1. Use a ruler to underline your title
It is a PCSA expectation that you always underline titles and date work.
18 January, 2019
Bar and Bat Mitzvah
Use a ruler to underline your title
13/03/15
Yr9 Ethics GTC Feb 2015

2. Judaism: Special occasions
Aim:What happens at a Bar/ Bat Mitzvah?
Starter:
What special occasions or ceremonies have you been through? (Religious, non-religious, rites of passage)
Q: Discuss what effect have they had on you? Have they changed you in any way (physically, mentally, and spiritually)?
Q: Discuss whether other people treat you differently having been through an important ceremony?
Q: Discuss why these ceremonies are important?

3. Coming of age ceremony! Tasks:
Explore the Coming of Age ceremonies within Judaism:
Watch the BBC Class clips; jot down important things said about these ceremonies and any other details.
Imagine you have attended one of these rituals for a coming of age ceremony. Write a letter about it to someone you know.
What happened?
What did it mean?
The thoughts and feelings of the people there (especially the parents).
Your thoughts and feelings at being there.
2. Design a poster advertising a Bar Mitzvah.
Class Clips 3667 – Bar Mitzvah.
Class Clips 7469 – Bar Mitzvah.
Video Bat Mitzvah

4. Q: Why is having a special ceremony important? (individual or communal)
REflections task:
Look at some of the questions below, choose one to answer thinking more deeply about what you have learnt.
Q: What does it mean to take personal responsibility for yourself?
Q: What do you think it means to be called a son or daughter of the commandments?
Q: Why are the Bar and Bat Mitzvah so different?
Q: Do you have a special name? Do you know what your name means? Was there a special reason why you were given the name you have?
Q: How old do you think someone should be before they are thought to be an adult?