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1 Kidology Open Source Curriculum is a teaching tool you download, remix, and share with others. It consists of three 1-year programs: Old Testament Chronological Study, New Testament Chronological Study, and Value Keepers of the Bible. Originally written by Susan Harper of Caring Hands Ministries, this comprehensive Bible curriculum was provided to share and distribute on Kidology.org. This curriculum is made available "as is" and may contain legacy references to Caring Hands Ministries, a ministry that is now retired. Please direct all curriculum inquires to the Kidology.org Forums or via to support@kidology.org. For complete information on use, derivative works, attribution, and non-commercial distribution, please visit:

2 OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY UNIT 1 OVERVIEW BIBLE MEMORY PASSAGE: Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.... Accept, O Lord, the willing praise of my mouth, and teach me your laws. Psalm 119:105,108 SECTION WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 OT STORY It is Written Dead Sea Scrolls Creation Adam & Eve Noah & Ark OT BOOK Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy JOURNAL Get. to Know You Autograph Search Clay Pots Memory Fill-In God s Creation Why is Creation Important? Adam & Eve Who Did It? Doing What is Right Chosen by God ACTIVITIES & GAMES B-i-b-l-e Relay Obstacle Course B. V. Hot Potato Just the Facts Sidewalk Creation Around the World I ll Take the Apple Line Ball Toss How BIG was Ark? Rainbow Shuffleboard CRAFTS God s Book of Directions Clay Pot & Scroll Creation Numbers C. Experience Apple Tree Paint Trust God Wall Hanging Rainbow Painting Rainbow Tiles Paper Plate Noah SNACKS Delicious Directions Scrumptious Sea Scrolls Tasty Creations Creation Munch Adam s Apples Adam s Applesauce Noah Sandwiches 2 by 2 Snacks OTHER RESOURCES Video: Amazing Book Music: Thy Word Old Testament Bookmark Video: Adam & Eve Video: Noah & Ark

3 FAMILY FUN! Ideas for having fun as a family! OUTDOOR GAME: Rake leaves together into a great big pile and jump in! After throwing leaves at each other, seeing who can jump in them the furthest, or having a race from one side of the pile to the other, bag up the leaves as a family. You can even draw a smiley face on the bags for the trash man! INDOOR GAME: One person in the family starts by saying: I spy something... (a color). [It must be something that everyone can see in the room.] Take turns guessing what it is. The person who guesses it correctly spies next. Suggested guessing techniques: Is it bigger than a breadbox? Is it something to eat? Is it on the table? T OLD TESTAMENT ABLE TALK S Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.... Accept, O Lord, the willing praise of my mouth, and teach me your laws. Psalm 119:105,108 WEEK 1 BIBLE VERSE: What does the verse mean to you? How can we keep God s word in our heart? BOOK OF THE BIBLE: Genesis is a book about beginnings - the universe, man and woman and the Jewish nation. Talk about the beginning of your family. BIBLE OVERVIEW: The Bible is God s message to us. Talk about how God does this in His book.

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16 Date: Abo u t The Object ive IMPACT GOAL: To introduce The Old Testament Bible Study and to generate enthusiasm for learning about the books and stories of the Old Testament in chronological order. Te a cher s Notes Abo u t The B ible IT IS WRITTEN VERSE: Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path Psalm 119:105 ABOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: Bible Time Line Abo u t The Book GENESIS Law DESCRIPTION OR MEANING: Beginning JOURNAL ENTRY Abo u t Act ivi ty Ch o ices 1. Getting to Know You (Grades: 1-2) 2. Autograph Search (Grades: 3-6) GAMES CRAFTS SNACKS 1. B-I-B-L-E Relay (Grades:1-2) 2. Obstacle Course (Grades 3-6) 3. God s Book of Directions (Grades 1-2) 4. Delicious Directions 5. Small Group Discussion & Prayer Request Book OTHER RESOURCES: SONGS, VIDEOS, & DRAMA Song: Thy Word Song: The B-I-B-L-E Week 1 Video: Amazing Books

17 IMPACT GOAL To introduce The Old Testament Bible Study and to generate enthusiasm for learning about the books and stories of the Old Testament in chronological order. I didn t know that! So that is when that happened! Gee, I didn t know that he was a descendent of Boaz! These are just some of the statements we heard from the teachers when we test-piloted the Old Testament Chronological Study in The excitement these teachers experienced encouraged us to go forth with this unique study for kids. Today you will begin one of the most important Bible studies you have ever had the privilege of teaching! No doubt you will find yourself echoing similar statements to those above. As you prepare to teach each week, your study will be greatly enriched if you take the time to begin reviewing your Bible study early in the week. Read all of the information presented in the pages of this week s study. Read the actual Bible passages that your story is taken from. Study the information under HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE which will give you cultural background information to help bring the Bible story to life. Stay focused on the IMPACT GOAL which will emphasize how the lesson can apply to your students life. And, above all, bathe all of your study and teaching in prayer. Remember, YOU are the most important vessel that God has to teach His Word to His children for the next hour, or two. You have been entrusted with this honor not only by the Children s Director or Pastor of your church, but also the parents. What an awesome privilege and responsibility! As you enthusiastically present the wonders of God s Word, kids will learn that which will carry them through the whole week. Challenge them to share it with the kids they meet in their neighborhoods and schools. Challenge them to bring their friends to meet their BEST friend, Jesus, and to learn more about Him in your class. Let your enthusiasm be contagious! TEACHER S PRAYER: Dear Lord, As I wait for my students to arrive, my heart is in my throat and I have butterflies in my stomach! I am so excited, and so nervous, about the awesome responsibility you have given me. I want to open your Word to these children in such a way that they will be hungry to come back to learn more about you and what you have done for your people. Please bless each and every child as he enters this room today! OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 1 page 2

