Resources for AQA A Level Religious Studies (Philosophy) - both Year 12 and Year 13 content for Component 1. Assemblies/PSHCE/General RE content from KS3 through to Sixth Form.
Also content for Eduqas GCSE Religious Studies (Route B) and Judaism.
Resources for AQA A Level Religious Studies (Philosophy) - both Year 12 and Year 13 content for Component 1. Assemblies/PSHCE/General RE content from KS3 through to Sixth Form.
Also content for Eduqas GCSE Religious Studies (Route B) and Judaism.
Eduqas Religious Studies GCSE (Catholic, Route B)
Various Revision Worksheets and powerpoints for the Sin and Forgiveness Part of the Course.
Revision Flashcards
Revision Grids with Quotes
Paper 2 Practice Questions
Hick’s response to the problem of evil
Main aims of this lesson are:
Recall the Irenaean Theodicy.
Understand John Hick’s views on the Problem of Evil.
Contains: notes, strengths and weaknesses and a recap of Hick
Religious Language as a language game as presented by Wittgenstein
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand what language game is
To understand the strengths and weaknesses of Wittgensteins theory
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Strengths and Weaknesses colour code
Strengths and weaknesses answers
The implications of language games on religious language
The Logical Problem of Evil
Aims of the Lesson:
Explain what is meant by the ‘Inconsistent Triad’.
Examine its strengths and weaknesses.
This lesson examines the logical problem of evil, the Inconsistent Triad and the challenges to it.
Self, Death and the Afterlife Philosophy Module
A number of resources to cover self, death and the afterlife created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Introduction to self, death and the afterlife
Psychological continuity + Dennett
Reincarnation
Near Death Experiences
Existence after death : Price, Swinburne and Plato
Hicks Replica Theory
The bundle theory
Personal Identity as physical
Dual aspect monism
Interactionalism, Physicalism and Functionalism
Cartesian Dualism
Gilbert Ryle
Aristotle and the Soul
Dualism and Plato
The strengths and weaknesses of all thee above
revision sheets
Each lesson contains a powerpoint, notes and activites for the entire religious language module
A powerpoint to go over the problem of evil.
Goes over the two types of evidential problems - poinless and quality and quantity
Aim of the Lesson:
Explain what is meant by the ‘Evidential Problem’.
Examine its strengths and weaknesses.
Excerpt from Brothers karamazov included
Knowledge Organisers for Religious Language
A level Religious Studies
AQA but could also be used for other exam boards
Background
Cognitive and non-cognitive
Verification and Falsification
Responses to the VP and FP (Blik, Language Games and Eschatalogical Verification)
Analogy
The Via Negativa
Tillich
Strengths and Weaknesses
Eduqas Religious Studies GCSE
Various Revision Worksheets and powerpoints for the Judaism part of the course.
Judaism Checklist
Judaism Practice Paper
Judaism Revision PPT
Orthodox VS Reform Beliefs
Practice Questions
A3 sheets
Homelessness assembly to fill 15 minutes.
Would be suitable for ages 11+.
Included is - what is homelessness, statistics, what causes homelessness, different types of homelessness and how can we help combat homelessness.
Two videos are included and hyperlinked.
Can be easily edited to work for wherever you are in the country and also gives a excellent general overview of the homeless crisis.
Powerpoint and Script alongside included.
Eduqas Religious Studies GCSE Chilli Challenge Sheets for all 5 modules on the Route B Course.
Each Sheet contains:
12 Revision Ideas
Practice Questions for B, C and D Questions
Eduqas Religious Studies GCSE (Catholic, Route B)
Various Revision Worksheets and powerpoints for the Life and Death Part of the Course.
Key Concepts
Revision PPT - Misc
Paper 2 Practice Questions
RAG
The Problem of Evil and Suffering
A number of resources to cover the Problem of Evil. Created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Introduction to the Problem (Natural and Moral Evil)
The Logical Problem - Inconsistent Triad with reference to Hume, Epicuris and Mackie
The Evidential Problem of Evil - with reference to quality and quantity (Brothers Karamazov) and pointless evil (Rowe’s Fawn)
The Free Will Defence - with reference to Mackie, Swinburne and Plantinga’s defences.
The Augustinian Theodicy
The Irenaean Theodicy
Hick’s Soul-Making Theodicy
Process Theodicy
The strengths and weaknesses of all thee above
Each lesson contains a powerpoint, notes and activites for the entire Problem of Evil module
The Design Argument
A number of resources to cover the Design Argument. Created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Introduction to Philosophical Proofs
Paley’s Design Argument
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Design Argument with focus on Hume
Extra content focussed on Swinburne and Tennant
‘A Brief Overview of Everything’ For the Philosophy Section of the A-Level AQA Religious Studies Course.
This PPT does what it says on the tin. In 116 slides it covers the full 2 year Philosophy content for the AQA Religious Studies Course.
My students asked for ‘a brief overview of everything’ and so this was made.
It is just slides of information - as condensed as possible. Is an excellent revision tool.
Revision Tool
PPT
Colour Coded strengths and Weaknesses
Responses to challenges from verification and falsification
Hick’s eschatalogical verification
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand the main responses to verification and falsification principles
To understand Hicks eschatalogical verification
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Strengths and Weaknesses hands
The parable of the celestial city
Strengths and weaknesses of Hick
Religious Langauge Module
A number of resources to cover Religious Language created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Introduction to Religious Language
Language as analogy
Language as a blik
Language as cognitive or non-cognitive
Language as symbolic
The Falsification Principle
The Verification Principle
Hick’s eschatalogical verification
Wittgensteins language games
The strengths and weaknesses of all thee above
Each lesson contains a powerpoint, notes and activites for the entire religious language module
Knowledge Organisers for Religious Experience
A level Religious Studies
AQA but could also be used for other exam boards
Visions
Otto
James
Stace
Verifying Religious Experiences
Swinburne
Knowledge Organisers for Arguments for the Existence of God
A level Religious Studies
AQA but could also be used for other exam boards
The Ontological Argument
The Design Argument
The Cosmological Argument
