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HOW DOES JESUS ASK US TO TREAT PEOPLE? (pages 14-15)
Include children with disabilities to act out this story. A student in a wheelchair could play the role of the innkeeper. A student who is nonverbal could assume the role of the person who was too busy and simply went on. A follow-up activity for this story: Create small groups and develop posters that answer the question: Who is our neighbor? This would be a great opportunity to discuss how wrong it is to judge other people on the basis of appearance, skin color, or where they live.
I PREPARE FOR THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (page 16)
For the student with intellectual disability, the term forgiveness may be too abstract. Use words such as “feel bad,” “doing something wrong,” “sorry,” or “not doing the same thing wrong again.” Forgiveness is a way of saying, “It’s okay...I still love you.”
As an alternative to coloring the picture (#3a), have students pair off to generate specific examples of kindness toward others. For auditory learners put the prayer (#3b) on a cassette tape. For students with intellectual disability, shorten the prayer and/or add pictures and gestures, e.g., “I am sorry for not being good. I want to be good. Help me love other people.”
PRAYER RITUAL 1 – I CAN LOVE (pages 16-17)
The prayer service doesn’t require any modifications. One important caution: Do not call on students to read in class. Ask for volunteers. Some children who can read silently become very nervous when asked to read aloud. It might also be fun to invite a sign language interpreter to sign the prayer celebration. It raises the awareness level of students in regard to people who “hear” differently.
Lesson 2
WE KEEP GOD’S COMMANDMENTS
OPENING PRAYER (page 18)
Refer to lesson 1 regarding ways for students who are nonverbal to participate in the song. Assist visual learners by displaying the words to the song on chart paper where everyone can see them.
WE KEEP GOD’S COMMANDMENTS (page 19)
For students with intellectual disability, simplify vocabulary whenever possible, e.g., substitute the
word “rule” for “commandments” (p. 1, student copy). Students with intellectual disability or memory difficulties need prompts and visual or auditory cues to help them remember things. The Good Samaritan story from the previous lesson could be re-enacted or pictures shown to help students recall this scripture passage. Proceed with #2. In addition to listing the rules generated by the students on chart paper, state the rules as they are recorded. This will help students with visual impairments as well as those who learn best auditorily. For the kinesthetic learners, have students role play the rules on the chart.
SLAVES BECOME GOD’S OWN PEOPLE (pages 20-21)
Accompany the explanation under 1a with pictures and a map of Egypt. Provide a tape recording of the story for non-readers and students with cognitive and visual impairments to listen to as other students are reading their parts silently. If a student with a hearing impairment is going to sign his or her part of the story, have another student read the part out loud (reverse interpreter). After reading page 3 of the student copy, show a video from a movie of Moses receiving the commandments from God. Simplify the wording of the commandments for students with intellectual disability, e.g., Do what your mom and dad tell you to do. Don’t take things that are not yours. Tell the truth, etc. Cut the commandments into strips and let each student choose one to work on during the next week.
GOD’S COMMANDMENTS HELP US LIVE TOGETHER (page 22)
For students with intellectual disability, provide stickers with simplified vocabulary: Help Mom, Pray to God, Pay for things. Have students work in pairs
to put the stickers in the right locations. If there are non-readers in the class, #3 is a perfect substitute for reading the commandments in #2. For 3a, simplify vocabulary and shorten questions for students with limited intellectual ability. Provide pictures for key words.
COMMANDMENTS PRAYER RITUAL (pages 22-23)
No modifications are necessary. Lesson 3
WE CAN ACT LIKE JESUS
OPENING PRAYER (page 24)
Have a list of the commandments posted in the