1. +
Look for similarities between the children's
experiences and the specific religious experience.
2. +
Introduction
The children will be introduced to the idea of looking at
celebrations in life. We will discuss different celebrations and
specific features.
We will then focus particularly on age celebrations – a birthday.
This will be related to a bar/bat mitzvah which is celebrated when
a boy reaches 13 and a girl reaches 12.
3. +
Bar mitzvah video
A boy describes the traditions of Bar Mitzvah, and we follow his
journey through the ceremony from childhood to manhood.
Family members share their reflections on the event.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/7469.html
4. +
From the video, what happens
at this celebration? How is this
similar to the celebrations we
discussed?
Go to this website for description of the ceremony,
celebration and symbols.
http://bar-mitzvah-ceremony.weebly.com/index.html
5. +
Task
We will be writing an invitation to a family
member to go to a bar/bat mitzvah.
You need to explain each part of the day to
this person as they are not sure what
happens.
You must also tell them about the special
symbols that will be used on the day.
