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Complete lesson on St Anselm and his importance to the Philosophy of Religion (for Edexcel A Level). Download includes Ppt and printable Cornell style student notes. Sub topics covered include: Who Was Immanuel Kant? Kant’s Moral Argument for the Existence of God The Summum Bonum and Human Moral Duty God as a Postulate of Practical Reason Theoretical vs Practical Reason Kant’s Rejection of Traditional Arguments (Cosmological and Ontological) Criticisms of Kant’s Moral Argument Philosophical Groups and Influence Memorable Quote Exam Tips – How and When to Refer to Kant in the Exam

Complete lesson on Immanuel Kant and his importance to the Philosophy of Religion (for Edexcel A Level). Download includes Ppt and printable Cornell style student notes. Sub topics covered include: Who Was Immanuel Kant? Kant’s Moral Argument for the Existence of God The Summum Bonum and Human Moral Duty God as a Postulate of Practical Reason Distinction Between Theoretical and Practical Reason Kant’s Rejection of Traditional Proofs (Cosmological, Ontological) Criticisms of Kant’s Argument Influence and Philosophical Group (Deontology, Enlightenment Thinker) Memorable Quote Exam Tips – When to Use Kant in Philosophy and Ethics Essays

Complete lesson on Thomas Aquinas and his importance to the Philosophy of Religion (for Edexcel A Level). Download includes Ppt and printable Cornell style student notes. Sub topics covered include: Who Was Thomas Aquinas? The Five Ways – Overview The First Way: Motion The Second Way: Causation The Third Way: Contingency The Nature of God as Necessary Being Teleological Argument (Fifth Way) Influence and Philosophical Group (Scholasticism, Natural Theology) Memorable Quote Exam Tips – When to Use Aquinas in Responses

Complete lesson on William Paley and his importance to the Philosophy of Religion (for Edexcel A Level). Download includes Ppt and printable Cornell style student notes. Sub topics covered include: Who Was William Paley? The Watchmaker Analogy Type of Argument (a posteriori, inductive, teleological) Paley’s Theological Purpose Criticisms of Paley’s Argument Support and Historical Impact Philosophical Groups and Influence Memorable Quote Exam Tips – When to Use Paley

Complete A Level Lesson on John Hick for students studying Edexcel Philosophy and Religion. Includes a Ppt and printable student notes (Cornell Style). Topics include: Who is John Hick? Key Teachings and Views on Religion The Problem of Evil – Soul-Making Theodicy Religious Pluralism Eschatological Verification Criticisms of Hick Philosophical Groups and Influences Memorable Quote Exam Tips – When to Use Hick

A simple Pride Month Assembly. Covers the history of pride month and Allyship with a focus on respecting people for who they are. Free to use and unlocked so you can adapt for your school setting. Please remember to leave a review.

A complete A Level lesson including printable student notes and linked Ppt. Designed to support Edexcel Philosophy and Ethics students. topics covered include: Who is Frederick Copleston? Key Teachings and Views on Religion Cosmological Argument and Contingency Debate with Bertrand Russell Philosophical Tradition Criticisms of Copleston Memorable Quote When to Use Copleston in the Exam – Exam Tips

A complete lesson for A Level Philosophy and Ethics on Bertrand Russell and his importance to Philisophical thought. Lesson includes a Ppt and printable student notes (Cornell style). Topics covered include: Who is Bertrand Russell? Key Teachings and Views on Religion Critique of Arguments for God’s Existence The ‘Celestial Teapot’ Analogy Russell on Religion and Morality Philosophical Group or Tradition Criticisms of Russell Memorable Quote When to Use Russell in the Exam – Exam Tips

Complete lesson for Edexcel A Level Philosophy and Ethics on the philosophy Topic: Works of Scholars - Richard Dawkins. The download includes a set of printable student notes (Cornell style), and a Ppt. Topics covered include: Who is Richard Dawkins? Dawkins’ stance on religion as a delusion The evolutionary origins of religious belief The concept of memes and cultural transmission Critique of religion as a moral guide Rejection of modern design arguments (e.g., irreducible complexity) Response to symbolic or non-cognitive views of religion Criticisms of Dawkins (e.g., oversimplification and reductionism) Theistic counter-arguments to Dawkins Philosophical school and worldview (New Atheism, scientific naturalism) Memorable quote for examination use Exam tips on when to refer to Dawkins in essays

An introductory lesson for GCSE Sociology (AQA). Simple explanations and some discussion tasks on social control (urinal experiment) Includes: 5 Monkey experiment Social Conformity experiment

