Year 10 - Religious education
Indigenous worldviews and personhood
Personhood: what does it mean to be alive?
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Unit Summary
Pupils will consider what it is that makes a person who they are by examining religious and philsophical explanations for self and conciousness. Next, they will examine the idea of sentience in animals before evauating whether non-human objects of nature, such as rivers, can be said to be alive.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to describe how indigenous worldviews interpret ideas of personhood and the natural world.
Key Notes
- Indigenous worldviews are from cultures that are native to places that existed before colonisation by Europe.
- Indigenous worldviews emphasise the connectedness of the natural world rather than humans as a separate part of it.
- Some indigenous worldviews see forests, mountains and rivers as beings in their own right.
- We can better understand worldviews by noticing and asking questions about how people reason about personhood.
Vocabulary To Learn
- personhood: state or fact of being considered a person such as having awareness or conciousness
- interconnected: different parts or things connected or related to each other
- gift: something that is freely given which creates a responsibility to be shared
- indigenous: from a particular place or culture that lived prior to European colonisation
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Indigenous worldviews are all exactly the same.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Indigenous worldviews are from cultures that are native to places that existed before colonisation by Europe. Indigenous worldviews emphasise the connectedness of the natural world rather than humans as a separate part of it.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'personhood'
state or fact of being considered a person such as having awareness or conciousness.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Indigenous worldviews are all exactly the same. Correction: There are different worldviews but they share common features such as regard for nature and the interconnection between humans and the natural world.
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