Hi. I have a year 5 class learning about the Bible. They generated questions and most were of the 'who wrote the bible?', 'when was the bible invented?' type.
I want them to understand that the bible is a collection of writings from different sources. I have thought of splitting them into groups and giving them activities to help them actually experience this ...
Group 1: Discover cuneiform tablets (salt dough) in the sand pit
2: Retell the story of Noah's ark to each other
3: Copy out bible verses in the style of a hand-written illuminated bible
4: Discover letters written on 'parchment' in Greek (but hidden where?)
5: ?
6: ?
There are 30 children in the class.
Has anyone got any other ideas? I keep trying google but getting stuck in American sites discussing why the bible is Completely True, which is not the point I am trying to get over at all.