S1 Christianianity – The Life of Jesus Task Sheets. Faculty of Humanties, RMPS Dept.
The Life of Jesus: Introduction Worksheet 1 - Page 1
Leave 2 blank pages at the front of your jotter and leave 2 blank pages at the back of your jotter for your Dictionary List. Tasks: Design a title page for The Life of Jesus. Collect a picture for your title page and colour it in.
1. Copy the following words into your Dictionary List at the back of your jotter.
The Bible – the Christian Holy Book. Old Testament –the first section of the Bible. It is the same as the Jewish Scriptures. New Testament – the second section of the Bible. It tells about the life and teachings of Jesus and also the actions of the early Christians. Prophecy – messages from God that foretells what will happen in the future.
2. The Three Persons of the Trinity can sometimes be explained by the following diagram. Copy this diagram into your jotter on the second page of your jotter.
Father
GO D
Holy Spirit Son
Task 3: Draw another triangle similar to the one above using the three elements for water. S1 Christianianity – The Life of Jesus Task Sheets. Faculty of Humanties, RMPS Dept.
The Life of Jesus: Worksheet 2 – Page 2. The Bible/Old Testament.
Tasks: Write down the answers to the following questions. Answer in sentences.
1. Explain where the word Bible comes from.
2. Describe how the Bible is broken down to make it easier to read?
3. The Bible is in two sections. What are they called?
4. What does the Old Testament mainly deal with?
5. What does the New Testament mainly deal with?
6. Describe two things about the Old Testament.
7. What are the four sections that the Old Testament is divided into?
8. a. What does the word Messiah mean? T _ _ A ______O _ _. b. Who do Christians believe this Messiah to be?
9. a. How many books are there in the Old Testament? b. How many books in the New Testament? c. How many books in the Bible in total?
10. Explain what a Covenant is.
11. What is the difference between the Old Covenant and the New Covenant?
12. Collect the task sheet ‘The Old Testament’. Copy this sheet neatly into your jotter.
13. a. Collect a Bible and look up Psalm 23. b. Copy the words of this Psalm into your jotter.
14. Why do you think this is an important Psalm for people to learn? S1 Christianianity – The Life of Jesus Task Sheets. Faculty of Humanties, RMPS Dept.
The Life of Jesus: Worksheet 3 – Page 3. The Bible/The New Testament.
*Tasks: Remember and complete your Tasks by writing in sentences.
1. The first four books in the New Testament are called The Gospels. Name 5 things that the Gospels tell us about Jesus.
2. How many years did it take to write and complete the New Testament?
3. How many people altogether wrote the New Testament?
How the Bible is Best Understood Page 4
1. Name at least four different occasions or times when or where the Bible will be read.
2. What does ‘preaching’ or ‘teaching’ a ‘sermon’ mean?
3. Name three things in the Bible that Christians will try to follow.
4. Sword Drill Rules. Every Pupil needs to have a Bible. The class will be put into 3 teams, A, B and C. The Pupils will keep their ‘swords’ in their ‘scabbards’ until the Teacher gives the command to ‘raise swords’. The Teacher will twice mention a Book, Chapter and Verse. The Teacher will then say, ‘Charge’. The first pupil to find the Book, Chapter and Verse, and to stand to their feet and read it wins a point for their team. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins
5. a. Collect the New Testament worksheet. b. Copy this worksheet neatly into your jotter. S1 Christianianity – The Life of Jesus Task Sheets. Faculty of Humanties, RMPS Dept.
Life of Jesus. Worksheet 4 – Page 5 The Birth of Jesus.
1. Write out the short version of the Birth of Jesus into your jotter. Begin with, “Mary was a young girl…” and finish with, “God in the Flesh”.
2. Why was Jesus born in Bethlehem?
3. Collect a Bible. Look up all Four Gospels Chapters 1 and 2. Find out which of the two Gospel Writers tell the story about the Birth of Jesus.
4. Collect a Bible dictionary/encyclopaedia. Find out and write down some facts about Angels.
5. Write a paragraph explaining what Christians mean when they describe Jesus as ‘The Son of God’?
6. What was the Good News that the Shepherds received from the angels?
7. Look up Luke’s Gospel. Write down what the Shepherds did after they had been told the Good News by the angels.
8. What does ‘praising and glorifying God’ mean?
9. Collect a copy of the Christmas Carol, ‘While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night’. Answer the questions about this Carol. a. What were the shepherds doing when the angel appeared to them? b. How did the shepherds behave when the angels appeared? c. What was the message that the ‘Angel of the Lord’ gave to the shepherds? d. Find out the other name for ‘David’s city’. e. What was the description the angel gave about the baby? f. What was the meaning of the message the throng of angels sang about?
10. Collect one picture of the Nativity Scene. Colour it in and paste it into your jotter. S1 Christianianity – The Life of Jesus Task Sheets. Faculty of Humanties, RMPS Dept.
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night…
While shepherds watched their flocks by night All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down and glory shone around.
"Fear not," he said, for mighty dread Had seized their troubled minds "Glad tidings of great joy I bring to you and all mankind,
"To you in David's town this day Is born of David's line The Saviour who is Christ the Lord and this shall be the sign."
"The heavenly Babe you there shall find To human view displayed And meanly wrapped in swathing bands and in a manger laid."
Thus spake the seraph, and forthwith appeared a shining throng Of angels praising God, who thus Addressed their joyful song
"All glory be to God on high and to the earth be peace; Goodwill henceforth from heaven to men Begin and never cease!" S1 Christianianity – The Life of Jesus Task Sheets. Faculty of Humanties, RMPS Dept. S1 Christianianity – The Life of Jesus Task Sheets. Faculty of Humanties, RMPS Dept.
The Life of Jesus. Worksheet 5 – Page 6 The Wise Men.
1. Which Gospel Writer records about the visit of the Wise Men?
2. How old would Jesus have been by the time the Wise Men visited him?
3. What sign did the Wise Men follow to reach the baby Jesus?
4. Name the three gifts that the Wise Men gave to the baby Jesus.
5. What was the name of the evil King of Judea at the time?
6. Explain why King Herod might have been worried with the news of a new King.
7. Who were the people that King Herod called upon for information?
8. Which place was King Herod told that the new baby was to be born?
9. Describe King Herod’s reaction to the answer given to him.
10. What did the Wise Men do after they had a dream?
11. Describe what Joseph did after he was spoken to by The Angel of the Lord.
12. Collect a copy of the First Christmas word search. Solve the word search puzzle.
13. Copy the Key words and their meanings into your Dictionary List: Messiah – The Anointed One Census – a count of the population for tax purposes. Passover – the Jewish festival that remembers the ‘passing over’ of the Angel of Death over Jewish houses while the Jews were slaves in Egypt. Temple – the main Jewish place of worship. Incarnation – the Christian belief that God became human (flesh). Jesus is believed to be God in the Flesh, hence his title Son of God. S1 Christianianity – The Life of Jesus Task Sheets. Faculty of Humanties, RMPS Dept.
The Life of Jesus Worksheet 6 for Pages 8 - 9 The Childhood and Baptism of Jesus.
Tasks on the Childhood of Jesus:- 1. Describe in your own words what happened during the visit to the temple.
2. Why do you think Mary and Joseph took so long to find Jesus?
3. After Jesus had been found he answered his mother with a strange reply. What did this reply mean?
4. Explain why Jesus would have known that he had a special relationship with God even though he was only 12 years old.
Tasks on the Baptism of Jesus: Pages 8 and 9
1. Describe in your own words what happened at Jesus’ baptism.
2. What was important about Jesus being baptised?
3. Jesus was given a special title. What was this title called and what did it mean?
4. What was the message that John the Baptist was declaring at the time of baptising the people?
5. During Jesus’ baptism we are told that a voice spoke out of heaven. What did this voice say?
6. What things did Jesus begin to do after his baptism?
7. Unscramble the anagrams of theses key words in your jotter: vRire noJrada noJh ehT tBaipts ot ramk a enchga sdoG iritpS oved cvoie daplese ons oyu I rea thiw ym ma oyu nad. S1 Christianianity – The Life of Jesus Task Sheets. Faculty of Humanties, RMPS Dept.
The Life of Jesus Worksheet 7 for Page 9 The Temptations of Jesus.
1. Write the heading “The Temptations of Jesus”.
2. Copy the story ‘The Temptations of Jesus’ into your jotter.
3. Why do you think Jesus had to spend some time alone being tested and tempted by the devil before he started his ministry (work)?