18 INTRODUCTION This year we will be studying the Bible in a way that you have probably never studied it before. We will studying some of the most famous men and women that have ever lived... and their stories are all found in one Book - the Bible! We will be learning about these people in the order they lived. We will learn about the significance of their lives in the total story of God s world. By looking at their lives, we can learn the lessons God wants us to learn as we live in His world today. In addition to this CHRONOLOGICAL (this means arranged in order of time of occurrence ) walk through the Bible, we will be studying one book of the Old Testament each week. This week we will begin by looking at the first book of the Bible, Genesis. But first let s look at what the Bible is and how it is organized to make it easier for us to read and understand God s Word. IT IS WRITTEN... The word Bible means book... the most important book in the world. It is also called Scripture, a word meaning something written. The Bible is like a library of 66 books... but it is more than a collection of books. It is God s message to us, telling us about Himself. It shows us God s mighty acts in the lives of His people, and it shows how they responded to God. From the Bible we learn what God is like and what He expects from us. It took over 1500 years for the whole Bible to be written. It began with Genesis written at the time of Moses and ended with Revelation written by the apostle John about 65 years after Christ s death. There where as many as forty different authors living at different times and in different places. Yet not one of these writers contradicts another. God guided them so that they wrote in their own words what He wanted them to say. (2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:20-21). Everything in the Bible is true and it will last forever. (Psalm 119:160) OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 1 page 3

19 The Bible has two major parts -- the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament is a collection of 39 books. The New Testament is a collection of 27 books. When the books of the Bible were first written, the only way people could have a copy was for someone to handwrite it. This work was done by men called scribes who spend their entire days copying the Bible letter by letter. The Old Testament was first written in Hebrew. About 250 years before Jesus birth it was translated into Greek, the language most commonly used. The New Testament was written in Greek. About 350 years after Jesus death. Jerome, who was a leader in the early church, translated the Bible into Latin, the language commonly spoken by many people at the time. It became the official Bible in western Europe for more than 1,000 years. In the late 1300 s John Wycliffe came to believe it was important for all Christians to read the Bible in their own language. He and his followers were the first to translate the Old Testament into English. About 140 years later, William Tyndale translated the New Testament from Greek to English. This was the first Bible printed on a press made by Gutenburg in Germany. In 1611 the best-known English Bible, the King James Version, was published. During the last 100 years many new English translations of the Bible have been made. The goal of each has been to make a translation of God s Word that is accurate and easily understood. The New International Version, finished in 1978, is one of the most widely used translations today. The translators carefully studied the Greek and Hebrew manuscripts so they would know exactly what the original writers of the Bible were saying. Then they translated the Bible into the style of English we speak today. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. Psalm 119:105 Have kids turn to this verse in the Bible. Discuss what it means to them. This verse will be our theme verse of our study. OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 1 page 4

20 ABOUT THE OLD TESTAMENT Testament means will or covenant. The Old Testament is the recorded covenant, or promise, between God and man. T h i s covenant was to bless all nations through His chosen people, Israel. There are 39 books in the Old Testament. Bruce Wilkinson of WALK THRU THE BIBLE MINISTRIES gives us an easy way to remember this. Note that the word Old has 3 letters and the word Testament has 9. Put these two numbers together and you get 39! There are 4 major classifications of the Old Testament: Law: Genesis - Deuteronomy (Stories of OT) 5 books History: Joshua - Esther (Stories of OT) 12 books Poetry: Job - Songs of Songs (Feelings of OT) 5 books Prophecy: Isaiah - Malachi (Promises about OT) 17 books TORAH: The Five Books of Law The first five books of the Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy) are called the Torah. Torah is the body of Jewish literature and oral tradition containing the laws and instruction God gave to Moses for the people of Israel. Historians believe these books were written by Moses... except for the last chapter of Deuteronomy which tells of his death. Another name for these books is Pentateuch which means five scrolls. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: Bible Time Line Introduce The Bible Time Line described in the front of this study. Put up the GENESIS card to correspond to this week s book of the Bible. OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 1 page 5

21 GENESIS Law DESCRIPTION OR MEANING: Beginning In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1... and so starts the recording of the most important book ever written, the Bible. Genesis is a book all about beginnings... - the beginning of the universe - the beginning of man and woman - the beginning of sin - the beginning of God s plan for salvation - the beginning of the Jewish nation It is the story of the beginning of all things except God because God always was there. There are seven major historical milestones recorded in Genesis. During the OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY we will cover each of these stories in greater detail. These stories are: Adam & Eve - Made in the image of God with the ability to choose between right and wrong Noah & the Ark - God takes care of those who love and obey Him Tower of Babel - Praise God, not self Abraham - Father of our Faith and recipient of God s covenant Isaac - Things we treasure Jacob & Esau - Waiting on the Lord Joseph - Trusting God in tough times These seven profiles lay the foundation of the entire Bible in it s history and theology. BIBLE TIME LINE Add these words and/or pictures to the Old Testament Time Line: BC, LAW, Genesis OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 1 page 6

22 BIBLE LEARNING GAME: THE B-I-B-L-E RELAY GRADES: 1-2 EQUIPMENT: 5 cards with the letters B-I-B-L-E on them for each team and one set for the teacher. (Make each team s cards a different color.) OBJECTIVE: The team that completes the relay first wins. DIRECTIONS: 1. Put the letter cards face down on a table on the far side of the room opposite the starting line. 2. Divide the class into two or more teams. 3. On GO the first player on each team runs to the table and gets the letter card that his team shouts at him to get. (The teacher shows the team which letter to call out after the first player has started his run for the table.) 4. After he picks up the correct card, he runs back to his team and tags the next player in line. 5. The second player runs to the table and gets the letter card his team shouts at him to get. 6. Repeat steps #4 and #5 until all of the cards have been retrieved. 7. The team to complete the relay first wins. x x x x x x x x x x The Bible is like a voice, guiding and encouraging us in our daily lives. OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 1 page 7

23 Cards for: THE B-I-B-L-E RELAY Photocopy this sheet and the next on cardstock... one set for each team & the teacher... each team a different color. Cut each card along the dotted lines.

