Lesson 3: Birth narratives

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• Middelbare school
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Seating Chart (small change)

Lesson 3: Birth Stories

Program

1. Welcome

2. Repeat vocabulary

3. The story of Gilgamesh

4. Stories of Birth

Lesson goals: 

- You can explain what function religious stories and myths have

- You know how stories can change over time

Translate the word. For each word you can get 1, 2, or 3 points. The team thats has most points wins. 

Epic 2	Narrative 2	Sign 2
Opinion 1	Deities 3	Gospel 2
Faith 1	Founder 1	Scholar 3

Team 1         Team 2         Team 3

Stories and myths

- Function to explain the world around is

- Message/lessons of the stories

- Question of truth: important or not?

- How can we fact-check religious stories?

          + Other sources

          + Archeological findings

Questions

1. What similarities do you see with the stories from the Bible?

2. How can you explain these similarities?

RELIGIOUS MYTHS

Myth = story that explains the relationship between humanity and a higher power​​

Birth Narratives​

Open your book on page 29​-30

Reading together​

Make question 2 in your notebook

Discuss test

- You will get back your test

- Count all your points and see if the count is correct

- We'll have a look at the answers

- Any questions? Come to discuss your answers

No questions? Hand in your test again.