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.
Religious Language and Hares Blik.
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what Hares Blik is
To understand the strengths and weaknesses of Hares blik
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on Hares Blik
Parable of the Lunatic
Strengths and Weaknesses notes
Strengths and weaknesses worksheet
The influence of religious experience on the experiencer
Belief ‘in’ vs belief ‘that’
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand the influence of religious experience
To understand the difference of belief ‘in’ and belief ‘that’ according to H.H Price
Contains:
Highly detailed powerpoint
Belief in and that worksheet
Blank worksheet
Religious Language and the Verification principle
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand who the Logical Positivists were
To understand the Verification Principle
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on Logical Positivism and the Verification principle
Eduqas Religious Studies GCSE Chilli Challenge Sheet for the Good and Evil Module.
Sheet contains:
12 Revision Ideas
Practice Questions for B, C and D Questions
This is for Route B (the Catholic paper)
Eduqas Religious Studies GCSE Chilli Challenge Sheet for the Sin and Forgiveness Module.
Sheet contains:
12 Revision Ideas
Practice Questions for B, C and D Questions
This is for Route B (the Catholic paper)
Knowledge Organisers for the Philosophy content
A level Religious Studies
AQA but could also be used for other exam boards
26 PPT slides which span across the entirity of the Philosophy Content for AQA Religious Studies Philsophy section.
These can be printed off, emailed or blown up to A3.
Eduqas Religious Studies GCSE Chilli Challenge Sheet
Sheet contains:
12 Revision Ideas
Practice Questions for B, C and D Questions
This is for the Judaism module so can be used for Route A and B
Self, Death and the afterlife section
AQA Religious Studies A-Level
Philosophy section
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what the Dualism is
To understand Plato’s argument
To understand the allegory of the cave and the world of the forms
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on Plato
The Allegory of the cave
Self, Death and the afterlife section
AQA Religious Studies A-Level
Philosophy section
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what Interactionalism, Physicalism and Functionalism are
To understand the ‘hard problem’ of consciousness
To think about the strengths and weaknesses of these
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on Functionalism
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
Self, Death and the afterlife section
AQA Religious Studies A-Level
Philosophy section - Continuation of Personal Identity as Physical
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand how our identity can continue after death physically
To understand The Bundle Theory
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on Physical Identity and continuation after death
Notes on the Bundle Theory
Self, Death and the afterlife section
AQA Religious Studies A-Level
Philosophy section
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what kind of personal existence after death there could be
To understand Hick’s replica theory
To understand the strengths and weaknesses of Hick’s theory
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on Hick
Worksheet
The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Design Argument with particular reference to Hume’s criticisms.
Learning Objectives: Explore the weaknesses of the Design Argument.
Understand the views of David Hume on the Design Argument.
The Cosmological Argument
A number of resources to cover the Cosmological Argument. Created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
The Four Causes
The Cosmological Argument
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Cosmological Argument with focus on Hume and Russell
Information on the Ontological Argument containing the following:
Starter activity
St Anselm
Type of Argument
Proslogian 1 + 2
Reductio Ad Absurdum
Gaunilo’s criticism
Introduction to the Ontological Argument
Contains information on :
What kind of argument?
What do words mean?
What does it mean to be a priori?
Brief into to the argument
Lesson on the Problem of Evil
Aim - to understand the difference between natural and moral evil and why evil is a problem for religious believers.
Includes Key words for this topic
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
Swinburne’s principles of Credulity and Testimony
Challenges to Swinburne’s principles
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand Swinburne’s principles
To understand the challenges to his Principles
Contains:
Highly detailed powerpoint
Notes on special considerations
Scientific responses to the principles
worksheet
Challenges Sheet
