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Links - In Journeys about Jesus (Part One)
1. How does she feel? How do you feel when you are
on your own? (pages 2-3)
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/
Many of the issues
that children face are explored at this web site. Many of the problems
that can cause children to feel lonely, isolated or sad are covered
here, from homesickness, going away, peer pressure or dealing with
anger and bullies.
Being alone is also explored in George
Robert Mackay's poem 'Uniseed' at http://www.poetryportal.co.uk/common/poems/uniseed.htm
The famous meditation by John Donne 'No
man is an island' can be downloaded from the sites http://isu.indstate.edu/ilnprof/ENG451/ISLAND/
or http://www.global-language.com/devotion.html
2. Rejection poem (pages 4-5)
http://arthistory.about.com/library/blartist_tissot.htm
A brief biography of the artist,
James T Tissot of this page's image can be found at this site. Further
information can be gleaned from http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/tissot/
http://www.jesusanswers.com/bible/map.htm
This contains a good map that
enables pupils to work out the distance travelled between Nazareth
and Bethlehem.
http://www.fesko.com/nativity.jpg
This image, and the one at
http://www.talonsite.com/bith/arriving.htm
are modern re-enactments of
the arrival into Bethlehem and the Nativity scene.
Teachers can discover the latest news
about global refugee issues at http://www.unhcr.ch/
3. Are there times when you want to be on your own? Sometimes
we choose to be on our own. Jesus chose to spend time alone. (pages
6-7)
www.angelfire.com/ar/stanleyspencer/
One of the better web sites on the works of Stanley Spencer, including
a biography and a chronology of his work. For further examples of
his work see http://www.artnet.com/magazine/reviews/holmes/holmes4-16-2.asp
And http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ARTspencer.htm
The Tate Britain web site at www.tate.org.uk/
includes work by Spencer and also other images of the temptation
of Christ in the wilderness, by artists such as St John Long, John
St John (1798-1834).
4. When we make a journey ... who protects us from danger? (pages 8-9)
Pupils at the
Sciennes Primary School discuss road safety at http://www.spokes.org.uk
A story for
younger children (a bedtime Billy Gnome story) at http://www.bgammon.freeserve.co.uk/chapter5.htm
follows this theme of road safety.
http://www.literature.org/authors/carroll-lewis/alices-adventures-in-wonderland/
Take an adventure with Alice through her Wonderland. Here the whole
book can be downloaded.
http://www.stargazers.freeserve.co.uk/
Adventure through space on this web site that provides fun activities
to introduce 3-10 year olds to astronomy.
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