Why should we care for the world?
Building on their understanding of creation stories, children explore beliefs about the relationship between humans and nature.
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Why should we care for the world?
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Explain different beliefs about who owns the world.
- Recognise the belief that humans were created last for a reason.
- Recognise why only humans can care for the world.
- Identify the belief that God created humans as stewards over nature through scripture.
- Recognise what some stories about Muhammad tell us about looking after the world.
- Express why stewardship is important to some Muslim people.
- Identify why people who believe in ahimsa may think it is important to look after all living creatures.
- Identify reasons why it is important to care for the world.
Lesson 6 suggests inviting a visitor from a local Christian, Hindu, Humanist, Jain, Jewish or Muslim community (see Lesson 6: Teacher knowledge for more information).
Suggested prior learning
How did the world begin?
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: Who owns the world?
- To explore who might own the world through a creation story.
Lesson 2: Who can care for the world?
- To investigate why some people believe God created humans last in the Jewish and Christian creation story.
Lesson 3: Why do some people believe we should care for the world?
- To explore the meaning of stewardship by analysing quotes.
Lesson 4: What do some Muslim people believe about caring for the world?
- To investigate what some Muslims believe about caring for the world by exploring stories from Muhammad.
Lesson 5: What other reasons are there for caring for the world?
- To recognise why some people believe it is important to care for the world by exploring ahimsa.
Lesson 6: Why should we care for the world?
- To understand the importance of taking care of the world from different worldviews.
Key skills
Key knowledge
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser – R&W Y1: Why should we care for the world?
Aimed at pupils, a single page document that gives key facts and definitions from the 'Why should we care for…
Vocabulary: R&W – Year 1 Why should we care for the world?
Display versions of the year group key vocabulary and unit vocabulary from the 'Why should we care for the world?'…
Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Reading.
English: Spoken language.
PSHE: Living in the wider world.
British values: Mutual respect.
British values: Tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.