Welcome Back!

1. Welcome Back! Aim: To decide who is doing what and to begin to think about the world and your place in it.

2. Task 1 - In your groups you have 5 mins to answer the following questions and share with the group. If you could visit or live anywhere, where would it be and why? 2. What was your favourite toy as a kid? 3.What is your favourite holiday? 4. What would you do with £100. Task 2 – You have 5 mins to create a group name that everyone is happy with. Task 3 - You have 2 mins to decide who is doing what. Take a note of names and jobs and write in the inside cover of your jotter. Reader – reads the info, directions, text or storyto rest of group. Recorder – takes minutes, writes highlights of discussions, makes notes. Materials – gets materials, equipment, keeps track of it and organises the group to put it away and clean up. Reporter – represents the group when presenting the groups conclusions.

3. How many black circles can you see?

4. Are there any grey dots?

5. Is the book pointing towards you or away?

6. What is truth? • People have looked for both religion and science to help them find the truth. • Religion is one way in which many people look for truth. It can help them to answer ultimate questions such as ‘Who am I?’ and ‘Why am I here?’ • People have also used science to help them answer such questions. Scientists believe that the truth should be ‘proven’ through experiment and observation. • Make a list of six questions about life which you think are important. • Share your questions with a neighbour and explain why you think they are important.

7. What is your idea of truth? • Your idea of truth will be influenced by the world around you and your experiences within it such as • Your education • Your friends and family • Your religious or non-religious beliefs • The media • Your sense of truth will also help you to understand the world around you. The media can have a great influence over what we believe to be true. In the film The Truman Show, a television show creates a world for one man to live in. He believes that the world he experiences Is real and what he is told is the truth. The TV programme Big Brother does much the same

8. Write a paragraph about one person who is an influence on you. Who are they? Why are they an influence? What did they do ? How did you change? Was there any time that they really helped you or changed you?

9. I believe I believe I believe I believe I believe I know I know I know I know I know

10. What beliefs do you think are wrong to have? Try to give an example. • ……………………………………………………………………………………...................................................... • ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… • ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… • ………………………………………………………………………………………...................................................

11. How do your beliefs affect your actions? Give an example.

12. Do you think that people have a choice in what they believe?

13. Being human Essential Not Essential

14. I am important because…

15. How self – aware are you?

16. The Human Condition… Pulling everything together..