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**Goal**: Students will use the myth of Joseph and his brothers in Israel as a way to discuss sibling rivalries and favoritism. ** 1. **** Gain attention of the learner**: Read the story the Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume to the class. Ask the students to discuss how each child felt they were a favorite of their parents. ** 2. **** Review relevant past learning**: All the stories reviewed from the Bible detail how one child over other children is rewarded above his siblings. The bible stories of Jacob’s sons also depicts how a father favor’s one child. ** 3. **** Present new material**: Joseph, Jacob’s oldest son of Rachel, is depicted in the Bible as a brat. He interprets dreams, and the dreams show him as master of his family. He does everything he can to remind his siblings that he is superior to them. These stories also help shift the place where the Israelites are living from Canaan to Egypt. Read Genesis: 35:22-29; 37:2-35 ** 4. **** Provide guided practice**: Three important events are detailed in these stories of the Bible. One Jacob had thirteen sons. Each son, except Joseph, would become the leader of one of tribes of the nation of Israel. Two Joseph’s ability to interpret dreams is introduced. Three Jacob is sold into slavery by his brothers and taken to Egypt. ** 5. **** Provide independent practice**: Joseph’s bratty behavior is important to the future events described in the Bible. Ask students to brainstorm a list of unkind acts performed between their siblings, cousins or friends. Ask students to write a story describing what will happen to them in the future (both bad or good) as a result of these acts.
 * 3-18 Joseph and his Brothers **
 *  6. Close the lesson **: Ask students to share their stories. Mark the changed course of Joseph’s path.