The book assumes that the students already know the Ten Commandments but our students probably do not. The purpose of this class is to help them understand what they are and help them get started memorizing them.

When looking for additional resources, remember that we are using the Catholic version of the Ten Commandments, not the Protestant version.

The book assumes that the students already know the Ten Commandments but our students probably do not. The purpose of this class is to help them understand what they are and help them get started memorizing them.

When looking for additional resources, remember that we are using the Catholic version of the Ten Commandments, not the Protestant version.

382 / 5,000 El libro da por sentado que los estudiantes ya conocen los Diez Mandamientos, pero nuestros estudiantes probablemente no los conozcan. El propósito de esta clase es ayudarlos a comprender qué son y ayudarlos a comenzar a memorizarlos.

Cuando busque recursos adicionales, recuerde que estamos usando la versión católica de los Diez Mandamientos, no la versión protestante.

How to obey the 10 commandments

The Full List of the Ten Commandments

When looking for additional resources, remember that we are using the Catholic version of the Ten Commandments, not the Protestant version.

They are in the Reconciliation Book on pages 148-149.
Moses and the Ten Commandments - to color - from the OSV website
Ten Commadments - from the Benecidos book
Ten Commadments - from the Benecidos book - in Spanish
Ten Commadments - with a picture of Moses on the top
Ten Commadments - all 10 on 2 tan tablets
Ten Commadments - first 5 on 1 tan tablet
Ten Commadments - last 5 on 1 tan tablet
Ten Commadments - all 10 on 2 white tablets
Ten Commadments - all 10 on 2 white tablets - version 2
Ten Commadments - Fancy format witha short description
Ten Commadments - simple 10 commandments formatted with 4 on 1 sheet of paper. This gives smaller versions (and less paper) that are easier for students to carry around to memorize.
Info on the Ten Commandments in Spanish

Single Commandments

Confession Booklet: Commandments 1 and 2

Confession Booklet: Commandments 3 and 4

Confession Booklet: Commandments 5, 6, and 9

Confession Booklet: Commandments 7 and 10

Bee Commandment 1

Bee Commandment 2

Bee Commandment 3

Bee Commandment 4

Bee Commandment 5

Bee Commandment 6

Bee Commandment 7

Bee Commandment 8

Bee Commandment 9

Bee Commandment 10

One minute audio clips on one of the Ten Commandments

Commandment 1
Commandment 1 - more
Commandment 2
Commandment 3
Commandment 4
Commandment 8

La lista completa de los Diez Mandamientos

Music Ideas

A Song to help remember the 10 Commandments (to "The Farmer in the Dell")

Worksheets and things to share with students

Fill in the missing words from the 10 Commandments
Last 7 Commandments - fill in the blank
Identify which commandment goes with which action
Worksheet on the 1st 3 commandments - identify which action matches the commandment
Worksheet on the last 7 Commandments - identify which action matches the commandment
Write the commandments listed in the correct order
Write the 10 Commandments splitting them into the 2 categories
Understanding the 10 Commandments: write what each commandment means
Describe how to follow each commandment - 1-5
Describe how to follow each commandment - 6-10
The previous 2 worksheets on one page
Describe how to follow each commandment - variant 2
Fill in the tablets. Could be used to write the commandments in full.
Bible Search for the Ten Commandments Exodus 20:2-17

Individual Commandments

1st Commandment - Want vs Need

4th Commandment - write titles to 3 imaginary shows that describe the 4th commandment

6th Commandment - decode teachings of the 6th commandment

7th Commandment - which activity honors the 7th commandment

8th Commandment - Explain each drawing

Choose 1 commandment to focus on

Activities for small groups

The Great Commandment

You may want to use these later or not at all so the students don't get confused.
Fill in the tablets. Could be used to write the commandments in full.
Crack the code to decipher the Great Commandment

Games on OSV website / Juegos en el sitio web de OSV. Estos son en ingles. Deben ser una version en espanol.
Link to a game on the OSV website for this chapter.
Put the Ten Commandments in order

Pictures / Imágenes sin lenguaje

These could be used as page decoration of as part of a craft or worksheet.
Estos podrían usarse como decoración de página o como parte de una manualidad o una hoja de trabajo.
Moses with the 10 commandments on the ground - can be colored / Moisés con los 10 mandamientos en el suelo - se puede colorear
Moses holding the 10 commandments - can be colored - variant 1 / Moisés sosteniendo los 10 mandamientos - para colorear - variante 1
Moses holding the 10 commandments - can be colored - variant 2 / Moisés sosteniendo los 10 mandamientos - para colorear - variante 2
Moses holding the 10 commandments - can be colored - variant 3 / Moisés sosteniendo los 10 mandamientos - para colorear - variante 3
blank stone tablet - left side / Tabla de piedra en blanco - lado izquierdo
blank stone tablet - right side / Tabla de piedra en blanco - lado derecho

Information for the Catechist / Información para el catequista en ingles

Moses and the 10 Commandments
Ten Commandments
3MC Episode 42 - What are the 10 Commandments?

Bible Reading / Lectura de la Biblia

The 10 commandments are in Exodus 20:1-17 Moses going up on the mountain and receiving them is in 24:12-18, 31:18, 32:15-16 The first 3 commandments are also here: 34:4-10, 14, 17, 21, Coming down 34:27-29
La lectura bíblica del libro de hoy es Éxodo 19-20.

