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RE- Year 6- Week Two-Creation Stories Religious Over the next few weeks you are going to learn about a range of creation stories from world , less known or extinct religions as well as different cultures.

Learning Objective To be able to compare the creation stories of the Success Criteria ✓ I can explain what an Abrahamic is ✓ I can sequence the Islamic story of creation ✓ I can compare and contrast the Judeo-Christian and Islamic creation stories

Key Vocabulary Creation Islamic Prophet Abrahamic Religions Allah Abraham Judeo-Christian Torrents Origins

Activity – Judeo-Christian Creation Story Refresh your memory and sequence the events of the Judeo-Christian Creation Story in chronological order by matching up the statements to the numbered pictures.

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Knowledge – Abrahamic Religions Judaism, Christianity and are known collectively as the Abrahamic religions. They all trace their common origin to Abraham/Prophet Abraham.

Similarities between the three religions: • that God revealed himself to Abraham. • There is only one God. • Holy Books contain many of the same people, histories and places.

Differences between the three religions: • While they may refer to the same people in their holy books, the people don’t always have the same roles or meanings. • Role of : Jesus is not a part of Judaism, is seen as the son of God by and as a Prophet by . • They all celebrate different festivals at different times of the year.

Activity – Islamic Creation Story Look carefully at the pictures and below. Can you sequence the events of the Islamic Creation Story in chronological order by matching up the statements to the numbered pictures.

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Activity – Comparing Creation Stories Think carefully about the two different creation stories and create a comparison table. Lay out your table like the one below:

Judeo-Christian Islamic Creation Story Similarity? Difference? Creation Story God created all Allah created all animals animals ✓

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