Choices: Do we need rules to live by?
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Why this why now
Pupils have built up some understanding of Judaism, Christianity, Humanism and the Hinduy dharma. This allows them now to explore a philosohical quesition and begin to make comparisions between ideas of dharma and commandments. They also see how humanists would answer the question.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils understand that the Bible is a sacred text for many Christians.
- Pupils know that Hindu Dharma is a religious worldview
- Pupils know that humanism is a non religious worldview
Threads
Why this why now
Pupils have built up some understanding of Judaism, Christianity, Humanism and the Hinduy dharma. This allows them now to explore a philosohical quesition and begin to make comparisions between ideas of dharma and commandments. They also see how humanists would answer the question.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils understand that the Bible is a sacred text for many Christians.
- Pupils know that Hindu Dharma is a religious worldview
- Pupils know that humanism is a non religious worldview
Philosophy
Choices: Do we need rules to live by?
In this unit, pupils consider a philosophical question: 'do we need rules to live by?' They answer this through first examining how many Jews and Christians frame an answer through the Ten Commandments. They then explore how dharma offers another way of living. Finally they look at humanist ideas.
6 lessons in unit
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