Year 5

How do Humanists celebrate different life events?

Year 5

How do Humanists celebrate different life events?

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson we will learn about the different ways that Humanists celebrate different life events such as marriage, a new child entering a family and funeral ceremonies for those who have died.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Humanists believe that humans were created by a god or another supernatural power. True or false?
Correct answer: False
True
Q2.
How might a Humanist try to find the truth about something?
By asking a family member
By praying to a god
By reading a religious text
Correct answer: Through research and evidence
Q3.
Humans believe that...
Correct answer: There is no afterlife, this is the only live we have
When we die, nobody will remember us
When we die, we are born again
When we die, we live on in an afterlife
Q4.
Humanists believe that life is finite, which makes this life..
Correct answer: More meaningful and valuable
Pointless
Scary
Shorter
Q5.
How do Humanists try to spend their lives?
Looking for evidence of the afterlife
Correct answer: Making the most of the life we have and helping others to be happy
Treating people nicely only if they are nice to you
Worrying about death

5 Questions

Q1.
Humans believe that...
Correct answer: There is no afterlife, this is the only live we have
When we die, nobody will remember us
When we die, we are born again
When we die, we live on in an afterlife
Q2.
In a humanist wedding, couples make promises to God. True or false?
Correct answer: False
True
Q3.
What is the name of the humanist celebration when a new child comes into a family?
Baptism
Bar mitzvah
Correct answer: Naming ceremony
Wedding
Q4.
Why is it so important for humanists to celebrate new life?
Correct answer: Because they believe human life is valuable and all humans are special
To eat special foods
To have a party
To make promises to God
Q5.
What to humanist funeral ceremonies focus on?
Correct answer: Celebrating the life of the person who has died and remembering the great things they did.
Feeling upset about the person's death
Prayers and religious scripture
The person going onto their next life