The advent of Christianity and modern churches has not been sudden. It started with the events of the Old Testament and then the New. To know the history of any culture, religion, or belief, you need to know the chronology of important events. As far as the Christian churches are concerned, the modern churches and the belief system that they have is much different from the orthodox churches in the beginning. A church history timeline will tell you all about the modifications, significant social events leading to the modification, and the years in which they happened.
The first Sunday Justin and I attended our new ward in Vernal, the bishop called us into his office. We assumed it was just a "ge...
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In 1 Samuel 8-10, we read that the leaders in Israel went to Samuel and demanded a king. This meant the people were rejecting God as their King. This made Samuel sad, but God told him to make Saul the king. These Israel Rejected God as Their King Bible activities are about this important event in Israel's history.
The Reformation is a very important part of world AND church history. We are spending extra time on this subject because the 500th anniversary of the Reformation is this year. I’ve rounded up some FREE Reformation Printable Resources that are perfect for a Reformation unit study. *Note: Some of these may only be free temporarily for the [...]
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We have JUST begun our NEW UNIT!!!!!! We are going to be EXPLORING and learning about Eli, Samuel, Saul, David and Solomon. We are going to be VERY BUSY over the next quarter. This is the way I "CONTAIN" my teaching materials....I use a BIG BINDER and plastic sleeves----LOTS OF PLASTIC SLEEVES!!!!!! I am PRAYING fervently about this undertaking. It is a little more challenging to come up with activities, review games, etc. for the material we are about to EXPLORE......so, I am STRETCHING my brain as I work on these lessons. :-) This is what my classroom looks like!!! I am blessed to have a LARGE ROOM....with plenty of room for the kiddos activities!!! We have 'TABLE TIME" & "CIRCLE TIME." Our EAA, which stands for EARLY ARRIVAL ACTIVITY is a PUZZLE and then a DRAWING activity. I made this puzzle using frames from the Dollar Tree!!! I call the puzzle "GOD'S AMAZING PLAN!" It is truly a puzzle with each TIME PERIOD OF THE BIBLE in each puzzle piece. The kiddos worked together to get the puzzle in the correct chronological order!!! After they completed the puzzle I allowed them to draw in "white boards." These boards are cut from wall board that I purchased at LOWES.. $11.96 gave me 32 white boards!!!! I have shared them with ALL the other Bible Classes!!!! I had coded the white boards with various BIBLE characters and events. The kiddos had to draw me a picture of what they could remember about the character of event. THEY LOVED IT!!!!! All kiddos love to draw on the white/chalk board so, I decided to use this to MY ADVANTAGE!!!! I will post some pics of what they drew----They amazed me!!!!! We have NEW cards to add to our WHO? WHAT? WHEN? WHERE? WHY? and HOW? WALL!!!! We have a "NEW" map up on the wall. We have already added two locations!!!! The kiddos LOVE to add new locations to the map. This is our NEW bulletin board. BTW, I just use the WALL!!! We have 3 CROWNS and 3 MEN that would be KING. We will write (with a sharpie) information about each KING on each crow. BTW, the pictures came from DOLLAR TREE...I bought them last year....I sure hope they come out with MORE BIBLE related visuals! Hannah Praying Hannah's Answered Prayer! Our first lesson was about Hannah. Hannah prayed fervently for a baby boy. The kiddos were very engaged with this story. I explained how Hannah went to GOD through prayer. I let them know that GOD really wants us to let HIM know our wants and needs. They seemed to really get IT!!!! YAY!!!!! This was the kiddos "TAKE HOME." Our Memory Verse was Psalm 38:15. "For in YOU, O LORD, I hope. You will hear, O Lord my GOD." I felt this was an appropriate verse for the subject we were EXPLORING. We sang the verse to the tune: "One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians." Our REVIEW Game was called "PIN THE BOTTLE ON SAMUEL" Each bottle had a question about the lesson written on it. If the kiddo answer correctly (which they ALL did) they had to opportunity to "pin" (we used double stick tape) the bottle to Samuel. They really enjoyed this!!!!! On Wednesday Evening the kiddos colored a picture of Samuel...added a "real" rattle and 3D blocks that spell SAMUEL. They all turned our soooo sweet. The kiddos added this to their NEW EXPLORER JOURNAL. (The rattles came from the DOLLAR TREE and we made the BLOCKS using little square wooden pieces and foamy 3D letters.) I told you we are going to be busy.... :-) And, I would NOT have it any other way!!!!! I feel soooo blessed to be a BIBLE CLASS teacher!!!! I am looking forward to sharing our EXPLORATIONS with you over the next few months!!!! Blessings, Ronda
