Luke the Book DVD

‘A religious education DVD for Primary School children’

Following the very successful print version of Luke the Book, which was distributed to over 1700 Primary Schools covering 130,000 children throughout Ireland in 2003, an interactive DVD is now available for use in the classroom. This exciting RE resource and is currently being distributed to Primary Schools throughout Ireland at a nominal cost of €10. This initiative is a partnership project between Scripture Union and the National Bible Society of Ireland.

This innovative project is the first interactive multimedia RE resource to be produced for Irish primary school children aged between 8 and 11. This DVD combines 22 animated Bible stories from Luke’s gospel covering the Nativity narratives, the Parables and the Passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. In addition there are ready-to-use Teacher Lesson plans with discussion questions and optional resources. A dedicated web site is also available to download information or additional resources as well as full transcript of the stories from the CEV Translation.

Log onto www.lukethebook.com. A preview of the animations is also available on www.lukethebook.com/preview/intro.html.

The development is by Click2Screen, all the animation was created by Annie Brady and was tested in classrooms by a selection of teachers to ensure its relevance and value as a religious education resource for Irish Schools.

The FEATURES of this resource include:

22 fully animated lessons from Luke’s Gospel (lasting 2/3 minutes each)
Interactive discussion
Accompanying teachers’ Lesson Plan resource printed booklet
To be distributed at a nominal cost of €10 plus postage to each registered school

The BENEFITS are:

Children enjoy interactive learning
Animation brings stories to life
Offers teachers a unique resource for RE classes
Can be integrated with current RE programmes (Alive O and Follow Me)
Stimulated further learning and Scripture engagement

HOW TO REGISTER:
Email Jim Donnan, at Scripture Union or phone 01-2802300
Email Judith Wilkinson, at the National Bible Society or phone 01-6773272