RMPS - Int2/Higher - World Religions - Judaism - Education Scotland

SECTION 2
What does it mean to be human?
THE HUMAN CONDITION
In this section we are going to look at some of the answers that a Jewish
person might give to this question. Before we do, it will be helpful to
think about your own ideas and experiences of what it is like to be a
human being. We are all different in so many ways – we look different,
have different lives and experiences – but we all have the common
experience of living a human life.
Activity 1
Think about, discuss and record your class’s ideas about, or answers to,
these questions:
(a) Where does human life come from?
(b) What different things make up a human being?
(c) What makes human life happy and enjoyable?
(d) What makes human life unhappy and difficult?
(e) What do human beings need for survival?
Activity 2
Take a note of all the different ideas you have discussed and review
them before completing the next exercise.
(a) Circle all the ideas which you think help to describe what it is like
to be a human being.
(b) Use these ideas to help you make up your own ‘profile’ of a human
being.
You can present your ideas as a piece of writing, a poem or use them to
complete the factfile on the next page.
RMPS: WORLD RELIGIONS – JUDAISM (INT 2, H) 7
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