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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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  1. Traditional stories of human origin
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    African community stories that answer how human beings came to be, told with respect and compared in class.
  2. Religious stories of human origin
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Christian, Islamic and African indigenous religious accounts of how humankind came to be, explained with respect.
  3. Common aspects in origin stories
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Illustrating what traditional and religious stories of human origin share, then writing a short collaborative essay.
  4. Recording stories and their implications
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    How to record traditional origin stories, what the stories imply for life today, and how to acknowledge them in a diverse class.