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.
Learning Journeys for the Philosophy sections of AQA A-Level Religious Studies
Topics Covered:
The Design Argument
The Cosmological Argument
The Ontological Argument
Good and Evil
Religious Experience
Religious Language
Miracles
Self, Death and the Afterlife
Each Learning Journey Contains:
The Journey of lessons
Example AO1 and AO2 questions
Key Concepts and their meanings as detailed in the Hodder textbook
List of named scholars for that section
Self, Death and the afterlife section
AQA Religious Studies A-Level
Philosophy section
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what Dual Aspect Monism is
To understand the benefits of dual aspect monism
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes
Worksheet
Knowledge Organisers for Religious Language
A level Religious Studies
AQA but could also be used for other exam boards
Background
Cognitive and non-cognitive
Verification and Falsification
Responses to the VP and FP (Blik, Language Games and Eschatalogical Verification)
Analogy
The Via Negativa
Tillich
Strengths and Weaknesses
Eduqas Religious Studies GCSE Chilli Challenge Sheets for all 5 modules on the Route B Course.
Each Sheet contains:
12 Revision Ideas
Practice Questions for B, C and D Questions
Hick’s response to the problem of evil
Main aims of this lesson are:
Recall the Irenaean Theodicy.
Understand John Hick’s views on the Problem of Evil.
Contains: notes, strengths and weaknesses and a recap of Hick
The Design Argument
A number of resources to cover the Design Argument. Created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
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
Religious Language as a language game as presented by Wittgenstein
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what language game is
To understand the strengths and weaknesses of Wittgensteins theory
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Strengths and Weaknesses colour code
Strengths and weaknesses answers
The implications of language games on religious language
Responses to challenges from verification and falsification
Hick’s eschatalogical verification
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand the main responses to verification and falsification principles
To understand Hicks eschatalogical verification
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Strengths and Weaknesses hands
The parable of the celestial city
Strengths and weaknesses of Hick
The Problem of Evil and Suffering
A number of resources to cover the Problem of Evil. Created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Introduction to the Problem (Natural and Moral Evil)
The Logical Problem - Inconsistent Triad with reference to Hume, Epicuris and Mackie
The Evidential Problem of Evil - with reference to quality and quantity (Brothers Karamazov) and pointless evil (Rowe’s Fawn)
The Free Will Defence - with reference to Mackie, Swinburne and Plantinga’s defences.
The Augustinian Theodicy
The Irenaean Theodicy
Hick’s Soul-Making Theodicy
Process Theodicy
The strengths and weaknesses of all thee above
Each lesson contains a powerpoint, notes and activites for the entire Problem of Evil module
Introduction to miracles
Main aims of this lesson are:
To discuss what a miracle is
To understand our own views on miracles and what constitutes a miracles
Contains:
Assisting powerpoint
Miracles Worksheet
Check list
Key words list
Video led lesson with discussion
Introduction to Religious Language
Main aims of this lesson are:
To discuss what religious language is
To understand the background to religious language
To begin to understand whether religious language is meaningful or not
Contains:
Assisting powerpoint
Check List
Key Words
Background to religious language
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
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
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
Knowledge Organisers for Religious Experience
A level Religious Studies
AQA but could also be used for other exam boards
Visions
Otto
James
Stace
Verifying Religious Experiences
Swinburne
Knowledge Organisers for Arguments for the Existence of God
A level Religious Studies
AQA but could also be used for other exam boards
The Ontological Argument
The Design Argument
The Cosmological Argument
