What Makes Humans Unique
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- Lesson Narrative: What Makes Humans Unique
- Pre-test and Post-test Questions
- Day 1 Power Point: Human Uniqueness in Evolutionary History
- Day 2 Power Point: What Makes Humans Unique Among the Animals? Identifying Key Differences
- Day 3 Power Point: What is Our Uniqueness For?
- Worksheet 1 (Day 1): Evolution Mini-lesson
- Worksheet 2 (Days 2 and 3): Rationality, Symbolic Language, and God
- Worksheet 3 (Optional, Day 2): Dolphin Case Study
- Day 1 Handout 1: From Grunting to Gabbing Transcript
- Day 1 Handout 2: Reconstructing the Neanderthal Brain Using Computational Anatomy
- Day 1 Handout 3 (Optional): Could Neanderthals Speak?
- Day 2 Handout 1: Walker Percy on the Story of Helen Keller’s Discovery of Language
- Day 2 Handout 2: Mental Map Homework Assignment
- Day 2 Handout 3 (Optional): We Don’t Need to Call Dolphins ‘Persons’ to Show Respect
- Day 3 Handout 1: Excerpt from Confessions by Saint Augustine
- Day 3 Handout 2: Learning the Language of God Scripture Reflection
- Day 2: Example Mental Map (For Students)
- Day 2: Mental Map Assignment Notes (For Teachers)
- Day 2: Example Mental Map (For Teachers)
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Between Time and Eternity
Through an exploration of deep time through a geological lens, students will uncover how their human experience of time in relation to our ancient world relates to the past, present, and future of the eternal God and His Church.
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Contemporary Cosmology and the Question of God
In this unit, we discuss the modern scientific understanding of the existence and nature of the universe, and how it has both challenged and enriched the Christian’s ability to believe in God.
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Genesis 1: Literature or Theology?
The lessons in this unit are intended to lead students to an understanding of a Catholic view of Biblical inspiration, inerrancy, hermeneutics, and exegesis.
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Humans and Race
This lesson focuses on the biology of human skin color and the misunderstanding of race as a biological construct.
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Light from Light
The "Light from Light" lesson unit discusses the nature of science, the scientific method, the humanness of science, and the idea of mystery.
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The Difference a Self Makes
Participants in this lesson unit will discuss the unique human difference of the “self” and the scientific and theological foundations of human nature.
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The Mystery of Light and Wave-Particle Duality
Through this lesson unit, participants will see the mystery of light unfold as it was studied by philosophers and scientists throughout the centuries.