Creation: deeper meanings

Religious education

The idea of beginnings

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?

On the seventh day, God stopped to {{}} from his work.

What do Jews call their special day of rest?

They see creation stories in different ways.

They think God made the world in eight days.

What is one way Christians and Jews are different in beliefs?

Why do Jewish families light candles on Shabbat?

What is a deeper meaning Christians find in the story?

What is the first book of the Bible and the Torah?

Who shares the creation story in Genesis?

Creation: deeper meanings

Lesson outcome