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25 BIBLE LEARNING GAME: OBSTACLE COURSE GRADES: 3-6 EQUIPMENT: Tables, chairs, trash cans, etc.; 2 blindfolds OBJECTIVE: The team with the most points wins. DIRECTIONS: 1. Make an obstacle course either inside the room or outside using tables, chairs and anything else that can be used as an obstacle. 2. Divide the class into two teams. 3. Blindfold one player on each team. On GO each team guides their blindfolded teammate through the obstacle course. Teammates must remain seated and can only tell them what to do such as, Go to your right, Get on the floor & crawl, etc.. 4. When the first two players complete the course, the team that completed it first earns a point. 5. The team with the most points after all have completed the course wins. x x x x x x x x x x Chairs Trash Cans Table The Bible is like a voice, guiding and encouraging us in our daily lives. OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 1 page 10

26 BIBLE LEARNING CRAFT: GOD S BOOK OF DIRECTIONS GRADES: 1-6 SUPPLIES: Origami paper Book on Origami Paper Folding DIRECTIONS: 1. Get a book on origami from your library. 2. Choose a simple pattern for a hat or boat, and follow the directions to fold a sample of it. 3. Give each student pieces of paper and show the sample of it. 4. Without giving them specific instructions, ask the students to fold their paper to match the sample. 5. When they are unable to do so, explain that they need step by step directions to do it successfully. 6. Have them try it again, and this time guide them through the process one step at a time. 7. Explain that in the same way God has given us His Book of Directions to help us know how to live the Christian life. God had given us step by step directions to His Word - the Bible. Have the students use their origami designs as a reminder of how important it is to know God s Word, so they will know how to live their life for Him. OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 1 page 11

27 BIBLE LEARNING SNACK: DELICIOUS DIRECTIONS INGREDIENTS: 1 cup unsweetened cocoa 2 cups flour 1 cup margarine or butter, softened 2 teaspoons vanilla 6 eggs, beaten 1 cup chopped nuts 3 cups sugar 6 oz. pkg. of chocolate chips COOKING DIRECTIONS: Preheat oven to 450 o Mix together cocoa and butter Stir in the beaten eggs and sugar Add flour, vanilla, chopped nuts, and chocolate chips. Mix together Spread mixture on a large ungreased cookie sheet with sides. Bake at 450 o for 10 minutes Cut into squares LESSON DIRECTIONS: 1. Prior to class have cooking utensils, ingredients, etc. out on the table. 2. Explain to the class you will be making brownies. 3. Ask some students to begin mixing the ingredients. (Do not give any directions). 4. Ask students What is missing? (the directions) 5. Tell them they cannot bake brownies without step by step directions. What would happen if we made the brownies any way we wanted? Directions are made for a reason. Explain that in the same way, God has given us His Book of Directions to help us know how to live the Christian life. God has given us step by step directions in His Word... the Bible. OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 1 page 12

28 JOURNAL ENTRY: (Read about the OT Journal in the front of this study.) GETTING TO KNOW YOU Lesson 1 GETTING TO KNOW YOU Draw a picture of yourself doing something you have fun doing. GRADES: 1-2 DIRECTIONS: Instruct students to draw a picture of themselves doing something they have fun doing. AUTOGRAPH SEARCH GRADES: 3-6 DIRECTIONS: Instruct students to find classmates who have done what is written in each of the boxes. Lesson 1 AUTOGRAPH SEARCH Find someone in your class that has done one of the things in the squares below. Have him or her put their initials in that square. Find someone else who has done one of the things in another square. Continue finding new people to initial the squares until all the squares are filled in or time is called. I have a dog. I like vanilla ice cream. I have an older brother. I can braid hair. I have a little sister. I play soccer. I can roller blade. I have taken swimming lessons. I have made cookies. OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 1 page 13

29 SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION AND PRAYER REQUEST BOOK One of the most important part of this study is how each student applies what is learned to their own lives. Small groups give kids the opportunity to discuss the lesson learned and what it means to them. In this section of the lesson plans the teacher, or small group leader, will find some questions that can be used to lead this important session.close this small group time by recording prayer requests in the PRAYER REQUEST BOOK and pray. You may also opt to do a PRAYER CHAIN or PRAYER POWER display for your room as a visual reminder that God does answer prayers. (See instructions in the Before You Begin section.) SMALL GROUP QUESTIONS Grades The Bible was written thousands of years ago. What does it have to do with us today? 2. Why is it important to study the Bible in chronological order? Grades What does the Bible was inspired of God mean? (See 2 Timothy 3:16 and 2 Peter 1:21) 2. Can people today be inspired of God? How? PRAYER REQUEST BOOK 1. Explain to your group what a Prayer Request Book is. 2. Ask if there are any prayer requests. Record them. 4. Tell students about the PRAYER TREE if you are using it in your class. 5. As a group pray for each request made. OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 1 page 14

