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how have moral authorities been replaced by science and rationalism?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.
A lesson on the concept of authority/Risalah and Prophethood in Islam. Presentation and worksheets included, plus worksheets in Spanish for EAL students.
Lesson ppt and structured essay plan doc explaining a variety of psychological and sociological views of the conscience. I have also included a completed version of the essay plan for students to use to check their work.
A ready to talk through lesson outlining key questions that can be considered when applying Natural Moral Law, Situation Ethics and Virtue Ethics to issues of human and animal life and death, as outlined on the AQA Spec for RE, unit 1 Philo and Ethics. includes an explanation of all the ethical issues and direct revision ideas for each.
2 lessons exploring a variety of theological views on the conscience - resources include tables to fill in, multiple choice quiz and scholarly views that are broken down and easily digestible.
Please note that one activity on Aquinas uses the AQA Year 2 textbook, but the rest of the activities are fully resourced here.
A lesson and knowledge organizer homework preparing students for the Conscience module of AQA Year 2 RE A Level Ethics (new spec). This lesson was taught in 85 minutes and the KO was set as half term homework.
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?
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
Lesson focusing on how tourism and other factors have shaped Thai views towards women, holding in tension the "Old" and "New" values of Thai society - presentation for the lesson, alongside sociological essay to help students understand the changing roles.
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.
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 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.
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).
New spec A Level RE revision notes in student-friendly language, written to cover the entire topic and help students with revision. Useful in conjunction with a knowledge organiser or comprehension questions.
2 lessons with resources focusing on the context that led to the ordination of Theravada nuns, and the debate surrounding whether or not the ordination should have been reinstated in 1996 - including the work of Sakyadita Organisation and Dhammananada Bhikkuni. AQA 2A Buddhism Year 2 content.
A double lesson focusing on the second half of Buddhism and Dialogues content (AQA Paper 2a part 2 - RE A Level)
Dialogue with Buddhism and religious experience, miracles, science and the truth claims of other religions, with a booklet i have made covering all of this A01 and A02 content and practise questions.
Lesson looking at the value of proof for faith and the “Belief in”/“Belief that” debate.
A lesson that utilises a specially-created revision booklet for AQA RE A Level - 2A dialogues, including essay plans and structures to help students engage with the content.
Teachings on -
ultimate reality
self, death and afterlife
sources of wisdom and authority
Analysis questions:
How far the belief is reasonable – that is based on reason and/or consistent with reason.
How meaningful the statements of faith are, and for whom.
How coherent the beliefs are, and how consistent with other beliefs within the belief system.
A 12 page booklet (written in the style of a textbook) designed to help students understand all the content that could be considered when comparing Buddhist ethics with teleology, deontology and character-based methods of making moral decisions. The booklet is designed to reference A01 and A02 content to help students understand what they should be explaining and what they should be evaluating. To help students use the booklet properly there is an attached lesson with possible exam questions and a blank knowledge organiser to help them engage with the booklet content.
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.