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.
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
Religious Experience Module
A number of resources to cover Religious Experience created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Introduction to Religious Experience
Types of Visions (Corporeal, Imaginative and Intellectual)
Numinous experiences as presented by Otto
Mystical Experience as presented by James
Experiences as presented by Stace
The Principles of Credulity and Testimony as presented by Swinburne
Challenges to Religious Experience from Science and Psychology
Responses to these challenges
The influence of Religious Experience on the experiencer
Belief ‘in’ VS Belief ‘that’ as presented by H.H Price
The strengths and weaknesses of all thee above
Each lesson contains a powerpoint, notes and activites for the entire Religious Experience module
General Resources for the Eduqas Religious Studies GCSE Route B
Key Concept sheet
Test yourself document
Includes mini section questions on each lesson/topic
Practice papers
Key Concept tests - modular, mixed and some blank
Swinburne’s principles of Credulity and Testimony
Challenges to Swinburne’s principles
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand Swinburne’s principles
To understand the challenges to his Principles
Contains:
Highly detailed powerpoint
Notes on special considerations
Scientific responses to the principles
worksheet
Challenges Sheet
Introduction to miracles
Main aims of this lesson are:
To discuss what a miracle is
To understand our own views on miracles and what constitutes a miracles
Contains:
Assisting powerpoint
Miracles Worksheet
Check list
Key words list
Video led lesson with discussion
Realist Views of Miracles
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand the realist view of miracles
To discuss the problems with the realist views of miracles
To create a set of notes on the problems of miracles
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Activity booklet on Realist Miracles with examples
Scientific Realism and Realism for miracles comparison sheet
The problems with ‘natural laws’ worksheet
Eduqas Religious Studies GCSE (Catholic, Route B)
Various Revision Worksheets and powerpoints for the Origins and Meanings Part of the Course.
Revision Grids
Knowledge Organisers
Paper 1 Practice Questions
Paper 1 Revision - Misc
RAG
A number of resources to cover the Arguments for the existence of God (Cosmological, Ontological and Design Arguments). Created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Design Argument
-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
Cosmological Argument
-The Four Causes
-The Cosmological Argument
-Strengths and Weaknesses of the Cosmological Argument with focus on Hume and Russell
Ontological Argument
-Introduction to the Ontological Argument
-Anselm’s Ontological Argument with reference to Proslogian 1 and 2
-Strengths and Weaknesses of the Ontological Argument with focus on Gaunilo and Kant
-Extra content focussed on Plantinga, Frege and Russell
Anti- Realist Views of Miracles
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand the anti-realist view of miracles
To discuss the problems with the realist and anti-realist views of miracles
To understand Holland’s view on miracles
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Hollands miracle
Problems with realist and anti-realist views of miracles
Homework Tasks
Wiles View on Miracles
Anti - Realist views on Miracles
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand the Wiles’ view on Miracles
To discuss the problems with miracles according to Wiles
To understand the contrast between Wiles and Hume
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Wiles’ definition of Miracles
Hume and Wiles worksheet
Hume and Wiles Info Sheet
Wiles definition activity book and answer book for teacher
A Powerpoint which goes over inductive and deductive proofs in order to prepare students to understand the type of arguments which are being discussed in the arguments for the existence of God section.
A word document is also supplied which the students are asked to work out what type of argument is being discussed.
Introduction to the Cosmological Argument - The Four Causes.
Learning Objectives - Explore who Aquinas was.
Understand the main features of the cosmological argument
Information on the causes, a task on identifying the causes and into to the Cosmological argument.
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
The Free Will Defence as presented by Alvin Plantinga
Lesson aims:
Recall the FWD.
Explore Plantingas defence of the FWD.
Includes - Presentation, Plantinga notes, Homework sheet and starter sheet
Religious Experience as Numinous and Otto’s ‘holy’
Main aims of this lesson are:
To explore what numinous is
To understand who Otto is and what he says about experiences
To know and be able to use terms such as sui generis and mysterium tremendum et fascinans.
Contains:
Highly detailed powerpoint
Introduction to Religious Experiences
Types of Visions
Main aims of this lesson are:
To explore what a Religious Experience is.
To understand the different types of visions - corporeal, imaginative and intellectual.
Contains:
Key Words
Double sided work sheet
Carousel notes on different types of visions
Specific notes on types of visions
Powerpoint
Recap of Miracles
Recap of Hume and Wiles Views on Miracles
Recap of the Criticisms of Hume and Wiles views
Main aims of this lesson are:
To understand the what we have learned about miracles
To discuss the problems with miracles according to Hume and Wiles
Contains:
Highly detailed PowerPoint
Sheets needed for recap lesson
Homework Task
Criticism tasks on Hume and Wiles views
Miracles Module
A number of resources to cover Miracles created for A-Level AQA.
Could be used for other A-Level exam boards or GCSE.
Contains:
Introduction to Miracles
Realist understanding of Miracles
Anti-Realist understanding of Miracles
Miracles as understood by Hume
Miracles as understood by Wiles
Hume V Wiles
Challenges to Hume and Wiles
Recap lesson
The strengths and weaknesses of all thee above
Each lesson contains a powerpoint, notes and activites for the entire Miracles module