30 Date: Abo u t The Object ive Te a cher s Notes IMPACT GOAL: To show how God s Word has been preserved throughout the ages. Abo u t The B ible DEAD SEA SCROLLS VERSE: Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path Psalm 119:105 HIS LIVING WORD HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: Dead Sea Scrolls Abo u t The Book EXODUS Law DESCRIPTION OR MEANING: Exit or Going Out Abo u t Act ivi ty Ch o ices JOURNAL ENTRY 1. Clay Pots (Grades: 1-2) 2. Memory Fill-In (Grades: 3-6) GAMES CRAFTS SNACKS 1. Bible Verse Hot Potato (Grades 1-6) 2. Just the Facts Match (Grades 3-6) 3. Clay Pot & Scroll (Grades: 1-6) 4. Scrumptious Sea Scrolls 5. Small Group Discussion & Prayer Request Book OTHER RESOURCES: SONGS, VIDEOS, & DRAMA Song: Thy Word Song: The B-I-B-L-E Week 2

31 IMPACT GOAL To show how God s Word has been preserved throughout the ages. REVIEW: Give the name and theme of the books to date. What is the Bible? God s message to us Sixty six books: 39 in OT and 27 in NT OT has four major classifications: Law, History, Poetry and Prophecy LESSON EMPHASIS GRADES 1-6 What are the Dead Sea Scrolls? Why are they important in the study of the Bible? GRADES 3-6 (HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE) Who hid the Dead Sea Scrolls? How were these scrolls preserved? TEACHER S PRAYER: Dear Lord. Today we will study the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and their importance in confirming that the words we read in our present day Old Testament are those penned by the original writers. Please guide me as I show the importance of these documents as the acknowledgment that your Word was inspired and preserved it throughout the many translations that have been made. Help me to communicate how this book is more than just a book. It is the directions by which we are to live our lives in Christian love and harmony. OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 2 page 2

32 THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS In 1947 there was a very important discovery made in the ancient caves just west of the Dead Sea. A young shepherd boy was exploring the caves when he stumbled into a room full of old pottery jars. Hoping to find gold or other treasures, he opened the packages wrapped in leather he found inside one of the jars. The shepherd boy did find something priceless. He had found scrolls that turned out to be the oldest copy found to date of what we now call the Old Testament. When excavators finished exploring all of the caves on the hills of the Dead Sea, they had found the total of five hundred scrolls in eleven caves written between 250 BC and A.D. 68. Of the five hundred scrolls, one hundred of them were of books or parts of books of the Old Testament. They were written in the original Hebrew language and were probably hidden there by a religious Jewish group when the Romans attacked Palestine and destroyed Jerusalem in approximately A.D. 68. They had been preserved due to the the dry air of the caves and the pottery jars. Two things make this find extraordinary. The first is the text on the scrolls is virtually identical to the text we have today. God kept His Word from being changed in the process of copying it for so many centuries. The second thing is one 23 foot scroll was the entire Old Testament book of Isaiah. It was the oldest copy of Isaiah known to exist by almost 1000 years! OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 2 page 3

33 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE One of the most important facts about the BIble is that it is not a book about God... but a book from God. It is because of this uniqueness that it was important for scholars throughout the ages to preserve His message. To assure the accuracy of their work, scribes who copied the Bible would count all of the words and letters in the original text and compare it to the number of words and letters in his copy. Then he would find the middle word of each to see if they matched. This way they were able to check their work to make sure it was right. There is something else interesting about the Dead Sea Scrolls. Can you imagine hiding something for almost two thousand years and it remain in such good condition? These scrolls were hidden from approximately 68 AD until How were they preserved so long? The scrolls, now known as the Dead Sea Scrolls because of where they were found, were from the library of a group of devote religious Jews who lived in Qumran next to the Dead Sea. The scrolls were made of leather, carefully wrapped and placed in clay jars in the caves to the west the sea when the Romans invaded their land. Later archaeologists discovered the room where the scrolls were written as well as the pottery from which the jars that the scrolls were placed were made. It was the combination of these specially made jars and the dry air of the caves that kept the scrolls safe. OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 2 page 4

34 EXODUS Law DESCRIPTION OR MEANING: Exit or Going Out I am sending you [Moses] to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt. Exodus 3:10 Exodus means exit or going out. It is the story of how God chose Moses to help His people leave Egypt and obey the laws He gave them. God had promised Abraham that his descendants would live in Canaan, the Promised Land, but as we see in the beginning of Exodus they were living in Egypt... and they were slaves! Yet God always keeps His promises so He raised a leader to carry out His plan. Moses was a Hebrew (the name used for Israelites at this time). He was born at the time when the king of Egypt had ordered the death of all male Hebrew babies because there were so many Hebrews that he was afraid they would take over his kingdom. Exodus 1-3 tells of how Moses was saved from death and raised as a prince, his flight to Midian, and his calling from God to save His people. In Chapters 5-14 we read how God used Moses and his brother Aaron to persuade the Pharaoh to let the Hebrews go by sending ten plagues. Chapters is about their life in the desert, and in Chapters Moses records God s first laws to his people. The 10 Commandments explained how the people were to live to please God. Finally Chapters is about just how God wanted His people to worship Him and how they were to build their place of worship, the Tabernacle. BIBLE TIME LINE Add these words and/or pictures to the Old Testament Time Line: Exodus OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 2 page 5

