I am an experienced teacher/tutor of History/Classics and RS/Philosophy offering detailed and extensive lessons and resources for teachers of these subjects.
I am an experienced teacher/tutor of History/Classics and RS/Philosophy offering detailed and extensive lessons and resources for teachers of these subjects.
This resource contains complex and detailed notes on all books for both ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘The Aeneid’ for ‘The World of the Hero’ as part of OCR’s A-Level Classical Civilisations course. Each document contains a comprehensive analysis of: plot, themes, characters, context and concepts; which students can use to probe their understanding.
Resource includes:
Detailed notes on all books of each epic!
Questions to deepen student understanding
Theme and character analysis
Political/Social/Religious analysis
Ancient heroic qualities (Kleos, Nostos, Time AND Pietas/Furor)
Please note that, whilst this is designed to be a comprehensive resource that covers all essentials of the course, this SHOULD NOT be the only resource used for students to cover their courses.
This resource contains a complete breakdown of all prescribed sources for the ‘Greek Religion’ unit of OCR’s A-Level Classical Civilisations course. Questions of both the iconography and the historical context are layered throughout, with clear opportunities for challenge/extension work and independent research tasks; alongside all necessary modern scholarship. This should be used in conjunction with the official OCR ‘Greek Religion’ textbook.
Resource includes:
Revision notes for all sections (The Nature of the Olympian Gods, Personal Experience of the Divine, Religion and Society, Places of Worship, Rituals and Priests, Religion and Philosophy)
Questions to deepen understanding
All prescribed sources
All modern scholarship
Challenge/extension materials
Homework and independent research suggestions
Please note that all images/sources used within are not mine, nor do I claim ownership of them. Please follow the URL for direction towards their original source.
This resource is a complete lesson on ‘The Ionian Revolt’ as part of the ‘Persian Kings’ unit for OCR’s GCSE Ancient History course. It contains all relevant information and prescribed sources for the course, as well as a ‘lesson snapshot’ to help guide both the learner and the teacher (including clear success criteria; links to useful articles and videos; as well as challenge and extension tasks). Please note that this should be used in conjunction with the official OCR GCSE Ancient History textbook.
This resource contains a complete lesson on ‘Anselm’s Ontological Argument’ as part of the Metaphysics of God unit for AQA’s A-Level Philosophy course. The lesson focuses on theory and skills on debate/oracy as well as higher-order thinking. For further activities and guidance, please use the official AQA A-Level Philosophy textbook.
This resource contains a complete lesson on ‘Teleological Arguments’ as part of the Metaphysics of God unit for AQA’s A-Level Philosophy course. The lesson focuses on theory and skills on debate/oracy as well as higher-order thinking. For further activities and guidance, please use the official AQA A-Level Philosophy textbook.
This resource contains all lessons for ‘the Attributes of God’ under the ‘Metaphysics of God’ unit for AQA’s A-Level Philosophy course. Relevant for the A-Level course, these resources summarise each respective argument/theory, alongside their critiques and any relevant defences. Exam questions are also included routinely.
Unit contains:
God as omnipotent and the issues with this (The Paradox of the Stone and The Euthyphro Dilemma)
God as omniscient (and immutable) and issues with this (free will)
God as omnibenevolent (the perfect and moral views) and issues with this (the problem of evil)
God as Eternal and Everlasting
Whilst this contains all relevant theoretical materials, and poses questions to probe understanding, please use the approved AQA textbook for relevant activities.
Note: any extra materials/resources or videos used herewithin are not owned by me, and I take no credit for these. Please refer to their URL links for the original designer/creator.
This resource acts more as a scheme of work for the ‘Roman Kings’ unit of OCR’s GCSE Ancient History course. Owing to the very dense source material used within this unit, I have taken a much more guided approach with this topic and have foregone the usual lesson structuring to accommodate a more in depth analysis of the prescribed sources. As such, please use the official OCR GCSE Ancient History textbook for further guidance.
Resources includes:
The Legendary Kings
The Etruscan Kings
Origins of the Republic
Securing the Republic
All prescribed sources
Challenge and extension materials
‘Lesson snapshots’ for guidance (even for beginners in the subject)
The lesson snapshots include links to useful resources and extension/challenge materials. I found this particularly useful for this unit, given the general lack of information that is available regarding it.
This resource contains a complete lesson on ‘The incoherence of God’ as part of the Metaphysics of God unit for AQA’s A-Level Philosophy course. The lesson focuses on theory and skills on debate/oracy as well as higher-order thinking. For further activities and guidance, please use the official AQA A-Level Philosophy textbook.
This resource contains a complete lesson on ‘The Issues with JTB’ (Gettier and Fake Barn Cases) as part of the Epistemology unit for AQA’s A-Level Philosophy course. The lesson focuses on theory and skills on debate/oracy as well as higher-order thinking. For further activities and guidance, please use the official AQA A-Level Philosophy textbook.
