Jesus, Easter, and the Symbol of the Cross
Explore the significance of Jesus, Easter, and the symbol of the cross in this educational material designed to deepen understanding of Christian beliefs and traditions surrounding salvation, resurrection, and the Holy Week story.
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Year 3 RE Friday 26thJanuary 2021
Is Easter a festival of new life or sacrifice?
LO: Understand why the symbol of the cross is associated with Easter. - Recognise and name different crosses. - Understand the different parts of the Easter story. - Explain how the crosses and stories are linked.
What do you already know about Jesus and Easter? Write down or tell someone as many things as you can.
What do you already know about Jesus and Easter? Christians celebrate and think about Jesus death and resurrection during Easter. Salvation is a word associated with Easter. What does it mean? The saving of a person from sin or evil.
Three Crosses Palm Cross Friday Cross Sunday Cross
Please read the pdf of the Holy Week Story. Which cross matches to this part of the story?
Three Crosses Palm Cross Friday Cross Sunday Cross
Tasks Task 1: Draw each cross and tell me about which part of the story it links to. If you can, tell me why. Task 2: Use the word bank to tell me about each cross and the link to the Holy Week story. Palm cross Sunday cross Friday cross Salvation Gospel Crucified Supper Disciples Mary Crucifix Task 3: Retell the Easter week story. At the end, tell me about which cross links to each part of the story and why.
Example In the Easter story, crowds lined the streets as Jesus entered Jerusalem. To welcome him, people laid down palm leaves which represented goodness and victory. As part of Palm Sunday celebrations, Christians now make palm crosses. It is a cross because it is the symbol that we associate with Jesus and they are made of palms because this is what the people laid down for him in the Easter story. Palm cross Sunday cross Friday cross Salvation Gospel Crucified Supper Disciples Mary Crucifix The next important part of the Easter story related to crosses was Good Friday. This was the day that Jesus died by being crucified on a cross. Christians often look at Friday crosses or crucifixes on this day to remind themselves of Jesus pain and sacrifice.
Example In the Easter story, crowds lined the streets as Jesus entered Jerusalem. To welcome him, people laid down palm leaves which represented goodness and victory. As part of Palm Sunday celebrations, Christians now make palm crosses. It is a cross because it is the symbol that we associate with Jesus and they are made of palms because this is what the people laid down for him in the Easter story. Palm cross Sunday cross Friday cross Salvation Gospel Crucified Supper Disciples Mary Crucifix The next important part of the Easter story related to crosses was Good Friday. This was the day that Jesus died by being crucified on a cross. Christians often look at Friday crosses or crucifixes on this day to remind themselves of Jesus pain and sacrifice.
LO: Understand why the symbol of the cross is associated with Easter. - Recognise and name different crosses. - Understand the different parts of the Easter story. - Explain how the crosses and stories are linked.
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