35 BIBLE LEARNING ACTIVITY: Answer Sheet For... JUST THE FACTS MATCH Make enough copies of JUST THE FACTS MATCH for every two students. As the students enter the room, ask them to find a partner and see how many of the answers they get correct. j m 1. The word Bible means 2. The Bible has two major parts: a.thirty-nine b e 3. The Bible is to us. o 4. There are books in the Bible. a 5. There are books in the Old Testament. l 6. There are books in the New Testament. n 7. is the first book in the Bible. c. Hebrew d. Beginning e. God s message f. Psalm g. Forty f 8. is found in the middle of the Bible. h. Law b 9. It took over years for the whole Bible to be written. k 10. Exodus means. h 11. The first 5 Old Testament books are known as the books. g 12. There were approximately different authors who wrote the Bible. c 13. The Old Testament was first written in. in. i 14. The New Testament was first written d 15. Genesis means. i. Greek j. Book k. Exit l. Twenty-seven m. Old Testament & New Testament n. Genesis o. Sixty-six OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 2 page 6

36 JUST THE FACTS MATCH Grab a partner and see how many of these Bible Facts you can match in five minutes! 1. The word Bible means 2. The Bible has two major parts: 3. The Bible is to us. 4. There are books in the Bible. 5. There are books in the Old Testament. 6. There are books in the New Testament. 7. is the first book in the Bible. 8. is found in the middle of the Bible. 9. It took over years for the whole Bible to be written. 10. Exodus means. 11. The first 5 Old Testament books are known as the books. 12. There were approximately different authors who wrote the Bible. 13. The Old Testament was first written in. 14. The New Testament was first written in. 15. Genesis means. a.thirty-nine b c. Hebrew d. Beginning e. God s message f. Psalm g. Forty h. Law i. Greek j. Book k. Exit l. Twenty-seven m. Old Testament & New Testament n. Genesis o. Sixty-six

37 BIBLE LEARNING GAME: BIBLE VERSE HOT POTATO GRADES: 1-6 EQUIPMENT: Soft-sided ball OBJECTIVE: To memorize the following Bible verse: Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. Psalm 119:105 DIRECTIONS: 1. Review Psalm 119:105 with the players. Go over the meaning of the verse and have the players repeat it several times until most have learned it. 2. Have all players stand up with one player holding the ball. He starts the game by throwing it into the air and says the first word of the Bible verse. 3. The player that catches the ball throws it in the air as quickly as possible (remember it is HOT) and says the second word of the verse. 4. The next player to catch the ball says the next word until the whole verse including the reference is said. 5. The ball remains in play as long as the players catch the ball and say the Bible verse. If a player drops the ball or does not say the correct word of the verse, the player sits down. 6. The game continues as long as there is a player standing who said the correct word and did not drop the ball. x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 2 page 8

38 BIBLE LEARNING CRAFT: GRADES: 1-6 CLAY POT AND SCROLL SUPPLIES: Clay *Make ahead of time using recipe below or purchase pre-made Shallow containers of water Brown paper bags Pencil Scissors PRE-CLASS PREPARATION: DIRECTIONS: Make clay. Divide it into 2 inch balls - one per child. 1. Give each student ball of clay. Have them knead the clay until softened, then form a ball. Tell them to press their thumb into it. 2. Have them keep their thumb in clay and use their other fingers to pull clay up to form a small pot. 3. Tell them to smooth out any cracks in the surface of the pot by dipping their finger tips in water. 4. Use a pencil to scratch their initials on the bottom of pot. 5. Allow to dry in sun for several days. 6. Cut a small rectangle from a paper bag. Crumple it, then smooth it out. Repeat several times. 7. Roll the scroll and place it inside the jar. SELF-HARDENING CLAY RECIPE Makes two cups Materials: Large pot, wooden spoon, heating element, 1 cup sand, 1/2 cup cornstarch, 1 tsp. powdered alum and 3/4 cup water. Instructions: Mix sand, cornstarch and alum in pot. Add hot water and stir vigorously. Add food coloring, if desired. Cook over medium heat until thick, stirring constantly. Put in air tight plastic bag until ready to use. OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 2 page 9

39 BIBLE LEARNING SNACK: SCRUMPTIOUS SEA SCROLLS INGREDIENTS: SUPPLIES: 1 Can refrigerated Flaky Biscuits (10) 1 Box Cooked Brown & Serve Sausage Links Cookie sheet Plastic Knives Spatula LESSON DIRECTIONS: 1. Preheat oven to 400 o 2. Separate each biscuit in half so that there are 20 pieces of round dough 3. Cut sausage links in half 4. Wrap each sausage in a biscuit half 5. Place on ungreased cookie sheet 6. Bake at 400 o for 5 minutes 7.Turn over and bake another 5 minutes OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 2 page 10

40 JOURNAL ENTRY: CLAY POTS CLAY POTS Color the clay pots. Lesson 2 GRADES: 1-2 DIRECTIONS: Instruct students to color the clay pots and fill in the blank. What was found in the clay pots? Dead Sea Scrolls MEMORY FILL-IN GRADES: 3-6 DIRECTIONS: Instruct students to fill in the missing words. MEMORY FILL-IN Lesson 2 See how much of this poem you can fill in. The word BIBLE means book, And we are here to take a better look. To see what message God has for us, In books like Genesis, Exodus and Leviticus. To writers from old Moses to John, God gave the words to weave His yarn. 39 books the Old Testament has, To teach us truths for us to pass. NIV translation is the one we use, So the meaning of God s word we will never lose. OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 2 page 11

