Barabbas Activities & Classroom Projects

Fun Classroom Activities

The 20 enjoyable, interactive classroom activities that are included will help your students understand the text in amusing ways. Fun Classroom Activities include group projects, games, critical thinking activities, brainstorming sessions, writing poems, drawing or sketching, and more that will allow your students to interact with each other, be creative, and ultimately grasp key concepts from the text by "doing" rather than simply studying.

1. Symbols of Sacrifice

The cross that is worn by Christians today is a symbol of sacrifice that represents the method of execution used during the first century. If the events in the novel were to take place for the first time today, what symbol might the (21st century) early Christians adopt? Design and illustrate such a symbol.

2. Uncleanliness

How do the food laws of cleanliness in the Orthodox Jewish culture affect diet? Remembering the research done in lesson two, design a...
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