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Learning Objectives
- Understand different views about the relative value and differences between humans and animals
- Awareness of different Christian views about animal rights
- Consideration of whether experiments on animals can be justified from a Christian perspective
1. Understand different views about the relative value and differences between humans and animals
Scott Pilgrim vs the World View Lesson»
A super-powered vegan warrior prompts this lesson on reasons why Christians might or might not choose to follow a vegetarian or vegan dietary regime.
Students will:
- Reflect upon whether life choices can lead a person to be considered better or worse than others
- Reflect upon different reasons that might lead someone not to eat meat
- Understand the difference between vegetarian and vegan
- Evaluate different reasons for not eating meat, grouping them into related categories
- Analyse a number of Bible passages, assessing their relevance for Christians in deciding what they should eat and how they should treat animals
- Synthesise learning by writing a discussion about the subject of vegetarianism, with one or more characters basing their argument on Christian principles.
Everything Is Illuminated View Lesson»
A vegetarian whose dietary requirements meet with a lack of understanding prompts this lesson on Christian perspectives on vegetarianism and animal rights.
Students will:
- Reflect upon the frustration of not understanding the reasons for something
- Reflect upon different reasons that might lead someone not to eat meat
- Evaluate different reasons for not eating meat, grouping them into related categories
- Analyse a number of Bible passages, assessing their relevance for Christians in deciding what they should eat and how they should treat animals
- Synthesise learning by writing a discussion about the subject of vegetarianism, with one or more character basing their argument on Christian principles.
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit View Lesson»
The dilemma of how to deal with an infestation of rabbits throws up the question of what Christians believe about the treatment of animals.
Students will:
- reflect upon the relative merits of a series of alternative choices
- Evaluate the respective importance of animal freedom and the right of a community to protect their vegetable crops from rabbits
- Analyse the respective arguments for killing rabbits or dealing humanely with the problem of rabbits
- Analyse a number of Bible passages to determine a Christian perspective on animals
- Write a sermon which applies biblical teaching about animal welfare to the specific case shown in the film, demonstrating the student’s understanding of Christian thinking about animals and their rights
Hamster in the Mail View Lesson»
Two drunken students who sent a live hamster through the Royal Mail spark off a discussion about Christian attitudes to animals and animal rights.
Students will:
- Reflect on the appropriateness of a range of possible responses to a hypothetical situation
- Reflect upon a news story concerning cruelty to an animal
- Evaluate how a Christian might react to the story, based on current knowledge of Christian beliefs
- Analyse specific Bible passages to develop a better understanding of Christian belief concerning animals
- Evaluate specific instances of how animals are commonly treated, and assess what a Christian might think about such treatment
- Write a newspaper style account of a fictitious court case, where the human race is on trial for its treatment of animals
Planet Of the Apes View Lesson»
A world where apes dominate and humans are slaves sheds new light on preconceptions about the way humans treat animals.
- Students to be aware of Christian teaching on the treatment of animals, and to consider the practical implications of this for scientific research.
The Simpsons: Lisa the Vegetarian (2) View Lesson»
Lisa’s realisation that meat comes from animals leads to an investigation of Christian perspectives on vegetarianism.
- Students to be aware of Christian teaching about the relationship between animals and humans, and Christian perspectives on the treatment of animals and vegetarianism.
2. Awareness of different Christian views about animal rights
Scott Pilgrim vs the World View Lesson»
A super-powered vegan warrior prompts this lesson on reasons why Christians might or might not choose to follow a vegetarian or vegan dietary regime.
Students will:
- Reflect upon whether life choices can lead a person to be considered better or worse than others
- Reflect upon different reasons that might lead someone not to eat meat
- Understand the difference between vegetarian and vegan
- Evaluate different reasons for not eating meat, grouping them into related categories
- Analyse a number of Bible passages, assessing their relevance for Christians in deciding what they should eat and how they should treat animals
- Synthesise learning by writing a discussion about the subject of vegetarianism, with one or more characters basing their argument on Christian principles.
Everything Is Illuminated View Lesson»
A vegetarian whose dietary requirements meet with a lack of understanding prompts this lesson on Christian perspectives on vegetarianism and animal rights.
Students will:
- Reflect upon the frustration of not understanding the reasons for something
- Reflect upon different reasons that might lead someone not to eat meat
- Evaluate different reasons for not eating meat, grouping them into related categories
- Analyse a number of Bible passages, assessing their relevance for Christians in deciding what they should eat and how they should treat animals
- Synthesise learning by writing a discussion about the subject of vegetarianism, with one or more character basing their argument on Christian principles.
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit View Lesson»
The dilemma of how to deal with an infestation of rabbits throws up the question of what Christians believe about the treatment of animals.
Students will:
- reflect upon the relative merits of a series of alternative choices
- Evaluate the respective importance of animal freedom and the right of a community to protect their vegetable crops from rabbits
- Analyse the respective arguments for killing rabbits or dealing humanely with the problem of rabbits
- Analyse a number of Bible passages to determine a Christian perspective on animals
- Write a sermon which applies biblical teaching about animal welfare to the specific case shown in the film, demonstrating the student’s understanding of Christian thinking about animals and their rights
Hamster in the Mail View Lesson»
Two drunken students who sent a live hamster through the Royal Mail spark off a discussion about Christian attitudes to animals and animal rights.
Students will:
- Reflect on the appropriateness of a range of possible responses to a hypothetical situation
- Reflect upon a news story concerning cruelty to an animal
- Evaluate how a Christian might react to the story, based on current knowledge of Christian beliefs
- Analyse specific Bible passages to develop a better understanding of Christian belief concerning animals
- Evaluate specific instances of how animals are commonly treated, and assess what a Christian might think about such treatment
- Write a newspaper style account of a fictitious court case, where the human race is on trial for its treatment of animals
Planet Of the Apes View Lesson»
A world where apes dominate and humans are slaves sheds new light on preconceptions about the way humans treat animals.
- Students to be aware of Christian teaching on the treatment of animals, and to consider the practical implications of this for scientific research.
The Simpsons: Lisa the Vegetarian (2) View Lesson»
Lisa’s realisation that meat comes from animals leads to an investigation of Christian perspectives on vegetarianism.
- Students to be aware of Christian teaching about the relationship between animals and humans, and Christian perspectives on the treatment of animals and vegetarianism.
3. Consideration of whether experiments on animals can be justified from a Christian perspective
Hamster in the Mail View Lesson»
Two drunken students who sent a live hamster through the Royal Mail spark off a discussion about Christian attitudes to animals and animal rights.
Students will:
- Reflect on the appropriateness of a range of possible responses to a hypothetical situation
- Reflect upon a news story concerning cruelty to an animal
- Evaluate how a Christian might react to the story, based on current knowledge of Christian beliefs
- Analyse specific Bible passages to develop a better understanding of Christian belief concerning animals
- Evaluate specific instances of how animals are commonly treated, and assess what a Christian might think about such treatment
- Write a newspaper style account of a fictitious court case, where the human race is on trial for its treatment of animals
Planet Of the Apes View Lesson»
A world where apes dominate and humans are slaves sheds new light on preconceptions about the way humans treat animals.
- Students to be aware of Christian teaching on the treatment of animals, and to consider the practical implications of this for scientific research.
The Simpsons: Lisa the Vegetarian (2) View Lesson»
Lisa’s realisation that meat comes from animals leads to an investigation of Christian perspectives on vegetarianism.
- Students to be aware of Christian teaching about the relationship between animals and humans, and Christian perspectives on the treatment of animals and vegetarianism.