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Learning objectives:
To investigate how faith is shown in action.
Learning objectives:
To explore how faith enables people to stand up for what they believe in.
Corrie Ten Boom
was the name of a
Dutch women, the
daughter of a
watchmaker who
lived in the city of
Haarlem in Holland.
Her name is known
all over the world
and her acts of
bravery are known
across the world.
This is her story.
Corries early life was happy. She lived with her
family (one sister, Betsie, a brother and her mum
and dad). Her dad was a watchmaker and they lived
above his shop in the centre of the town.
She spent a lot of her time running Christian Girls
clubs that included things such as gym, music and
camping activities.
She also spent a
lot of time
teaching girls
about God and
Faith.
In May 1940, as
part of World War
II, Nazi Germany
entered Holland
and quickly
defeated the small
Dutch army to
occupy the
country. This
meant that many
peoples lives were
going to be changed
as the Germans
enforced new rules
for everyone to live
by.
German occupation meant
that certain rules were given
to the Dutch people.
•Food was rationed with
Dutch people being able to
buy only a small amount and
only if they had a ration card.
•All radio sets were taken
away.
•There was a curfew that
meant nobody was able to be
out at night after six o’clock.
•All clubs and public
meetings were banned.
All of the young
men in Haarlem
were rounded up by
the Nazi SS Soldiers
and taken to
Germany to be
slave workers.
People wept as they
were lead away. It
would be the last
time many would
see these
boys/young men.
The young men of any country
that was defeated in the war by
Germany were taken away to
stop them coming together and
forming an army that could
fight and threaten the
occupying army.
1. Inside the hiding place
2. The hiding place from the
outside
3. A Nazi concentration
camp
Task 1
You will now be given a number of cards containing
rest of the story about Corrie Ten Boom. There are
11 cards and each has a portion of the story on it.
You task is to read the cards and complete the
remarkable story by putting them in the correct
order.
Following the war, Corrie
decided to share her
experiences about the war to
help raise money for people
badly affected by the war.
She wrote down her
experiences in a book called
‘The Hiding Place’ and this
book was later made into a
film.
She died in 1983 as an old
and happy woman. Despite
all that happened to her, she
had been able to help others,
as her faith required to do.
•People with a strong
(Christian) faith are
prepared to help others
even when this puts them in
danger.
•People from different faiths
are able to get along and
help each other out.
What situations would make you do this?
Do you have faith that someone would do the same
for you?
Could you put yourself in harm or danger to help
another person?
Task 2 – Reflect on the following questions:
What lessons can we learn from Corrie Ten Boom’s
story?
• This is the correct order that the cards should have been placed in to
make the completed story of Corrie Ten Boom.
