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TV News Interviews

Passover, Last Supper, Eucharist Parallels

Activity Objective:

To bring the Passover, Last Supper, and Eucharist parallels to life

Lesson Outcome:

The children will be able to identify the parallels among the celebrations of Passover, the Last Supper, and the Eucharist.

Materials

Directions:

Divide the children into two groups.
Assign a group to be those who were present at the first Passover meal in Egypt.
Assign a group to be those who were present at the Last Supper.
Allow the children time to refer to the appropriate Scripture references. Passover: Exodus 12:5-13 and Last Supper: Matthew 26:26-28, Mark 14:22-25, Luke 22:14-20.
Encourage the children to develop questions that they would expect to be asked if TV had been around when these events occurred.
Instruct each group to select a news team.
Explain that the team will be interviewing those in the group about the event and their reaction to what occurred.
Conduct the interviews as if this is breaking news.
At the conclusion of the interviews, discuss similarities and differences and then encourage the children to make a connection to the Eucharist by drawing connections between Passover, the Last Supper, and Mass.

Learning Styles:

People Smart

Approximate Time:

15 minutes

Hints:

Interject information only if needed.