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Lesson 6: Does anyone know what makes us human?

Using prior learning about some worldviews' beliefs, ideas and practices to answer the enquiry question ‘What makes us human?’

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Using the Knowledge organiser, arrange the children into pairs and hand out the Resource: Knowledge organiser: R&W – What makes us human? (one between two).

Ask the children to use the Knowledge organiser to help them write some questions about the unit. Allow time for them to ask their partner to try and answer their questions from memory and check the answers using the Knowledge organiser.

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Auckley School, Doncaster

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