Optional Activity - Page 59, 11B. The guys thought this would be cool to do!
Read chapter VIII in The Martyr of the Catacombs.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Bar-Kokhba & Chapter 6 of "Catacombs"
Just finish reading the lesson 10 on Bar-Kokhba, then read chapter 6 of The Martyr of the Catacombs!
Don't forget to bring to class on Friday an empty and cleaned out lipstick/lip balm tube - for the project we will do in class!
Don't forget to bring to class on Friday an empty and cleaned out lipstick/lip balm tube - for the project we will do in class!
Friday, September 23, 2011
Masada, Catacombs, and Pompeii
If you did not already think to look up online images of Masada, there are some good ones at www.gallenfrysinger.com/masada.htm
Read chapter 5 of The Martyr of the Catacombs.
Read Lesson 9 in the text.
Optional: Do 1 of the activities found on page 44.
Read chapter 5 of The Martyr of the Catacombs.
Read Lesson 9 in the text.
Optional: Do 1 of the activities found on page 44.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Quiz and Readings
Take the multiple choice quiz on pages 36-37 of the textbook. Students may want to review their history flashcards and notes first, but we spent significant time reviewing in class already.
Read chapter 4 of The Martyr of the Catacombs.
Parents, please be aware that in Lesson 7 of the text, "Masada," that one section of it on page 41 MAY BE OVERLY INFORMATIVE for your student. Please view this in advance. You may want to read this lesson to your student and leave this portion out of the reading. If you do want your child to take in this information, please require them to be sensitive to the class as other students may not be privy to this portion of the lesson. Also, if you could send me a line in the email IF YOU ARE WITHHOLDING this information from your student so I can be sure to quell any possible discussion of it in class.
With that said, please also cover Lesson 7 in preparation for class on Friday.
If you are able, it would be fun for each student to bring 1 choice of a dried food to share in class in accordance with activity 2 on page 41. Don't go to extreme lengths to make it happen, but if you can, that will be nice. I will bring something as well as we discuss living and eating at Masada.
You MAY be interested in Activity 2 on page 42 as a project to do at home. I think that would be an interesting experience for them to observe how a cistern functions. But this is not one I could keep up with at school, so I wanted to bring that to your attention.
Read chapter 4 of The Martyr of the Catacombs.
Parents, please be aware that in Lesson 7 of the text, "Masada," that one section of it on page 41 MAY BE OVERLY INFORMATIVE for your student. Please view this in advance. You may want to read this lesson to your student and leave this portion out of the reading. If you do want your child to take in this information, please require them to be sensitive to the class as other students may not be privy to this portion of the lesson. Also, if you could send me a line in the email IF YOU ARE WITHHOLDING this information from your student so I can be sure to quell any possible discussion of it in class.
With that said, please also cover Lesson 7 in preparation for class on Friday.
If you are able, it would be fun for each student to bring 1 choice of a dried food to share in class in accordance with activity 2 on page 41. Don't go to extreme lengths to make it happen, but if you can, that will be nice. I will bring something as well as we discuss living and eating at Masada.
You MAY be interested in Activity 2 on page 42 as a project to do at home. I think that would be an interesting experience for them to observe how a cistern functions. But this is not one I could keep up with at school, so I wanted to bring that to your attention.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Review and Reading
Make History Card 6 ~ "Josephus" c. 66 AD
Write on the back the following ~ "A Jew, a Pharisee, Josephus loved learning. He fought as a commander in the First Jewish Revolt against Rome, yet later worked for the Emperor's son, Titus, taking on his family name, Flavius. Josephus wrote down the history of his people, the Jews, in The Works of Josephus."
Review all 6 History Cards.
Go back to page 19 and perform the Somewhere in Time activities # 1 and #2, using a globe and/or map.
Parents, please read the Foreword of The Martyr of the Catacombs. Then, read with or to your student chapter 1 of the same book. We will also read some of this book in class, but I felt this was a good place to begin it rather than proceeding to the next history lesson.
We will do more review activities in class on Tuesday and prepare for Test 1 that covers Lessons 1-6, which they will do for homework AFTER Tuesday.
Write on the back the following ~ "A Jew, a Pharisee, Josephus loved learning. He fought as a commander in the First Jewish Revolt against Rome, yet later worked for the Emperor's son, Titus, taking on his family name, Flavius. Josephus wrote down the history of his people, the Jews, in The Works of Josephus."
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Review all 6 History Cards.
Go back to page 19 and perform the Somewhere in Time activities # 1 and #2, using a globe and/or map.
Parents, please read the Foreword of The Martyr of the Catacombs. Then, read with or to your student chapter 1 of the same book. We will also read some of this book in class, but I felt this was a good place to begin it rather than proceeding to the next history lesson.
We will do more review activities in class on Tuesday and prepare for Test 1 that covers Lessons 1-6, which they will do for homework AFTER Tuesday.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Nero and Early Martyrs
Students should record the cities from #4 on page 20 on the copied map they received in class on Friday. When complete, file it under "Asia: Syria" in the ring-binder.
Study the history cards 1-3.
Parents: With your child, please do #1 & #2 on page 30 with your child. Talk with them about the reality of Christian persecution leading to martyrdom from this time in history through modern times. Use the Foxe's Christian Martyrs of the World if you have it. If you don't, then explain that it is a collection of true stories of Christian martyrs through our present era in history.
Read lessons 4-5.
Study the history cards 1-3.
Parents: With your child, please do #1 & #2 on page 30 with your child. Talk with them about the reality of Christian persecution leading to martyrdom from this time in history through modern times. Use the Foxe's Christian Martyrs of the World if you have it. If you don't, then explain that it is a collection of true stories of Christian martyrs through our present era in history.
Read lessons 4-5.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Saul...but then, Paul !
Read lessons 2 and 3. Do #2 for Middle Students on page 18.
Read Matthew 28:19-20 three times before you go to bed each night.
Read Matthew 28:19-20 three times before you go to bed each night.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Welcome to the Mystery of History!
Supply List:
1 ring-binder notebook with 8 dividers
loose leaf paper
ruled 3x5 cards: either get light purple colored ones ( I know they are available in color packs at Staples) OR a purple writing marker or pen
a ring-binder book for the 3x5 cards - you will either need to punch holes in your 3x5 cards or buy them hole-punched.
a pen and a pencil
In addition to their text book, The Mystery of History, volume II, students will need a Bible.
In preparation for Tuesday:
Read page xv and pages 8-10, which is Lesson 1. If the student is ambitious, they may also read pages 3-5, the "Quarter I" summary, but reading Lesson 1 is more important.
I look forward to seeing each student on Tuesday!
1 ring-binder notebook with 8 dividers
loose leaf paper
ruled 3x5 cards: either get light purple colored ones ( I know they are available in color packs at Staples) OR a purple writing marker or pen
a ring-binder book for the 3x5 cards - you will either need to punch holes in your 3x5 cards or buy them hole-punched.
a pen and a pencil
In addition to their text book, The Mystery of History, volume II, students will need a Bible.
In preparation for Tuesday:
Read page xv and pages 8-10, which is Lesson 1. If the student is ambitious, they may also read pages 3-5, the "Quarter I" summary, but reading Lesson 1 is more important.
I look forward to seeing each student on Tuesday!
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