Did God create everything, including us?

Learning Objectives

Students should learn:

about the scientific theories of the Big Bang and evolution
about the story in Genesis 1–3
to understand the meaning and significance of the story to religious believers
to understand the terms theistic evolution and creationism
to explain questions of meaning and purpose

Learning Outcomes

Students:

explain some of the main ideas in the Big Bang and evolution theories
explain the nature and meanings of the Genesis creation stories for theists, creationists and others
use the terms theist and creationist appropriately
explain their own responses to the Genesis creation stories
understand that science leaves questions of ultimate meaning and purpose unanswered

Big Bang timeline from schoolscience.co.uk.

Becoming Human - a superb website with a film explaining the origins of humanity and evidence for evolution.

Some Christians believe that the creation stories should be taken as literal truth and not just stories that teach about God. One of the creation stories Moses told in Genesis is illustrated on the kids4truth website.