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2.1 Human Origin
Social Studies · Grade 7 · 4 lessons in the design
What this covers
- Traditional stories of human origin from African communities
- Religious stories about the origin of humankind
- Common aspects found in traditional and religious stories of human origin
- Ways of recording traditional stories about the origin of humankind
- Implications of traditional and religious stories of human origin
What you will be able to do
- explore traditional stories of human origin from African communities
- explain religious stories about the origin of humankind
- illustrate common aspects found in traditional and religious stories of human origin
- acknowledge religious and traditional stories of human origin
Key questions
“How did human beings come to be?”
Lessons
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Traditional stories of human origin
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizAfrican community stories that answer how human beings came to be, told with respect and compared in class.
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Religious stories of human origin
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizChristian, Islamic and African indigenous religious accounts of how humankind came to be, explained with respect.
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Common aspects in origin stories
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizIllustrating what traditional and religious stories of human origin share, then writing a short collaborative essay.
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Recording stories and their implications
40 min · 1 practice tasks · quizHow to record traditional origin stories, what the stories imply for life today, and how to acknowledge them in a diverse class.