How do live lessons work?
Live lessons are interactive slides and course outlines that are used to teach Treeway Live Classes. Click on the arrows to navigate backward and forwards through the slides.
How Do I Use the Lesson Plans?
Read this lesson plan before class to familiarize yourself with the ideas and concepts you’ll be teaching the students. You may print this page out if you need to use it as a reference point during live classes.
This lesson is a guide, but feel free to expand on the content or decrease/increase what you teach depending on the learning levels of the students in your class or the amount of time you have to cover the material.
Can I show videos in live classes?
Yes, feel free to include additional material to supplement the class lesson material. Videos, Physical Objects, Games, Activities, etc. are okay to share in live classes.
Videos should have no advertisements or logos and should be viewed by you before showing them to the students to ensure no offensive or questionable content is included.
The video should make up only a small portion of the live class.
How do bookmarks work?
Bookmarks help you keep track of lessons you’re going to teach in future live classes. The bookmarks you see are for all your bookmarked lessons across all grades.
You can bookmark a lesson by visiting the lesson you want to bookmark and clicking the “bookmark” button in the bookmark section.
You can remove a single bookmark by visiting a lesson you’ve bookmarked and clicking the “bookmark” button again to unbookmark it.
You can clear all of your bookmarks by clicking the “clear all bookmarks” button. Be careful, this will erase all of your bookmarks.
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Class Summary
Students will examine a few American national & religious holidays. They will examine how Jehovah’s Witnesses view those holidays, what the Bible says about key aspects of those holidays. They will determine if they are things that true Christians should celebrate.
Lesson Slide
Main Teaching Points
Culture is the things that we eat, the things that we wear, the houses that we live in, and the way that we act with others. Culture can even be how we dance! How we celebrate is also a part of culture.
People all over the world have lots of different celebrations. People celebrate in many different ways.
We’re going to learn about some of the celebrations that people have in America. We’re going to talk about how Jehovah feels about those celebrations, because not all celebrations make Jehovah happy.
Discussion Questions
What do Jehovah’s people celebrate, or commemorate every year?
What are some holidays that people celebrate in the world?
Why don’t we celebrate Christmas? Thanksgiving? Memorial Day? July 4th?
How can you show Jehovah you are thankful for the things he gives you every day?
How can we show Jesus honor for his sacrifice for us?
What would you do if someone teased you for not celebrating Christmas?
In-Class Activities
Here are some hands-on activities you can encourage students to try with their parents. This is optional, but does provide a more interactive experience for both parents and students. Note: Some of these activities may have already been provided to parents in advance of the class as additional activities during their personal schooling routine.