41 SMALL GROUP QUESTIONS Grades Why do you think it was important for the religious leaders to hid the scrolls? 2. What would you do to protect something that is valuable to you? Grades What makes the Dead Sea Scrolls important? 2. What do we do today to preserve God s Word? 3. Can you think of any time in our recent history that hiding God s Word was important? PRAYER REQUEST BOOK 1. Ask if there were any answered prayers from last week. 2. Record these answered prayers in your book and date them. 3. Ask if there are any new prayer requests. Record them. 4. Remind students about the Prayer Chain or Prayer Power if you are using it in your class. 5. As a group pray for each request made. OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 2 page 11

42 Date: Abo u t The Object ive Te a cher s Notes IMPACT GOAL: To show how God is the creator of all things. Abo u t The Book LEVITICUS Law DESCRIPTION OR MEANING: Priestly Laws Abo u t The Story STORY: Creation SCRIPTURE: Genesis 1:1-31; 2:1-7 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: Bible Time Line Abo u t Act ivi ty Ch o ices JOURNAL ENTRY 1. God s Creation (Grades: 1-2) 2. Why is Creation Important? (Grades: 3-6) GAMES CRAFTS SNACKS 1. Around the World (Grades: 1-6) 2. Sidewalk Creations (Grades: 1-6) 3. Creation Numbers (Grades: 1-2) 4. Creation Experience (Grades: 1-2) 5. Tasty Creations or Creation Munch 6. Small Group Discussion & Prayer Request Book OTHER RESOURCES: SONGS, VIDEOS, & DRAMA Song: Thy Word Song: The B-I-B-L-E Week 3

43 IMPACT GOAL To show how God is the creator of all things. REVIEW: Give the name and theme of the books to date. What is the Bible? What are the Dead Sea Scrolls and why are they important? LESSON EMPHASIS GRADES 1-6 What happened on the first three days of creation? What happened on the second three days of creation? Why did God create the world? GRADES 3-6 (HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE) Which theory is true... creation or evolution? What nature of man does the evolution theory focus on? What nature of man does the creation theory focus on? TEACHER S PRAYER: Dear Lord. As we start studying the actual stories found in your Word, help me to remember that each story contains a message from you for me as well as for my students. Lord, many of us have heard the stories over and over again and think that we know all there is to know about them. Help me to present them with new understanding and insight. Help me to remember that I may have someone in my class that is hearing them for the first time. May I make these stories of beginnings as relevant to them as to my most knowledgeable student. OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 3 page 2

44 Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy. Leviticus 19:2 Leviticus is a book of laws - a guidebook for righteous living. It tells God s newly freed people how to worship Him and how to obey Him. The Hebrew slaves, now called Israelites had to function as a new nation. This meant there needed to be rules of how to behave in this new society as well as defining the specific roles of the different tribes. (Remember the Israelites were made up of the twelve groups of descendants of Jacob s twelve sons.) One of these tribes was called Levi, named after one of Jacob s sons. Leviticus means about the Levites and was written specifically for a select group of Levites, the priests. It was their job to take care of the tabernacle. In the nation of Israel, only Levites could become priests, but not all Levites were priests. According to their customs, only the priests had access to God. They were to act as mediators between the people and God. There were two ways they could have access to God - through offerings and feasts. In the first seven chapters, Leviticus describes the five offerings and the consequences for breaking the rules. The rest of the book describes the feasts and the importance of remembering the holy days. Both the offerings and the feasts gave clues about Jesus Christ. BIBLE TIME LINE Leviticus Law DESCRIPTION OR MEANING: Priestly Laws Add these words and/or pictures to the OT Time Line: Leviticus OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 3 page 3

45 Once upon a time... CREATION SCRIPTURE Genesis 1:1-31; 2:1-7; 2:18-25 God created the heavens and the earth. God created everything that exists today... except God because He already was. He created everything in six days and rested on the seventh. Here is the run down of what happened on each day. Day 1 - God made light and called it day. He called darkness night. Day 2 - God made the sky which separated water on earth from water above. Day 3 - God gathered waters into seas and called the dry ground land. Day 4 - God made two great lights - the sun by day, the moon by night. He also made the stars. Day 5 - God filled the seas with living creatures and the skies with birds. Day 6 - God blessed the land and it produced living creatures. He created man and woman in His own image. Day 7 - God rested. What we can learn from the story From the story of creation, we know that God created the world. It was not a product of a Big Bang or any other scientific theory. First there was nothing, then there was something. God created it to make a place for people. He spent the first three days shaping the world: day and night, sky and water, and the dry land. He spent the next three days making it beautiful: sun, moon and stars, seas with living creatures & skies with birds, and dry land with living creatures. Each bird, fish and animal is uniquely made OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 3 page 4

46 made for it s habitat. God then made man and made him responsible to take care of His world and all the living creatures in it. God saw that it was not good for man to be alone so he caused man to fall asleep and took one of his ribs and made a helpmate, woman. Today there is much debate about how long it took for the world to form. Some think that each day represents thousands of years. Others think that each day represents a twenty four hour period of time. If the first theory is true, then mysterious animals such as dinosaurs could have lived and died on this earth prior to the creation of man. Or their fossils could have been created during the 7 day period of time with the purpose of providing gas and oil for our use today. In either case, the Bible tells us that God created everything. A second debate that wages on today concerning creation is the scientific theory of evolution. Some argue that man evolved from apes. Others argue that we evolved from dolphin-like creatures of the sea. The Bible clearly states in Genesis 1 and again in Isaiah 45:18 that God created the heavens and earth and that we were made in HIS image... not an ape s! BIBLE TIME LINE Add these words and/or pictures to the Old Testament Time Line: Creation OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 3 page 5