Los 10 mandamientos están en Éxodo 20:1-17 Moisés sube a la montaña y los recibe en 24:12-18, 31:18, 32:15-16 Los primeros 3 mandamientos también están aquí: 34:4-10, 14, 17, 21, El descenso en 34:27-29

Here is a really brief summary of Genesis and Exodus up to the 10 Commandments. You can use this if you want to give your students a higher view of what led up to Moses getting the 10 Commandments from God.

God created everything including Adam and Eve the first people.
Adam and Eve disobey God, thus sin and Original Sin enter the world.
Adam and Eve have to leave the lovely Garden of Eden and work for a living.
Adam and Eve have many children.
One son, Abel, is good. His brother Cain is jealous and kills him. More sin in the world.
Many generations later there are a lot of people and God sees that there is much sin.
God sees that Noah is good so he tells him to build an Ark. Then he sends a flood to start over.
Many generations later there is a man named Abraham who listens to God. He and his wife Sarah have no children.
God promises Abraham a son and many descendants who will be his chosen people, but they are still childless and Sarah is getting old.
God keeps his promise, and Abraham and Sarah have a son Isaac. Isaac has 2 sons, Jacob and Esau.
Jacob has 12 sons. His favorite is Joseph. Joseph's brothers are jealous and sell him into salvery in Egypt.
Joseph does well in Egypt and ends up a servant of the Pharoah (what they call the king in Egypt).
There is a famine and only Egypt has food, due to God's advice the Joseph which Joseph tells Pahroah.
Joseph's brothers come to Egypt to buy food and meet Joseph. Joseph forgives them and Jacob and all his sons and their families move to Egypt.
Many generations later, the descendant's of Jacob are now slaves in Egypt and miserable.
The new Pharoah orders the children of Jacob's descendants to be killed.
Moses' mother saves him in a basket in the river. Pharoah's daughter finds Moses and raises him in the palace.
Moses sees a soldier kill a slave and kills the soldier. Gets in big trouble and runs away into the desert.
Moses gets married and raises sheep and goats in the desert.
One day he sees a strange site - a bush burning but not burning up. It is God.
God tells him to go back to Egypt and free his people.
So Moses goes back to Egypt, and after 9 plagues and the Angel of Death killing the first born son of the Egyptians, finally gets them freed.
The people of God enter the desert where God feeds them every day with Mana.
Are they happy? No. Are they good? No. They grumble and complain. They say they don't know what God wants them to do.
So Moses asks God what to tell the people. God gives Moses the 10 Commandments so that they know what they need to do and not do.

Aquí hay un resumen muy breve de Génesis y Éxodo hasta los 10 Mandamientos. Puedes usarlo si quieres darles a tus estudiantes una visión más amplia de lo que llevó a Moisés a recibir los 10 Mandamientos de Dios.

Dios creó todo, incluidos Adán y Eva, las primeras personas.
Adán y Eva desobedecieron a Dios, por lo que el pecado y el pecado original entraron al mundo.
Adán y Eva tuvieron que abandonar el hermoso Jardín del Edén y trabajar para ganarse la vida.
Adán y Eva tuvieron muchos hijos.
Uno de sus hijos, Abel, era bueno. Su hermano Caín estaba celoso y lo mató. Más pecado en el mundo.
Muchas generaciones después, había mucha gente y Dios vio que había mucho pecado.
Dios vio que Noé era bueno, así que le dijo que construyera un Arca. Luego envió un diluvio para comenzar de nuevo.
Muchas generaciones después, había un hombre llamado Abraham que escuchaba a Dios. Él y su esposa Sara no tienen hijos.
Dios le promete a Abraham un hijo y muchos descendientes que serán su pueblo elegido, pero aún no tienen hijos y Sara está envejeciendo.
Dios cumple su promesa y Abraham y Sara tienen un hijo, Isaac. Isaac tiene dos hijos, Jacob y Esaú.
Jacob tiene 12 hijos. Su favorito es José. Los hermanos de José están celosos y lo venden como esclavo en Egipto.
José prospera en Egipto y termina siendo siervo del Faraón (como llaman al rey en Egipto).
Hay una hambruna y solo Egipto tiene comida, debido al consejo de Dios que José le da a Faraón.
Los hermanos de José llegan a Egipto para comprar comida y conocer a José. José los perdona y Jacob y todos sus hijos y sus familias se mudan a Egipto.
Muchas generaciones después, los descendientes de Jacob son ahora esclavos en Egipto y miserables.
El nuevo Faraón ordena que maten a los hijos de los descendientes de Jacob.
La madre de Moisés lo salva en una canasta en el río. La hija del Faraón encuentra a Moisés y lo cría en el palacio.
Moisés ve a un soldado matar a un esclavo y mata al soldado. Se mete en grandes problemas y huye al desierto.
Moisés se casa y cría ovejas y cabras en el desierto.
Un día ve un espectáculo extraño: una zarza ardiendo pero sin quemarse. Es Dios.
Dios le dice que regrese a Egipto y libere a su pueblo.
Entonces Moisés regresa a Egipto y, después de nueve plagas y de que el Ángel de la Muerte matara al primogénito de los egipcios, finalmente los libera.
El pueblo de Dios entra al desierto donde Dios los alimenta todos los días con Maná.
¿Son felices? No. ¿Son buenos? No. Se quejan y refunfuñan. Dicen que no saben lo que Dios quiere que hagan.
Entonces Moisés le pregunta a Dios qué decirle al pueblo. Dios le da a Moisés los 10 Mandamientos para que sepan lo que deben hacer y lo que no deben hacer.

Memorization / Memorización

Saints / Santos

The recommended saint for this class is to talk about Moses.

El santo recomendado para esta clase es hablar de Moisés.

Back to The Classes List / Regresar a la lista de clases