The world: how do different people explain how it started?
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Why this why now
The Creation narratives are key to understanding Christian and Muslim view of God. Pupils can build on their knowledge of these worldviews to explore why the world is important. It allows pupils to see that there are different ways of seeing these stories and that humanists explain the world using natural origins.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know that the Bible and Torah contain important stories for Christians and Jews.
- Pupils understand that religious stories can have deeper meanings for their followers.
- Pupils know that humanists have a non-religious worldview.
- Pupils understand that scientists are people who try to explain how things happen in the universe.
Threads
Why this why now
The Creation narratives are key to understanding Christian and Muslim view of God. Pupils can build on their knowledge of these worldviews to explore why the world is important. It allows pupils to see that there are different ways of seeing these stories and that humanists explain the world using natural origins.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils know that the Bible and Torah contain important stories for Christians and Jews.
- Pupils understand that religious stories can have deeper meanings for their followers.
- Pupils know that humanists have a non-religious worldview.
- Pupils understand that scientists are people who try to explain how things happen in the universe.
Theology
The world: how do different people explain how it started?
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.
6 lessons in unit
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