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48 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE We ve all heard it before. Was man created by God or did he evolve? On one side are Christians with God s Word as their defense. On the other side are Evolutionists and their theories based on behavioral science. Let us briefly look at these two theories and their affect on mankind. There are two schools of thought concerning evolution. One is that we evolved from apes. The other is that we evolved from the dolphin-like sea creatures. Common to both of these evolution theories is the attempt to rationalize the bad behavior of man such as hate, brutality and selfishness. Those who believe that God created man focus on the goodness found in man... the God-like qualities. They focus on the attributes of forgiveness, appreciation of truth and beauty and man s willingness to sacrifice for others. These are the things that set us aside from all other creatures of God. God created man in his own image, not an ape! (Genesis 1:27) Let s look at another controversial subject in the story of creation. Many people today are under the mistaken belief that woman was made subservient to man. That males are more important in God s world than females are. By examining the Bible passage that tells how Eve came to be, we can see how important God thought Eve was. After God had made Adam and had placed him in the Garden of Eden surrounded by all that he had created for man to enjoy, he saw the need for someone to fill the emptiness in Adam s life. God did NOT reach down and form Eve from clay the same way that he had formed Adam. He made her from Adam s rib. When Adam first saw Eve, he recognized her as bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. (Genesis 2:23) She, being taken from his body shares fully in his identity of being made in the image of God and, therefore, shares fully as heir to God s kingdom. OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 3 page 7

49 BIBLE LEARNING ACTIVITY: SIDEWALK CREATIONS GRADES: 1-6 EQUIPMENT: Sidewalk Chalk A copy of the 6 days of creation sheet OBJECTIVE: To create 6 pictures showing the days of creation. DIRECTIONS: 1. Divide the class in six teams. Give each player a piece of sidewalk chalk. 2. Let each team pick one day of creation to draw. 3. Instruct each team to go outside and draw a large block on the sidewalk or asphalt. 4. Have each team draw a picture that represents their day of creation. 1ST DAY OF CREATION 4TH DAY OF CREATION 2ND DAY OF CREATION 5TH DAY OF CREATION 3RD DAY OF CREATION 6TH DAY OF CREATION OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 3 page 8

50 1ST DAY OF CREATION God made light and called it day. He called the darkness night. 2ND DAY OF CREATION God made the sky, which separated water on earth from the water above. 3RD DAY OF CREATION God gathered waters into seas and called the dry ground land. 4TH DAY OF CREATION God made two great lights: the sun by day, the moon by night. He also made stars. 5TH DAY OF CREATION God filled the seas with living creatures and the skies with birds. 6TH DAY OF CREATION God blessed the land and it produced living creatures. Then he created man and woman.

51 BIBLE LEARNING GAME: AROUND THE WORLD GRADES: 3-6 *Variation: Grades 1-6 EQUIPMENT: Basketball & Basketball Court for each group OR Bean Bags & box for each group (see Variation) OBJECTIVE: The first player of each group to make a basket from each mark around the basketball key (or box) wins. PRE-CLASS PREPARATION: Photocopy the AROUND THE WORLD Bible Verse sheets. Cut along the dotted lines and put the verse (in order) at the 7 marks around the basketball key (or box). DIRECTIONS: 1. Divide the class into as many groups as there are basketball keys. 2. All players in a group start at the first mark. The first player says the part of the Bible verse at that mark, then shoots the ball. If he makes it in the basket, he moves to the second mark, says the first and second part of the Bible verse, and shoots the ball. He continues around the key until he misses the basket. At that time he stays at that mark until he makes a basket on a subsequent turn. 3. After the first player misses, the second player starts at the first mark, says the verse, and shoots the ball. Variation: If you do not have a basketball court, a box can be placed in the center of a circle with the 7 parts of the Bible verse around the outside of the box at varying distances. OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 3 page 10

52 AROUND THE WORLD Bible Verse Cut along the dotted lines and put the verse (in order) at the 7 marks around the basketball key (or box). Accept, O Lord the willing praise of my mouth, and teach

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54 BIBLE LEARNING CRAFT: CREATION EXPERIENCE GRADES: 1-2 SUPPLIES: Colored cellophane Tissue paper Construction paper Scissors DIRECTIONS: 1. Give each student a piece of construction paper, cellophane and tissue paper. Have them cut the cellophane and and tissue paper into small squares. 2. Tell them to glue the cellophane and tissue paper onto the construction paper to make a world. OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 3 page 13

55 BIBLE LEARNING CRAFT: CREATION NUMBERS GRADES: 1-2 SUPPLIES: 7 Poster boards Glue Magazines Felt markers Scissors PRE-CLASS PREPARATION: 1. Cut out the numbers 1-7 from the poster boards. 2. If the children are young, cut out creation pictures from the magazines. DIRECTIONS: 1. After telling the Bible story, divide the class into six groups. Give each group a Creation Number. Have them look through magazines to find pictures of their Creation Day. 2. Have the students cut out and glue the pictures onto the Creation Number. Once the glue has dried, display the numbers on the bulletin board or wall. Day 1 - God made light and called it day. He called darkness night. Day 2 - God made the sky which separated water on earth from water above. Day 3 - God gathered waters into seas and called the dry ground land. Day 4 - God made 2 great lights - the sun by day, the moon by night. He also made the stars. Day 5 - God filled the seas with living creatures and the skies with birds. Day 6 - God blessed the land and it produced living creatures. Then He created man and woman in His own image. Day 7 - God rested. (Leave blank) OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 3 page 14

