Positive Action Bible Curriculum

 

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For almost 50 years Positive Action Bible Curriculum has helped teachers and student discover God in His Word. Behold Your God introduces high school age student to foundational Christian theology. In this one year study students will be presented with the many attributes of God, understand the nature of God, develop a stronger relationship with God in your daily prayer and study time, seeking, submitting and trusting the Lord, and putting Christ first and foremost in your life. These are just a few of the wonderful topics that your teen will learn as they work through the 35 lessons of Behold Your God. There is both a Student Manual as well as a Teacher's Manual in this curriculum. You can also purchase an Extra Resources - Presentation and Evaluation that provides added tools to supplement the curriculum. The curriculum can be purchased in either book form or digital. 

My daughter said, "Behold Your God is a Bible study in which the goal is to study God and His role as not only our heavenly Father but also the Creator of the universe. This curriculum starts off simply by explaining our faith and who God is. Lessons gradually get more complex to further the student’s understanding of their faith. Students are presented with a lesson to read through that provides questions and Bible passages to help further understanding. This curriculum also comes with a teachers binder full of lectures and the answers to the student lessons. This lecture also provides students answers to questions from their studies labeled Notes from the Teacher’s Lesson. At the end of each lesson, students are presented with prompts and questions for them to research and write essays on in order to receive the full extent of the learning experience. Of course, it is possible to conduct the study alone, but students might grasp a better understanding if they complete this study with a class and teacher. The reason for this being that class discussions can help a student delve deeper into what they have just read. The lessons and questions are all quite straightforward without being too obvious. This curriculum has achieved the perfect balance between easy understanding and making one think. Overall, I believe Behold Your God is the perfect curriculum for anyone to gain a better understanding of Christ and grow stronger in their faith."

The 35 lessons are broken down into 6 units of study. The lessons are labeled as chapters in the student book. The units of study are:

1. The Knowledge of God
2. The Nature of God
3. The Attributes of God
4. The History of God
5. The Person of God
6. The Holy Spirit

Each lesson contains a quote, reading that pertains to the specific focus topic, student work which includes looking up scripture and answering questions, notes from the teacher's lecture, and application activities. In chapter 3 Knowing God the quote is:

"To glorify God is to have God-admiring thoughts, to esteem Him most

excellent, and search for diamond in this rock only."

Thomas Watson, A Body of Divinity

The student reading takes a lengthy quote from A.W. Tozer's book The Pursuit of God. 

The Student Work focuses on Knowing God Involves a Personal Relationship as well as a Personal Fellowship. 

The Challenge asks the student, What is your relationship with God? and, What about your fellowship with God?

One of the application activities is for the student to read Chapter 4 in Tozer's The Pursuit of God. Student's are asked to define in their own words what it means to be "otherworldly." 

To get a really good idea of what is in each lesson there is a Scope and Sequence that lists the Lesson Topics, Development Activities, and Life Applications for each chapter. 

The contents of the Teacher's Manual come in a three-ring binder with sectional dividers. In the manual you will find:

1. A scripted Teacher's Lecture for each of the 35 lessons. 
2. Weekly schedules for 3, 4, or a 5 day week.
3. Lesson Objectives
4. A Scripture Memory program
5. The Student Manual pages with the answers filled in. 
6. Weekly Quizzes and Unit Test with Answer Keys. 

Be sure to check out what my Fellow Review Crew Members had to saw about Exploring God's Love Preschool - K4, Dynamic Christian Living Grades 7 - 9, and then Behold Your God 

Grades 9 - 11. 

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Memoria Press

 

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Memoria Press Curriculum Guidelines

Famous Men of Rome:

4th - 5th Grade

Famous Men of the Middle Ages:

5th - 6th Grade

Famous Men of Greece:

6th - 7th Grade

There are four components that make up the Famous Men of Rome Set. The Famous Men of Rome Text has thirty stories that cover ancient Rome history from its founding to its demise. The Famous Men of Rome Student Guide contains thirty lesson which include vocabulary, comprehension questions, important facts to know, and various activities. The Famous Men of Rome Teacher Guide is identical to the student guide except it has the answers for each lesson written in as well as the quizzes and tests. The Famous Men of Rome Flashcards are basically the drill questions which are the key people, places, and events that your child needs to remember as they study throughout the year. 

Lesson details:

For each lesson pull the Flashcards that go with the weeks lesson. The lesson numbers are at the top left side of the cards. Throughout the year it is expected that the student master these question/answers. The 119 flashcards encompass what has been learned throughout the year. The final year exam is made up of questions from these flashcards. Start every lesson by reviewing the previous lessons flashcards as well as the new ones. The Facts to Know and Quotations are used to help the students become familiar with words that they will hear and or read in their stories that will be unfamiliar to them. The Vocabulary is for the purpose of context so that when the story for the week is read the student is familiar with these words. Before reading the story read through the Comprehension Questions so that the student is clued into what to listen for as the story is read. Memoria Press recommends, if at all possible, for the parent/teacher to read the story to the student to aid in both interest and understanding. With regards to the questions you know your child the best. If your child reads well, has good reading comprehension, and is able locate where the answers within the stories are found and then answer the questions correctly and in complete sentences, great. Other students may struggle with this. At this point you may need to guide them to the page, column, or paragraph that the answer is found. Have your child try and give you their answer. You can write it down and have them copy it or you can aid them in writing. The hope is that by the end of the year they are able to do this task on their own. Each lesson has Activities that are optional. Some of the activities include timelines, maps, research, reading and discussing from other materials, drawing pictures, etc. After every five lessons there is a review lesson followed by a test. At the end of the year the student will have a final test over all of the material. Completing a lesson should take about an hour to an hour and a half.

Examples from each of the sections:

Facts to Know and Quotations

Marcus Furius Camillus - father of his country; second Romulus; appointed dictator to fight the Veientians. 

Vocabulary

climbing on to the parapet

Comprehension Questions

Why did Camillus reject the offer from the wicked schoolmaster?

Activities

Students often confuse Coriolanus, Cincinnatus, and Camillus. Review the stories of these men and write a concise and precise description of each. 

In the back of the Student Guide are a handful of helpful resources for your student such as maps, Who Said That?, a timeline, famous excerpts, a pronunciation guide, and drill questions. 

The Text is full of colorful pictures. 

This is an example of two of the questions that are included in the stack of flashcards. 

Over the years I have used Memoria Press materials for all six of my children for various grades and subjects. Their philosophy is based in Classical Education. To read more about the basis behind what is at the heart of Memoria Press you can read,  What is Classical Education?. Be sure to check out what my Fellow Review Crew Members had to say about the eight curriculum sets reviewed. 

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Baby Shower

My first grand baby is due in a couple of weeks! For my daughter's baby shower

we went for a unique theme. The cupcakes were gluten free. 

 

Confetti Eggs