• If you and your children enjoy praying for different countries of the world, you will enjoy linking up with this page on Worldwide Missions. It contains statistics that give a clear picture of the prayer needs of various countries. Year 1 encourages you to lead your children in prayer for all Hindus and Buddhists. Look at this site to find those areas most in need!

• Lizzy recommends the "Ism" online book for basic definitions that will help you in your worldview studies.

• Bible dictionary that you may find helpful during Year 1

• Amy recommends the NIV Archaeological Study Bible ISBN: 031092605X

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Week 1: Curtain Rises on Egypt: Gift of the Nile

• Click here to see "Dynamations" (online flash presentations) of Moses and the Burning Bush, the plagues, crossing of the Red Sea, and more.

• How the Bible Came to Us: website from the American Bible Society. Very interesting.

Week 2: Pharaohs and Pyramids

• Click here to see "Dynamations" (online flash presentations) of Moses and the Burning Bush, the plagues, crossing of the Red Sea, and more

Week 3: Egyptian Polytheism and the Judgment of God

• Article on Egyptian beliefs: Teacher only.

• Scroll down to "Plagues versus Egyptian Gods" for a helpful chart. Peruse this site when you have extra time...excellent!

nformation on God's judgment of Egypt

• Spurgeon's sermons: Christ Our Passover and The Exodus

Week 4: Creation Through Noah

Week 5: Babel to Ur: Early History of Mesopotamia

• Wonderful site on Mesopotamia: links/activities/maps for all ages--including the teacher!

• Summary of Sumerian mythology with pictures. Pictures for all, text for dialectic and up.

Week 6: The Patriarchs: From Ur to Egypt

• Judaism: all kinds of useful information. Please pre-read, but wholesome for most children, I think, and a great help for teachers.

• God Calls Abram worksheets for younger children. (pdf)

• Scroll down to "Passover and Lord's Supper Comparison", "Jewish Feasts and Holidays Chart", or "Twelve Tribes of Israel". This is a helpful site that you'll want to peruse when you have some spare time.

• Rosh Hashanah guided learning from MyJewishLearning.com. Four levels and a quiz are available.

• Yom Kippur guided learning from MyJewishLearning.com. Four levels and a quiz are available.

• Abraham's Family Tree

• Compare and contrast the Mosaic Covenant with the Abrahamic Covenant

• All the links you'll ever need about the Tabernacle, and Tabernacle models.

• Neat project for learning about the tabernacle! Contributed by Sarah S.

• Jewish Prayer Services

Week 7: In The Wilderness: The Tabernacle and the Law

• Judaism: all kinds of useful information. Please pre-read, but wholesome for most children, I think, and a great help for teachers.

• God Calls Abram worksheets for younger children. (pdf)

• Scroll down to "Passover and Lord's Supper Comparison", "Jewish Feasts and Holidays Chart", or "Twelve Tribes of Israel". This is a helpful site that you'll want to peruse when you have some spare time.

• Rosh Hashanah guided learning from MyJewishLearning.com. Four levels and a quiz are available.

• Yom Kippur guided learning from MyJewishLearning.com. Four levels and a quiz are available.

• Abraham's Family Tree

• Compare and contrast the Mosaic Covenant with the Abrahamic Covenant

• All the links you'll ever need about the Tabernacle, and Tabernacle models.

• Neat project for learning about the tabernacle! Contributed by Sarah S.

• Jewish Prayer Services

Week 8: In The Wilderness: Holiness: Worshipping God as God

• Judaism: all kinds of useful information. Please pre-read, but wholesome for most children, I think, and a great help for teachers.

• God Calls Abram worksheets for younger children. (pdf)

• Scroll down to "Passover and Lord's Supper Comparison", "Jewish Feasts and Holidays Chart", or "Twelve Tribes of Israel". This is a helpful site that you'll want to peruse when you have some spare time.

• Rosh Hashanah guided learning from MyJewishLearning.com. Four levels and a quiz are available.

• Yom Kippur guided learning from MyJewishLearning.com. Four levels and a quiz are available.

• Abraham's Family Tree

• Compare and contrast the Mosaic Covenant with the Abrahamic Covenant

• All the links you'll ever need about the Tabernacle, and Tabernacle models.

• Neat project for learning about the tabernacle! Contributed by Sarah S.

