Lesson Plan- Tower of Babel (1st grade on up)

Tower of Babel

Objectives: The students will be able to
- retell the story of the Tower of Babel
- explain why people speak in different languages
- identify what the people built to make themselves great
- locate Babylon on a map



Review:
Prayer, questions and vocabulary words from last week’s lesson



Vocabulary Words: (Write the bold words on the board and discuss with class)

language- the human use of spoken or written words as a communication system
tower- a tall structure
confuse- to make somebody unable to think or reason clearly or act sensibly
scattered- in different places far away from each other
separate- distinct from or unrelated to something else
migrate- to move from one place to another
Babylon- the capital of Babylonia, an ancient empire of Mesopotamia, was a city on the Euphrates River, in what is now southern Iraq (show students this on a map and have them locate it on a map)



Plan:

Read story: "The Tower of Babel" and then ask questions



Activities:

Introduce activities: What event in history caused God to confuse man’s speech so that we speak many languages? (Building the Tower of Babel)

childrensermons.com- Tower of Babel object lesson

dltk-bible.com- Tower of Babel lesson with memory verse, teacher's guide, puzzles, take home sheet, coloring pages, crafts and activities, etc.

ministry-to-children.com- Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) Sunday School Lesson

ministry-to-children.com- Tower of Babel Bible Lesson for Kids

sundayschoolsources.com- Tower of Babel lesson

calvarycurriculum.com- The Tower of Babel lesson #10 with memory verses, circle the correct words, true or false, fill in the blanks, puzzles, and color sheets.

bible.org- The Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) lesson



Crafts

bibletimefun.com- Building to please God bible Craft (scroll down to this)

auntiesbiblelessons.wordpress.com- Tower of Babel Craft

handsonbibleteacher.blogspot.com- POP UP Tower of Babel (scroll down for this craft)

growwildmychild.com- Babel's Tower: free pop-up coloring page printable

moziesme.blogspot.com- Origami Tower

daniellesplace.com- Crafts for Tower of Babel (scroll down for these)



Games

daniellesplace.com- Games for Tower of Babel (scroll down for these)

ministry-to-children.com- Who is Worthy? and Tower of Praise Relay (scroll down to these)

ministry-to-children.com- Towering Cups Game and Encouragement Game (scroll down to these)

craftingthewordofgod.com- Tower Of Babel Game


Introduce game: How did God decide to stop the work of the tower? (By confusing their language so no one would understand what another said.)

Preparation- When we speak to someone, that person might not understand us because they may speak in a different language. Sometimes other things hinder our understanding of what someone is saying or is trying to say. Do you think it would be hard to try to build a tower with someone who doesn’t speak your language? Why? Here is a game that is a good example of what I mean.

Telephone- Have the children seat in chairs or on the floor in a straight line. Start off by telling the first child a secret message. Ask the children to keep passing the message to each other until it gets to the last person. Have the last person say out loud what the message was. See if it is the same as the original message. Make sure you something easy for the children to understand.


No Babble Babel (People Build a Tower at Babel)- This silent game will prompt your kids toward creative communication and cooperation as they work together to build a tower. (The Encyclopedia of Bible Games for Children’s Ministry by Group Publishing, page 22).

Tower Building Contest- Divide your class into small. Give each group the same number of blocks. When you say, "Go!," all the groups have to build their towers as big as they can before it falls down. When that happens, switch teams around and have a new set of kids working together to play again. There is no real winner in this game. It just helps emphasize teamwork.

*Make it more interesting by instructing the teams to build the tower without speaking.



This game is free, however it only to be used for classroom and personal use. It may not be published on any websites or other electronic media, or distributed in newsletters, bulletins, or any other form or sold for profit. Reproduction or retransmission of any materials, in whole or in part, in any manner, is not permitted.

Tower of Babel Jenga Game- Players build a tower and take turns asking each other questions about the Tower of Babel. The last player to take a turn without making the Tower of Babel fall wins the game.



Snacks:

Introduce snack: The people decided to build a city and what else? (A tower)

Tower of Babel- Give each child a few crackers. Have them spread the top of one of their crackers with either the marshmallow cream or peanut butter. Next, they will add a large marshmallow on top, and then put either the cream or peanut butter on top of the large marshmallow. Next, they will add another cracker, and start the whole thing over again. See how tall they can make their tower before it falls down, and then eat it.

dltk-bible.com- Tower of Babel
Build a tower with crackers and use graham crackers and hold it together with peanut butter, or marshmallow cream etc.



Puzzles, Mazes, Worksheets:


dltk-bible.com- Tower of Babel puzzles (anagrams, crossword, cryptogram, maze, word-mining sheets, word searches)

christiananswers.net- Wow! What Happened at Babel? (word search)

maxipraise.com- Tower of Babel (word search)

biblepathwayadventures.com- Tower of Babel (word search)

sundayschoolzone.com- Tower of Babel Puzzles (scroll down to these)

calvarycurriculum.com- The Tower of Babel lesson #10 with circle the correct words, true or false, fill in the blanks, puzzles, etc.

biblepathwayadventures.com- Tower of Babel (multiple choice)

thereligionteacher.com- Tower of Babel Activity with worksheet