Revision notes for A-level Religious Studies (OCR) Six pages DCT – CHALLENGES THE CHALLENGE OF SECULARISM Secularism Secularisation DAVID FORD JOSE CASANOVA God is an illusion SIGMUND FREUD Humans personify ‘purpose’ Link to Plato’s forms Coping mechanism RICHARD DAWKINS: Religion narrows perception, science widens it JOHN POLKINGHORNE Matthew 5 Objections to secularism JO MARCHANT Physiological benefits “Feeling part of something bigger" "Knowledge of our own mortality” CHARLES TAYLOR 'Subtraction stories’ Post-Enlightenment attitude TERRY EAGLETON Marx “Secularism is largely doomed” Secular capitalism Events of 9/11 Positivist dream of world without religion Christianity should play no part in public life Secular humanism AMSTERDAM DECLARATION Seven aims of modern humanism Programmatic secularism Procedural secularism “Diversity gone mad” ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST FAITH SCHOOLS Radicalisation House of Lords Dominionism Reconstructionism SECULARISATION PROS AND CONS Social cohesion Corrupt theocracy Disenchantment Religious motives replaced by rational motives MAX WEBER Key issues LIBERATION THEOLOGY AND MARX Marx’s teaching on alienation + exploitation Alienation Dehumanisation "Fundamental evil of capitalist society” Exploitation Means to an end Historical materialism = Praxis Proletariat must revolt against bourgeoisie False consciousness ‘Joined-up’ thinking Working towards common good

Revision notes for A-level Religious Studies (OCR) Five pages DCT – DEVELOPMENT RELIGIOUS PLURALISM + THEOLOGY EXCLUSIVISM INCLUSIVISM PLURALISM RELIGIOUS PLURALISM + SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT OF CONTEMPORARY MULTI-FAITH SOCIETIES INTERFAITH DIALOGUE CHRISTIAN RESPONSES TO INTERFAITH DIALOGUE Official Church responses Should Christians convert those of other faiths? Should Christians have mission to those of no faith? SCRIPTURAL REASONING MOVEMENT RELATIVISING RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

Revision notes for A-level Religious Studies (OCR) Three pages KANTIAN ETHICS Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) • Summum Bonum • 3 Postulates • Goodwill • Categorical Imperative: (MUST) • Hypothetical Imperative: (IF…THEN) • Ought • Reason: • Duty: • 3 Maxims Table comparing STRENGTHS and WEAKNESSES

Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel) **Three pages ** To be printed A3 size RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: 'ON WENLOCK EDGE’ Three Mind Maps: ’1. ON WENLOCK EDGE’ ’3. IS MY TEAM PLOUGHING?' ’5. BREDON HILL’ Mind Map connections: Melody Harmony & Tonality Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Instrumentation Texture Structure

Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel) One page To be printed A3 size KAIJA SAARIAHO: 'PETALS FOR VIOLINCELLO AND LIVE ELECTRONICS’ Background information MIND MAP: Harmony & Tonality Instrumentation Melody Structure Texture Rhythm, Metre & Tempo

Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel) One page To be printed A3 size KATE BUSH: 'HOUNDS OF LOVE’ MIND MAP: ‘Cloudbusting’ ‘And dream of sheep’ ‘Under ice’ Mind map connections: Harmony & Tonality Texture Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Structure Instrumentation Melody

Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel) Three pages To be printed A3 size STRAVINSKY: 'THE RITE OF SPRING’ ’INTRODUCTION’ Melody Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Harmony & Tonality Texture Instrumentation ’THE AUGURS OF SPRING’ Melody Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Harmony & Tonality Texture Instrumentation ‘RITUAL OF ABDUCTION’ Melody Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Texture Harmony & Tonality

Revision Notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel) Two pages To be printed A3 size DEBUSSY - 'LA SOIREE DANS GRENADE’ Background notes Harmony & Tonality Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Instrumentation DEBUSSY - 'PAGODES’ Background notes Impressionist features in 'Estampes' (notes) Harmony & Tonality Melody Texture Instrumentation Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Structure

Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel) One page To be printed A3 size CLARA WIECK-SCHUMANN - 'PIANO TRIO IN G MINOR, OP. 17: MOVEMENT 1 Mind Map connections: Harmony & Tonality Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Texture Instrumentation Melody Structure

Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel) One Page To be printed A3 size COURTEY PINE: 'BACK IN THE DAY’ ‘Inner state (of mind)’ ‘Lady Day and (John Coltrane)’ ‘Love and affection’ Mind map connections: Melody Harmony and Tonality Texture Structure Instrumentation Rhythm, Metre & Tempo

Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel) One Page To be printed A3 size THE BEATLES: 'REVOLVER’ **MIND MAP: ** **'Eleanor Rigby'** **'Here, there and everywhere'** ** 'I want to tell you'** ** 'Tomorrow never knows'** Mind map connections: Melody Harmony & Tonality Instrumentation Texture Rhythm, Metre & Tempo

Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel) One page To be printed A3 size Bernard Herrmann - 'Psycho’ Mind Map 'Prelude' 'The City' 'Marion' 'The Murder (Shower Scene)' 'The Toys' 'The Cellar' 'Discovery' 'Finale' Connections include: Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Melody Harmony & Tonality Instrumentation Texture

Pearson Edxcel A-level Music Two pages To be printed A3 size JS BACH - 'CANTATA, EIN FESTE BURG, BWV 80: MOVEMENTS 1,2 8’ Mind map: 'Movement 1’ Mind map connections: Melody Harmony & Tonality Instrumentation Structure Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Texture Mind map: 'Movement 2’ Mind map connections: Harmony Instrumentation Melody Structure Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Texture Notes on 'Movement 8’

Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel ) Two pages To be printed A3 size ELFMAN - ‘BATMAN RETURNS’ Birth of a Penguin Part I Birth of a Penguin Part II Batman vs the Circus The Rise and Fall from Grace Mind map connections: * Melody * Texture * Instrumentation * Rhythm * Harmony & Tonality * Metre & Tempo

Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel ) Two pages To be printed A3 size BERLIOZ - 'SYMPHONIE FANTASTIQUE’ Background notes Mind Map (‘Introduction’): Melody Texture Instrumentation Harmony & Tonality Rhythm, Metre & Tempo Mind Map (‘Sonata Form’): Melody Instrumentation Harmony & Tonality Rhythm, Metre & Tempo

Revision notes for A-level Music (Pearson Edexcel) Three pages ANOUSHKA SHANKAR "BURN" Mind Map Instrumentation Melody Rhythm, Metre and Tempo Harmony and Tonality Texture "EASY" Mind Map Instrumentation Melody Rhythm, Metre and Tempo Harmony and Tonality Texture "BREATHING UNDER WATER" Mind Map Instrumentation Melody Rhythm, Metre and Tempo Harmony and Tonality Texture

Geography Case Study Hoad’s Wood, near Ashford in Kent, is a site of specialscientific interest (SSSI). Parts of the nature reserve have experienced serious damage from unconsented felling and fly-tipping of waste material, including hazardous material. All natural features are presently lost and the ground level has been raised by several feet. This resource includes a variety of lesson activities to pick and choose: Which organism is the ODD ONE OUT ? ILLUSTRATED GLOSSARY: ‘Pollution’ worksheet PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS worksheet QUESTION GRID: Hoad’s Wood (5Ws &1H) TRUE FOR WHO? Link to TV spotlight on Hoad’s Wood pressure group Six worksheets for CLASS ROLE PLAY (local builder, mobile tyre fitter, local family with young children, local Residents’ Association, Kent Police Force, Kent Wildlife Trust) Hoad’s Wood (stakeholders’ conclusion) worksheet TEACHERS’ BACKGROUND INFORMATION (3+ pages)

Geography Case Study A bigas company wants to build a biogas plant on a 6 hectare site near Sewstern in Leicestershire The company states that it will use local crops to create enough methane to power a town the size of Grantham Sewstern residents have raised objections such as visual pollution, increased traffic, loss of farmland This resource includes a variety of lesson activities to pick and choose: 5Ws & 1T starter analysing photo of an existing biogas plant (choice of two photos) Which energy source is the ODD ONE OUT ? Which type of pollution is the ODD ONE OUT ? Location map Link to video showing ‘Farm Gas to Grid Plant’ DEVELOPMENT COMPASS activity worksheet Biogas information sheet to highlight (three colours : (a) key terms, (b) processes, and © ideas) Diagram of a biogas plant to annotate using info learned from info sheet and video Inputs-Processes-Outputs worksheet to show the industrial process involved in biogas production ‘SIX HATS’ worksheet based on de Bono’s Critical Thinking theory - weblinks are provided, so pupils could complete this online TEACHERS’ BACKGROUND INFORMATION sheet with links to developer’s website and BBC News article