This ‘Fun Philosophy Lesson’ is focused on strange paranormal beliefs and people who claim to have supernatural powers. This resource can be used with students aged 8-16. It’s one of our many resources focused on dispelling misinformation and nurturing critical-thinking skills for the information age. Disclaimer: this topic deals with some topics (such as the performance of miracles and the existence of an afterlife) that may not be appropriate for some schools. This download uses our innovative new format for philosophy education, you can download a FREE SAMPLE by clicking here. It is one of over fifty new philosophy & ethics teaching resources that uses this format. The resource cannot be edited. This interactive multi-use learning session is of particular interest to Teachers of Psychology, Critical-Thinking, & Philosophy it focuses on a wide range of topics such as: The existence of ghosts, UFOs, demons, and other paranormal phenomena The plausibility of those who claim to have supernatural powers: faith-healers, psychics, mediums etc Parapsychology: the scientific investigation of paranormal and supernatural claims   We’ve aimed to cover as many issues as possible when it comes to finding engaging philosophical and ethical issues for young learners to debate and discuss in relation to paranormal and supernatural phenomena! The big question asked in this session is “Are paranormal phenomena (e.g. psychics, ghosts etc.) real?”. Using a variety of engaging activities students will discuss and debate a wide range of other philosophical and ethical questions such as: To what extent is it reasonable to believe in some supernatural phenomenon? People from all cultures throughout history have reported ghost sightings, if ghosts aren’t real, how can we explain these reports? To what extent should we believe that UFOs exist and have come from other planets? Why do many people still believe in the power of magical spells, curses, and witchcraft?   Students will also analyse and evaluate an eclectic mix of philosophical and ethical claims such as: “Some people have supernatural abilities” “If something cannot be shown to exist by science: it doesn’t exist” “All of us had ‘past lives’ and its possible for some people to remember them” “Astrology is a waste of time and has no grounding in reality”   This session uses our unique format for philosophy teaching resources and features an integrated menu that allows teachers to select from a variety of starter, main, plenary, assessment and end-of-lesson reflection activities. The file is a non-editable PowerPoint Show: no planning or preparation is required, just run the file and the intuitive menu system will make delivering a powerful philosophy session very easy!

A professionally designed Christmas quiz for tutor-group leaders to use with their students, featuring 60 well-presented questions and an answer sheet. The quiz also includes a word-search (on screen) and a couple of anagram rounds. Fifty of the questions are Christmas-related and not connected to a specific school-subject: the final ten are cross-curricular general knowledge questions. Differentiation can easily be achieved by changing quiz group sizes. The quiz is suitable for KS3-5. Completing and peer-marking the 60-question quiz should take the best part of a 1-hour lesson. The resource is fully editable. Copyright Adam Godwin (2018) Not for re-distribution.