Sunday School Lesson Plan 26 Dec 2010

Rationale

To fit in with the theme of the service Christmas through the eyes of artists I will attempt to show children how Christmas is represented through art through one and if necessary two sources. The first will introduce art through dogs and Christmas and the second will show some other images of Christmas. The plan is to show the images with narration and then the children can print out their favourite (in colour) and put on a poster and write some explanation beneath it. This can then be shown at morning tea. Numbers are expected to be small so the five hall computers should be sufficient

Teaching children through art

Read the narration from the Ohmynews resource (print out before hand). Current links are

1. Dogs
   1. http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/server.php?show=conObject.2450
   2. http://nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/mattia-preti-the-marriage-at-cana
   3. http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/server.php?show=conObject.1682
   4. http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/server.php?show=conObject.1191
   5. http://www.friendsofart.net/en/art/giacomo-balla/dynamism-of-a-dog-on-a-leash
2. Advent Calendar
   1. Not there, look at http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/mystic-nativity
3. Christmas Eve
   1. http://nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/pieter-bruegel-the-elder-the-adoration-of-the-kings
4. Other depictions of Christmas
   1. http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/04/b2003/hm4_1_o_3.html
   2. http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/index.asp Search on keyword "Nativity" also "magi"
5. Mosaic Maker
   1. http://www.pef.org.uk/church/the-church-of-the-nativity-bethlehem
   2. http://images.google.com.au/ search on "mosaic church of the nativity"

Google images

See the Google home page still in Christmas timezone has a series of Christmas related images. Select each one in turn:

1. St. Basil's Cathedral
2. Acropolis
3. Buche de Noel
4. Mt. Fuji
5. Great Wall of China
6. Sahara+desert
7. oud
8. Indian dance styles
9. Nepal
10. Sydney Harbour
11. Up on the housetop
12. Venice gondolas
13. pierogi
14. chili pepper
15. Chilean vineyards
16. Henna lamp
17. African kanga