We have been doing some fascinating activities for our Medieval History unit, (Viking Runes, Medieval Illuminations, and our own homemade Medieval Subtleties) but this craft or "craftivity" turned out the most beautiful of all. We created our own stained glass windows! This is an easy activity, especially if you purchase our premade Medieval Window packet which includes 4 possible designs for your students to choose from to make their window. You will also need a transparency sheet (or some recycled flat plastic), a sharpie, food coloring and glue. And some Q-tips. Because we always fall back on Q-tips as an easy go-to paintbrush for these kinds of activities. After drawing the designs on the transparencies with black sharpies, we cut out our window shapes. And we began to fill in the window shapes with our glue paint. To make it easier, we cut out our paper design and taped it, along with the transparency to the table. It kept our image stable while the kids filled in the colors. After the colored glue had dried, we cut out our window edging and glued it over the glass. An optional idea is to go over the top of the sharpie with black puffy paint. This raised black edging makes the stained glass really pop. It feels just like the leaded glass stained windows you might see in an old church or heraldic window. The finished product is tacked to the window so that the light can stream through, just like it streamed through Medieval stained glass windows, many years ago. A beautiful finished product! Check out our packet that includes everything you need to create this craft, here in our store. Reviews "My students were completely engaged and created a great deal of stained glass with this project. We researched how stained glass was made with Medieval techniques (the V&A Museum has a fantastic video!) and then we got to work, having unearthed a box of old transparencies, which I think really makes this project. We also were creating them for our Medieval Faire for our K-3rd graders and they found the stained glass captivating. I would have never guessed they would have looked so good! Excellent lesson!" --- Anne C. "Loved the informational text. It was so helpful. The activity wasn't as engaging as I'd hoped, but it was still worth the purchase." --- Get Schooled "We a learning about the role of churches during the Medieval time period so this is a great supplemental for us and a nice break from the heavy reading and material. The students enjoyed creating these." --- Pham-tastic Teaching "One of the better stained-glass projects I've seen. Worked greatly for my A&H class!" --- Eli Edwards "We used the patterns to make our own stained glass. We used sharpies instead of glue and they came out beautifully." --- Tippecanoe "I used this resource to supplement what we were learning in class. My students loved the activity?" --- Wendy E. "This was a fun activity to do in my summer program during medieval week." --- Karen C. "My students really enjoyed making them, and were so proud of the outcome. We did what someone else suggested and just used permanent sharpies. They look awesome!" --- Randy Bland "My students loved this activity! We completed it in the middle of our Middle Ages reading unit. To make them even more stained glass in appearance, they lightly used a cotton ball to spread vegetable oil on the back to make them translucent." --- Dayna K. Check out our packet that includes everything you need to create this craft, here in our store.
This is a great craft for a study of Paul's missionary journeys or the Great Commission, or use it when learning about missionaries supported by your church. Homeschoolers could use it when studying about missionaries throughout history. Included are templates for the suitcase and handles and a smal...
