<p>This is a whole unit of lessons to teach the Religious Language: Twentieth Century Perspectives unit of the OCR Religious Studies A-level. It would likely be appropriate for other exam boards also.</p> <p>This resource includes lesson powerpoints for the whole unit (both a student and a teacher version), an accompanying student booklet which follows the powerpoint exactly, as well as a summary table and information sheet on evaluating the verification principle. It is all ready to teach and supports independent, student-led learning.</p> <p>This covers all the points on the OCR specification with a focus on the verification principle, the falsification symposium and Wittgenstein’s language games. The key ideas are explored through many scholars, including but not limited to Wittgenstein, Ayer, the Vienna Circle and logical positivists, Flew, Hare, Mitchell and Hick. Each approach is also individually evaluated, with students encouraged to make comparisons between the usefulness of different approaches and assess whether the principles render religious language meaningful or meaningless.</p> <p>It encourages students to evaluate which approach to religious language is most useful; whether or not any version of the verification principle successfully renders religious language as meaningless; whether or not any participant in the falsification symposium presented a convincing approach to the understanding of religious language; and a comparison of the cognitive ideas of Aquinas and the non-cognitive ideas of Wittgenstein.</p> <p>A complete unit of work, ready to teach!</p> <p>Please leave a review and happy teaching!</p>

<p>This is a whole unit of lessons to teach the Religious Language: Negative, Analogy and Symbol unit of the OCR Religious Studies A-level. It would likely be appropriate for other exam boards also.</p> <p>This resources includes lesson powerpoints for the whole unit (both a student and a teacher version), an accompanying student booklet which follows the powerpoint exactly, as well as a summary table and information sheet on Tillich and the use of symbol. It is all ready to teach and supports independent, student-led learning.</p> <p>This covers all the points on the OCR specification with a focus on the apophatic way, the cataphatic way and symbol. The three key approaches are explored through many scholars, including but not limited to Maimonides, Pseudo-Dionysius, Aquinas and Tillich. Each approach is also individually evaluated, with students encouraged to make comparisons between the usefulness of different apporaches.</p> <p>It encourages students to evaluate which approach to religious languge is most useful; whether or not the apophatic way enables effective understanding of theological discussion; whether or not Aquinas’ analogical approaches support effective expression of language about God; and whether or not religious discourse is comprehensible if religious language is understood as symbolic.</p> <p>A complete unit of work, ready to teach!</p> <p>Please leave a review and happy teaching!</p>

<p>A bundle of fun, clearly laid-out revision maps to help condense a unit into memorable revision notes.<br /> These revision maps are for Religious Studies GCSE. They are specifically made for WJEC/Eduqas but could also be used to support students in AQA and Edexcel.<br /> They are best printed on A3 for students to fill in when revising set units.<br /> This also includes one filled-in revision map which could be used as demonstrating or a starting point for completing the maps.<br /> The topics included are:</p> <ul> <li>Christianity (one for beliefs and one for practices)</li> <li>Islam (one for beliefs and one for practices)</li> <li>Good and Evil</li> <li>Relationships</li> <li>Human Rights</li> <li>Life and Death</li> </ul> <p>Please comment below to give me feedback on this resource, whether you found it helpful or not. Please also comment if there is anything you think I could do to improve this resource or any questions you may have.</p> <p>Happy teaching!</p>

<p>A complete unit of work all ready to go!</p> <p>This resource includes a complete unit of work for the Nature of God unit of the Philosophy section of OCR A-level Religious Studies (A2), though could be adapted for other exam boards. Included are a whole unit of PowerPoint slides covering the whole spec, a workbook which matches the slides, two exemplar essays, a bunch of worksheets/extra resources and some exemplar filled in tables considering the clashes and compliments between different attributes.<br /> There are a great range of discussion points and various activities to keep students engaged. I usually take about twelve teaching hours to complete this unit of work.</p> <p>Covered in this unit of work are various interpretations of omnipotence (including Descartes, Aquinas and Augustine); interpretations of omniscience; whether God is eternal or everlasting (including Boethius, Anselm and Swinburne); how far free will is affected; interpretations of benevolence, including whether the existence of Hell is compatible with God’s attributes; and how far the contradictions between attributes can be resolved.</p> <p>A complete unit of work all ready to go!</p> <p>Hope you enjoy and happy teaching :)</p>

