What’s In Each Book?

 

 

Volume 1 Law & History
(Genesis-Esther)

Learners get their bearings in the familiar stories of Adam and Eve, Noah, Moses and Joseph. They discover God’s covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and learn about God’s relationship with his people through their worship and God’s laws. Students run into villains and heroes like Gideon, Samson, Ruth and Elijah and meet kings and queens like David, Solomon and Esther.

 

 

 

 

Volume 2 Poetry & Major Prophets
(Job-Daniel)

Students discover metaphors for God in the praise and prayers of the Psalms. They find Jesus in Isaiah. They replay Job’s conversations with his friends and measure their own thinking by the Proverbs. Pictionary and mime bring the prophecies of Jeremiah and Ezekiel to life. Then they meet teen-aged Daniel, the dream teller, and follow him up to the king’s palace and down to the lion’s den.

 

 

 

 

 

Volume 3 Minor Prophets & Gospels
(Hosea-John)

Students explore the short books at the back of the Old Testament. They do phrase searches, draw a cartoon and learn about money and justice. They find the New Testament in the Old and the Old in the New. They corral Old Testament zoo animals, design an O.T. restaurant or play O.T. Snakes and Ladders. They discover how each Gospel tells Jesus’ earthly story differently. They learn who Jesus is, what he said and did, and why he came.