A fully-resourced, detailed and differentiated 2 hour lesson which serves as an introduction to Ethics. This is perfect as part of a KS3/KS4 RE or philosophy unit and focuses on philosophers, theories and fallacies.
This lesson is editable, so easy to adapt for your own planning and contains match up tasks, clip tasks, literacy and debate tasks, information sheets and more, as well as an engaging 2 hour PowerPoint. It is well-differentiated with three-level challenges for each task and very easy to follow.
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Fifth lesson in unit of work exploring what ethics is. Students will be exposed to the philosophies of Joseph Fletcher and his beliefs in Jesus’ teaching of “Love your neighbor”.
Features - On screen task management board for SEN students. Differentiated questioning for HAT/MAT/LAT students by Gold, Silver, Bronze task. Worksheets included in powerpoint ready to print.
Third lesson of four focusing on introducing pupils to artificial intelligence and the ethics around it.
This lessons introduces students to the ethical debate that AI throws up focusing on how AI has changed jobs in this country and how driverless cars are programmed and where computers get their ethics from.
A whole unit (11 lessons) on Ethics, Beliefs and Values designed for Year 8, but easily adaptable to other year groups. Students have found this unit engaging and insightful as it covers Religious and Ethical issues surrounding life, genetic modification, abortion, euthanasia, environmental issues and animal rights. Each lesson has been carefully designed to allow students opportunities to check their understanding and each lesson includes a range of activities.
A Medical Ethics Unit lasting 12 hours (one lesson is a double) that was created for Year 9 RE, but could easily be used for a capable Year 8 or none-GCSE KS4 group.
Each lesson is very detailed, editable and differentiated three ways with colour-coded challenge tasks for every activity. The lessons are very easy to follow as all the instructions are on the PowerPoints and worksheets. Each of the individual lessons have had excellent reviews so far.
The unit includes:
What are the religious and ethical views on abortion? A lesson exploring the pro-choice and pro-life debate and introducing the concept of sanctity and quality of life.
What are the religious and ethical views on euthanasia? A lesson examining the quality vs sanctity of life debate in detail while examining types of euthanasia and religious views on these.
Stem Cell Research - an investigation into embryology and the controversial issues surrounding the science. The lesson investigates how scripture can be applied to these issues and why there is so much debate.
Capital Punishment and The Death Penalty - a two hour lesson which focuses on capital punishment, its legal status around the world, the moral and religious arguments for and against and the history of the death penalty.
Drugs and morality - a lesson exploring the moral and religious debate around drug use before examining religious quotes and practicing GCSE style exam questions.
Genetic Engineering - an overview lesson on test tube and designer babies as well as religious objections to the technology, with a focus on Christianity and Islam.
An detailed article with differentiated comprehension questions all about the ethics, morality and faux-science of the anti-vaxxer movement.
Why do some religions have objections to particular medical technologies and procedures?
IVF - what is this and what are the different religious views towards it?
What do Islam and Christianity believe about medical death?
Religion and science - are they forever destined to work against each other, or can they work together?
Assessment, feedback and mark scheme
Scheme of work
Who are EC Resources?
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British Values, Society & Ethics . A new unit for PSHE / Citizenship Unit.
Contents
7 Lesson Packs (See below for Contents)
7 x Homework Ideas
7 x End of Lesson Confidence Checker Assessments
1 x Escape Room (Team Building Activity)
Lesson Topics
Homelessness in America + Britain
Rise of Food Banks & Baby Banks in the UK
What is Sex Trafficking
Racial Justice in the UK
People Trafficking across the English Channel
Changes in the Census
Cost of Living Crisis
Each Lesson PowerPoint Contains:
• 1 Fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Outcomes, Confidence Checkers, Assessment of Learning, Variety of Tasks, Video Embedded URL Clips, Engaging Premium Quality Slides, Extra Support Websites, Challenging & Thoughtful Questioning)
• Assessment Opportunity (Confidence Checker)
• Teacher Notes (On some slides)
• Mapped against Latest DfE Guidance, PSHE Association Core themes and Requirements and the Gatsby Benchmarks in Careers Education
Learning Outcomes:
To understand how people can become homeless To consider how it might feel to be homeless To understand what is being done to help people who are homeless, and prevent more people from becoming homeless
“To be able to explain what a food bank is. To consider what is driving the demand in use of food banks. To understand how to access food banks.”
To be able to explain what Sex Trafficking is. To consider what could put someone at danger of being trafficked. To understand how to remain safe.
To be able to explain what racial justice is. To give examples of systemic racism in the UK. To consider how we can work together to overcome this.
"To be able to explain what people trafficking is. To consider what puts people at risk of being trafficked. To consider why people are trying to cross the English Channel.
“To understand what the Census is To be able to explain how Census data is collected To consider the importance of analysing changes to the census”
“To understand why we are experiencing a cost of living crisis. To be able to explain what is being done about it. To consider what more can be done.”
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Creative and visually engaging learning mats / revision sheet for Judaism: Ethics and Values.
Can be used for revision, cover work, homework or class work - incredibly versatile resource! Download as an editable A3 Word document and as an A4 PDF (for compatibility)
Topics are:
Jewish Morality
Stewardship
Family Life
Holocaust
War and Peace
Life and Death
Wealth and Poverty
Each Mat includes:
Knowledge on the topic
Knowledge Check
Choice of Tasks
Challenge question (Analysis question for extended writing) with exam technique
Created with the WJEC / Eduqas RS GCSE in mind, though can be applied across specifications and qualifications. As an examiner for this specification, I have used what I know of the course to create this resource. Please give feedback! I am always happy to respond to comments - whether positive or constructive - this will help to improve the quality of my resources in the future and, more importantly, the quality of pupils’ RE/RS education in general - which is what we’re all here for!