We have JUST begun our NEW UNIT!!!!!! We are going to be EXPLORING and learning about Eli, Samuel, Saul, David and Solomon. We are going to be VERY BUSY over the next quarter. This is the way I "CONTAIN" my teaching materials....I use a BIG BINDER and plastic sleeves----LOTS OF PLASTIC SLEEVES!!!!!! I am PRAYING fervently about this undertaking. It is a little more challenging to come up with activities, review games, etc. for the material we are about to EXPLORE......so, I am STRETCHING my brain as I work on these lessons. :-) This is what my classroom looks like!!! I am blessed to have a LARGE ROOM....with plenty of room for the kiddos activities!!! We have 'TABLE TIME" & "CIRCLE TIME." Our EAA, which stands for EARLY ARRIVAL ACTIVITY is a PUZZLE and then a DRAWING activity. I made this puzzle using frames from the Dollar Tree!!! I call the puzzle "GOD'S AMAZING PLAN!" It is truly a puzzle with each TIME PERIOD OF THE BIBLE in each puzzle piece. The kiddos worked together to get the puzzle in the correct chronological order!!! After they completed the puzzle I allowed them to draw in "white boards." These boards are cut from wall board that I purchased at LOWES.. $11.96 gave me 32 white boards!!!! I have shared them with ALL the other Bible Classes!!!! I had coded the white boards with various BIBLE characters and events. The kiddos had to draw me a picture of what they could remember about the character of event. THEY LOVED IT!!!!! All kiddos love to draw on the white/chalk board so, I decided to use this to MY ADVANTAGE!!!! I will post some pics of what they drew----They amazed me!!!!! We have NEW cards to add to our WHO? WHAT? WHEN? WHERE? WHY? and HOW? WALL!!!! We have a "NEW" map up on the wall. We have already added two locations!!!! The kiddos LOVE to add new locations to the map. This is our NEW bulletin board. BTW, I just use the WALL!!! We have 3 CROWNS and 3 MEN that would be KING. We will write (with a sharpie) information about each KING on each crow. BTW, the pictures came from DOLLAR TREE...I bought them last year....I sure hope they come out with MORE BIBLE related visuals! Hannah Praying Hannah's Answered Prayer! Our first lesson was about Hannah. Hannah prayed fervently for a baby boy. The kiddos were very engaged with this story. I explained how Hannah went to GOD through prayer. I let them know that GOD really wants us to let HIM know our wants and needs. They seemed to really get IT!!!! YAY!!!!! This was the kiddos "TAKE HOME." Our Memory Verse was Psalm 38:15. "For in YOU, O LORD, I hope. You will hear, O Lord my GOD." I felt this was an appropriate verse for the subject we were EXPLORING. We sang the verse to the tune: "One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians." Our REVIEW Game was called "PIN THE BOTTLE ON SAMUEL" Each bottle had a question about the lesson written on it. If the kiddo answer correctly (which they ALL did) they had to opportunity to "pin" (we used double stick tape) the bottle to Samuel. They really enjoyed this!!!!! On Wednesday Evening the kiddos colored a picture of Samuel...added a "real" rattle and 3D blocks that spell SAMUEL. They all turned our soooo sweet. The kiddos added this to their NEW EXPLORER JOURNAL. (The rattles came from the DOLLAR TREE and we made the BLOCKS using little square wooden pieces and foamy 3D letters.) I told you we are going to be busy.... :-) And, I would NOT have it any other way!!!!! I feel soooo blessed to be a BIBLE CLASS teacher!!!! I am looking forward to sharing our EXPLORATIONS with you over the next few months!!!! Blessings, Ronda
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History is my passion; I love history! And yet, I really don't like textbooks. Here are 30+ ways to teach history without a textbook, from books to cooking, and more!
Nebuchadnezzar's dream is a fun lesson to talk about, so much imagery and fun crafts to complete together.
Dive into Temple and Family History Work with some Bingo fun!
Enjoy this downloadable and printable coloring page from Brother Francis. This page may be replicated as many times as needed for use in a class or activity. Not for resale.
