Here it is! The pictures created in our Photography Workshop for our Rotation on The Last Supper. (Just the 4th, 5th and 6th graders visited this workshop.)
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| The 6th Graders (and their Shepherd) create a tableaux of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper. |
Students start off this workshop talking about what dinner time is typically like in their home, and what is done differently at special times, such as birthdays. Then they review the story about Jesus’ special last meal that he shared with his disciples on the night before he was killed. Something happened at this last supper that makes us still talk about it more than 2000 years later! Jesus gave his followers a way to remember him. Today, we still practice this same ritual!
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| There weren’t very many there that day, but the 4th Grade (plus their Shepherd) create their version of Leonardo’s painting. |
What’s the process involved in creating this picture? Students are randomly assigned to portray the participants that were at the first Last Supper. They study art prints (with magnifying glasses!) of Leonardo da Vinci’s painting, The Last Supper. Then it’s into costumes and recreating da Vinci’s painting using a technique called “frozen picture” or tableaux.
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| The Shepherd gets everyone into postion and the Workshop leader snaps a few photos of the 6th graders. |
After the photos are shot, the students look at the pictures on a TV screen and choose the best shot. For further learning, the student who portrayed each disciple reads a blurb about that disciple.
Which picture turned out the best?
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| And here are the 5th Graders on the week when they visited the Photography workshop. |
From notes made by da Vinci we can identify each of the disciples in his painting. From left to right it would have been: 1– Bartholomew, 2–James the Younger, 3–Andrew, 4–Judas, 5–Peter, 6–John, Jesus, 7–Thomas, 8 – James, 9– Phillip, 10–Matthew, 11-Thaddeus, 12–Simon.
For comparison, here’s a look at da Vinci’s The Last Supper…
How did they do?
Photo credits…
Photos of kids portraying The Last Supper by Alice Nuttall. Used with permission.
Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper is in the Public domain, the picture shown is via Wikimedia Commons.
Family Faith Companion 
Very cute!
Clever idea to have each student portray a specific disciple. I like the goblets too.
The goblets were made using clear plastic goblets covered with pieces of brown paper bag and Mod Podge®. Instant “old” goblets!