Video Idea
We have purchased a video on "Moderation" from the Adventures from the Book of Virtues series, Season 2 [Moderation: The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg"]. It is from a PBS series and is secular, but can obviously be adapted.
Editor's Note: This series seems to be out of print, but it looks to have been entirely posted on the web. Sometimes this is done by the copyright holder.
Our angle is that Mary made the better choice, listening to Jesus, while Martha was busy with other things -- something our over-programmed youth know too well.
The overarching video story is of a girl, Annie, whose grades have slipped because she is obsessed with sports. Illustrations include an African folk tale about a spider and the story of the goose that laid the golden egg. There is also a little character who gets his hand stuck in a cookie jar because instead of taking one cookie, he is grabbing a fistful.
The lessons could be used to discuss greed, but we are tailoring them to talk about priorities. Martha wasn't bad, but Mary made a better choice. In our Drama rotation, we will be acting out real life temptations to skip church, forget prayer, etc.
Hope this helps!
2020 Editor adds: a lesson using this video is posted in this Mary & Martha lesson set here and the video is now available in full on YouTube. Book of Virtues, Season II, Moderation: The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg" (PBS).