Table of Contents:
1. Teacher’s background information.
What are miracles?
A dictionary may say that a miracle is an extraordinary event showing divine intervention in human affairs.
People being healed from things that the doctors of the day could not heal is an extraordinary event.
The Jews in Jesus’ time were looking for the Messiah (or ‘Christ’ in Greek), and one of the signs to confirm that this was truly the Messiah was that he would perform miracles of healing. Isaiah in the Old Testament wrote:
“Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Isaiah 35:5-6 NIV
Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy.
Jesus did heal people’s blindness, those who were deaf, those who were crippled and those who could not speak, so what he was doing was showing ‘signs’ that he was the Messiah.
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2. Lesson plans and resources for: What are miracles?
[a] What are Miracles – Jesus Miracles Explained – Primary RE Lesson Plan is a PowerPoint slideshow viewable or downloadable for teachers to show the children. (Opens in a new tab on www.slideshare.net)
[b] What are Miracles – Jesus Miracles Explained – Primary RE Lesson Plan video based on a PowerPoint presentation. Created with 5-second slides, so pause the video to enable the children to study each slide: (Same material as the PowerPoint above).
[c] For teachers to teach from a printable document, What are miracles? Lesson plan is a resource for teachers who cannot use electronic displays.
[d] What are miracles? Worksheet.
[e] Free video and song:
Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead video.
‘Jesus and His Miracles’ Bible Song.
3. Cartoon video Bible Story and a children’s song about miracles.
[a] Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead, Cartoon Bible Story
[b] ‘Jesus and His Miracles’ Bible Song.
4. How to fulfil the locally agreed syllabus for ‘What are miracles?’
Hopefully, you will be able to match your local agreed syllabus with what is here, which satisfies eight councils:
These lesson plans are based on the Progression Documents of The Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Peterborough, and Rutland County Councils. This is in the light blue text.
The green text is from other Councils: Lewisham Borough, West Sussex, Hull and East Riding.
Here are the main aims for the lesson plan:
Read some of Jesus’ miracle stories and find out what a miracle is. Ask why these miracle stories are important.
Key vocabulary: Bible, Christ, Faith, God, Gospel, Holy, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Miracle, New Testament, Old Testament, Worship.