Year6UnitofWork:Advent

Term4 YearLevel
Date11/11/16 Year6

Religious Advent
Educa on
Topic
BigQues on HowdidthepeopleofJesus meprac cehopeandhowdo
weprac cehopetoday?

KeyConcepts Hopewai ngforaMessiah.
HistorythehistoricalcontextinwhichJesuslived
Personalfuturesecondaryschool
Globalrefugees,Mannya
Advent
LearningFoci HistoricalplacementofJesusinhis me.
StudyofanhistoricalpersonconnectedtoJesus.
Howhopeisimportantinourlives

Key OverviewofthecommunityinwhichJesuslived
Understandings Thespiritualaspira onsofthepeopleinthe meof
Jesus.
UnderstandingofhowJesusgavehopetothepeopleof
the me.
Iden fyingthehopesourfamilyhaveforme.
Ar culatehopeformylifeandfuture
UnderstandingthatJesuscanbefoundintheSpiritof
othersandthemselves

Scripture
Signand
Symbol

Ritual WholeschoolAdventliturgy

Development Task1
WholeClass
ofRichTasks
ViewthemoviePrinceofEgyptMosesandtheIsraelitesascap vesinEgypt.

Individual
Childrentakenoteson:
Whatarethecondi onsthattheIsraeliteslivedunder?
Whatweretheirhopesforthefuture?
Howwerethesehopesrealised?

Task2
Backgroundinforma ononPales neinJesus me.
Studentscanuselaptops/computers/iPads

Shareanswerstowholegroupviarepor ngbacktowholeclassandstudents
usethenotetakingsheettowritedowninforma on

Inpairs(coloursrepresenteachpairsques ontopresent)
Lifein meofJesus/SocialGroups2pairs
WheredidJesuslive?
Whowasrulingthekingdomatthe meofJesus?
Whatwerethetypesofsocie esinthe meofJesus?Whoaretheyand
whatdidtheydo?
h p://www.aportraito esus.org/social.shtml
h ps://prezi.com/mm6be586y9o4/socialclassesinthe meofjesus/

Lifestyle5pairsoneeachques on
Whatwasthepoli calse nglike?
Whatwastheeconomicse nglike?
Whatwastheculturallifelike?
Whatwasthereligiousse nglike?
Whatwastheeduca onalse nglike?
h p://www.jesuscentral.com/ji/historicaljesus/jesusrstcenturycontext.php

Jobs4pairs:
1pair:herdingandshephard
1pair:farming,cropgrowing,croprota on
1pair:shingandslaves
1pair:templepriestsandromangovernment

Whatwerethejobsinthe meofJesus?
Givesomedescrip onsofthejobs
h p://bibleresources.americanbible.org/resource/howpeoplemadealivingin
the meofjesus

Tasks3,4,5
Researchtask
Studentschooseapersonfromaroundthis meorfromtheJessetree

ResearchTaskSheet
Choosea B iblec haracterf romt hef ollowinglist:
Mary,J oseph,J ohnt heB ap st,t heA postles.
Youc anc hooseh owt op
resenty ourr esearche g:p owerpoint,g oogle
slides,h ardc opy

Included etailsa boutt heh istoricalp erson

Name:
Whatd oesy ourc haracterd oint heb
ible?
Whatw ast heirlifelikea ndh owd idt heyp
ar cipateint hec ommunity?
Didt heyh aver ela onshipw ithJ esus?W hatw asitlike?
Whereint heb ibled oesy ourc haracterinteractw ithJ esuso
ro
ther
people?
Howd idJ esusp rovideh opef ort hem?
Howd idJ esusc hanget heirlives?
Whatisy ourf avourites toryint heb ibleo fy ourc haracter?

Task6
Parentsaregivenaproformaandtheyaretowritearesponsetothehopes
thattheyhavefortheirchildregardingpersonalcharacter,academicfuture,
profession,lifestyle,health,rela onshipsetc.
Thesearebroughtbacktoschool

Think,Pair,Share
Whatarethehopesformyfuturethatmyfamilyhasforme?
Studentschooseaspotintheroomtosharetheirparentsanswerswitha
partner
Studentsthensitinacircletosharetheirparentsanswers.
Resultsarerecordedanddisplayedfortheclass:
h ps://docs.google.com/document/d/1QWnhmNql8mtNsdgLGvFXQueBUxJnB
DIq4evdepYHP8/edit

 Discusst hec haracteris co

fH
OPE
Whatish
ope?
Whata res omee xamples?

Hopeh
ast hreec omponents.

First,h
opeisa v ision,a g oal,a d
esiret hatw antst ob
ea ccomplished,
ap
ossiblef uturet hatisd esirable.Ita ddsm eaninga ndt hrive,a
reasont olive.
Secondly,h opeh asp
athwayst hata llowt oa ainit.
Andlastb
utn
otleast,h open eedsg rid,b oldness,s tamina,
endurance,r esiliencea sw ella sa bilitya ndw
illingness

Doyourhopesalignwithyourparents?
Whatareyourhopesforyourfuture?
Lookatyoucharacterstrengths,howdotheyassistyoutobeHOPElled?
RecordyourhopesforthefutureinyourREbook,referringtoyourparents
responsesandcharacterstrengths.


Task7
Havingstudiedthesocialjus ceunit,whatwouldbe:
Showvideos:
h ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG8qrqCDOmUR efugees
h ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hf0p6RgADcEduca oninuganda
h ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhSokkQ0bUH omelessness

thehopesofthemillionsofrefugeesintheworldtoday
thehopesofthestudentsinuganda
Thehopesofthehomelessinoursociety

Discussasaclassthehopesforthesepeople

CompleteindividualH opeThinkBoardstopasteintoREbooksandrecordwhat
thehopesareforeach3areas.

Assessment Task8
forLearning IfJesusprovidedhopetothosearoundhim:

Givestudentsacolouredpieceofpapertoanswerques ons.
Showexampleofgoodpresenta onofposter

Studentsanswerques ons:
Howdothehopesanddreamsofthesepeoplechallengemetoact?
WhathaveIdonetosupportthehopesofothers?
 WhatcanIdotobringthismessageofhope,inthefuture,asJesusdid?

Resources. h ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STvcHZhA0k4
StoryofPeter.

h p://www.whatchris answan oknow.com/apostlepeterbiography meline
lifeanddeath/
h p://www.womeninthebible.net/womenbibleoldnewtestaments/maryjes
usmother/
Mary.
h p://www.allaboutgod.com/josephthefatherofjesusfaq.htm
Joseph.

h ps://www.chris ancourier.com/ar cles/266whowasjohnthebap st
Johnthebap st

h p://www.bibleinfo.com/en/ques ons/whoweretwelvedisciples
Thedisciples
Jesuscallsthedisciples:Mark1:1620,Mark2:1314
h p://chris anity.about.com/od/newtestamentpeople/a/JZZacchaeus.htm
Zacchaeustaxcollector.