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