Escape from Egypt

Escape from EgyptAT1 - To learn about the story of Moses and Pharaoh and the ten plagues that were sent to the

Egyptians.

AT2 – to think about the 10 plagues – to think of scientific reasons for them and to consider which one(s)

were the worst and why?

Lesson Objectives

By the end of the lesson:

All of you in this classroom will be able to say who Moses is and why he is so important to Jews.

Most of you will be able to name at last 5 of the plagues sent upon the Egyptians and the qualities that a leader should have.

Some of you will be able to discuss which plague(s) YOU think is/are the worst and why.

Escape from Egypt

Prophet - someone chosen by god to guide people to believe in God and God’s laws.

Miracle – something that is extremely unlikely to happen.

Plague – a very dangerous and scary disease

Key words

Leader-

Someone in charge and who can lead people

Do you remember what happened after Abraham

died in the land of Canaan? We studied it right at the end

of last lesson.

Something about leaving Canaan because there wasn’t any ______ left in the land….

Do you remember now?

Here’s a clue……

At first the people were

accepted by the Egyptians and

lived peacefully. But things didn’t stay happy and lovely for the Hebrews….

The Pharaohs.•These were the kings

of Egypt.•They used slaves and made them build great buildings for them.

• The Hebrews were made slaves and were now know as the Israelites.

• They were treated very badly

So the Jews prayed to God to help them.God answered their

prayers.

God spoke chose a special man to lead the Jews – someone

who was special since the day he

was born. That man was Moses………

God spoke to Moses and told him to lead his people out of

Egypt. He became the

Prophet of the Jews and their leader as he

spoke for them.

What kind of qualities should a leader have?

CourageConfidenceEnthusiasm

WisdomGood communication skillsRespectful towards others.

• Moses went to the Pharaoh and demanded that he let his people go.

• Pharaoh refused claiming that this God was nothing and that he Pharaoh himself was a God!

This made God angry with Pharaoh. So he

sent down plagues as signs that he was the all

powerful God.

Quick re-cap!Working with your neighbour – discuss 2 facts each you have learnt so far – be prepared to

feed back to the class!

You have a minute for this task.

God sent his first plague to the Egyptians.

The river Nile turned into

Blood

The plague of Frogs

The plague of Lice

The plague of

flies/insects

The plague of animal diseases

Plague of Boils

The plague of Hail

The plague of Locusts

The plague of Darkness

There was still one more

plague left….The death

of the first born child in every

family.

Who can name any of the 10 plagues?

God commanded Moses to tell the Israelites to put lamb’s

blood on their doors at night so

the angel of death will pass over

their house – and their first born

will be saved.

• Pharaoh’s own son was hit by this plague.

• This crushed Pharaoh and he finally said yes to Moses..

• The Israelites were free to go…

Fill in the missing word.

They Hebrews left Canaan for E . They became S s.Moses was a P t and a L r for the Jews. He told P h to let the Israelites be free. Pharaoh didn’t and made God a y.God sent down ___ plagues.

* List as many of the plagues as you can.*

Lets watch this story in action.

clip from a cartoon.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iihxNjZKYoY&feature=related (1st part)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6tPKp_cFss&feature=related (2nd part)

Pharaoh changed his mind and he and his army went out after the Israelites to capture

them all.

Moses and his people were at the Red Sea by now.

God told Moses to Strike his staff (stick) in the sea.

And the sea parted!!!

A miracle!• Even the ground

was dry as the Hebrews went through the sea!

• As the Hebrews passed through the Egyptians began to chase them

• But the waters closed around the Egyptians and they were drowned!

• No-one survived! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxtZtdoYFeU&feature=related (3rd part)

Top Secret Report• You were one of the Egyptian soldiers .• However, as you got near the Red Sea your horse

slowed down as there was a stone stuck in its hoof.

• This meant you were ten minutes behind the rest of the Egyptian army.

• You arrived at the Red Sea too late to go in. You are the only soldier who did not die!!!! You see everyone else dying.

• Create your top secret report for the authorities in Egypt about this disaster!!!