Aim: To role-play various scenes in the story of the Exodus.
Procedure:
1. Have students and discuss the work of art below.
2. Discuss the biblical scene it depicts. Invite several students to assume the roles of the different figures in the painting and act out the scene.
3. Then divide students into small groups. Have each group write a skit based on a different scene in the story of the Exodus and act out.
James Jacques Joseph Tissot (French, 1836-1902)
Pharaoh's Daughter Receives the Mother of Moses, c. 1896-1902
- Gouache on board
- 8 5/8 x 10 7/16 in. (22.5 x 26.5 cm)
- The Jewish Museum, New York
- Gift of the heirs of Jacob Schiff, X1952-146
Not on view Works on Paper
Pharaoh's Daughter Receives the Mother of Moses
