Designed to be used with the Gray and Lawson textbook (Illuminate Publishing)
Component 2: Philosophy of Religion, Theme 1: Arguments for the existence of God, topic A
This presentation and worksheet explains the different types of arguments in philosophy (inductive, deductive, a priori, a posteriori etc). Includes lots of examples and student tasks to test learning.
Thanks to Ann Robinson Smith and Fonsaca Malyan for providing some of the content.
Designed to be used with the Gray and Lawson textbook (Illuminate Publishing)
Component 2: Philosophy of Religion, Theme 1: Arguments for the existence of God, topic E
This presentation and worksheet explains developments of the ontological argument, specifically Descartes and Malcolm. Also includes the issues for analysis and evaluation. Includes lots of examples and student tasks to test learning.
Designed to be used with the Gray and Lawson textbook (Illuminate Publishing)
Component 2: Philosophy of Religion, Theme 1: Arguments for the existence of God, topic F
This presentation and worksheet explains the challenges to the ontological argument, specifically Gaunilo and Kant. Also includes the issues for analysis and evaluation. Includes lots of examples and student tasks to test learning.
Designed to be used with the Gray and Lawson textbook (Illuminate Publishing)
Component 2: Philosophy of Religion, Theme 1: Arguments for the existence of God, topic D
This presentation and worksheet explains the origins of the ontological argument for the existence of God, specifically Anselm. Also includes the issues for analysis and evaluation. Includes lots of examples and student tasks to test learning.
Designed to be used with the Gray and Lawson textbook (Illuminate Publishing)
Component 2: Philosophy of Religion, Theme 1: Arguments for the existence of God, topic B
This presentation and worksheet explains the Teleological arguments for the existence of God, including Aquinas, Paley and Tennant. Also includes the issues for analysis and evaluation. Includes lots of examples and student tasks to test learning.
Thanks to Ann Robinson Smith and Fonsaca Malyan for providing some of the content.
New for 2024!
Interactive quiz with answers, testing a broad understanding of religious knowledge rather than any specific topic Four rounds and a tiebreaker round. Answer grid and Excel scoresheet for tallying results included. Aimed at KS3, but could be also be used with other groups. Takes about an hour to complete.
Round 1 - Which of the “Big Six” religions does each statement apply to?
Round 2 - Name the religious celebration from the photo
Round 3 - Name as many answers as you can within a particular category in a time limit
Round 4 - Match the religion with the symbol (not as simple as it looks!)
Tiebreaker - Locate places of religion importance on a map
17 page workbook with accompanying 101 slide presentation, designed to be used in tandem. The workbook contains learner tasks; the presentation contains the answers (in red). Pack also contains an essay structure crib sheet that can be used for the a, b, c, and d questions in Component 1.
This complete resource is designed to be picked up and taught with little preparation. Focusing on the demands of WJEC Eduqas Component 1, this workbook examines in detail the demands of each type of exam question (a, b, c, and d) as well as the two assessment objectives (Ao1 and AO2) Questions and assessment objectives are examined in detail and exemplars of best practice given, as well as activities that encourage students to put these new skills into practice. The workbook contains examples of model and flawed answers for students to assess, with feedback and answers provided on the PowerPoint.
The work book will take approximately 2-3 class-time hours to complete, or alternatively can be set partly or in whole as a homework task.
This resource contains content from Christianity and Islam, but could easily be adapted for use with other religions.