<p>This resource includes a complete unit of work for the Soul, Mind and Body unit of the OCR A-level Religious Studies, though could be adapted for other exam boards. Included are a whole unit of PowerPoint slides covering the whole spec, a workbook which matches the slides, a revision activity of a unit overview map, two exemplar essays and a set of links to further resources/revision notes.<br /> Covered in this unit of work are Plato and Aristotle’s beliefs on the soul, including discussion of whether the soul is immortal; an introduction to the mind body problem, e.g. the Ship of Theseus; Descartes’ substance dualism; property dualism; hard materialists, such as Skinner and Dawkins, with criticism from Dennett; soft materialism, including Hick; and Ryle’s category error.<br /> A complete unit of work all ready to go!<br /> Hope you enjoy and happy teaching :)</p>

<p>This is a brilliant and complete unit of work for teaching the arguments from observation section of A-level (AS) Religious Studies, with focus on Aquinas’ five ways (both the cosmological argument and the design/teleological argument), Paley’s watch, Hume’s criticisms and the challenges of evil and evolution. It also includes wider knowledge such as the Kalam cosmological argument, Leibniz’s principle of sufficient reason, the Copleston v Russell debate and Tennant’s aesthetic and anthropic principles.<br /> The unit of work has been made in line with the OCR Religious Studies A-level specification, though could also be applicable to other A-level boards, such as AQA and Edexcel.<br /> There are a range of worksheets, activities and lesson powerpoints to keep students engaged and enthused. There are also three example essays to help students structure their work and model responses.<br /> Please leave a review if you find this resource helpful and happy teaching!</p>

<p>A complete student workbook for the death and afterlife unit of the OCR A-level Religious Studies syllabus, Development of Christian Thought unit. It can also be applicable for other exam boards, such as Edexcel and AQA.<br /> The workbook is 17 pages covering beliefs in heaven, hell and purgatory; whether these are spiritual, symbolic or physical places; different beliefs about election (including limited, unlimited and universalism); the importance of Jesus’ resurrection and the teachings of St. Paul; the key questions of the unit - e.g. whether the afterlife is eternal, if purgatory is a state everyone goes through and whether heaven is the perfection and transformation of the whole of creation. This includes a great range of Biblical scripture and parables, and key scholars, e.g. Calvin, Augustine, HIck and Barth - to name a few<br /> There a range of different activities and key questions for discussion. The whole unit can be taught purely form the workbook with enough space for students notes and clear structure for the whole scheme of work.<br /> I usually take approximately ten teaching hours with the use of this booklet for the whole unit.<br /> I hope you find it useful and happy teaching!</p>

<p>NOTE: There is a NEW UPDATED RESOURCE for this unit on my shop. I would recommend the new version of the resource rather than this version!</p> <p>A complete unit of work ready to go!</p> <p>This includes PowerPoint, student workbook and an example essay focusing on the conscience topic in A-level RS, Ethics section of the OCR exam board.</p> <p>It is completely ready to teach, exploring ideas of Aquinas’ theological approach and Freud’s psychological approach to the conscience, with a comparison on them both. It also considers key questions such as the issue of guilt, whether conscience is the same as reason or whether conscience is an umbrella term.</p> <p>The workbook includes a range of tasks so students can work independently and matches up exactly to the PowerPoint for ease of teaching.</p> <p>If you like this resource, please leave a review!</p>

<p>A whole unit of work for AS-Level RS unit on Augustine and Human nature (Development of Christian thought).<br /> Includes PowerPoint slides for the whole unit, along with worksheets and information sheets and built-in activities. Also includes simplified revision notes for quick unit recap, and guided questions for 40-mark essay writing with an example.<br /> Easy to follow with scaffolded sheets and integrated activities.<br /> Developed for students targeted A*-C.</p>

<p>A set of knowledge organisers for A-Level Religious Studies. They have been designed for the OCR specification but are likely appropriate for other exam boards too.</p> <p>The knowledge organisers cover the whole OCR ethics specification:</p> <ul> <li>Natural Law</li> <li>Kantian Ethics</li> <li>Situation Ethics</li> <li>Utilitarianism</li> <li>Business Ethics</li> <li>Euthanasia</li> <li>Sexual Ethics</li> <li>Conscience</li> <li>Meta-Ethics</li> </ul> <p>They cover the AO1 content needed, such as the difference between act and rule utilitarianism; the formulas of the Categorical Imperative; the primary precepts; the six propositions; how to apply the theories to homosexuality; theological vs. psychological views on the conscience, and much more! They each cover every part on the content section of the specification in a good level of detail.</p> <p>A great revision tool for students about to approach exams or to consolidate knowledge of a unit.</p> <p>These would make brilliant posters and also work very well on a phone screen to share with students!</p> <p>If you like these, please leave a review and happy teaching!</p>

