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.
‘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 Langauge Module
A number of resources to cover Religious Language created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Introduction to Religious Language
Language as analogy
Language as a blik
Language as cognitive or non-cognitive
Language as symbolic
The Falsification Principle
The Verification Principle
Hick’s eschatalogical verification
Wittgensteins language games
The strengths and weaknesses of all thee above
Each lesson contains a powerpoint, notes and activites for the entire religious language module
Introduction to Religious Language
Main aims of this lesson are:
To discuss what death is
To understand the differing views on what happens to the soul
To begin to understand dualism and monism
Contains:
Assisting powerpoint
Key Words
Religious Language as symbolic as presented by Tillich
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand how religious language is symbolic
To understand what Tillich believes about religious langauge
To understand the strengths and weaknesses
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on religious language as symbolic
Strengths and weaknesses
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
Eduqas Religious Studies GCSE Chilli Challenge Sheet for the Origins and Meanings Module.
Sheet contains:
12 Revision Ideas
Practice Questions for B, C and D Questions
This is for Route B (the Catholic paper)
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 Criticisms of the Cosmological Argument as presented by Russell and Hume.
Covers Russell’s radio debate.
Contains two activities, one notes and another worksheet.
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 powerpoint to go over the problem of evil.
Goes over the two types of evidential problems - poinless and quality and quantity
Aim of the Lesson:
Explain what is meant by the ‘Evidential Problem’.
Examine its strengths and weaknesses.
Excerpt from Brothers karamazov included
The Free Will defence as presented by Mackie and Swinburne
Aims of the Lesson:
Recall the defence to the Problem of Evil.
Explore the Free Will defence.
Religious Experience Module
A number of resources to cover Religious Experience created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Introduction to Religious Experience
Types of Visions (Corporeal, Imaginative and Intellectual)
Numinous experiences as presented by Otto
Mystical Experience as presented by James
Experiences as presented by Stace
The Principles of Credulity and Testimony as presented by Swinburne
Challenges to Religious Experience from Science and Psychology
Responses to these challenges
The influence of Religious Experience on the experiencer
Belief ‘in’ VS Belief ‘that’ as presented by H.H Price
The strengths and weaknesses of all thee above
Each lesson contains a powerpoint, notes and activites for the entire Religious Experience module
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
Wiles View on Miracles
Anti - Realist views on Miracles
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand the Wiles’ view on Miracles
To discuss the problems with miracles according to Wiles
To understand the contrast between Wiles and Hume
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Wiles’ definition of Miracles
Hume and Wiles worksheet
Hume and Wiles Info Sheet
Wiles definition activity book and answer book for teacher
A Powerpoint which goes over inductive and deductive proofs in order to prepare students to understand the type of arguments which are being discussed in the arguments for the existence of God section.
A word document is also supplied which the students are asked to work out what type of argument is being discussed.
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.
Religious Experience as Numinous and Otto’s ‘holy’
Main aims of this lesson are:
To explore what numinous is
To understand who Otto is and what he says about experiences
To know and be able to use terms such as sui generis and mysterium tremendum et fascinans.
Contains:
Highly detailed powerpoint
Introduction to Religious Experiences
Types of Visions
Main aims of this lesson are:
To explore what a Religious Experience is.
To understand the different types of visions - corporeal, imaginative and intellectual.
Contains:
Key Words
Double sided work sheet
Carousel notes on different types of visions
Specific notes on types of visions
Powerpoint
Miracles Module
A number of resources to cover Miracles created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Introduction to Miracles
Realist understanding of Miracles
Anti-Realist understanding of Miracles
Miracles as understood by Hume
Miracles as understood by Wiles
Hume V Wiles
Challenges to Hume and Wiles
Recap lesson
The strengths and weaknesses of all thee above
Each lesson contains a powerpoint, notes and activites for the entire Miracles module