4. Do you ever like to be on your own to think? Write down some times when you like to be on your own to think.
5. People can be tempted to do something that is wrong. Can you think of times when you have been tempted to do something wrong? Give some examples of when you have done wrong.
6. Copy the key word into your Dictionary List. Ministry – the name given to Jesus’ preaching and teaching.
7. Collect the Temptations sheet from your teacher. Put the title ‘Temptations’. Copy/trace the faces into your jotter. Colour in the faces. Put a circle around any of the temptations that you have had.
8. Copy the following sentences to do with ‘Temptations of Jesus’. Re-arrange the anagrams to spell the correct words. a. Jesus was led into the serdet to think. b. He was estted by the lived for tryfo days and nights. c. During the temptations Jesus was kewa and runghy from the lack of dofo. d. If Jesus had eving in to any of the temptations he would have ilfeda before he’d even begun his striminy. e. Jesus did not use his swoper but defeated the devil as a nahum giben. f. It is not being tempted that is grown but it is the giving in to the temptations that causes all sorts of moplerbs. g. The temptations made Jesus kinth about how God wanted him to do his rowk. S1 Christianianity – The Life of Jesus Task Sheets. Faculty of Humanties, RMPS Dept.
The Life of Jesus. Worksheet 8 for Page 10. The Ministry of Jesus.
Write the heading The Ministry of Jesus.
1. How long a period was there between Jesus being baptised until he was crucified?
2. Where was Jesus’ preaching done.
3. Copy the following sentence into your jotter and insert the correct words: a. Jesus chose t _ _ _ _ _ men as his d ______.
4. Can you think of a reason why Jesus only chose men at this time?
5. Here are the twelve men that Jesus chose as his disciples. Can you unscramble their names and put them in the correct order? Try it first without looking at your booklet. wander; njoh; shotma; whetmat; wombathaloer; liphip; moins treep; smaje; dudathes; omnis the teazol; dusaj cairotsi; sajem
6. Why did many of the religious leaders not like Jesus?
7. What is another name given to the Jewish Law?
8. Why did the religious leaders create such a fuss about Jesus and his Disciples plucking and eating corn on the Sabbath day?
9. What do you think Jesus meant when he replied, ‘the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath’?
10. Jesus also taught a great deal about prayer. He taught his disciples a prayer which later came to be called the ‘Lord’s Prayer’. Collect a Bible and look up Matthew’s version of the Lord’s Prayer. (Matt.6:9-13). Copy the Lord’s Prayer into your jotter.
Homework: Learn this prayer off by heart within the next 2 weeks. S1 Christianianity – The Life of Jesus Task Sheets. Faculty of Humanties, RMPS Dept.
The Life of Jesus. Worksheet 9 for Page 11 Jesus Teaching – Parables.
1. Write the heading ‘Parables – The Good Samaritan’.
2. What was it that made parables different from other kinds of stories?
3. In your jotter write down four of the Parables that Jesus told and where they are found in the Bible.
4. Jesus told the parable of the Good Samaritan to answer a question. What was that question?
5. What happened to the Jewish traveller at the beginning of the story?
6. Describe the three different types of people who came along the same road, and what they did when they saw the man lying there.
7. What was the message that Jesus was trying to get across to those who were listening?
8. Underneath are some mixed up sentences. Write out the sentences matching A and B correctly.
A B a. Jesus taught using stories called the Kingdom of God. b. ‘smart’ people tried to trap him with tricky parables. c. Jesus taught about questions. d. Parables are easily remembered human life. e. Many of Jesus’ parables consisted of events that dealt with stories.
9. Collect a blank sheet of paper. > Create a template of 8 equal size boxes on your paper. > Draw a picture/cartoon in each box to tell the story of the Good Samaritan. You can only use a small amount of words such as bubble text. S1 Christianianity – The Life of Jesus Task Sheets. Faculty of Humanties, RMPS Dept.
The Life of Jesus Worksheet 10 for Page 12 Jesus Actions – Miracles.
1. Explain what is meant by a ‘miracle’.
2. Approximately how many miracle stories are there in the Gospels?
3. What is the miracle that Jesus performs that is only recorded in John’s Gospel?
3. Write the heading, ‘The Feeding of the Five Thousand’.
4. Copy the story of this miracle into your jotter.
5. Describe two other different ways that is used to explain Jesus’ miracles.
6. What did the Gospel writers believe these miracles to be?
7. Project: Imagine that you work as a newspaper reporter. You had been chosen by your Editor to report on a miracle. The miracle you had seen and decided to write a report on was the ‘Feeding of the Five Thousand’.
