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Revision Spider Diagrams
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Key Scholars
Make a copy and add key details of all scholars named on the spec:
RE Online - Philosophy and Ethics
Pansycast Podcast - Brilliant podcasts perfect for Philosophy and Ethics
Jest Education Videos - Designed for OCR spec but core content is very similar
Philosophical Investigations - A brilliant website, covering philosophy and ethics for A Level students. Some of it is OCR focused but the content across specs is very similar. Their 'Whizz Thru' resources are great for revision.
RS Revision: Philosophy & Ethics - A really useful website produced for old specs. Topics are arranged differently for the Year 1 and Year 2 (not direct replacement for AS and A2)
Squashed Philosophers - Excellent summaries of key texts and thinkers
That RS Website - A blog that has lots of useful revision summaries on key topics for philosophy and ethics
A Level Philosophy
B***dy A Levels - A concise blog outlining lots of key topics
Thesis Eleven - A summary revision site
Reason Faith Science - A Robert Baron site all about religion and science
A Level study demands going beyond the lessons. Here are a selection of resources to help you do this:
Challenging Religious Issues - a journal for A Level RS students
Chester Uni Lectures - a whole range of topics for A Level
A Romp Through Ethics for Complete Beginners - A MOOC from Oxford University introducing all aspects of ethics
An Introduction to Ethics - A playlist from Wireless Philosophy covering many A Level topics
Christian Medical Fellowship - Excellent Introduction to Ethics plus selection of wider articles (most linked to Medical Ethics topic)
Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 01 "THE MORAL SIDE OF MURDER" - fantastic lecture from Harvard (55 mins) Full course info here
An Introduction to Philosophy - A playlist from Wireless Philosophy covering many A Level topics
The School of Life: Philosophy - A comprehensive playlist that takes you beyond the A Level spec - perhaps just pick videos that directly link to topics?
An Introduction to Philosophy - A full, free online course from the Open University
350 Animated Videos That Will Teach You Philosophy, from Ancient to Post-Modern
Yale MOOC - Introduction to the New Testament History and Literature - 26 lectures plus lecture notes [YouTube] [iTunes]
Footprints - The 4th edition of In the Footprints of our Faith, a compilation of 27 articles about the most important Holy Sites in the Holy Land, can now be downloaded in various formats from our website.
You should enjoy your A Level studies and want to find out more! These books are ideal summer reading either from Year 11 into Year 12, or from Year 12 into Year 13
Sophie's World - A philosophy classic! This is on every university reading list and famous world wide. It's a weird and wonderful tale of Sophie and her journey, learning from a wise philosopher.
Knowledge of Angels - A historical novel that looks at philosophical, theological, moral, ethical, sociological questions - a perfect summer read!
Philosophy & Ethics Website - a comprehensive list produced by A Level expert Charlotte Vardy