Year 2 - Religious education
Humanist choices: The Fox and the Stork
Choices: Do we need rules to live by?
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Unit Summary
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.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain how humanists make good choices based on empathy.
Key Notes
- Humanists have a non-religious worldview. Stories can help illustrate how humanists make choices.
- In the story of The Fox and the Stork, both animals do not treat the other how they would like to be treated.
- Humanists try to make good choices based on reason and empathy for other people.
Vocabulary To Learn
- humanist: someone who believes we should be kind, fair, and help each other, without belief in God
- empathy: understanding how someone else feels and caring about their feelings
- consequences: the results of the choices you make
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Humanists don't believe in anything.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Humanists have a non-religious worldview. Stories can help illustrate how humanists make choices. In the story of The Fox and the Stork, both animals do not treat the other how they would like to be treated.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'humanist'
someone who believes we should be kind, fair, and help each other, without belief in God.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Humanists don't believe in anything. Correction: Humanists do have beliefs! They believe in people, kindness, fairness, and making good choices. But they believe without faith in a god.
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