• What do Megillot look like?
• How is the writing organized on the parchments?
• Are there illustrations or decorations on the parchment?
• What do the illustrations depict?
• Why is it common to see an illustrated Megillat Esther?

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Students fill in a table about Megillot from the National Library collections and other Megillot they find online. This table will help the students to analyze the different graphic features of the Megillot. Teachers can decide whether to give each student (or group of students) a different Megillah to analyse or whether to give them more than one.

In this activity students create their own modern illustrated scene from the Megillah based on their previous analysis. They can incorporate graphic elements that they found in the online images of Megillot. 

1. Teachers are recommended to select a number of scenes from the story for students to choose from: for example, the first feast, the beauty contest, the Jews of Shushan in mourning, the hanging of Haman, etc.
2. Each student chooses one scene and illustrates it, attaching an appropriate verse from the Megillah. Teachers could also suggest that students copy the relevant texts from an online source and include it in their work.

This activity can be done using either digital resources or arts and crafts.