state or fact of being considered a person such as having awareness or conciousness

legal and philosophical movement recognising rivers, forests etc. as rights-bearing entities, not just property

from a particular place or culture that lived prior to European colonisation

someone who takes on the role of protecting an entity such as a river

Reflection: Is a river alive?

Religious education

Self: what makes us who we are?

Consciousness: are we just brains in a vat?

Sentience and animal consciousness

Indigenous worldviews and personhood

Pupils will consider what it is that makes a person who they are by examining religious and philsophical explanations for self and conciousness. Next, they will examine the idea of sentience in animals before evauating whether non-human objects of nature, such as rivers, can be said to be alive.

Personhood: what does it mean to be alive?

legal and philosophical movement recognising rivers, forests etc.

from a place or culture that lived before European colonisation

Match each keyword to its correct meaning:

Robert MacFarlane has written a book about the state of {{}} around the world.

Robert MacFarlane highlights that many rivers are being damaged by:

Rivers with personhood could have legal {{}}.

What issues do many UK rivers face today?

Indigenous worldviews come from cultures that existed before {{}} by Europe.

A key idea in many Indigenous worldviews is that:

We understand worldviews by noticing how people reason about {{}}.

Which of the following best describes nature as having identity or agency?

Reflection: Is a river alive?

Lesson outcome