This is a complete unit of work that meets the specification of Eduqas’s A-level RS - Component 3 - Ethics - Theme 4abc - Predestination (Augustine & Calvin), hard determinism (philosophical, psychological and scientific), soft determinism (Hobbes and Ayer) and the implications of predestination/determinism.
This resource includes 8 lessons (designed as 50 minute lessons but would easily fill 1 hour lessons). It was designed for Year 13 in my school and to be taught as the fifth topic in the ethics component in this year (after naturalism, intuitionism, emotivism and updates to Natural Law/Proportionalism).
MINIMAL PRINTING
It includes:
A tracker for the whole of the Y13 content (Theme 1def, Theme 2def, Theme 4abcdef)
Predestination - Augustine lesson
Predestination - Calvin lesson
Hard determinism: Philosophical lesson
Hard determinism: Scientific lesson
Hard determinism: Psychological lesson
Soft determinism lesson
Implications of determinism lesson
Issues for analysis and evaluation lesson
All learning objectives are based around ‘know, apply, extend’.
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The lesson is designed to provide a rapid introduction to the purpose and value of ethics then focus on Utilitarianism, Natural Law Theory, Kant and Christian Ethics. The lesson revolves around seven dilemmas which are the foci for beginning to apply the theory. The lesson is framed by a grid which prompts the students to consider their views about religion and God. Clips are provided making links to Stephen Fry (atheism) and Indecent Proposal (situationism). Further research is suggested – chapter 1, Sophie’s World (Jostein Gaarder) and the death of Savita Halappanavar.
This is a complete unit of work that meets the specification of Eduqas’s A-level RS - Component 3 - Ethics - Theme 3def - Utilitarianism.
This resource includes 11 lessons (designed as 50 minute lessons but would easily fill 1 hour lessons). It was designed for Year 12 in my school and to be taught as the sixth topic in the ethics component (after divine command theory, virtue theory, ethical egoism, natural law and situation ethics)
MINIMAL PRINTING
It includes:
A tracker for the whole of the Y12 content (Theme 1abc, Theme 2abc, Theme 3abcdef)
Bentham’s Utilitarianism lesson
Hedonic Calculus lesson
JS Mill Development lesson
Writing a 20MQ lesson
Strengths and weaknesses of Utilitarianism lesson
DIRT on 20MQ lesson
Issues for analysis and evaluation lesson with worksheet
Writing a 30MQ lesson
DIRT on 30MQ lesson
Application of Utilitarianism to animal experimentation for medical research
Application of Utilitarianism to the use of nuclear weapons as a deterrent
20MQ and 30MQ marking stickers (ready to print on consortium stickers - pack of 8 - 99mmx68mm)
All learning objectives are based around ‘know, apply, extend’.
This is complete and ready to teach!
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Lesson that deals with the ethical arguments for and against fertility treatments, in particular, debating the ethics of saviour siblings.
The lesson is usually accompanied by clips from My Sisters Keeper or other relevant documentaries on saviour siblings. it does include 3 real life profiles that could be investigated further.
Complete 1 hour lesson with starter handout and worksheets, Suitable for KS3/ KS4
Variety of different level tasks for MA,LA or Core
Differentiated to 3 levels or more
Designed to fit Ofsted criteria for’ Good’ or above
This is a complete unit of work that meets the specification of Eduqas’s A-level RS - Component 3 - Ethics - Theme 1e - Intuitionism.
This resource includes 5 lessons (designed as 50 minute lessons but would easily fill 1 hour lessons). It was designed for Year 13 in my school and to be taught as the second topic in the ethics component in this year (after naturalism)
MINIMAL PRINTING
It includes:
A tracker for the whole of the Y13 content (Theme 1def, Theme 2def, Theme 4abcdef)
Intuitionism lesson
HA Pritchard lesson
Writing a 20MQ lesson
Challenges to Intuitionism lesson
DIRT on 20MQ lesson
20MQ marking stickers (ready to print on consortium stickers - pack of 8 - 99mmx68mm)
All learning objectives are based around ‘know, apply, extend’.
This is complete and ready to teach!
Hopefully this will save you time and energy :)
Please leave a review!
This lesson is the fourth of four lessons on ethics, which culminates in an Edexcel GCSE-Style assessment. Though designed as a sequence, each lesson can be taught without the others. The scheme of work was designed for a particularly gifted year 8 set however, would definitely be suitable for all of KS3 and KS4.
This lesson could easily last two hours. It investigates the development of Virtue Ethics as an ethical theory, examining how it is applied, and its strengths and weaknesses as an ethical theory.
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A starter activity for A level Philosophy & Ethics students as part of the Virtue Ethics topic to help them explore their understanding of the Golden Mean. I would usually give them the activity sheet without the options first to test their vocabulary.
An introduction to Situation Ethics with tasks and discussion questions. Information and tasks mainly from textbook, but thought some of you may find this useful as a starting point.
The value of fat in meat varies across cultures and, like all commodities, fat can be traded to markets where there is a demand for it. However, there is some debate about trading fat as a commodity and whether we should allow cheaper fatty meats to be sold for human consumption.
This article looks at the trade of 'belly flaps' from Australia and New Zealand to Pacific island nations such as Fiji.
This is part of 'Big Picture: Fat' (www.bigpictureeducation.com/fat), which was published by the Wellcome Trust in December 2015.