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.
The Logical Problem of Evil
Aims of the Lesson:
Explain what is meant by the ‘Inconsistent Triad’.
Examine its strengths and weaknesses.
This lesson examines the logical problem of evil, the Inconsistent Triad and the challenges to it.
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
A powerpoint to go over the problem of evil.
Goes over the two types of evidential problems - poinless and quality and quantity
Aim of the Lesson:
Explain what is meant by the ‘Evidential Problem’.
Examine its strengths and weaknesses.
Excerpt from Brothers karamazov included
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
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
The Problem of Evil and Suffering
A number of resources to cover the Problem of Evil. Created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Introduction to the Problem (Natural and Moral Evil)
The Logical Problem - Inconsistent Triad with reference to Hume, Epicuris and Mackie
The Evidential Problem of Evil - with reference to quality and quantity (Brothers Karamazov) and pointless evil (Rowe’s Fawn)
The Free Will Defence - with reference to Mackie, Swinburne and Plantinga’s defences.
The Augustinian Theodicy
The Irenaean Theodicy
Hick’s Soul-Making Theodicy
Process Theodicy
The strengths and weaknesses of all thee above
Each lesson contains a powerpoint, notes and activites for the entire Problem of Evil module
The Design Argument
A number of resources to cover the Design Argument. Created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Introduction to Philosophical Proofs
Paley’s Design Argument
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Design Argument with focus on Hume
Extra content focussed on Swinburne and Tennant
‘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
Responses to challenges from verification and falsification
Hick’s eschatalogical verification
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand the main responses to verification and falsification principles
To understand Hicks eschatalogical verification
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Strengths and Weaknesses hands
The parable of the celestial city
Strengths and weaknesses of Hick
Religious Langauge Module
A number of resources to cover Religious Language created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Introduction to Religious Language
Language as analogy
Language as a blik
Language as cognitive or non-cognitive
Language as symbolic
The Falsification Principle
The Verification Principle
Hick’s eschatalogical verification
Wittgensteins language games
The strengths and weaknesses of all thee above
Each lesson contains a powerpoint, notes and activites for the entire religious language module
Knowledge Organisers for Good and Evil
A level Religious Studies
AQA but could also be used for other exam boards
Logical and Evidential Problem of Evil
The Free Will Defence
Hick’s Soul Making Theodicy
Process Theology
Hick’s response to the problem of evil
Main aims of this lesson are:
Recall the Irenaean Theodicy.
Understand John Hick’s views on the Problem of Evil.
Contains: notes, strengths and weaknesses and a recap of Hick
Process Theodicy as a response to the problem of evil
Main aims of this lesson are:
Explore the notion of Process Theodicy.
Examine the strengths and weaknesses of Process Theodicy.
Contains: notes and strengths and weaknesses
Introduction to miracles
Main aims of this lesson are:
To discuss what a miracle is
To understand our own views on miracles and what constitutes a miracles
Contains:
Assisting powerpoint
Miracles Worksheet
Check list
Key words list
Video led lesson with discussion
Miracles Module
A number of resources to cover Miracles created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Introduction to Miracles
Realist understanding of Miracles
Anti-Realist understanding of Miracles
Miracles as understood by Hume
Miracles as understood by Wiles
Hume V Wiles
Challenges to Hume and Wiles
Recap lesson
The strengths and weaknesses of all thee above
Each lesson contains a powerpoint, notes and activites for the entire Miracles module
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
Knowledge Organisers for Religious Experience
A level Religious Studies
AQA but could also be used for other exam boards
Visions
Otto
James
Stace
Verifying Religious Experiences
Swinburne
Knowledge Organisers for Arguments for the Existence of God
A level Religious Studies
AQA but could also be used for other exam boards
The Ontological Argument
The Design Argument
The Cosmological Argument
