Author: Jo Hoestlandt
Publisher: Scholastic Incorporated
Free choice - Y6 - Humanism + Judaism WWII (Autumn 1)
Humanism in Year 6 is introduced and discussed whilst learning about WW2 - War and Peace
Five core areas of knowledge -
- Human beings (human evolution, human nature, and human potential)
- Understanding the world (naturalism and atheism, science and reason)
- The one life (freedom, happiness, and mortality)
- Humanist ethics (empathy and impact of our emotions)
- Society (motivations, actions, goals, and responsibility)
Session 1 - Human Beings
Session 2 - Society
Session 3 - Freedom Did the Jewish people have the same freedom as a non-believer?
Session 4 - Ethics
Session 5 - Society
Scenario -
Nine-year-old Helen is confused by the disappearance of her Jewish friend during the German occupation of Paris.
Star of Fear, Star of Hope
Part 1 of the story; read by Lisa Papeck
Part 2 of the story; read by Lisa Papeck
TEACHERS NOTES
War and Peace PDF in files with various questions