Colour-coded student workbook and teacher notes on Extract 3. Can be used for flipped learning or differentiated group work.
For flipped learning
Students read the text and complete the workbook for homework. Teacher marks the workbooks and then goes through the teacher notes in class. (Two marks per key idea gives a mark out of 40.) Teacher notes can be distributed to students for revision. Time: 1h20 minutes
For differentiated group work
Teacher assigns colour-coded sections to pairs or groups. Different colours can be assigned to different students according to difficulty. (N.B. Colours themselves have no significance, and do not reflect difficulty level.) Time: 2 hours +
Download contains “Ramadan or Khadduri?” quiz to encourage comparison between these authors.
Students apply Aquinas’s doctrine of double effect to real world scenarios and evaluate its strengths & weaknesses. Applications include some of the later topics e.g. in medical ethics, sexual ethics & war & peace.
Lesson 3 of a 5 part series
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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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
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)
A student-friendly glossary of key terms in meta-ethics.
Colour coded
Includes blank and print friendly versions
Can be used as a key word list in class or given to students for revision
Can also be used as a class test with answers
A pair of lessons on (i) Ibn Sina & the Falsafa and (ii) Al-Ghazali. Covers unit 4.5(a) of Edexcel paper 4D (Islam)
(i) Ibn Sina & the Falsafa
Powerpoint presentation
(ii) Ibn Sina & the Falsafa
Powerpoint presentation
Worksheet with key information and tasks
Practice 12 mark exam question on exam board paper so students can see the length required. Can be done as timed assignment in class or for homework. Mark scheme/ ideas board included in the worksheet.
Comprehensive colour worksheet which introduces students to Nurcholish Madjid’s key ideas on pluralism.
Biographical info, including the Indonesian background
Students discover and apply key concepts including pluralism, secularism, and contextualised itjihad
Engaging tasks, including extension activity.
Comprehensive colour worksheet which introduces students to Tariq Ramadan’s ideas on pluralism.
Breaks down Ramadan’s thought into 4 bitesize ideas
Space for student note-taking and responses to tasks
Includes criticism of Ramadan (for A02), and extension activity (synoptic links).
Lesson time: 40-60 mins
This worksheet introduces students to the key scholar of Unit 6.2: S.H. Nasr.
Nasr’s thought is broken down into 5 key ideas
Strengths and weaknesses are included to help students with A02 questions (12, 20, & 30 marks)
Includes suggested synoptic links with Paper 2 topics (worth 5 marks in the 30 mark exam questions)
Lesson time: 40-60 minutes
Comprehensive colour worksheet relevant for sections c, d, & e of Unit 6.1
Chronological overview of historical Islamic responses to pluralism from Muhammad to present day.
Prepares students to answer a 30 mark question on Muslim responses to pluralism: “Evaluate the ways in which Islam has responded to the challenge of pluralism (30 marks)”
Prepares students to answer an 8 mark question on Wahhabism
Includes multimedia research task set for homework on Christian-Muslim dialogue
Lesson time: 1-1.5 hours
Homework time: 1-2 hours
Prepares students to answer 12 or 30 mark question on Sharia law.
Contrasts liberal vs. orthodox interpretations of the Sharia
Spotlight on Sharia law in the UK, with A02 questions for students
Spotlight on key scholar Mona Siddiqui
Instructions to students for notetaking
Includes 12 mark question on real exam paper and indicative content (mark scheme & ideas board)
Lesson time: 1h20 - 2 hours
Timed 12 mark essay can be done in class or set for homework
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.
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)
Contains all they need to know to answer 1, 2, 4, 5, and 12 mark questions on animal ethics.
Can be used to teach for the first time or for revision
Print-friendly colour handout
Contains essay planner for 2, 4, 5, and 12 mark questions
If pupils revise the handout for homework, they will do well in the accompanying test
Covers strengths & weaknesses of all versions of utiliarianism required by the spec: act, rule, hedonistic, negative, ideal, preference, including quantitative vs. qualitative hedonism.
Gives the students everything they need to answer a 30 mark “Evaluate” quesiton.
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.
Covers basic concepts, key figures, and social, political, & historical background. Lesson 1 of a 5 lesson series.
Fully resourced lesson with PowerPoint & worksheet.
Pedagogical approach based on Rosenshine’s principles
Recap of prior learning
L/Os revisited throughout the lesson
Question bank for class tests.
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Covers quantitative vs qualitative hedonism (Bentham’s hedonic calculus & Mill’s distinction between higher & lower pleasures). Lesson 3 of a 5 lesson series.
Fully resourced lesson with PowerPoint & worksheet.
Pedagogical approach based on Rosenshine’s principles
Recap of prior learning
L/Os revisited throughout the lesson
Question bank for class tests.
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Pupils discover the basic concepts of natural law, with an emphasis on its “biblical & classical foundations” as required by the spec. Lesson 1 of a 5 lesson series.
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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Students discover the fundamentals of Aquinas’s theory and apply it to real world cases. Lesson 2 of a 5 lesson series.
Purpose-built for the Edexcel 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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