• Jewish Prayer Services

Week 9: In The Wilderness: Slaves to Warriors

• • Judaism: all kinds of useful information. Please pre-read, but wholesome for most children, I think, and a great help for teachers.

  • God Calls Abram worksheets for younger children. (pdf)

  • Scroll down to "Passover and Lord's Supper Comparison", "Jewish Feasts and Holidays Chart", or "Twelve Tribes of Israel". This is a helpful site that you'll want to peruse when you have some spare time.

  • Rosh Hashanah guided learning from MyJewishLearning.com. Four levels and a quiz are available.

  • Yom Kippur guided learning from MyJewishLearning.com. Four levels and a quiz are available.

  • Abraham's Family Tree

  • Compare and contrast the Mosaic Covenant with the Abrahamic Covenant

  • All the links you'll ever need about the Tabernacle, and Tabernacle models.

  • Neat project for learning about the tabernacle! Contributed by Sarah S.

  • Jewish Prayer Services

   

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Week 10: The Indus Valley, Hinduism, and Buddhism

• Read more about Buddhism or Hinduism

Week 11: Ancient China: Confucius and Taoism

• Learn more about Confucius here or here.

Week 12: Ancient Americas: Inuit, Mound Builders, and Mayas

• Very good site on Indian mythology. Supervise students: all ages.

Week 13: Early Greeks: Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean, and Trojan Cultures

Week 14: Early Greeks: Everyday Life, Religion, and Mythology

Week 15: The Promised Land: Conquest and Settlement

Week 16: Judges, Samuel, and Minor Neighboring Cultures

• Sarah has shared a blank Chart of Israel's Judges and Peoples of Ancient Palestine worksheet. Both are pdf files.

Week 17: The Rise of Saul and the Philistines

• Who was the Philistine idol, Dagon, who fell down before the ark? The Catholic Encyclopedia online has a great short summary.

• A picture of Dagon, the fish-god.

• Map showing key places in Saul's life as king in Israel.

• Picture of Mycenaean pottery that shows warriors who look much like Goliath as described in 1 Samuel 17:4-7.

Week 18: David, Shepherd of Israel; the Phoenicians

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Week 19: Solomon's Divided Heart

• Neat project for learning about the temple

Week 20: The Divided Kingdom

• Worksheet for grammar level students about the Divided Kingdom

• Use these charts as you study the kings and prophets of the two kingdoms. Laura Q. has contributed these. Israel's Kings and Prophets and Kings and Prophets. The two charts don't always agree, especially in the case of Obadiah, but they are a helpful place to start.

Week 21: The Assyrian Scourge: The Northern Kingdom Is Deported 

• 2 Kings 11-17

Week 22: The Chaldeans (New Babylonians) and the Babylonian Captivity

Week 23: The Medes and Persians: The Israelites Return Home

Week 24: Persians and Greeks: The Persian Wars, Athens, and Sparta

• Acts 17:15-34

Week 25: The Golden Age of Greece and the Peloponnesian War

• Paul's Footsteps

Week 26: Greek Achievements: Science, Mathematics, and Philosophy

• There are no objectives for this week.

Week 27: Alexander the Great: Preparation for Proclamation

• Basic summary of the Apocrypha

• Link to the texts of the books of Macabees:

  • 1 Macabees (16 chapters)

  • 2 Macabees (15 chapters)

• Overview and background information on Macabees from the Catholic Dictionary

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Week 28: The Etruscans and the Founding of Rome

• Book of Matthew

Week 29: The Roman Republic: Everyday Life

• The Baptism of Jesus

• Book of Matthew

• The Baptism and Early Ministry of Jesus Great for Dialectic and Rhetoric levels.

Week 30: The Roman Republic Expands: The Punic Wars

• Miracles of Jesus

• Book of Matthew

Week 31: From Republic to Empire

• The Parables of Jesus

• Book of Matthew

Week 32: Imperial Rome: Backdrop to the Atonement

• Death and Resurrection of Jesus

• Book of Matthew

Week 33: The Zenith of Imperial Rome: Backdrop to the Early Church

• Journeys of Paul

• Book of Acts

Week 34: Rome Decays: Saints and Martyrs of the Early Church

• The Development of the Canons of the New Testament

• Book of Galatians

Week 35: Christianity Conquers Rome: Of Church Hierarchies

• Constantine

• Book of Ephesians

Week 36: Western Rome Falls: Theology and Church Councils

• Review Units 3 and 4.

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