Guidelines: You need to think up a title for your newspaper, for example, ‘The Jerusalem Herald’. You also need to think up a title for your story. For example, ‘So Many Fed, With So Little, by So Few’. You need to think about how you are going to design your page. How many pictures do you want to put in? (2 or 3 pictures) Think about how you are to approach the story. You need to cover everything about the miracle. Who was there, where did it take place, what did Jesus do, how did the different people react? Who was the hero in the story? Was it the boy who gave his packed lunch away, was it the Disciples or was it Jesus? How did the story end? Conclusion: was it a real miracle or was it a trick?
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The Life of Jesus. Worksheet 11 for Pages 13 - 14 The Easter Story.
The Triumphant Entry.
1. Why were the Religious Leaders, the Pharisees and the Sadducees plotting to put Jesus to death?
2. What was the reason that Jesus went to Jerusalem?
3. What sort of animal did Jesus ride upon?
4. How did the people behave when Jesus rode into Jerusalem?
5. Explain why the people behaved in this way?
The Last Supper and Passion of Jesus.
1.a. What day of the week did Jesus celebrate The Passover with his Disciples? b. What is this day now known as?
2. Jesus celebrated The Passover. What name is given to this feast in churches today?
3. What were the bread and the wine symbols of?
4. Where did Jesus go after the meal?
5. Why do you think Jesus was under so much pressure when he was praying in the garden?
6. Who was the Disciple who betrayed Jesus to the police?
7. What was the signal that the traitor gave to the police?
8. For some Christians the church service, which is based on the Last Supper, is called: Matins Evensong Confirmation Mass. S1 Christianianity – The Life of Jesus Task Sheets. Faculty of Humanties, RMPS Dept.
The Life of Jesus. Worksheet 12 for Page 15-17 The Easter Story cont…
The Trials of Jesus
1. What was the crime that Jesus for found guilty of?
2. Who was the Roman Governor at the time?
3. Pilate did a strange thing in front of the people. What was it that he did?
The Flogging of Jesus
1. What was it that Pilate ordered to happen to Jesus before he was crucified?
2. In your own words describe what happened at a flogging.
3. Draw/collect a picture of a flogging in your jotter. (Look at the diagram on P15)
4. Draw and describe what ‘the cat o nine tails’ was.
Death by Crucifixion
1. Write a description of what happened to Jesus when he was crucified.
2. Why did Pilate order a soldier to nail a board above the Jesus’ head, on the cross?
3. a. What was written on the board? b. What languages were written on the board?
4. Why did the criminals on either side of Jesus have their legs broken?
5. What happened when Jesus dismissed his spirit to make people think that he really was the Son of God?
6. Draw an Easter picture showing some of the events that happened at the crucifixion of Jesus. Colour your picture using coloured pencils. S1 Christianianity – The Life of Jesus Task Sheets. Faculty of Humanties, RMPS Dept.
The Life of Jesus. Worksheet 13 for Pages 17-18 The Resurrection of Jesus
1. Why did the Religious Leaders want Jesus’ body taken down from the cross as soon as possible?
2. Where did they put Jesus’ body?
3. Why did the women come to anoint Jesus’ body?
4. Explain what happened when the women arrived at the tomb.
5. Write down the following key words and their meanings: Anoint – to rub gently on the head, feet and body with special oil. Resurrection – to come back to life again in the same body after being dead for a period of time.
6. Why do you think that the disciples didn’t believe the women when they told them about Jesus being raised from the dead?
7. What happened to convince the disciples that the women were telling the truth?
8. What evidence did Jesus show to the disciples to prove to them that it was really him?
Jesus Ascends into Heaven
1. How many days did Jesus spend with his followers after the Resurrection and before he went back up to heaven?
2. What was the message that the two angels gave to Jesus’ followers?
3. Explain how the resurrection of Jesus affected the followers of Jesus.
4. Collect a Bible. Look up and read Acts Chapter 2:1-4 Describe what happened on The Day of Pentecost. S1 Christianianity – The Life of Jesus Task Sheets. Faculty of Humanties, RMPS Dept.