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Date: Discuss: Are Humans Unique?DO NOW:Get prepared for learning!25/01/2016Reading is DEAR to us!D ropE verythingA ndR ead

When we are learningFollow instructions first time.Put your hand up if you want to speak.

Mr T2

I will ASPIREI can ACHIEVEI must SUCEED

Todays Lesson Objectives Are To:Know: Some ways in which humans could be viewed as unique or not. Be able to: Categorise and evaluate these ways for if they are human-like or not. So that: We can create answers to our own philosophical questions.

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What questions do you want to ask about this picture? 5 Ws / Deep / Philosophical !This is NOT a HUMAN BEING! (known by scientists as homo sapien sapiens)

This is a RECONSTRUCTION of the burial of a NEANDERTHAL, a SPECIES closely related to humans that first appeared 300,000 years ago and became EXTINCT nearly 30,000 years ago. How long were the Neanderthals on the earth?

Humans emerged 250,000 years ago How many years did Humans LIVE ALONGSIDE Neanderthals?

Quick NUMERACY CHALLENGE

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270,000 years50,000 years

270,00050,0005

PV Kids and the Raiders of the lost Tomb!Activation

Archaeologists! You have been given evidence cards about the Neanderthal burial site that you have discovered.Write onto the cards to show if the evidence is about their BIOLOGY or information about their CULTURE.Write onto the cards to show if the evidence is HUMAN-LIKE and NON-HUMAN LIKE characteristics or ideas.HINT: Leave any that you are not sure about to come back to and start with the ones that you understand most.EXTENSION: Create your own categories to sort the cards into and be ready to explain why you have done these?

How confident are you with everything that we have covered so far today? AFL100% Confident!> 50% confidentGetting there

I believe in God (Theist) and the Sacred Scriptures. They tell us that God made humans in his own image and that we are special. Only humans have souls or can go to heaven. This separates us from all other living creatures including these animals. This proves God is real.

The Big Debate!DemonstrationHumans are not unique, this proves God doesnt exist. Do you agree?I dont believe in God (Atheist). This discovery proves that God doesn't exist, that we have no soul and the afterlife is not real. We humans evolved from previous species such as these. YOUR TASK:Answer the question below.Make sure that you explain more than one point of view.Use evidence and examples to back up your points.Get your answer peer-assessed with an RPoP

Which questions can you answer? Take an RPoP and answer them. Collaboration!ConsolidationEXTENSION: Suggest ways to improve the human race to make us unique?