Lesson Title:The Beatitudes
Grade Level or Age Group: I have used this approach with adults
involved in RCIA. What follows is adapted for catechists and religion
teachers. It could certainly be adapted once more for high school students.
Lesson Objectives: The participants will be invited to reflect on the beatitudes as blueprints
for discipleship.
Materials Needed:
- Reflection: Clones of Jesus
- Text of the beatitudes in Matthew
- Reflection on the Beatitudes
Contents/Activities:
You could
proceed this way:
1. Start with a prayer
and a brief scripture reading:
2. Read "Clones
of Jesus".
3. Post an enlarged copy
of the Beatitudes so that the students can
read it or hand out copies to the participants. You could also use one of the Beatitudes posters available on the Resources for Catholic Educators Web site.
4. Hand out the Reflection
on the Beatitudes worksheet: invite the participants to take a few
quiet minutes to answer the questions and to write a brief prayer.
5. Invite the participants
to share the answers to the questions if they feel comfortable doing so.
6. Invite the participants
to read out their prayers - again only if they feel comfortable doing
so. This can be your closing prayer.
7. For younger students:
a . Download this beatitudes handout with a crossword puzzle, a wordsearch and a jigsaw puzzle activity.
b. Have the children play the Beatitudes game. Download the rules and game material.
Additional Resources:
- See our resources pages on the Beatitudes
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