Year 5 Jesus: how did he speak truth to power? worksheet

“The Good Samaritan” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 5 religious education unit “Jesus: how did he speak truth to power?”, for children aged 9 to 10, and takes about 22 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 7 to 12 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

The Good Samaritan

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 5 · Religious education · about 22 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can explain what the parable of the Good Samaritan teaches about neighbours.

A Look back3 min

1.
Which pillar of Islam is missing from this chain? Circle the answer.
ZakatHajjShahada
2.
Which day comes between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday? Circle the answer.
Good FridayAsh WednesdayChristmas Day
3.
Which part of the Bible contains the four Gospels? Circle the answer.
New TestamentOld Testament

B Watch me, then you4 min

A man is hurt on a lonely road. Four things happen in the story. Here is how to put them in order.

A dusty hill road winding down toward a small town, with no people on it

Watch me

First, robbers attack the man on the road.

Next, a priest and then a Levite walk past without stopping.

Last, a Samaritan stops and helps him.

Now you

1.
Number these three events in the order they happen in the story.
1. Samaritan helps the man
2. Robbers attack the man
3. Priest walks past

C Your turn6 min

Read each question about the story. Circle the answer.

1.
In the story, the hurt man was travelling from which city? Circle the answer.
JerusalemJerichoSamaria
2.
Which two religious people walked past the hurt man? Circle the answer.
a priest and a Levitetwo tradersa Samaritan and a guard
3.
What did the Samaritan do first? Circle the answer.
He cleaned the man's woundsHe went straight homeHe asked the robbers to stop
4.
What did Jesus tell the expert in the law to do at the end? Circle the answer.
Go and do the sameGo to the templeStop asking questions

Say it out loud: Which word in each question helped you find the answer?

D Spot the mistake3 min

An old open book on a wooden table in soft light, with no readable writing

Kit says: “The Good Samaritan is just a story about being kind. It does not tell us who our neighbour is.”

1.
Write one sentence saying what the parable tells us about neighbours.

E Think deeper4 min

A simple stone inn beside a dusty road, with a donkey tied outside

1.
Why do you think Jesus chose a Samaritan, an outsider, to be the hero? Write two sentences.

How did it feel?

Think about the story. Which part did you find surprising? You can keep your answer to yourself.

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

The Good Samaritan · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. Zakat your child may have picked Hajj because it is the last pillar. Point to the chain and ask which pillar comes straight after Salah.

2. Good Friday

3. New Testament

B

1. 1 Robbers attack the man · 2 Priest walks past · 3 Samaritan helps the man your child may have put the helper first because he is the hero. Ask what must happen to the man before anyone can help him.

C

1. Jerusalem your child may have picked Jericho, which is where the man was going. Ask which city he started from.

2. a priest and a Levite your child may have picked the Samaritan. Ask who in the story was a religious person and who was an outsider.

3. He cleaned the man's wounds your child may have picked another card. Ask what the Samaritan did for the man's injuries before he took him anywhere.

4. Go and do the same

D

1. Look for: A neighbour is anyone who needs help, even someone seen as an outsider or enemy, not only people who live nearby. your child may have repeated only 'be kind'. Say kindness is part of it, but Jesus was answering who counts as a neighbour. Ask who the hero was.

E

1. Look for: A reason linked to shocking the listeners or to showing that anyone in need counts as a neighbour, with a short explanation.

Words to use

Say“Which person in the story surprised you most, and why do you think Jesus picked them?”

Instead of“Yes, that's right, it's just a story about being nice.”

After the sheet

Name three people you see this week who might need help. Talk together about one small, kind thing you could do for one of them.

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:

Speaking Out Today(with a plan)
Quiet and costly giving(with a plan)
Wealth and Jesus today(with a plan)
Martha, Mary and Jesus(with a plan)
Challenging Power Today(with a plan)

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