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 detailed and comprehensive notes on all twelve books of Virgil’s Aeneid - which is of particular use to those studying ‘The World of the Hero’ as part of OCR’s A-Level Classical Civilisations course.
Resource includes:
Detailed notes on all books!
Questions to deepen student understanding
Theme and character analysis
Political/Social/Religious analysis
Ancient heroic qualities (Pietas/Furor etc…)
Comparative notes to The Odyssey
Please note, whilst this resource helps students to formulate their ideas on theme, character, concept, context and plot, this SHOULD NOT be the only resource used for the course.
This resource contains all lessons and resources needed for the first section of ‘The Persian Kings’ unit of OCR’s GCSE Ancient History course (Cyrus the Great). This should be used in conjunction with the official OCR GCSE Ancient History textbook.
Resource includes:
Detailed and engaging lessons on Cyrus the Great
All prescribed sources
Challenge and extension materials
Clear exam guidance
‘Lesson snapshots’ for guidance (even for beginners in the subject)
Please note that all images/sources used within are not owned by me, nor do I claim ownership of them. Please refer to the URL for direction towards the original owner/source.
This resource contains all lessons and resources needed for the third section of ‘The Persian Kings’ unit of OCR’s GCSE Ancient History course (Darius the Great). This should be used in conjunction with the official OCR GCSE Ancient History textbook.
Resource includes:
Detailed and engaging lessons on Darius the Great
All prescribed sources
Challenge and extension materials
Clear exam guidance
‘Lesson snapshots’ for guidance (even for beginners in the subject)
Please note that all images/sources used within are not owned by me, nor do I claim ownership of them. Please refer to the URL for direction towards the original owner/source.
This resource contains all lessons for ‘Metaphysics of The Mind’ under AQA’s A-Level Philosophy course. Relevant for the A-Level, these resources summarise each respective argument/theory, alongside their critiques and any relevant defences. Exam questions are also included routinely.
Unit contains:
Substance Dualism
Property Dualism
Interactionist/Epiphenomenalist Dualism
Issues with Dualism
Behaviourism
Mind-Brain Type Identity Theory
Eliminative Materialism
Functionalism
Issues with Physicalism
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 contains all lessons and resources needed for the ‘Hannibal and the Second Punic War’ unit of OCR’s GCSE Ancient History course. This should be used in conjunction with the official OCR GCSE Ancient History textbook.
Resource includes:
Detailed and engaging lessons on Hannibal and the Second Punic War
All prescribed sources
Challenge and extension materials
Clear exam guidance
‘Lesson snapshots’ for guidance (even for beginners in the subject)
Please note that all images/sources used within are not owned by me, nor do I claim ownership of them. Please refer to the URL for direction towards the original owner/source.
This resource contains all lessons for ‘arguments for God’s existence’ (and the Problem of Evil) as part of the ‘Metaphysics of God’ unit under AQA’s A-Level Philosophy course. Relevant for either the A-Level, these resources summarise each respective argument/theory, alongside their critiques and any relevant defences. Exam questions are also included routinely.
Unit contains:
Ontological Arguments for God’s existence (Anselm, Descartes and Malcolm)
Issues with the ontological arguments (Gaunilo, Aquinas, Hick and Empiricist criticisms)
Teleological Arguments for God’s existence (Aquinas, Hume, Paley and Swinburne)
Issues with the teleological arguments (Hume’s critiques and evolution)
Cosmological Arguments for God’s existence (Al-Ghazali, Aquinas, Descartes and Leibniz)
Issues with the cosmological arguments (contradiction, the Cartesian Circle, the possibility of an infinite series, the fallacy of composition and why stop at God?)
The problem of evil and responses to this
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 contains all lessons and resources needed for the ‘Alexander the Great’ unit of OCR’s GCSE Ancient History course (upbringing and character). This should be used in conjunction with the official OCR GCSE Ancient History textbook.
Resource includes:
Detailed and engaging lessons on Alexander the Great
All prescribed sources
Challenge and extension materials
Clear exam guidance
‘Lesson snapshots’ for guidance (even for beginners in the subject)
Please note that all images/sources used within are not owned by me, nor do I claim ownership of them. Please refer to the URL for direction towards the original owner/source.
This resource contains all lessons for ‘Metaphysics of God’ under AQA’s A-Level Philosophy course. Relevant for either the AS or A-Level, these resources summarise each respective argument/theory, alongside their critiques and any relevant defences. Exam questions are also included routinely.
