the first book in the Bible and the Torah

The idea of beginnings

Religious education

Creation: deeper meanings

Muslim ideas about creation

Humanists and how the world started

Different ideas about origins of the world

Stewardship and care of the world

In this unit pupils will be introduced to the different explanations that people have for the origin of the world. They will learn the creation stories common to Christians, Jews and Muslims as well as how humanists explain the origin of the universe.

The world: how do different people explain how it started?

a person who follows a non-religious way of thinking based on human values

a giant explosion at the beginning of the universe

values and beliefs that do not include religion

someone who looks after something carefully

an Islamic word for a caretaker or steward

a sacred text such as the Bible or the Qur’an

The world: how do different people explain how it started?

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