What does this symbol look like to you Possible ingredients of happiness Gifts games and gadgets Friends Family Money Food and drink A big house Music Being kind to others Exploring the world ID: 577190
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What makes people happy?Slide2
What does this symbol look like to you?Slide3
Possible ingredients of happiness
Gifts, games, and gadgets
Friends
Family
Money
Food and drink
A big house
Music
Being kind to others
Exploring the world
Completing something difficult
Learning new things
Your religion or beliefs
Good healthSlide4
Possible ingredients of happiness
£Slide5
Humanists believe human beings are
special
and human life is valuable
Humanists
don’t believe in a god
,
or believe we can never know if there is a god Humanists believe we only have one life and we should make the most of it Humanists believe human beings should try to live full and happy lives and help others do the sameWhat do humanists believe?Slide6
We can all find our own
different ways
to be happy as long as we don’t harm other people or prevent others from being happy.
Food, drink, and games can be an important part of a happy life.
But more important are making good friends, learning new things, fulfilling our goals, and making others happy.
Humanist views on happinessSlide7
‘
Happiness
is the only good.
The place to be happy is
here
.The time to be happy is
now.The way to be happy is to make others so.’ Robert Ingersoll (1833 – 1899)How to be happySlide8
Fill the Happy Human with the
ingredients of happiness
.
Decorate a Happy HumanSlide9
1) What have you learned about humanists?
2) How might you use what you have learned today?
3) Did you change your mind about anything during the lesson?
4) What questions would you want to ask a humanist?
PlenarySlide10
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