Comprehensive colour worksheet which introduces students to Tariq Ramadan’s ideas on pluralism.
Breaks down Ramadan’s thought into 4 bitesize ideas
Space for student note-taking and responses to tasks
Includes criticism of Ramadan (for A02), and extension activity (synoptic links).
Lesson time: 40-60 mins
Covers hypothetical vs. categorical imperatives, Kant’s three formulations, application in everyday cases, and strengths & weaknesses, including criticism from W.D. Ross.
Fully resourced lesson with PowerPoint & worksheet. Pedagogical approach based on Rosenshine’s principles: recap of prior learning, worked examples, L/Os revisited throughout the lesson, & question bank for class tests.
Part of a 7 part series on deontology (Unit 5.1)
Students evaluate which moral theory fits best with religion, and collaborate on an exam question. Covers this aspect of the spec for utilitarianism, situation ethics, & natural law.
Fully resourced lesson with PowerPoint & worksheet.
Pedagogical approach based on Rosenshine’s principles
Review of prior learning
Worked examples
L/Os revisited throughout the lesson
Question bank for class tests.
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Students research three acts of Parliament & evaluate them in the light of utilitarianism, situationism, and natural law. They will need laptops or an ICT suite.
Fully resourced lesson with PowerPoint & worksheet.
Pedagogical approach based on Rosenshine’s principles
Review of prior learning
Worked examples
L/Os revisited throughout the lesson
Question bank for class tests.
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Students discover, apply, and evaluate Fletcher’s working principles & fundamental propositions.
Lesson 2 of a 3 part series on situation ethics.
Fully resourced lesson with PowerPoint & worksheet.
Pedagogical approach based on Rosenshine’s principles
Review of prior learning
Worked examples
L/Os revisited throughout the lesson
Question bank for class tests.
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Helps prepare students for a 10, 20, or 30 mark essay on Ahmed or gender
Breaks down Ahmed’s text into four key ideas
Contains key quotes & key passages for the exam
Contains strengths and weaknesses for A02 component
Flipped lesson idea for high ability: Students read Ahmed text for homework and produce 500-1000 word summary. The worksheet is then used to clear up misunderstandings and focus discussion. Alternatively, serves as a standalone lesson for a lower ability group.
Lesson time: 60 minutes
Fully resourced worksheet which guides pupils through Al-Ghazali’s “two crises”, his philosophy of causation, and his influence on Islamic science, using quotations from his intellectual autobiography, “The Deliverance from Error” . The lesson ends with an exam question and suggested arguments on both sides.
Structured worksheet introducing students to the key scholar for unit 4.5, S.H. Nasr.
Discussion points are based on extracts from Nasr’s (2010) “Traditional Islamic Science and Western Science”
Contains synoptic links to Religion & Ethics (Paper 2).
Lesson time: 30 mins - 1hr (depending on discussion)
Comprehensive colour worksheet which introduces students to Nurcholish Madjid’s key ideas on pluralism.
Biographical info, including the Indonesian background
Students discover and apply key concepts including pluralism, secularism, and contextualised itjihad
Engaging tasks, including extension activity.
Fully resourced lesson with worksheet, PowerPoint, and extension reading. Prepares students for the demands of the spec, including the answers to the following retrieval questions:
In which work did Ibn Rushd provide a twenty-point rebuttal of Al-Ghazali’s Incoherence of the Philosophers?
In which work did Ibn Rushd argue for the compatibility of Aristotelian philosophy and Islam?
Quote a verse from the Quran used by Ibn Rushd to defend philosophy.
Why does Ibn Rushd believe that philosophy is obligatory for Muslims?
Explain Ibn Rushd’s a priori argument that philosophy can never contradict the teaching of the Quran.
Explain Ibn Rushd’s distinction between apparent meaning and allegorical meaning.
What are the three levels of knowledge identified by Ibn Rushd?
Explain Ibn Rushd’s doctor analogy.
Why does Ibn Rushd believe that philosophical study should be reserved for the elite?
Covers Part 1 of the Justice and Liberation topic: the commandment to uphold justice and perform al-amr bil-ma’ruf wal-nahy ‘an al-munkar (enjoining good and forbidding wrong). Content based on Michael Cook’s book on this topic, which is a recommended texct on the OCR syllabus. Detailed content, evaluation, possible exam questions, and task. Could be used in class or set as homework.
Students discover, apply, and evaluate Bernard Hoose’s proportionalism. Applications include some of the later topics e.g. in medical ethics, sexual ethics & war & peace.
Lesson 3 of a 3 part series on situationism
Fully resourced lesson with PowerPoint & worksheet.
Pedagogical approach based on Rosenshine’s principles
Review of prior learning
Worked examples
L/Os revisited throughout the lesson
Question bank for class tests.
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Comprehensive colour worksheet relevant for sections c, d, & e of Unit 6.1
Chronological overview of historical Islamic responses to pluralism from Muhammad to present day.
Prepares students to answer a 30 mark question on Muslim responses to pluralism: “Evaluate the ways in which Islam has responded to the challenge of pluralism (30 marks)”
Prepares students to answer an 8 mark question on Wahhabism
Includes multimedia research task set for homework on Christian-Muslim dialogue
Lesson time: 1-1.5 hours
Homework time: 1-2 hours
Prepares students to answer 12 or 30 mark question on Sharia law.
Contrasts liberal vs. orthodox interpretations of the Sharia
Spotlight on Sharia law in the UK, with A02 questions for students
Spotlight on key scholar Mona Siddiqui
Instructions to students for notetaking
Includes 12 mark question on real exam paper and indicative content (mark scheme & ideas board)
Lesson time: 1h20 - 2 hours
Timed 12 mark essay can be done in class or set for homework
Contains all they need to know to answer 1, 2, 4, 5, and 12 mark questions on animal ethics.
Can be used to teach for the first time or for revision
Print-friendly colour handout
Contains essay planner for 2, 4, 5, and 12 mark questions
If pupils revise the handout for homework, they will do well in the accompanying test
Students discover, apply, and evaluate situation ethics from biblical foundations to the modern day. Includes student workbook, teacher notes, & lesson PowerPoint on the Barclay anthology text (Extract 1).
Purpose-built for the new spec.
Fully resourced lessons with PowerPoints & worksheets.
Pedagogical approach based on Rosenshine’s principles
Recap of prior learning & worked examples
Includes a large question bank & 3 topic tests with answers for peer marking.
Scheme of work
Biblical examples & social, political, & cultural influences
Fletcher’s situation ethics
Extract 1: William Barclay
Topic test
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Six multi-page structured worksheets covering the whole topic, complete with two key word lists. Includes key scholars and AO1/ AO2 tasks. Can be done in class or set for homework as a flipped learning assignment.
Key word list (Pre-modern Islam)
Sunnism: The Contractual Nature of the State
Shi’ism: The Imam as Supreme Authority
Sunnism: The Complimentary roles of Caliph and ulama
Shi’ism: The Role of the Ulama in the Absence of the Imam
Key word list (modern Islam)
Embrace of Secularism in the Modern Islamic World
Opposition to Secularism in the Modern Islamic world (including Sharia states)
Fully resourced ten-hour SoW for OCR Sexual Ethics, complete with PowerPoints and worksheets. Includes spaced retrieval questions at the beginning of each lesson, homeworks, and past exam questions.
Introduction to Sexual Ethics
Sex in the Bible
Natural Law on Sexual Ethics
Situationism on Sexual Ethics
Kant on Sexual Ethics
Bentham on Sexual Ethics
Mill’s Harm Principle
Pre-marital Sex and the Church
Extra-marital Sex and the Church
Gay Rights and the Church