Judges/Gideon
JUDGES/GIDEON
Objectives:
- Children should be able to tell the story of Gideon – the meat offering, the fleece, the choosing of the men, and the battle.
- Children should understand the need to trust in God in all things.
Possible Lesson Plan:
- Open with prayer.
- Scripture Reference: Judges 6-7.
- Learning Game: Charades. Write the major events of the story on slips of paper (same as for the story-spinner below). Have the students pick out a slip and act out the event while the others guess what’s happening.
- Discussion: How did God call Gideon? What was the purpose of the fleece? How did Gideon choose his men? Why? How did he win the battle? Was Gideon stupid to go into battle with such odds against him? Why or why not?
- Find the tribes of Israel on the map. Where was Gideon. Other judges?
- Make a Story-Spinner:
Take a paper plate. Divide
it into 5 sections. In each
section, have the child draw
the stories of Gideon: the
burning of the meat and cakes,
the destruction of Baal’s altar,
the fleece, the choosing of the men, the attack on the
Midianites. Make a spinner out
of tagboard or another plate.
Attach it to the first plate with
a brad; it will spin better with
a small bead between spinner
and plate. Spin the spinner, and
tell the story that goes with the
picture.
- Close with prayer.