Unit contains:
Attributes of God (and issues with these)
Ontological Arguments (Anselm, Descartes and Malcolm)
Issues with Ontological Arguments
Teleological Arguments (Aquinas, Hume, Paley and Swinburne)
Issues with Teleological Arguments
Cosmological Arguments (Al-Ghazali, Aquinas, Descartes and Leibniz)
Issues with Cosmological Arguments
Religious Language (Ayer, Hick, Flew, Mitchell, Hare and Wittgenstein)
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 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 all lessons for ‘Moral Philosophy’ under AQA’s A-Level Philosophy course. Relevant for either the AS or A-Level, these resources summarise each respective argument/theory, alongside their critiques and any relevant defences. Exam questions are also included routinely.
Unit contains:
An introduction to Moral Philosophy
Utilitarianism (including: Act Utilitarianism, Rule Utilitarianism, Two-Tier Utilitarianism, Psychological Hedonism, strengths/issues of Utilitarianism and application of Utilitarianism to the eight specified scenarios)
Deontological Kantian Ethics (including: The Categorical Imperative, The Universal Law Formulation, The Humanity Formulation, strengths/issues of Deontological Kantian Ethics and application of Kantian Ethics to the eight specified scenarios
Aristotelian Virtue Ethics (including: the function of the soul, Aristotelian virtue/vice, the Doctrine of the Mean, the role of practical wisdom/reasoning, Eudaimonia, strengths/issues of Aristotelian Virtue Ethics and application of Virtue Ethics to the eight specified scenarios
Meta-Ethics (including: Moral Realism, Naturalism, Innatism, Moral Anti-Realism, Emotivism, Prescriptivism and Cognitivism/Non-Cognitivism)
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 contains all lessons for ‘Epistemology’ under AQA’s A-Level Philosophy course. Relevant for either the AS or A-Level, these resources summarise each respective argument/theory, alongside their critiques and any relevant defences. Exam questions are also included routinely.
Unit contains:
Definitions of knowledge (JTB, Gettier, Fake Barn cases, Infallibilism, ‘no false lemmas’, Reliabilism and Epistemic Virtue)
Perception as a source of knowledge (Direct Realism, Indirect Realism, Idealism)
Reason as a source of knowledge (Innatism, ‘Tabula Rasa’, the Intuition and Deduction Thesis, Hume’s Fork, The Cogito and Descartes proof of God)
The limitations of knowledge (philosophical scepticism, Cartesian scepticism)
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 contains all materials needed for the Persian Kings unit of OCR’s GCSE Ancient History course. PowerPoints, activities, starters/plenaries, challenge/extension work and clear guidance through my ‘lesson snapshots’. This has everything you need to teach the Persian Kings unit, even for a beginner in the subject - though use of the official OCR GCSE Ancient History textbook is encouraged for some activities.
Resource includes:
Detailed lessons on all four Persian Kings (Cyrus the Great, Cambyses, Darius the Great and Xerxes)
Engaging and varied activities
Challenge and extension materials
Clear exam guidance
‘lesson snapshots’ to provide clear guidance
Please note, all images/videos used within are not mine and I claim no ownership over them. Please use the URL for direction to the original author/designer.
This resource contains all relevant materials for note-making and revision of the OCR A-Level in Classical Civilisations (World of the Hero, Imperial Image and Greek Religion). Bundle contains:
The Odyssey (all relevant books)
The Aeneid (all twelve books)
Imperial Image (all prescribed sources, and more, for: Octavian comes to Rome, power struggle, reign of Augustus, legacy of Augustus and modern interpretations of Augustus)
Greek Religion (all prescribed sources, and more, for: nature of the Olympian gods, personal experience of the divine, levels of worship, sites of worship, priests and priestesses, religion and philosophy)
Whilst this covers all aspects of the course, and asks relevant and challenging questions throughout, this should be used in conjunction with the official OCR A-Level Classical Civilisations textbooks (and additional exam stimulus materials should be provided).
This resource contains all units for the AQA A-Level Philosophy course. These resources summarise each respective argument/theory, alongside their critiques and any relevant defences. Exam questions are also included routinely.
Unit contains:
Epistemology (what is knowledge? Perception as a source of knowledge, reason as a source of knowledge and the limits of knowledge)
Moral Philosophy (Utilitarianism, Kantian Ethics, Virtue Ethics and Meta-Ethics)
Metaphysics of God (the attributes of God, arguments for God’s existence and the Problem of Evil)
Metaphysics of the Mind (Dualism and Physicalism)
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.