The 10 Commandments

• To explain why God gave the 10 commandments

• To evaluate which commandments could improve school life.

Watch the video & try and remember as many commandments as you can.

1 God 2’s misused

3’s on my knees4 front door

5’s alive, Sexy 6

Sticky 7’s8’s telltales

9’s don’t pine10’s don’t whine

Split your page into 2 columns.1. Write the clues with

matching commandments.

2. Which commandments are about loving God? Choose one and explain.

3. Which ones are about loving your neighbour? Choose one and explain why.

**Are any commandments not important to life today?

•You shall not commit adultery

•You shall not steal

•You shall not take the name of the

Lord God in vain

•Remember to keep the Lord's Day

holy

•You shall not bear false witness

•You shall not desire your

neighbour's goods•I, the Lord, am your God. You shall have no other gods besides me.

•Honour your father and your

mother

•You shall not kill•You shall not desire your neighbour's wife

• Tell your partner the 10 commandments.

• 1 God • 2’s misused • 3’s on my knees• 4 front door• 5’s alive, • Sexy 6• Sticky 7’s• 8’s telling tales• 9’s don’t pine• 10’s don’t whine

The Offer of Life or DeathWhen Moses came down the mountain with the 10 Commandments on 2 tablets of stone, this is what he said to the people: “I set before you today life and prosperity, death and

destruction. Love the LORD your God, walk in obedience to him, and keep his

commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, 18 I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.

I have, this day, set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live 20 and you may live many years in the land God swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”

Deuteronomy 30:11-20

1. What should the Jews do, to be blessed & have life ?

2. What kind of behaviour will bring death and destruction to the Jews?

**Why might someone choose not to keep the commands?

Choose LifeWatch the video. In how many ways did the speaker break the 10C’s?

Do you think his was a good life? Was he “choosing life”?

The speaker says he chose “not to choose life”. What do you think he chose instead?

What ways of living are life-giving?

What ways of living are death-dealing?Give examples of both.

Design a poster called “Choose Life”•Name some life giving commandments, and explain why they are life giving•Name some death-dealing things people do in life, explain why they are death dealing

• Introduction – what you will write about• Paragraph 1: about adults– Discuss two commandments. Explain why they

would be harder for adults.• Paragraph 2: about children– Discuss 2 different commandments. Explain why

they would be harder for children.• Your conclusion: overall, are the 10C’s harder

for adults or children?

Are the 10 Commandments harder to keep for adults or for children?

Are the 10 Commandments harder to keep for adults or for children?

I will explain whether the 10 Commandments harder to keep for children than for adults, giving reasons and examples.

1. For children: • The commandment that I think is difficult for children to keep is (leave 2 line)• I think this commandment is difficult for children to keep because…(leave 6 lines)• An example of when it might be difficult for children to keep this commandment is… (leave 2

lines)• Some people may disagree and say that it should not be difficult for children to keep this

commandment because (leave 6 lines)2. For adults: • The commandment that I think is difficult for adults to keep is… (leave 2 line)• I think this commandment is difficult for adults to keep because…(leave 6 lines)• An example of when it might be difficult for adults to keep is…(leave 4 lines)• Some people may disagree and say that it should not be difficult for adults to keep this

commandment because (leave 6 lines) 3. EvaluationOn balance, I think the 10 commandments are harder to keep for children/ adults because…

Which of the commandments would make a big difference to school life if

everyone followed them?