A complete A Level lesson on Sigmund Freud. Includes Ppt and printable student notes. Designed to go with Edexcel Philosophy and Ethics topic 5. Topics include: Who is Sigmund Freud? – Background as the founder of psychoanalysis. Freud’s Key Teachings on Psychology and Religion – The Oedipus Complex – Religion as wish fulfilment Religion as Illusion and Lack of Genuine Fulfilment – Religion as psychological comfort – Religion impeding personal growth Criticisms of Freud’s Theory – Lack of empirical evidence – Discreditation of psychoanalytic theory – Gender bias – Oversimplification of religion Influence on Modern Atheism – Impact on thinkers like Richard Dawkins – Religion seen as a meme or inherited psychological pattern Philosophical Movements Freud Is Associated With – Psychological reductionism – Naturalism – Secular humanism Memorable Quote by Freud – Easy-to-learn quotation on religion as illusion Exam Tips – When to Use Freud in Essays – Applicable question types and comparisons with other thinkers

A complete A Level lesson on Karl Marx as part of a sequence on The works of scholars for the Edexcel A Level Topic (5) for Philosophy and Ethics. The download comes with printable student notes and a Ppt. Topics covered include: Who is Karl Marx? Marx’s Teachings on Religion Supernatural vs Beliefs and Practices Sociological Critique of Religion Philosophical Groups and Movements Memorable Quote Exam Tips – Where to Use Marx

Complete lesson on the Philosophy of religion topic: Works of Scholars, specifically Friedrich Scleiermacher. This lesson is aimed at Topic 5 of the Edexcel A Level. The download includes: A Ppt and printable student notes. The topics covered are: Who is Friedrich Schleiermacher? Schleiermacher on Religious Experience Schleiermacher vs Deism Schleiermacher vs Marx and the Sociological Critique Why Schleiermacher is Important Philosophical Groups and Movements Memorable Quote Exam Tips – Where to Use Schleiermacher

A complete lesson on Merold Westphal for Philosophy of Religion. This is aimed at Topic 5 of the Edexcel Philosophy and Religion A Level. It includes a Ppt and printable student notes which include: Who is Merold Westphal? Westphal on the Enlightenment and Deism The Political and Ethical Dimensions of the Deist Project Hume and Kant in the Deist Project Westphal’s Conclusion Why Westphal is Important Philosophical Groups and Movements Memorable Quote Exam Tips – Where to Use Westphal

This is a complete lesson summarising Religious Language for A level Summary. I recommend students should also have had my individual lessons on analogy and symbol, Verification and falsification and Language Games. The lesson download includes a teaching/revision Ppt, printable student notes handout (Cornell style) and a printable summary table. There are no revision cards with this lesson and students will have made/been given them in the previous lessons. Topics include: What is Religious Language? Key Issues in Religious Language The Verification Principle The Falsification Principle Analogy – Aquinas Symbol – Paul Tillich Language Games – Ludwig Wittgenstein Summary of Key Arguments Top Tips for Exam Success

A complete A Level lesson on the Philosophy Of Religion topic, Language Games. The lesson comes with a teaching Ppt, printable student notes (cornell style) and printable revision flashcards. The topics covered include: Wittgenstein and social context, a game with rules. Wittgenstein and religious language. DZ Phillips. How convincing is Wittgenstein? Strengths and Weaknesses of the argument.

A complete A Level lesson on Verification and Falsification. Includes a teaching Ppt, printable student handout notes (cornell style) and printable revision flashcards. Topics covered include: Empirical and cognitive/non cognitive statements. Logical positivism and the verification principle (Vienna circle, schlick). Ayer’s verification principle, criticisms of Ayer, support for Ayer. Anthony Flew and the falsification principle and Criticisms of Flew’s principle. Realist vs anti-realist, Basil Mitchell and the analogy of trust. Hick and eschatological verification. Hare and Bliks: non-cognitive/anti-realist, responses to Hare. A summary of all the key points.

A complete lesson on A Level Analogy and Symbol, including a teaching Ppt, printable Cornell style student handout notes and a set of printable revision cards. The lesson is designed to match with Edexcel topic 4.1.a The topic includes: Definitions of analogy and symbol The nature of religious language Univocal or equivocal Aquinas and analogy (attribution and proportion) Criticisms of anology and Swinburne Tillich and Symbol Symbols as keys to deeper levels of reality The idea of the Holy Analysis of Tillich and Randall A topic summary.

A complete bundle of 9 A Level lessons. Each comes with a teaching Ppt and student handout notes (Cornell style, with space on the left for questions/distilled understanding and a space at the bottom for a summary). & of the lessons each come with a set of 10 flashcards. These are themed to match Edexcel Topic 3 The Problem of evil. Included: 9 Ppts 9 printable sets of student notes/handouts 70 printable student flashcards 1 Summary table for the 4 main Theodicies