The Tower of Babel
THE TOWER OF BABEL
Objectives:
- Children should be able to identify the Tower of Babel and tell its story.
- Children should identify the source of the many languages we have today.
Possible Lesson Plan:
- Open with prayer.
- Scripture Reference: Genesis 11:1-8. This one would probably be easy to have each student read a verse going around the circle – short and sweet. Why did the people build the tower? Why did God confuse their languages?
- Learning Game: Language Bingo – Make bingo cards for each student with 5 languages across the top (English, Spanish, French, German, and Russian – or whatever you speak) and numbers between one and ten in the spaces; each card can be different. Now call the names of the numbers in the appropriate language and see if the students have any idea which space to mark!
For reference:
Spanish: uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez
French: un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix
German: eins, zwei, drei, vier, funf, sechs, sieben, acht, neun, zehn
Russian: adeen,dvah,tree,chetiree,pyaht,shest,syem, vosyem, dyevyet, dyesyet
Use the cards below unless you want to substitute the languages common to your own parish: