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.
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
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
Eduqas Religious Studies GCSE (Catholic, Route B)
Various Revision Worksheets and powerpoints for the Good and Evil Part of the Course.
Revision Grids
Good and Evil revision PowerPoint
Good and Evil Key Concept games
Paper 1 Practice Questions
Paper 1 Revision - Misc
RAG
Religious Language as cognitive or non-cognitive
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what cognitive and non-cognitive language is
To understand the strengths and weaknesses of language as cognitive or non-cognitive
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Strengths and Weaknesses sheet
Quiz style task
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
Humes View on Miracles
Realist views on Miracles
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand the Hume’s view on Miracles
To discuss the problems with miracles according to Hume
To understand Hume’s supporting arguments presented by psychology
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Hume’s definition of Miracles
Hume’s arguments against miracles
Supporting arguments from Psychology
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
Knowledge Organisers for Miracles
A level Religious Studies
AQA but could also be used for other exam boards
Realist Views
Anti-Realist Views
Holland
Wiles
Hume
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
Eduqas Religious Studies GCSE Chilli Challenge Sheet for the Life and Death Module.
Sheet contains:
12 Revision Ideas
Practice Questions for B, C and D Questions
This is for Route B (the Catholic paper)
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
Religious Language as an analogy as presented by Aquinas
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand how religious language can be meaningful through analogy
To understand what Aquinas thinks about religious language
To understand the strengths and weaknesses
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on religious language as an analogy
Worksheet
Strengths and weaknesses
‘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 section
AQA Religious Studies A-Level
Philosophy section
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what the possibilites of psychological continuity after death
To understand Dennett’s argument
To think about the strengths and weaknesses of his argument
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Notes on Dennet
Newspaper article for statrter
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
Mystical experiences as presented by William James
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what a Mystical Experience is.
To Understand the 4 key parts of James’ theory on Religious Experience
Contains:
Highly detailed powerpoint
Notes on James’ theory
Challenges to Religious Experiences
The responses to these challenges
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand the challenges to Religious Experience
Contains:
Highly detailed powerpoint
Match up task for challenges and responses
Challenges pack
Responses pack
