The Life of Jesus teacher pack
Five weeks of lessons on The Life of Jesus for ages 14 to 18: a plan, a worksheet and the answers for each week, a final essay with a marking guide, and a reading certificate to print. Free to use in class.
Five weeks, week by week
- Week 1Chapters 1 to 6
The narrator examines sources and Jesus’ early surroundings, showing how memory, landscape, scripture, and religious hopes shape his account.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 2Chapters 7 to 12
Jesus joins John’s movement, establishes his teaching in Capernaum, and gathers a community shaped by inward goodness and shared possessions.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 3Chapters 13 to 18
Jesus welcomes outsiders, confronts religious authority, and gains messianic and miracle stories that the narrator examines with caution.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 4Chapters 19 to 24
Jesus strengthens his followers’ devotion while opposition grows, exposing tensions between inward renewal, expected judgment, and the costs of commitment.
Plan · worksheet · answers - Week 5Chapters 25 to 30
Public acclaim gives way to Jesus’ arrest, execution, and burial, while uncertain resurrection reports lead into the narrator’s assessment of his legacy.
Plan · worksheet · answers
Assessment
Final essay
Three questions to choose from, 800 to 1,200 words, with a marking guide in four bands.
Quiz bank
The 30 questions and 40 flashcards online, for homework or a quick check in class. Open the quiz
Discussion
Questions for small groups, meeting by meeting. The book club kit
Reading certificate
Certificate of reading
Student's name
has read
The Life of Jesus
by Ernest Renan
Teacher and class
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