<p>Complete unit of work for the teaching of Ancient Greek Influences, focusing on Plato and Aristotle. This was created for the A-Level Religious Studies OCR.</p> <p>The resource includes PowerPoint slides for a series of lessons covering the whole unit, plus a student booklet made alongside the PowerPoint to encourage student-led learning. The booklet includes a wide range of activities to test and demonstrate knowledge and understanding.<br /> The resource covers all key points on the spec, including Plato’s theory of the forms and analogy of the cave, Aristotle’s four causes and the Prime Mover, concluding in evaluation of both theories and comparison of the two.</p> <p>Also included in this resource package is an A3 revision sheet for comparison of the theories plus an A3 revision map breaking the unit down into clear sections; a knowledge test, with answers included; an example essay with clear structuring and example points to support students.</p> <p>If you find this resource helpful or have any further comments, please let me know.</p> <p>Happy teaching!</p>

<p>This resources covers the applied ethics section of Businnes Ethics specifically for the OCR RS A-level, however it may be applicable to other boards also.</p> <p>This is a complete unit of work including lesson PowerPoint covering the whole unit and a student booklet to accompany, filled with various different tasks and resources, such as case studies and exploration of key questions, to help support student-led learning.</p> <p>This resource covers: corporate social responsibility; whistleblowing; good ethics is good business; globalisation; whether or not the concept of corporate social responsibility is nothing more than ‘hypocritical window-dressing’ covering the greed of a business intent on making profits; whether or not human beings can flourish in the context of capitalism and consumerism; whether globalisation encourages or discourages the pursuit of good ethics as the foundation of good business; and the application of both Kantian Ethics and Utilitarianism to the ethical issue of Business.</p> <p>It is all ready to teach!</p> <p>Please leave a review and if you like this, check out my other A-level resources which all follow the same pattern of powerpoints and a student booklet.</p> <p>Happy teaching!</p>

<p>Complete unit of work covering theme E of AQA Religious Studies GCSE - crime and punishment. May also be relevant for other exam boards.</p> <p>This is a complete unit of work, inclusive of 7 PowerPoint lessons, resources including worksheets, videos, a revision map, unit checklist and practice questions. These lessons cover: good and evil; crime and the reasons for crime; attitudes towards lawbreakers; different types of crime, including hate crimes, theft and murder; aims of punishment, including retribution, reformation, deterrence and protection; treatment of criminals, including prison, corporal punishment and community service; forgiveness; and the death penalty.</p> <p>All content is covered from Chrsitianity and Islam, inclusive of lots of religious teachings and examples.</p> <p>The whole unit is complete and ready to teach with easy to follow lessons.</p> <p>Please leave a review and happy teaching!</p>

<p>This is a whole unit of lessons to teach the Situation Ethics unit of the OCR Religious Studies A-level. It would likely be appropriate for other exam boards also.</p> <p>This resources includes lesson powerpoints for the whole unit, an accompanying student booklet which follows the powerpoint exactly, a knowledge test and further information sheets to support learning activities. It is all ready to teach and supports independent, student-led learning.</p> <p>This covers Fletcher’s situation ethics, the use of agape, the six propositions, four working principles and Fletcher’s understanding of the conscience. It encourages students to evaluative whether situation ethics is helpful in moral decision making; whether agape can be useful in making moral judgements; whether situation ethics actually is a Christian ethics; and if a relative approach is more beneficial than an absolutist approach to ethics.</p> <p>A complete unit of work, ready to teach!</p> <p>Please leave a review and happy teaching!</p>

<p>This resources covers the applied ethics section of Euthanasia specifically for the OCR RS A-level, however it may be applicable to other boards also.</p> <p>This is a complete unit of work including lesson PowerPoint covering the whole unit and a student booklet to accompany, filled with various different tasks and resources, such as case studies and exploration of key questions, to help support student-led learning.</p> <p>This resource covers: sanctity and quality of life; voluntary vs non-voluntary; passive and active; UK laws; a range of case studies; discussion on whether medical intervention and non-intervention are the same (acts and omissions); whether sanctity of life still has value today; how much autonomy a person should have with regards to the right to die; and the application of both Natural Law and Situation Ethics to the ethical issue of euthanasia.</p> <p>It is all ready to teach!</p> <p>Please leave a review and if you like this, check out my other A-level resources which all follow the same pattern of powerpoints and a student booklet.</p> <p>Happy teaching!</p>

