Locke Unlocked (KS4 + Post 16)

About these resources

These teacher notes and teaching activities provide an exploration of John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689) through 6 key themes. The resources are designed to support philosophical understanding and provide a range of activity suggestions teachers can choose from or adapt.

• John Locke teacher notes 
• John Locke teaching activities: No innate ideas
• John Locke teaching activities: Molyneux's problem
• John Locke teaching activities: Primary and secondary qualities  
• John Locke teaching activities: Abstract ideas 
• John Locke teaching activities: Substance and substratum
• John Locke teaching activities: Personal identity 

Explore Locke's central ideas and listen to audio commentary on each by philosophers Tim Crane and Peter Millican: Locke Unlocked audio commentaries.