualism and Monism
Plato
Descartes
Aristotle
Resurrection
Hick’s Replica Theory
Hard Materialism
Functionalism and Physicalism
Reincarnation
Swinburne
Near Death Experiences
Parfit
Dennett
Objective Immortality
Lots more also included
Self, Death and the afterlife section
AQA Religious Studies A-Level
Philosophy section
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what Dual Aspect Monism is
To understand the benefits of dual aspect monism
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes
Worksheet
Knowledge Organisers for Religious Experience
A level Religious Studies
AQA but could also be used for other exam boards
Visions
Otto
James
Stace
Verifying Religious Experiences
Swinburne
Knowledge Organisers for Arguments for the Existence of God
A level Religious Studies
AQA but could also be used for other exam boards
The Ontological Argument
The Design Argument
The Cosmological Argument
