Posted 11/17/09
Week 1
1. The EQ for Chapter 1 Preparing for the Journey i "What Bible skills are
needed to understand the Old Testament?"
Classwork:
a. Students will bring their Bible, The New American Bible, a Fireside
Catholic Publishing Edition. Lecture 1 They will learn how to become
bible literate which will enable them to be competent in using the
Bible properly and accurately. This will include knowledge of the
Book, Chapters, verses, cross-references, and footnotes.
b. Teacher's Reflection: Yesterday, students were lectured on how to use
the bible, vocabulary, and references in the library. Students were
introduced to the structure of the Bible and relating it to the primal forces
introduced in Genesis Creation stories. They will be tested next class.
Homework:
a. Students will read Chapter 1 Preparing for the Journey Pp. 13-21.
They will then do the review and journal questions on Pp. 17 and 21.
b. Students will bring a 1 inch, 3 ring binder, along with 3 tabs titled
as follows: First Tab - Entry Log,
Second Tab-Classwork,Homework and Quizzes, Third Tab - Journals.
Week 2
Classwork:
a. Students will attempt to link the main events of the book to the
timeline on Pp.24 and 25. An example of a main event would be the
Exodus. Students were instructed to do a 1 to 2 paragraph annotation
for each event listed on pp.24 and 25.
b. Students will be apprised of applying tools of critical reading
to better understand how God communicates to us.
Homework:
a. Students will read Pp. 22-29 and do the review and journal questions
on Pp.26 and 29. Students will be watching the video, "Prince of Egypt" and
take notes on it and compare and contrast to what information they found in
their annotated timeline. Then, write a paragraph on how it applies to us
today.
b. Review for Chapter 1 Preparing for the Journey Test.
c. Chapter 1 Preparing for the Journey Test.
Week 3
Classwork:
1. The EQ for Chapter 2 Maps for the Journey is "How important is
Archaeology to Bible Study?"
Classwork:
a. Lecture 2 Students will read Chapter 2 Maps for theJourney,
Pp. 34-45 and do Review and Journal Questions Pp. 40 and 46.
b. Students will read Chapter 2 Maps for the Journey, Pp.46-56 and do
Review and Journal Questions Pp. 51 and 56.
c. Lecture 3 Four Major Categories of the Old Tetament and Description of
Literature Types
d. Main Activities of the Prophets and Vocabulary: saga, legend, parable,
anecdote.
Week 4
a. Binder check #1, Learning Journal #1
Homework:
a. Handout 2B Archaeological Time Periods and the Old Testament
b. Handout 2C Types of Literature in the Old Testament
Week 5
Classwork: Lesson Unit on Genesis: Students will divide into groups of four
and they will select one of the stories listed below. Their task will
consist of a storyteller, skit, profile of the characters, and teach the
religious message to the class. Then, they will individually, do a
reflective paragraph of each story presented.
List: Two versions of creating the world, sin of Adam and Eve, Cain's murder
of Abel, Descendants of Cain and the invention of culture, the Flood and
Noah's Deliverance, and Tower of Babel.
Week 6
Classwork:
a. Group Activity: Select one of the following patriarchs and summarize
the story for each. Please include their achievements and challenges. There
will be 3 groups determined by size of class (i.e., 18 divided by 3 = 3
groups). Abraham - Genesis 12-23, Isaac- Genesis 24, 26-27; Jacob -
Genesis 27-33; Joseph - Genesis 37-50.
Homework:
a. Lecture 5 Background information
b. Vocabulary: ancestor, angel, circumcision, evolution, covenant, myths,
paganism
Week 7
Classwork:
a. Take Chapter 3 Stories for the Journey Test. Group Test.
b. Binder Check #2. Be sure to have all your entry logs showing dates
and descriptions of each work done.
Covenant Tree Activity
Instructions: You and a team of Archaeologists have just returned from
the field and are anxious to put together the data and findings
(artifacts) discovered in situ. In what you have found through your
finding, you wish to start constructing a Covenant Tree listing all the
covenants from the time of Adam and Eve until the Babylonian Exile. In this
activity, you will work in groups of 4-5 and be accountable for listing ,
defining, and explaining one of the covenant so far covered in Book of
Genesis in constructing your covenant tree by referring to your assigned
passage cited below. The covenants so are: THE PRIMEVAL COVENANT(Genesis
3:15-19;cf. 1 John 3,8), THE STEWARDSHIP COVENANT(Genesis 9:8-17), THE FAITH
COVENANT(Genesis 15:1-21).
Materials needed: construction paper 9” x 12” and 12” x 18”.
Week 8
Classwork:
a. Read Chapter 4 The Journey to the Promised Land Begins Pp. 100-102. Do
Review Questions and Journal on P. 102.
b. Lecture 6 on the 12 Tribes, Civil Laws and Religious Laws, Route of
Exodus.
Week 9
Classwork:
a. Do Learning Journal # 1, writing a 1 page or a two page type-written
journal on how have you grown in terms of knowledge, skills, and
values?
Homework:
a. Our next focus will be on the Biblical books that comprise
Deuteronomic History which are based on the Book of Deuteronomy. We
will focus primarily on Books of Joshua and the Judges which describe
Israelite history covering the conquest of Jericho to the time of the
kings. We see the 12 tribes united in war against the various
territories in Canaan. Since there was no Israelite king at this
time, Yahweh was looked upon as a Warrior-King who would protect them
in their battles. The role of the Judges besides being military
leaders was to function as prophet as well.
Classwork:
a. In the next assignment, you will be working in groups in getting the
religious message across in your skit as follows:
Group 1: Read and summarize Judges 4-5 and present to class.
Group 2: Read and summarize Judges 6-8:35 and present to class.
Group 3: Read and summarize Judges 13-16 and present to class.
Group 4: Read and summarize the Book of Ruth and present to class.
HS719- Sacred Scripure
Group 1:
Group 2:
Group 3:
Group 4:
HS719- Sacred Scriptue
Group 1:
Group 2:
Group 3:
Group 4:
HS719- Sacred Scripture
Week 10
Classwork:
a. Upon completion of presentation and skits, you will write a journal
giving a brief summary on what was the religious message for each of the
three presentations othere than your own. Since we would have covered the
same content which deals with the Judges in Chapter 5 The Journey Takes
Shape,we will move on to Chapter 6 The Monarchy.
b. You will read Pp.132-152, citing related scriptural passages and then
answer the following questions:
(1) What negative consequences did Samuel the Prophet warn the Israelites
about having a king?
(2) Compare and contrast the three monarchs: Saul, David, and Solomon in
terms of their successes and shortcomings. Then tell me which of the these
three kings was the most competent and give our reasons.
(3) What events led to the divided monarchy and what happened as a result
of this?
(4) What foreign nations were involved in the destruction of the southern
and northern kingdoms and what impact did they have on each respectively?
Week 11
a. The Essential Question for this course is, "How does the scriptural
covenant define our relationship with God?" The EQ to Chapter 6 The
Monarchy is, "Hoes does the emergence of the Monarchy change the direction
of Israelite history?" Your task is to write a two page written or four
page type-written journal on, "What connections can you make between the EQ
of Chapter 6 The Monarchy and the EQ of this course?"
