Resources for RS, Philosophy, Ethics, Islam
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Islam & the State (OCR A-level RS) FULL UNIT
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)
Abdul Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter) OCR RS Islam A-level
Detailed worksheet with key ideas, tasks, extension, and possible exam questions. Can be used as a class time resource or set for homework.
Forbidding Wrong (OCR RS A-level Islam)
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.
Ali Shariati (OCR RS A-level)
Detailed 5-page work sheet with key information, evaluation, possible exam questions, and tasks to complete. Can be set as homework or used in class.
Al-Ghazali (OCR RS A-level)
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.
Ibn Rushd/ Averroes (OCR RS A Level)
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?
Sexual Ethics (Full Unit) OCR RS A-level
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
Kant's Categorical Imperative (Edexcel A Level Ethics *new spec*)
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)
Deontology: Basic Concepts (Edexcel A Level *new spec*)
Contrasts deontology and consequentialism, and applies deontological reasoning to everyday actions. Also covers “social, political, and cultural influences” as required by the spec.
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.
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Edexcel Ethics Unit 2 Bundle (New Spec)
Contains everything you need for Unit 2: Utilitarianism, Natural Law, & Situationism (including Barclay text).
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 & topic tests with answers for peer marking.
Scheme of work
Utilitarianism
Social, Political, & Historical Background
Act vs Rule Utilitarianism
Hedonism & Utilitarianism
Ideal, preference, & negative utilitarianism
Strengths & Weaknesses
Topic test.
Natural Moral Law
7. Natural moral law: biblical & classical foundations
8. Aquinas on natural moral law
9. Doctrine of double effect
10. Proportionalism
11. Evaluation of NML
12. NML topic test
Situation Ethics
13. Biblical examples & social, political, & cultural influences
14. Fletcher’s situation ethics
15. Extract 1: William Barclay
16. Topic test
Review
17. Moral Theories & Religion
18. Changes in the law & social attitudes
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Situation Ethics Bundle (Edexcel New Spec)
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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Natural Moral Law Bundle (Edexcel New Spec)
Covers natural moral law from biblical foundations through to contemporary adaptations.
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
Supported by a large question bank & 3 topic tests with answers for peer marking.
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**Scheme of Work: **
natural moral law: biblical & classical foundations
Aquinas on natural moral law
Doctrine of double effect
Proportionalism
Evaluation of NML
NML topic tests
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Utilitarianism bundle (Edexcel new spec)
Students discover, apply, and evaluate classical utiltarianism & later developments.
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
Supported by a large question bank & 3 topic tests with answers for peer marking.
Scheme of work
Social, Political, & Historical Background
Act vs Rule Utilitarianism
Hedonism & Utilitarianism
Ideal, preference, & negative utilitarianism
Strengths & Weaknesses
Topic test.
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Natural Moral Law Topic Tests (Edexcel new spec)
3 x 25 mark short answer quizzes with answers & question bank. Fully integrated with teaching materials by drpdennis. Question bank can be given to pupils in advance as a revision resource.
Purpose-built for the new spec.
Includes 20 topic specific & 5 interleaved questions
Separate answer sheets included for easy peer marking
Three separate tests for use with up to three classes (no cheating!)
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Situation Ethics topic tests (Edexcel new spec)
3 x 25 mark short answer quizzes with answers & question bank. Fully integrated with teaching materials by drpdennis. Question bank can be given to pupils in advance as a revision resource.
Purpose-built for the new spec.
Includes 20 topic specific & 5 interleaved questions
Separate answer sheets included for easy peer marking
Three separate tests for use with up to three classes
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Utilitarianism topic tests (Edexcel new spec)
3 x 25 mark short answer quizzes on utilitarianism, with answers & question bank. Fully integrated with teaching materials by drpdennis.
Purpose-built for the new spec.
Includes 20 topic specific & 5 interleaved questions
Separate answer sheets included for easy peer marking
Three separate tests for use with up to three classes
Question bank can be given to pupils in advance as a revision resource
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Changes in the law & social attitudes (Edexcel Ethics Unit 2, new spec)
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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Moral theories & Religion (Edexcel new spec)
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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Extract 1: William Barclay on Situation Ethics (Edexcel new spec)
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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Fletcher's Situation Ethics (Edexcel new spec)
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.
Click, print, teach!