This resource contains a complete lesson on Descartes’ ‘Intuition and Deduction Thesis’ as part of the Epistemology unit for AQA’s A-Level Philosophy course. The lesson focuses on theory and skills on debate/oracy as well as higher-order thinking. For further activities and guidance, please use the official AQA A-Level Philosophy textbook.
This resource contains a complete lesson on ‘Hume’s Fork’ (an empiricist response to Descartes’ Intuition and Deduction Thesis) as part of the Epistemology unit for AQA’s A-Level Philosophy course. The lesson focuses on theory and skills on debate/oracy as well as higher-order thinking. For further activities and guidance, please use the official AQA A-Level Philosophy textbook.
This lesson, on virtue and vice as part of Aristotelian Virtue Ethics, contains all theories and materials needed as part of the ‘Moral Philosophy’ section of AQA’s ‘A-Level Philosophy’ course. The lessons focuses on debate/oracy skills and higher-order questioning. For further activities/guidance, please use the official AQA A-Level Philosophy textbook.
This lesson, on Eudiamonia and practical wisdom/reasoning as part of Aristotelian Virtue Ethics, contains all theories and materials needed as part of the ‘Moral Philosophy’ section of AQA’s ‘A-Level Philosophy’ course. The lessons focuses on debate/oracy skills and higher-order questioning. For further activities/guidance, please use the official AQA A-Level Philosophy textbook.
This lesson, on the application of Aristotelian Virtue Ethics, contains all theories and materials needed as part of the ‘Moral Philosophy’ section of AQA’s ‘A-Level Philosophy’ course. The lessons focuses on debate/oracy skills and higher-order questioning. For further activities/guidance, please use the official AQA A-Level Philosophy textbook.
This lesson, on the strengths and issues of Deontological Kantian Ethics, contains all theories and ideas relevant for the this theory as part of the ‘Moral Philosophy’ section of AQA’s ‘A-Level Philosophy’ course. There is a particular emphasis on debate/oracy and higher-order questioning, but for further activities please use in conjunction with the official AQA A-Level Philosophy textbook.
This lesson, on applying Kantian Ethics, contains all theories and ideas relevant for the this theory as part of the ‘Moral Philosophy’ section of AQA’s ‘A-Level Philosophy’ course. There is a particular emphasis on debate/oracy and higher-order questioning, but for further activities please use in conjunction with the official AQA A-Level Philosophy textbook.
A complete unit of work for Utilitarianism, as part of Moral Philosophy in the AQA A-Level Philosophy course. This resources contains summaries of all major theories, alongside criticisms and any defences. Questions and activities to probe for deeper learning are included, but please use this resources alongside the official AQA A-Level Philosophy textbook.
Resource contains:
Act Utilitarianism
Rule Utilitarianism
Two-Tier Utilitarianism
Psychological Hedonism
Strengths/issues of Utilitarianism
Application of Utilitarianism to the eight suggested scenarios
Note: any additional materials/images or videos used herewithin are not mine and I claim no ownership of them. Please refer to the URL for direction to the original designer/creator.
A complete collection of resources needed for studying Deontological Kantian Ethics for the AQA A-Level Philosophy course. This contains all relevant theories, criticisms and and defences. Whilst questions and activities are provided, please use the official AQA A-Level Philosophy textbook for additional activities.
Resource includes:
The Categorical Imperative
The Universal Law Formulation
The Humanity Formulation
Strengths and issues
Application to the eight suggested scenarios
Please note: any additional resources or images/videos contained herewithin are not mine and I claim no ownership of these. Please refer to the URL for direction to the original designer/creator.
This resources contains a meticulously crafted set of detailed notes and dictations (in the style of Cornell Notes) for students studying The Odyssey for ‘The World of the Hero’ as part of the OCR A-Level Classical Civilisation course.
Resource contains:
Detailed notes on all books!
Questions to deepen student understanding
Theme and character analysis
Political/Social/Religious analysis
Ancient heroic qualities (Kleos, Nostos, Time)
Please note that whilst this helps students in terms of revision and depth of understanding, this SHOULD NOT be the only resource students use for the course.
This resources contains all materials needed for Aristotelian Virtue Ethics, as part of the ‘Moral Philosophy’ section of the AQA A-Level Philosophy course. All theories, criticisms and defences are included, alongside relevant exam practice and questions to probe student understanding. For additional activities, please use the official AQA A-Level Philosophy textbook.
Resources includes:
Function of the soul
Moral responsibility
Virtue and vice
Doctrine of the Mean
The role of practical wisdom/reasoning
Eudaimonia
Strengths and issues
Application to the eight suggested scenarios
Please note: any additional materials or images/videos contained herewithin are not owned by me and I claim no ownership of them. Please follow the URL for direction to the original designer/creator.