Human Origin

Syllabus tag: Kenya CBC | Grade 7 Social Studies | Strand 2.0 People and Relationships | Sub-Strand 2.1 Human Origin (4 lessons)

Lesson objectives

By the end of this topic, you will be able to:

• Explore traditional stories of human origin from African communities
• Explain religious stories about the origin of humankind
• Illustrate common aspects found in traditional and religious stories of human origin
• Acknowledge religious and traditional stories of human origin

Summary

This topic opens Strand 2.0 by looking at how different African communities, and different religious traditions, have explained where humans came from -- comparing these accounts and identifying what they share, rather than treating any single account as the only one worth knowing.