Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to explain how the Bible is structured and organised into different books and verses, a worksheet to select and record information about the meaning of vocabulary in some of the verses in the Bible and a set of cards for support ability levels to identify and match different verses in the Bible with a range of story characters.

The interactive presentation can be used to explore the meaning and significance of some of the different books that are part of the Old Testament.

This lesson is part of a religious education scheme of work to get the children to explore the structure, special stories and significant characters that feature in different books that are part of the Old Testament. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.