ALSO AVAILABLE IN SPANISH! Throw a family history celebration with your Primary, Youth, Ward or Relief Society sisters that they will never forget. This digital download is intended to help celebrate families and the richness that comes from remembering those who have gone before us. It includes two games that are fun and interactive, along with a sweet devotional that emphasizes the importance of researching, recording and keeping your own records. WHAT'S INCLUDED + AVAILABLE FOR INSTANT DOWNLOAD: -Activity Overview & Outline -Two Family History based Games -Family History Devotional -Spiritually Defining Memories worksheets -Editable Activity Invitations & Instruction Guide -Textable Images & Instruction Guide -Remember Me Decoration File -Answer Sheet Printable -Treat Tags This activity was inspired by and has nods to the Disney movie Coco, but you can play up or down the connection based on the demographics of your group. It can be done in conjunction with Cinco de Mayo or Día de Muertos but it doesn't have to be! I've made it general enough that you can use it to learn about and celebrate family history any day. This download features two activities based on the family history of YOUR group. It's a great way to help participants get to know each other better. It also features a family history devotional that ends with an opportunity for each person to record some of his or her own personal history. If you don't have time for all three, you can pick and choose which portions best suit your group. ---------- Remember, this is a digital file only -- no physical product will be shipped. Once you've purchased the packet, you will immediately be able to download the files to your computer and can have them printed at any copy shop. This file is for personal, non-commercial use only. You can share the file with members of your own presidency, but please do not forward, share, sell, or distribute the file to anyone else. Copying any part of this file to create something new for personal or commercial use is a violation of copyright law and is prohibited. MyLDSPrintspiration retains all rights. Thanks so much for visiting my shop!
Dive into a famous ancient civilization to learn about history with FREE printable Romans Coloring Pages. Fun history activity for elementary students.
Use a simple science experiment and Lego people to discuss the lives of Cain and Abel and how sin can spread and hurt ourselves and other people.
Are you looking for some fun and unique ways to celebrate Reformation Day? See our list of Homeschooling resources, recipes, videos and more!
Are you looking for some ideas that you can use to review important content with your class before a test? Check out these 5 engaging games for reviewing!
Today at Powersource, we looked at what it means to be the body of Christ. As a warm up we played some games... Build a body relay: Each team collects body parts of a different colour and sticks them to the background. The first team to build the whole body and bring it to the leader wins! (we hadn't told the children what our subject matter was when we played this game so they had to work out what they were making!) Photo booth pictures: Use the collection of wigs, glasses and hats to make yourselves a new character! Hands, feet and mouth race: Assign roles within each team. FEET are the only ones allowed to collect pieces of memory verse from the pile at the far wall. They cannot speak or touch the pieces once they have been brought to the team base. MOUTHS are the only people allowed to speak throughout the whole game (but cannot move and must have hands behind their backs- no pointing allowed!) HANDS are the only people allowed to arrange and stick the parts of the memory verse to the sheet. The idea is that, like in a relay race, children collect pieces of memory verse one by one, being them to the team base and arrange the verse so it makes sense. The first team to complete the memory verse is the winner. This was quite frustrating for some of the children but really illustrated how the parts of the body need to work together!
Beatitudes Lesson Two: Blessed are the Poor in Spirit Main idea: We receive the gift of the kingdom of heaven when we realize how much we need God. This Bible Lesson Plans for Kids "Blessed are the Poor in Spirit" Sunday School Lesson
A cardboard cut-out model template for the Ark of the Covenant (from Exodus 25:10-22). PDF version (142 KB)
Cute Moses and the Red Sea craft is a fun for Sunday school lesson on Egypt Moses and 10 plagues for kids.
Historical crafts are a great way to bring history to life for older kids. So it's time to put down the textbook and add one of these easy Pioneer crafts to your American history lesson plans.
This lesson based on the manipulation of Jacob and Esau will help children understand that choosing forgiveness is better than choosing the ways of sin.
Loads of resources & activities for learning about Martin Luther and the Reformation that started after he nailed his Ninety-Five Theses on the church door.
This tetraflexagon craft can be used to tell the story of Hagar and Ishmael (Genesis 21). Part of a whole lesson on-site,
Scripture Reference: Judges 16:4-22 Suggested Emphasis: Good friends encourage us to be good, but bad friends pressure us to do bad things. Memory Verse: “Do not be fooled: ‘Bad friends…
During spring and the Easter holiday, Bible teachers typically introduce or review Jesus' death, burial and resurrection in Bible class. While this lesson speaks to my heart and helps me to understand all that Jesus has done for us, I sometimes struggle with teaching this topic to children. Using this Jesus Resurrection craft along with
From Easter to Confirmation, the Spirit Dove is an amazing symbol for middle school students who are learning about their faith.
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