New and updated for 2019-2020:
Fully resourced unit of work, 10 lessons with PPTs, model answers and revision resources including a knowledge organiser.
Please note that some activities do require use of the AQA text book, Year 1 RE AS Level (new spec), but could be adapted for other specs.
Lesson focusing on the different debates surrounding sexual behaviours in Buddhism, with fully resourced power point, for use in AQA Paper 2A Buddhism Year 13/Year 2. Unit = Buddhism, gender and sexuality.
Lesson with PPT and resources focusing on the value of science in Buddhism. Lesson covers the following points on the AQA spec:
The Buddha’s approach to unanswerable questions.
Similarities between Buddhism and Quantum Physics.
Scholarly views of 14th Dalai Lama and Thitch Nhat Hahn.
Please note that there is an OPTIONAL starter activity on modern science which uses pages from the AQA New A Level textbook, so you will need a copy of this book.
Essay question for homework included.
Fully resourced lesson on the views of Buddhism on genetic engineering, including an essay planning sheet for 15 mark evaluation question. AQA A Level RE Paper 2A, but could be adapted for other specs.
A powerpoint and knowledge organiser to consolidate learning for Buddhism and Science AQA unit (Paper 2A, RE A Level). Fully resourced. Could be adapted to another spec.
A lesson and knowledge organizer covering all the essential aspects of the AQA spec for A Level RE. Fully resourced and ready to teach. KO is fill-in-the-gaps and can be completed as students go in the lesson or for homework. This can easily be adapted for other exam boards.
A fully resourced revision lesson for AQA RE A Level, plus a fill-in-the-gaps knowledge organiser for students to complete as they go or for homework. fully resourced, ready to teach.
Lesson for AQA 2A RE A level. Lesson focusing on how secularisation in the British context has challenged Buddhism. Content covered:
what is secularisation?
how have moral authorities been replaced by science and rationalism?
Buddhism being relegated to the personal sphere.
the effect of militant atheism.
Lesson for AQA RE A Level Paper 2A secualrisation content, but could be adapted for others specs. fully planned and resourced, considering arguments for an against wealth in Buddhism, and how Buddhists view materialistic values of secular society.
A lesson exploring the contemporary Triratna and Secular Buddhism movements. Fully resourced and ready to teach with chance for interactive evaluation - can be adapted to other specs but designed for AQA 2A RE A Level Year 2 content on Buddhism and Secularisation.
Revision session for AQA RE A Level unit Arguments for the Existence of God. Ready to teach/run through or can be used by students individually to revise. Focuses on 7 key questions for success for each argument: Ontological, Cosmological and Design.
How is God defined?
What type of reasoning is used?
What evidence is given?
What criticisms are there?
Has the philosopher proven anything?
How does the argument help faith?
Is it a strong argument?
Revision lesson with blank knowledge organiser for students to complete as they go - focusing on AQA RE A Level Unit Problem of Evil and Responses (logical and evidential problem, Free Will Defence, Vale of Soul Making and Process Thought).
2 lessons on one powerpoint, focusing on socially engaged Buddhism and how the work of socially engaged Buddhism can be examined in an exam context, and comparison between the ideas of Batchelor (that Buddhism is not a religion) and Brazier (that Buddhism is a religion) with wider reading and exam context. There is also a Knowledge Organiser for the whole AQA unit on Secularisation.
With thanks to other TES authors whose ideas helped with this.
Ready to run through PPT explaining different views on religious language and how religious believers can respond to the Verification and Falsification Principles proposed by Logical Positivism. AQA A level unit 1 philosophy of religion.
Ready to run through PPT explaining realist and anti-realist views on miracles, comparison of Hume and Wiles, and evaluation points. AQA A Level Philo of Religion unit 1.
Everything students need to know for the AQA RE Unit Arguments for the Existence of God, in one handy double sided revision sheet, with exam questions to practise.
An overview lesson with corresponding worksheet to help students recap the theodicies that respond to the Problem of Evil (logical and evidential) with a crib sheet for students to fill in. A level (AQA) Unit 1 Philosophy and Ethics
11 lessons for the RE AQA A Level spec (could be adapted to suit other specs) - focus is on explaining and evaluating the Ontological, Cosmological and Design Arguments, within the context of philosophical argument and considering the value for faith. There are revision resources and model answers included in the pack, as well as references to the new AQA text book, so a copy will be needed to support these lessons.