<p>This is a complete unit of work covering the miracles unit of A-Level Religious Studies AQA. It may also be useful for other exam boards.</p> <p>The resource includes a complete lesson powerpoint covering the whole unit, a student booklet which works alongside the powerpoint to encourage independent learning and two example answers (one 10-mark and one 15-mark). The resources are easy to follow and complete with answers and explanations, for both teachers and students.</p> <p>This covers the all the following specification points:<br /> • Differing understandings of ‘miracle’<br /> • realist and anti-realist views<br /> • violation of natural law or natural event.<br /> • Comparison of the key ideas of David Hume and Maurice Wiles on miracles.<br /> • The significance of these views for religion.<br /> It also includes the ideas of Tillich.</p> <p>Everything is complete and ready to teach.</p> <p>Please leave a review and happy teaching!</p>

<p>This is a complete unit of work ready to teach!</p> <p>This resource covers the arguments from reason unit of the OCR A-level RS, focusing on the ontological argument. It includes arguments from Anselm, Gaunilo, Descartes, Kant and Malcolm, with key questions, such as whether or not existence can be treated as a predicate, considered and evaluated.</p> <p>This resources includes a PowerPoint covering the whole unit, a workbook which matches the PowerPoint exactly and encourages student-led learning, as well as a set of revision notes and guidance for answering 40-mark questions.</p> <p>Please leave a review!</p>

<p>This is a complete resource to teach the Natural Law unit for A-Level OCR Religious Studies (RS). It may also be appropriate for other exam boards.</p> <p>Contains a complete set of resources so it is ready to teach! Including lesson PowerPoint, a student booklet which accompanies the PowerPoint, information sheets, worksheets, revision tasks and a knowledge test. There are a range of activities to keep students engaged and lessons exciting.</p> <p>This covers Aquinas’ Natural Law including the idea of telos (with Aristotle’s four causes), the precepts, real and apparent goods, the doctrine of double effect and key questions, such as whether Natural Law is helpful in moral decision making and if the doctrine of double effect can be justified.</p> <p>If you find this resource helpful, please leave a review so others can find it.</p> <p>Thank you, and happy teaching!</p>

<p>Two complete units ready to teach!</p> <p>This resource covers both the Pluralism and Theology unit and the Pluralism and Society unit from the Development of Christian Thought A2 section of OCR A-level RS. It includes two complete PowerPoints and two workbooks, one for each unit, as well as a worksheet task on the key questions.</p> <p>This explores issues of inclusivism, pluralism and exclusivism, questioning whether Christ is the truth. It also covers issues of interfaith dialogue, the scriptural reasoning movement, multi-faith societies and whether Christians have a duty to convert others.</p> <p>Everything is complete and ready to teach.</p> <p>If you like this resource, please leave a review!</p>

<p>This resource covers the Problem of Evil unit taught in the A-level RS AQA specification. I do have another resource covering OCR which may be more helpful if that is your exam board!</p> <p>This covers the whole unit, including a PowerPoint and a work booklet which matches identically to reinforce student-led learning.</p> <p>It covers key topics such as the logical problem of evil and the inconsistent triad, with theodicies offered by Augustine, Irenaeus and Hick, such as the soul-making theodicy. It also explores key questions, such as whether the logical or evidential aspects of the problem of evil are more challenging for belief and overall whether monotheism can be defended in the face of evil.</p> <p>It is all ready to go - can just pick up and teach. If you do like this resource, please leave a rating and a review. Happy teaching!</p>

<p>A complete unit of work ready to go!</p> <p>This includes PowerPoint, student workbook, revision map, a game of articulate and an example essay focusing on the conscience topic in A-level RS, Ethics section of the OCR exam board.</p> <p>It is completely ready to teach, exploring ideas of Aquinas’ theological approach and Freud’s psychological approach to the conscience, with a comparison on them both. It also considers key questions such as the issue of guilt, whether conscience is the same as reason or whether conscience is an umbrella term. It also looks at the ideas of additional scholars such as Fletcher, Kant, Newman, Augustine and Fromm.</p> <p>The workbook includes a range of tasks so students can work independently and matches up exactly to the PowerPoint for ease of teaching.</p> <p>If you like this resource, please leave a review!</p>