THE CHRISTMAS JOURNEY

This is a 6 week unit of work

It includes:-
Lesson 1 - Christian Journeys (available seperately in my shop)
includes special places for Christians - Jerusalem, Nazareth and Bethlehem
Looks at a map of where they are
Goes into more detail about the 3 places and why they are special. includes a slide on the church of nativity
Task - match the picture to the place and write a sentence explaining why it is important to Christians

Lesson 2 - Mary and Joseph’s journey
Includes story from the bible
Then looks at the map and the journey they took
Links to google maps and how the journey would look today - questions linked to this

Lesson 3 - How the shepherds knew about the baby
Includes story from the bible
discussion question
task - to order the night of the shepherds

Lesson 4 - the three wise men (available separately in my shop)
includes story form the bible - Matthew 2 1-12
looks in detail about what the three gifts were
what is epiphany?
Looking in depth and analysing ‘we three kings’ carol and what each section means
task - questions on the powerpoint

Lesson 5 - To learn about how the emotions of the people in story are the same emotions as people have today and King Herod (available separately in my shop)
include recap of the three wise men
discusses their escape to Egypt (short video of the three wise men)
What Herod had ordered and why
linking mary and josephs journey to refugees today
task - children given sheet on King Herod and they have to answer questions

Lesson 6 - the nativity through art (available separately in my shop)
looking at art work step by step through the christmas story and discussing it - each picture comes with an explanation
Pictures include
Annunciation - leonardo da vinci
The arrival in Bethlehem - Master LC FLemish
The Nativity - Fra Angelico
The adoration of the shepherds - Bartolome Esteban Murillo
The Adoration of the Shepherds by Guido Reni
The Adoration of the Magi - Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiar
The flight to Egypt - cosimo Tura
Task - choose a painting and write an explanation for it