Political Philosophy - IB Philosophy (Whole unit!)

This is a resource for a years worth / two terms of teaching for Political Philosophy.

The resource has been made for IB Philosophy, but may also be useful for other exam boards.

The content covered includes:

• The state of nature, particularly studying Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau
• Political ideologies - liberalism, conservatism, socialism (incl. communism)
• Anarchism
• The role of justice and distributive justice, particularly studying Rawls and Nozick
• The concept and development of rights
• Positive and negative liberty (Isaiah Berlin)
• Non-human rights

The content covers a wide range of scholars with particular focus on Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Burke, Paine, Marx, Rawls and Nozick.

This resource includes:

• Multiple powerpoints, mainly split into introduction; state, society and nation; justice; and rights
• A student study guide to match the powerpoints
• A study guide inclusive of my answers which matches the powerpoint
• Multiple worksheets and resources for reading content
• Links to useful content to support teaching
• Example essays
• IB past paper questions
• Revision resources, e.g. game of key words, planning tools

This is a comprehensive, detailed and accessible resource which is ready to teach.

If you like it, please do leave a review and happy teaching!