This is a unit of 4 lessons for the OCR unit on Religion and Ethics: Euthanasia. Lessons cover a variety of tasks, activities and learner styles, geared towards the final exam. Also included is the A3 and A4 Learning Mats / Revision Mats for this topic. In addition, included for free is the Workbook for home-study and revision!
Lessons are:
Intro to Euthanasia
Quality and Sanctity of Life
Euthanasia and Ethical Theories
Exploring Ideas of Personhood
Free resources: Learning Mat / Revision Mat and Workbook also included!
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This resource is unit of work on the Holocaust (of WWII), updated for September 2023, intended for KS3. The lessons and PowerPoints include a range of engaging, high-quality activities on the following lesson titles:
Lessons include:
Intro to the Holocaust
Anti-Semitism
Concentration Camps
Anne Frank
Survivors
Anti-Semitism Today
Scaffolding is included in the Powerpoint itself and also in the Work Pack to ensure maximum engagement and comprehension. Challenges (extension tasks) also exist throughout the unit to further enhance skills and understanding.
There are a variety of knowledge, understanding and evaluation tasks throughout the unit, including video and debate activities that the students always love - year-on-year.
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This is a unit of 5 lessons for the OCR unit on Philosophy of Religion: Ancient Philosophical Beliefs. Lessons cover a variety of tasks, activities and learner styles, geared towards the final exam. Also included is the A3 and A4 Learning Mats / Revision Mats for this topic.
Lessons are:
Introduction and Background
Plato’s Reality
Aristotle’s Causes
Aristotle’s Prime Mover
Comparing Plato and Aristotle
Learning Mat / Revision Mat also included.
Free Workbook also included
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This is a unit of 5 lessons for the OCR unit on Developments in Christian Thought: Knowledge of God’s Existence. Lessons cover a variety of tasks, activities and learner styles, geared towards the final exam. Also included is the A3 and A4 Learning Mats / Revision Mats for this topic. In addition, included for free is the Workbook for home-study and revision!
Lessons are:
Intro to Knowledge of God’s Existence
Natural Knowledge: Innate Sense of the Divine
Order of Creation
Faith and Grace
Jesus and the Bible
Also included is the Learning Mat (A3 andA4) and Workbook (Word and PDF)
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This is a unit of 6 lessons for the OCR unit on Gender in Society and Theology. Lessons cover a variety of tasks, activities and learner styles, geared towards the final exam. Also included is the In addition, included for free is the Workbook for home-study and revision!
Lessons are:
Intro
Roles of Men and Women
Motherhood
Ruether
Daly
Assessing Gender
Free resource: Workbook on Gender
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This is a unit of 3 lessons for the OCR unit on The Challenge of Secularism. Lessons cover a variety of tasks, activities and learner styles, geared towards the final exam. There is a Learning Mat (A3 and A4) that summarises the unit, too. In addition, included for free is the Workbook for home-study and revision!
Free resource: Workbook on the Challenge of Secularism
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This is a unit of 5 lessons for the OCR unit on Developments in Christian Thought: Augustine’s Teaching on Human Nature. Lessons cover a variety of tasks, activities and learner styles, geared towards the final exam. Also included is the A3 and A4 Learning Mats / Revision Mats for this topic. In addition, included for free is the Workbook for home-study and revision!
Lessons are:
Intro to Theology and Augustine
Human Relationships Pre and Post Fall
Original Sin
God’s Grace
Analysing Augustine and Pelagius
Also included is the Learning Mat (A3 andA4) and Workbook (Word and PDF)
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This is a unit of 4 two-hour lessons for the OCR unit on Philosophy of Religion: 20th Century Perspectives. Lessons cover a variety of tasks, activities and learner styles, geared towards the final exam.
FREE with this unit - 29 page Unit Workbook for revision and self-study
Lessons are:
Verification Principle
Falsification Symposium
Wittgenstein (Language Games)
Comparing Aquinas and Wittgenstein / Model Essay
Each lesson also includes assessment of the arguments proposed and an essay-style question for discussion and development.
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This is a unit of 3 two-hour lessons for the OCR unit on Philosophy of Religion: Religious Language. Lessons cover a variety of tasks, activities and learner styles, geared towards the final exam. Also included is the A3 and A4 Learning Mats / Revision Mat for this topic.
Lessons are:
The Apophatic Way / Via Negativa
The Cataphatic Way / Via Positiva
Tillich on Symbols
This resource also includes a free summary booklet.
Each lesson also includes assessment of the arguments proposed and an essay-style question for discussion and development.
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This is a unit of 5 one-to-two-hour lessons for the OCR unit on Philosophy of Religion: Nature or Attributes of God. Lessons cover a variety of tasks, activities and learner styles, geared towards the final exam. Also included is the A3 and A4 Learning Mats / Revision Mat for this topic.
Lessons are:
Omnipotence
Eternal/Everlasting God
Omniscience
Omnibenevolence
Conflicts between attributes
Each lesson also includes assessment of the arguments proposed and an essay-style question for discussion and development.
