Key question
How can we care for and respect our world?
Learning objectives
Through this unit, students learn to:
• look at and respond to our world
• learn about caring for our world
• identify feelings that humans have towards families, animals and the world around them.
Activities
Ask students to:
• observe the local environment and discuss findings
• plant bulbs and seeds, and discuss how and why to care for the growing plants
• explore feelings about litter and decide on a personal response to it
• learn about and learn from religious stories which describe caring for people and animals, such as the story of St Francis and the Wolf, Siddarta and the Swan, and Three Dates (see details below)
• develop a practical response to a situation of environmental concern, either local or further afield.
Further resources
St Francis Big Book, Penelope Harnett, Heinemann, 1998
Siddharta and the Swan, Windhorse Publications, Clearvision Trust, 1998
Love at Home, Khurram Murad, p.36, Islamic Foundation, 1983
