This Teacher’s Guide will assist teachers to prepare and deliver lessons related to the study of Descent into Hell. It contains questions and suggested answers suitable for English or Religion Education classes, as well as additional tasks appropriate for Visual Arts, Drama and History classes. It supports an integrated approach for intermediate students.

This short play is done with light humour and fun. It is about two endearing, but bored, angels seeking adventure and meaningful work. They are sent on a mission to earth by God to find the real meaning of Christmas.

It can involve a choir which increases the number of participants. It demonstrates the Christian values of the Christmas season. It is suitable for 8–12-year-olds.

At the beginning of the play, King Wenceslas is a mean, selfish and greedy king. All he cares about is money. He has a conversion at seeing a newborn baby born in his stables. After setting eyes on the baby he changes from his cruel, stone-hearted ways into a heart of flesh. He becomes a good, kind, unselfish, and generous king. This then sets the scene for the story in the traditional Christmas Carol “Good King Wenceslas”.

This play can be performed by 8–14-year-old students.

This is a comical play featuring a typical family of good standing who take their traditional meaning of Christmas in a whole new direction. While trying to find the missing baby Jesus piece of their family nativity set, they find new values of sympathy, kindness, and generosity. They find solutions to problems that they had not recognized and learn that giving is better than receiving and that good works come with their own rewards. They find Jesus on their own journeys the mission of finding baby Jesus.

This is a longer play, most suitable for 10–14-year-olds.

A wondrous star appears in the night sky many centuries ago. Three men, Melchior, Gaspar, Balthazar, are called to follow it and travel from different parts of the world to learn valuable lessons in their pursuit of it. The unusual star stops over the small town of Bethlehem where the kingly gentlemen meet and reunite in search of the meaning of their quest. They have a sacred encounter with Jesus in very humble stable. Each of these men is blessed and finds a deeper meaning for their lives and all three return home wiser, filled with faith, hope, and love.

This play is most suitable for students aged 12-18 years.

This short play was inspired by the picture/statue of Santa on his knees before Jesus in the crib. The play/skit is set in Santa’s Workshop, where two comical elves witness a newly recruited elf learn the true meaning of Christmas.

Best suited for students aged 8-12 in a brief presentation situation.