HYMNS, OUR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE

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1 HYMNS, OUR CHRISTIAN HERITAGE LESSON 16 Upper Level Give Me the Bible PACING: 1 day ESSENTIAL QUESTION, BIG IDEA, and STANDARDS: See Intrductin t Hymns, Our Christian Heritage. CONCEPT: Christian hymns are a cherished and valuable legacy, expressing the emtins and experiences f Gd s peple thrugh many centuries. OBJECTIVES: Learn the text and tune f an imprtant hymn f faith. Interpret the spiritual meaning f the hymn. Understand and cmmunicate imprtant facts abut the life f the authr f the wrds and/r the cmpser f the music. VOCABULARY: hymn, hymn writer, hymnal, text, tune, cmpser, verse, stanza RESOURCES: Links t perfrmances f the hymn Give Me the Bible Church grup, a cappella, simple fur-part arrangement frm hymnal (1:53), Pian nly, simple, lyrics included (2:50), Funtainview Academy, three teen girls singing, pian accmpaniment, utdr scene (2:43), Funtainview Academy, mixed teen chir, utdr scene (3:12), ACTIVITIES: Either give each student a printed cpy f the hymn, display the hymn fr the class electrnically r have the students find the hymn Give Me the Bible (#272) in the Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal. Read the wrds thrugh tgether. Discuss what the wrds mean. Review the meaning f specific wrds and phrases t clarify the students understanding: star f gladness gleaming, hly message shining, narrw way, precept, prmise, law and lve cmbining, faith s lamp, realms belw, lamp f safety, path f peace. Play a recrding f the hymn fr the students. (See links abve) Use discussin questins fund in the Intrductin t Hymns, Our Christian Heritage. Sing the hymn tgether. Discuss its frm, meldy and rhythm. Nte hw many verses r stanzas it has. Des it have a Refrain? Read r tell the stry f Priscilla Jane Owens wh wrte the wrds f this hymn, using the bigraphical sketch fund in this lessn. We dn t knw very much abut the lady wh wrte this hymn. S why wuld we take the time t learn this hymn if it desn t have a stry? What value d hymns r any religius sngs have t ur everyday life? What are sme f the ways that a simple hymn can affect us? (A research prject int music in the Ellen White writings may be dne at this time.) Research what was ging n in the United States during the lifetime f Priscilla Owen. What majr events did she live thrugh? Althugh she lived in Baltimre, Maryland, her whle life, d yu think these events affected her? D yu knw anyne wh has lived in the same city r twn and wrked at the same jb fr nearly 50 years? If there is pprtunity, ask that persn if they wuld have liked t have traveled r lived in anther place. Why didn t they? What are the advantages f living in the same place yur whle life? What are the disadvantages? Review the stry by cmpleting the Lessn 16 Review. Sing the hymn, fcusing n its expressive qualities and memrizatin f at least the first stanza.

2 Chse a venue t perfrm the hymn. If n pprtunity is fund fr a perfrmance at the schl, church r ther cmmunity event, cnsider videtaping a perfrmance fr future use. Create psters fr a bulletin bard display featuring aspects f the hymn stry r the wrds f the hymn in a calligraphic style with hand-drawn illustratins. Use activities fund in the Intrductin t Hymns, Our Christian Heritage. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES: Create a chral reading f the hymn. Create a special arrangement f the hymn, utilizing vcal r instrumental sls r ensembles, etc. Create a skit telling the stry f the hymn writer r the circumstances under which the hymn was written. This may be presented t the yunger students in a wrship r at Sabbath Schl r church. ASSESSMENT: There is a Lessn 16 UL Review included. Als, any f the fllwing assessments may be used: teacher bservatin, discussin, perfrmance, teacher-created wrksheets. ANSWER KEY: (6 pints) Give Me the Bible 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. False

3 Give Me the Bible Priscilla Jane Owens ( ) We have n picture f Priscilla Jane Owens, a wman f Sctch and Welsh descent, wh grew up during the pre-civil War Era. She lived in Baltimre, Maryland, her whle life and was a member f the Unin Square Methdist Church. Priscilla taught in public schl and Sunday Schl fr nearly 50 years. Knwing thse tw imprtant details abut her life can give us a peek int what she may have been like. 1. She must have enjyed teaching and been very dedicated t her students t teach fr that many years! 2. Her lng teaching career nt nly invlved teaching her students the three R s: Readin, Ritin, and Rithmetic, but als abut Jesus and the Bible. What ther things might we learn abut her frm thse few facts we are given? D yu think she was a patient persn? D yu think she had a gd sense f humr? Thrughut her life, Priscilla Owens wrte stries and pems fr the children she wrked with and fr varius religius publicatins. Besides Give Me the Bible (#272) she is als knwn fr her hymns Jesus Saves (#340) and Will Yur Anchr Hld? (#534) Why nt try singing all three f her hymns right nw!

4 Student Name: Hymns, Our Christian Heritage Lessn 16 UL - Review Scre: 6 Give Me the Bible Priscilla Owens 1. What was ging n in the United States when Priscilla Owens was a yung wman? a. The Revlutinary War b. The War Between the States c. The Krean War 2. In what city did Priscilla spend her whle life? a. Philadelphia b. Washingtn, D. C. c. Baltimre 3. What church did she belng t? a. Methdist b. Seventh-day Adventist c. Baptist 4. What was the fcus f her life fr nearly 50 years? a. Nursing b. Teaching c. Writing 5. Wh did Priscilla Owens write fr? a. The children she taught b. Freign missinaries c. Lcal newspapers 6. True r False. Priscilla Owens is knwn fr nly ne hymn, Give Me the Bible.

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