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Y1/2 (A): Lesson 6: Where did the world come from?

Using art to present ideas about how the world began and beginning to explain where the children's ideas come from.
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Lesson plan

1. Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Using the Knowledge organiser and hand out the Resource: Knowledge organiser: Religion and worldviews: How did the world begin? (one each).

Working in pairs, ask the children to use the Knowledge organiser to ask their partner some questions about the unit. Challenge them to answer the questions without looking at the Knowledge organiser.

Take feedback from various pairs.

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Assessment – R&W Y1/2 (A): How did the world begin?Y1/2 (A): Lesson 1: What is creation?Y1/2 (A): Lesson 2: What might some Jewish and Christian people think about creation?Y1/2 (A): Lesson 3: What do some Hindu people believe about creation?Y1/2 (A): Lesson 4: What do creation stories suggest to some people about God?Y1/2 (A): Lesson 5: How do some Humanists believe the world began?
Y1/2 (A): Lesson 6: Where did the world come from?
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