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57 BIBLE LEARNING SNACK: TASTY CREATIONS (ALL IN A BUTTER TUB!) INGREDIENTS: Applesauce Yellow food coloring Marshmallows Cinnamon Sugar Chocolate Chips Green Coconut Skittles Raisins & Gummy Bears Whipped Cream Butter tub for each student LESSON DIRECTIONS: 1. Give ea. student a butter tub half full of applesauce. 2. As you say the Days of Creation, have them add these ingredients: Light - Yellow Food Coloring Atmosphere - Marshmallows (Clouds) & Cinnamon Sugar (Rain) Land & Rocks - Chocolate Chips Mammals - Gummy Bears and Raisins Plants, Trees & Grass - Green Coconut Sun, Moon & Stars - Skittles Top with whipped cream 3. On the 7th day you eat! INGREDIENTS: CREATION MUNCH Popcorn M&M s Sunflower seeds Raisins Pretzels LESSON DIRECTIONS: Have students combine various foods to make their own Creation Munch. OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 3 page 16

58 JOURNAL ENTRY: GOD S CREATION Lesson 3 GOD S CREATION Draw a picture of something God created. GRADES: 1-2 DIRECTIONS: Instruct students to draw a picture of something God created. WHY IS CREATION IMPORTANT? GRADES: 3-6 DIRECTIONS: Instruct students to read Genesis 1. Ask them to write down why this chapter is important to our Christian faith. Lesson 3 WHY IS CREATION IMPORTANT? Read Genesis 1. Write down below why this chapter is important to our Christian faith. OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 3 page 17

59 SMALL GROUP QUESTIONS Grades Have you ever made something special for someone else? How did it make you feel? 2. How would you feel if they did not take care of it? Grades Sometimes kids in school are taught evolution rather than creation. Which theory do you think is right? 2. How can you support your views on evolution or creation? PRAYER REQUEST BOOK 1. Ask if there were any answered prayers from last week. 2. Record these answered prayers in your book and date them. 3. Ask if there are any new prayer requests. Record them. 4. Remind students about the Prayer Chain or Prayer Power if you are using it in your class. 5. As a group pray for each request made. OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 3 page 18

60 Date: Abo u t The Object ive Te a cher s Notes IMPACT GOAL: To explain what sin is and the consequences of sin. Abo u t The Book NUMBERS Law DESCRIPTION OR MEANING: Counting the People Abo u t The Story STORY: Adam & Eve SCRIPTURE: Genesis 2:4-25, 3:1-24 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: Bible Time Line JOURNAL ENTRY Abo u t Act ivi ty Ch o ices 1. Adam & Eve (Grades: 1-2) 2. Who Did It? (Grades: 3-6) GAMES CRAFTS SNACKS 1. I ll Take the Apple (Grades: 1-6) 2. Line Ball Toss (Grades: 1-6) 3. Apple Tree Paint (Grades: 1-2) 4. Trust God Wall Hanging (Grades: 1-2) 5. Adam s Apples or Adam s Applesauce 6. Small Group Discussion & Prayer Request Book OTHER RESOURCES: SONGS, VIDEOS, & DRAMA Song: Thy Word Song: The B-I-B-L-E Video: Adam & Eve Week 4

61 IMPACT GOAL To explain what sin is and the consequences of sin. REVIEW: Give the name and theme of the books to date. What have we learned so far in the book of Genesis? LESSON EMPHASIS GRADES 1-6 What is sin? What was the first sin? What were the consequences of the first sin? GRADES 3-6 (HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE) Where was the Garden of Eden? What does sin mean? How did Satan deceive Eve and how does he do it today? TEACHER S PRAYER: Dear Lord. Thank you for the world we live in.thank you for the children you have brought here today for me to teach. As I think of the Garden of Eden and how perfect it was, it makes me sad that sin had to come into your world. Sometimes I wish there was not any sin or sorrow in the world. How I wish that all of mankind could walk in your presence. That is what makes teaching your Word so important. I want everyone to know you and to want to be more like you in what they do. I want them to read the Bible to find out the answers to life s tough questions so that they can avoid the pain and sorrow of making the wrong choices. Above all I want the children in my class to know that your son, Jesus, paid the price for our sins and that we can all stand side by side and walk hand in hand with you in heaven. OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 4 page 2

62 Take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families, listing every man by name. Numbers 1:2 The book of Numbers is about counting people. The first count was done in the first chapter of the book. Moses and Aaron were to number all the men 20 years old or more who would be able to serve in an army. They were to be listed by their divisions, or tribes. God instructed them to not include the Levites because they were in charge of the Tabernacle and whenever they moved, they were responsible for taking it down and setting it up. In Numbers 1:46 we are told that the total number of eligible men was 603,550. The second count was done after God sent a plague killing many of the people. After this count, there were 601,730 eligible men of Israel. Between each consensus is the story of the Israelites forty years of wandering in the wilderness because they did not trust God. When Moses sent twelve men to explore Canaan, the Promised Land, ten of the men told the multitude that although the land was beautiful and rich it could not be defeated because it was inhabited by mighty giants. Only Joshua and Caleb urged the people to trust in God. Instead the Israelites complained about Moses & Aaron saying they were better off in Egypt. This made God very angry and He wanted to strike them with a plague and destroy all of them. Moses interceded for the people asking for forgiveness. God honored Moses prayer but did not allow any of the original men except Joshua and Caleb, who witnessed His miracles in Egypt, to enter the Promised Land. BIBLE TIME LINE Numbers Law DESCRIPTION OR MEANING: Counting the Israelites Add these words and/or pictures to the OT Time Line: Numbers OLD TESTAMENT CHRONOLOGICAL STUDY: Week 4 page 3