Ten Must Know Bible Stories: Easter
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.
The Easter resources to view and download can be found on their website here: https://tenbiblestories.org/resources/easter-death-and-resurrection-of-jesus
You will find lesson plans, additional resources and a free PowerPoint on the Easter story.
In addition, there is an assembly and mini-lesson available here: https://tenbiblestories.org/assemblies-and-minilessons/
Sue and Fiona from Ten Must Know Bible Stories write:
We hope you and your class get to enjoy lots of Easter fun this year. In amongst the eggs and chocolate and rabbits why not take time to explore the Christian story of Easter with your class? It will be a great opportunity for children to gain a new understanding of what Christians believe and why Easter is so important to Christians.
We’ll share ideas for taking the story outside, exploring it with early years, considering the emotions in the story and delving deeper into the characters.
Of course it all starts with discovering the story for yourself. It’s a long story so why not split it into sections and create a whole morning of activities from it?
Palm Sunday
- The crowds celebrated Jesus the king.
- Tell (you’ll find a script attached) or watch the story.
- Rise to the challenge: create your own palm leaves or try writing “Hooray for the King” using natural objects.
Garden of Gethsemane
- This is where Jesus prayed and was then arrested.
- Tell or watch the story.
- Rise to the challenge: find objects (indoors or outdoors) that start with the letters GARDEN. Pretend to write a social media post, can you describe what happened in the Garden? What picture would you attach?
Crucifixion
- Jesus was killed on a cross.
- Tell or watch the story.
- Rise to the challenge: make a crown of thorns or find the biggest cross shape you can. List two things you didn’t know before about this part of the story.
Resurrection
- Jesus rose from the dead.
- Tell or watch the story.
- Rise to the challenge: Find the roundest stone you can, does it roll?
You’ll find this idea and lots more resources on our website to help you explore the Easter Story with all stages of classes:
https://tenbiblestories.org/resources/easter-death-and-resurrection-of-jesus/