Ten Must Know Bible Stories: Daniel and the Lions’ Den

The Scottish Bible Society’s MUST KNOW BIBLE STORIES resources are free downloadable resources to help primary teachers explore Bible stories with their class as part of the RME curriculum. They include lesson plans, outdoor learning and play based learning ideas packed with active learning suggestions to help children engage with the learning and encourage them to discuss and explore how faith and belief affect the world they live in. They’re designed to make RME teaching easy, relevant and engaging and include links across the whole curriculum.

This learning and teaching resource is designed to help children explore and learn about the account of Daniel in the Lion’s Den. It is available at Curriculum for Excellence (CfE) First Level.

Children will enjoy the drama and suspense of this story, with lots of potential for being creative, including:

• drama, eg acting out
• discussion about faith
• learning about the Christian practise of prayer:
• Discussion about Daniel as role model: eg standing up for your beliefs, not succumbing to peer pressure.

The resource contains learning and teaching outlines for three sessions/lessons plus extra ideas and suggestions that are cross-curricular eg drama, art. The speech bubble activity supports literacy eg” creating texts”.

These resources come from the “Ten Must Know Bible Stories” website https://tenbiblestories.org/ They have been collaboratively produced by Sue Thomson (Schools Worker, St Columba’s Church of Scotland, Aberdeen) and local teachers. All materials have been used in school, and have been exceptionally well received by staff and pupils alike. The “Ten Must Know Bible Stories Project” is supported by Aberdeen City Council and funded by the Church of Scotland Go For It Fund. The project aims to encourage and inspire teachers and chaplains to explore Bible Stories, using them to embed RME across the curriculum.

The website has downloadable session outlines (with learning intentions) that can be mixed and matched to suit your children and setting. Complete resources needed for the sessions are included. The website also has an array of photos and videos of the sessions in action.