MIn Their HandsWhose Hands Held This?
Lesson · Grades 1–2 · Hands of History · Coins and the people who held them
Whose Hands Held This?
Why this matters
Every coin here was held by someone, two thousand years ago, in the land where Jesus lived. Their stories reach us through hands just like yours.
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By the end of this lesson you will be able to:
- match each coin to the person who held it, using picture clues
- tell the story of the widow’s two tiny coins, and why Jesus called her gift the biggest
- say how the emperor’s census brought Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem
- Go deeperspeak or write as one of the people, telling what is in your hands