The Third Great Lesson: The Coming of Human Beings
The third Great Lesson is the Coming of Human Beings. A timeline is presented with a tool and a human hand to talk about the three gifts that make humans special: a mind to imagine, a hand to do work, and a heart that can love. This lesson will lead children to study the beginning of civilisations and the needs of early humans.
This lesson leads to the study of:
History: timelines, prehistory, ancient civilisations, world history, history of specific countries and continents.
Culture: art, artists, music, composers, dance, drama, architecture, design, philosophy, religion, grace and courtesy.
Social Studies: current events, government, economics, commerce, volunteering & charity.
Discovery & Invention: scientists, inventors, scientific method, inventions, simple machines.