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This is a unit of 3 lessons for the OCR unit on Karl Marx and Liberation Theology. Lessons cover a variety of tasks, activities and learner styles, geared towards the final exam. In addition, included for free is the Workbook for home-study and revision!
Free resource: Workbook on Karl Marx and Liberation Theology; Learning Mat
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This is a unit of 4 lessons for the OCR unit on Religion and Ethics: Meta-Ethical Theories. Lessons cover a variety of tasks, activities and learner styles, geared towards the final exam. Also included is the A3 and A4 Learning Mats / Revision Mats for this topic. In addition, included for free is the Workbook for home-study and revision!
Lessons are:
Introduction
Naturalism
Intuitivism
Emotivism
Free resources: Learning Mat / Revision Mat and Workbook also included!
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This is a unit of 4 lessons for the OCR unit on Christian Moral Principles. Lessons cover a variety of tasks, activities and learner styles, geared towards the final exam. In addition, included for free is the Workbook for home-study and revision and the Learning Mat!
Lesson 1: Introduction and Theonomous Ethics
Lesson 2: Heteronomous Ethics
Lesson 3: Autonomous Ethics
Lesson 4: Analysing CMP
Free resource: Workbook on Christian Moral Principles; Learning Mat for whole unit
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This is a unit of 5 lessons for the OCR unit on Christian Moral Action/Practices. Lessons cover a variety of tasks, activities and learner styles, geared towards the final exam. In addition, included for free is the Workbook for home-study and revision and the Learning Mat, which is a summary of the unit on one page!
Lesson 1: Introduction to CM Action
Lesson 2: Duty to God and Duty to State
Lesson 3: Confessing Church and Finkenwalde
Lesson 4: Discipleship, Suffering and Solidarity
Lesson 5: Analysing Bonhoeffer
Free resource: Workbook on Christian Moral Action; Learning Mat for whole unit
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This is a unit of 5 lessons for the OCR unit on Religion and Ethics: Business Ethics. Lessons cover a variety of tasks, activities and learner styles, geared towards the final exam. Also included is the A3 and A4 Learning Mats / Revision Mats for this topic. In addition, included for free is the Workbook for home-study and revision!
Lessons are:
Intro to Business Ethics
Corporate Social Responsibility
Whistleblowing
Globalisation
Applying Ethical Theories
Free resources: Learning Mat / Revision Mat and Workbook also included!
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This is a unit of 4 lessons for the OCR unit on Religion and Ethics: Kantian Ethics. Lessons cover a variety of tasks, activities and learner styles, geared towards the final exam. Also included is the A3 and A4 Learning Mats / Revision Mats for this topic. In addition, included for free is the Workbook for home-study and revision!
Lessons are:
Intro to Kantian Ethics
Hypothetical and Categorical Imperatives
Applying Kantian Ethics
Assessing Kantian Ethics
Free resources: Learning Mat / Revision Mat and Workbook also included!
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This is a unit of 4 double lessons for the OCR unit on Religion and Ethics: Natural Law. Lessons cover a variety of tasks, activities and learner styles, geared towards the final exam. Free with this resource is the corresponding workbook and the A3 and A4 Learning Mats / Revision Mats for this topic!
Lessons include:
Introduction to Natural Law
Aristotle and Natural Law
Aquinas and Natural Law
Assessing Natural Law
Created with the OCR A Level in mind, however can be applied across specifications.
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This is a unit of 3 double lessons for the OCR unit on Religion and Ethics: Utilitarianism. The lessons presume no prior knowledge or learning of ethics. Lessons cover a variety of tasks, activities and learner styles, geared towards the final exam. Free with this resource is the corresponding workbook and the A3 and A4 Learning Mats / Revision Mats for this topic!
Lessons include:
What is ethics? / Introduction to ethics
Bentham’s Utilitarianism
Mill’s Utilitarianism
Criticisms, Analysis and Evaluation
Created with the OCR A Level in mind, however can be applied across specifications.
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KS3 Evil and Suffering Unit that includes PowerPoint-led learning through an engaging and well-designed Work Pack. This unit explores all of the nuanced and specialist learning by adopting socially distant teaching techniques.
The PowerPoints aid a ‘plug in and play’ approach to teaching, benefiting both subject specialists and non-subject specialists alike.
In addition, the Powerpoint and the Work Pack now includes all resources that the students need to access an engaging, high-quality education.
Lessons include:
L1 - What is evil?
L2 - Where do we learn morality?
L3 - Case Study - Harold Shipman
L4 - What is the problem of evil?
L5 - Accounting for evil - the story of Job
L6 - Has evil changed over time?
Scaffolding is included in the Powerpoint itself and also in the Work Pack to ensure maximum engagement and comprehension. Challenges (extension tasks) also exist throughout the unit to further enhance skills and understanding.
There are a variety of knowledge, understanding and evaluation tasks throughout the unit, including video and debate activities that the students always love - year-on-year.
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This is a unit of 4 lessons for the OCR unit on Jesus Christ. Lessons cover a variety of tasks, activities and learner styles, geared towards the final exam. In addition, included for free is the Workbook for home-study and revision!
Free resource: Workbook on Jesus Christ; Learning Mat for whole unit
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