Questions for God
Lesson Plan Details
This lesson plan explores modern-day questions about God’s role in the world. It is recommended for settings that encourage students to critically examine and question their own conceptions of God.
The approach is unique in that it combines Israeli pop / reggae and background materials on Bob Marley and the Rastafari movement. There is an extensive appendix to help guide discussions and tailor the lesson for a variety of ages and backgrounds.
Please note that this lesson plan has the possibility of leading to very emotional topics, especially if any of the participants have had particularly challenging experience in life, e.g. a death in the family, etc. Therefore it is important to make sure that participants understand the importance of respect and create a safe space or expression throughout the lesson.
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I Wanted You to Know" is an excellent follow up lesson, that continues exploring the theme of engaging God with our hopes, prayers and doubts.
Objectives
- To articulate one’s personal thoughts or beliefs of God.
- To think critically about God by developing and exploring personal questions.
- To compare and contrast participants’ personal beliefs with those of Omri Glickman, songwriter/singer in the band Hatikvah 6.
- To examine the namesake of Am Yisrael and to contemplate the theological implications of this concept.
- To compare and contrast the images of God in Judaism with the images of the Rastafari movement associated with Reggae music.
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