Full lesson & PPT for KS5 AQA A Level on Descartes’ conceivability argument for substance dualism and full criticisms & responses.

Full lesson PPT for AQA A Level Philosophy Mind - conceivability argument for substance dualism; arguments; whether conceivability is a guide to possibility; different senses of ‘possible’.

Full PPT covering 1-2, max 3, lessons on how both substance dualism & property dualism face issues: Interactionism & issues; Epiphenomenalism & issues Contains all criticisms, with teacher’s notes & replies. KS5. AQA A Level Philosophy. Total 15 slides covering: the empirical interaction problem the conceptual interaction problem evolution by natural selection phenomenology of our mental life (ie as involving causal connections) - how this is unintuitive & makes mental causally redundant introspective self-knowledge - How can we form self-knowledge or even self-beliefs if mental states don’t cause anything?

Can be used as lecture, KS5 lesson, assembly, Drop-Down Day or GCSE+ for (able) KS4 pupils. Analyses three extremely engaging approaches to power: Foucaldian, Marxist and feminist. If you like this, buy ‘Political Philosophy Research Project’ on my TES shop.

GCSE, KS4 and KS5 resource introducing pupils to Humanism and to Humanist attitudes to sexual ethics, relationships & families (GCSE AQA Religious Studies on Relationships and Families). Perfectly usable and effective more widely in both RE and outside - PSHE, Philosophy, Drop-Down Days and as form time stimulus.

Lecture, KS5 lesson, assembly, Drop-Down Day or GCSE+ for (able) KS4 pupils. Full lesson (1hr+) on power in political philosophy & how philosophers have approached power. This is a resource that can be used with a range of pupils and contexts but was produced to teach to the top (Y12 very able cohort in a University Preparation week). Taster for my complete unit of work ‘Political Philosophy Research Project’ available on TES.

Handout on abortion with different views across major religions & non-religious worldviews, including Catholic, atheist/humanist, CofE, Islam and Buddhism.

PPT for lesson; staff training; conferences, assembly, Drop Down Days, PSHE, KS4, KS5, Citizenship. Evidence-based and with individual, structural and whole-school strategies.

Full lesson, can be 2 lessons, for Metaphysics of Mind for AQA A Level Philosophy. KS5 Y12 / Y13. Covers qualia, intentionality, & whether either is necessary or sufficient to be a mental state.

2-3 lessons on Metaphysics of Mind - problem of other minds, responses to it and criticisms of responses. Full coverage of AQA A Level spec at KS5.

Lesson of 45 - 60 minutes aimed at upper KS4 or KS5, especially AQA GCSE RE Religion & Life. Could also work with GCSE Geography or PSHE on Sustainability, climate change, climate anxiety and living more sustainably.

Full 45-60 mins lesson (1 hour) PPT on Chomsky, innate grammar and innate language. Designed for use with Y12 and Y13 Philosophy students on AQA A Level Philosophy course, but could work for KS5 or post-16 Linguistics, English Language or as an assembly. Contains 12 slides which includes: Case study/scenario as starter activity Explanation of Chomsky’s thesis and key claims Criticisms - 5 criticisms, shared slide-by-slide Responses - with 3 main responses visible on board Plenary activity asking students to evaluate Chomsky’s claim (for AO2 at A Level Philosophy)

Full PPT for KS5, post-16, IB, post-GCSE on Philosophy at university, including PPE & similar. Also incl Oxbridge, Ivy League, myths, UCAS info and rankings.

Checklist for what to include in a 12-marker at AQA A Level.

PPT on Zagzebski, natural vs. social kinds; defining knowledge; illustration of ‘coolness’, goes through her 4 pitfalls to avoid and then tasks including exam-style question.

Revision quiz for AQA A Level, Scottish Highers, IB, KS4 and KS5 recapping & testing content on ‘Defining Knowledge’.

Handout summarising headlines on ‘Functionalism’ as a theory of mind in A Level Philosophy Metaphysics of Mind. Works post-KS5, IB and as revision resource/recap too.

Full lesson with PPT for KS3, KS4 or KS5 (11-18) PSHE or Citizenship on Drugs, Alcohol, Binge Drinking. Covers harms, addiction & the UK law.

Lesson on ‘Was Jesus the Son of God?’. Covers CS Lewis’ Trilemma, key quotations, 4-mark influence exam-style question. GCSE AQA, Edexcel, KS3, KS4.

Worksheet, for homework or in-class, on behaviourism, identity theory and criticisms & responses. AQA A Level Philosophy - Metaphysics of Mind.