Revision & Extension
Revision GuideS
This was written by two of our current Year 13 students - Thomas and Chris. Access is only for St Bon's students:
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Revision Spider Diagrams
Print on A3 and test your recall! Download <here>
Key Scholars
Make a copy and add key details of all scholars named on the spec:
Revision
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
Extension
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
Ethics
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
Philosophy
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
New Testament
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.
Christian Theology
Wider Reading
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!
Articles, Longer Videos & Blog Posts
More?
Philosophy & Ethics Website - a comprehensive list produced by A Level expert Charlotte Vardy