The Good Samaritan Biblical Art Discussion and Response Upper Key Stage 2

This resource is designed to encourage pupils to discuss Biblical Artwork to enhance their understanding of The Parable of the Good Samaritan.

The session should have three parts:

a. Reading the Scripture so that children are all familiar with the parable.

b. Looking at various artworks one at a time and discussing what is noticed in each picture. I usually do this on PowerPoint.
ie) What has the artist included? Why? What has the artist left out? Why? Why is this colour used? Is the picture modern? Why? etc. What is good about the picture? What do they feel it would benefit from adding or changing? What surprised them about the picture? What question would they ask the artist?

There should be a lot of discussion generated.

c. Children should choose one image to discuss further in their work.
The worksheet aims for meaningful understanding of the parable and how it is relevant to their lives today.

Teaching points: When answering written questions about the Biblical Art, children must answer the questions demonstrating their Biblical Knowledge.
eg) What did you like about the painting?

1. I liked the colours because it’s my favourite colour.
2. I liked the how the artist has included the people who ignored the man. One of the people is turning their head around, showing that they knew they should have helped.

What question would you ask the artist about this painting?

1. How long did it take you? What inspired you?
2. Why did you choose to make this a modern day picture and changing the gender of one of the people who ignored the man?

Answer 1 in these examples shows no understanding.
Answer 2 demonstrates knowledge of the parable and careful thought about their understanding of it.

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