Year 5 · Religious education · Beliefs and big questions · Lesson 2

Where did the world come from?

Creation beliefs in Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Sikhism, Buddhism's different focus, the Big Bang theory, and how science and religion can fit together.

14-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

Describe religious creation beliefs
Explain the Big Bang
Compare science and religion
Explain stewardship

The method

What does each say?
Where does it come from?
Similar and different?
What do you think?

Key words: creation, Genesis, Big Bang, stewardship, Trimurti.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

Which book tells the Christian and Jewish creation story?

Step 1: G...

Answer: Genesis

Question 2

How many days of creation are in Genesis?

Step 1: Rest on 7th

Answer: 6 (God rested on the 7th)

Question 3

What is the Big Bang?

Step 1: Science

Answer: the scientific theory of how the universe began