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Year 3 Pesach: How do Jews remember God's covenant? worksheet

“A promise that lasts” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 3 religious education unit “Pesach: How do Jews remember God's covenant?”, for children aged 7 to 8, and takes about 24 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 13 to 18 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

A promise that lasts

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 3 · Religious education · about 24 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can explain what a covenant is and why it still matters to Jewish people.

A Look back3 min

  1. 1.

    Join each holy book to the people who follow it.

    Holy bookShared byBelievers
    BibleQur'anGuru Granth Sahib
    SikhsChristiansMuslims
  2. 2.

    Which place do Jewish people go to pray together? Circle one.

    PrayLearnShare
    synagoguemosquechurchgurdwara
  3. 3.

    Put each building in the column of the faith that uses it.

    BuildingPlace to prayCommunity
    GurdwaraMosqueChurch
    SikhMuslimChristian

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ruth promised her gran she would visit every Sunday for the rest of her gran's life. She kept that promise for years.

Watch me
Ruth's promiseSunday visitsKept for years

A covenant is a very serious promise.

Ruth's promise was serious, so it is like a covenant.

She kept it for years, so the promise still matters.

Now you
  1. 1.

    Which is most like a covenant? Circle one.

    PromiseKeptTrusted
    a serious promise to keep faith with someonea guess about the weathera game with rules

C Your turn8 min

Read each question. Circle the answer, then move to the next.

  1. 1.

    What is the Hebrew name of the holy scroll read in a synagogue? Circle one.

    Holy textRead byJewish community
    TorahBibleQur'an
  2. 2.

    This chain shows the first three books of the Torah. God's covenant with Abraham is in the very first book. Circle its name.

    GenesisExodusLeviticus
    GenesisExodusLeviticus
  3. 3.

    What do we call someone who comes after you in your family line? Circle one.

    GrandparentParentChild
    descendantancestorneighbour
  4. 4.

    God's promise to Abraham was a very serious promise. What is the word for that? Circle one.

    PromiseKeptRemembered
    covenantcelebrationcarpet

Say it out loud: Which word did you use to describe a promise that lasts? What did the other questions have in common?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A rolled Torah scroll on wooden rollers in an open wooden case.
Kit says: “The covenant is very old, so it means nothing to Jewish people now.”
  1. 1.

    Is Kit right? Write why in one or two sentences.

E Think deeper4 min

  1. 1.

    Write two sentences: why might a promise made long ago still matter to a family today?

    Long agoPassed downToday

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StudyDen · Year 3 · Religious education · Pesach: How do Jews remember God's covenant?Answers are on the grown-up page

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A promise that lasts · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. Bible → Christians; Qur'an → Muslims; Guru Granth Sahib → Sikhs If your child joins the Bible to Muslims, ask which book Christians read at church. Then try the other pairs.

2. synagogue If your child circles mosque, that is where Muslims pray. Ask your child to find the word synagogue on the card.

3. Sikh: Gurdwara · Muslim: Mosque · Christian: Church If your child puts the church under Muslim, point to the cross on a church. Ask which building has a minaret for the call to prayer.

B

1. a serious promise to keep faith with someone If your child circles the game, ask whether a game has a solemn promise. Read the covenant definition together.

C

1. Torah If your child circles Bible, say that is an English word. Torah is the Hebrew name for the scroll. Point to the card.

2. Genesis If your child circles Exodus, that is the second book. Point to the first book in the chain and read its name together.

3. descendant

4. covenant

D

1. Look for: Says Kit is wrong because Jewish people still read about the covenant and find meaning in it today. If your child agrees with Kit, ask whether Ruth's old promise still matters. Then ask if an old promise from God could still matter.

E

1. Look for: Two sentences that explain how an old promise or story can still shape identity, belonging or trust today.

Words to use

Say“In your own words, what is a covenant? Why might it still matter today?”
Instead of“Tell them the answer straight away, without giving them time to read the lesson again.”

After the sheet

Make a family promise on a card, such as “We will always share the last biscuit.” Keep it for a week, then talk about whether it still matters.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

  1. Moses and the Exodus(with a plan)
  2. Our story, long ago(with a plan)
  3. Getting ready for Pesach(with a plan)
  4. The Seder Meal(with a plan)
  5. Pesach in Britain today(with a plan)

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