We are now in the middle of the first Trimester! Can you believe
it? It’s exciting to see all the things my students have learned already!
Before our 8th Graders visited our nation’s capitol,
we finished studying 1 and 2 Thessalonians and are now getting into 1
Corinthians. We are studying these books in the order that Paul wrote them. In
the coming weeks, we’ll be studying what the Bible has to say about Christians
fighting each other, human wisdom vs. God’s wisdom, and one of my favorite
lessons on Christian liberty as defined by Paul in 1 Corinthians 8:1-9:23.
Our 7th Grade Bible class is studying the Life of
Christ as presented in the four Gospels. We have learned about Jesus’ character
traits of compassion
and holiness, and are
moving on to His authority, His temptation (and how we can resist sin—yes, we
can!), and what it means to keep Jesus at the center of our lives.
In 6th Grade Bible, we just finished the first unit
on Worldviews. Ask your student what a worldview is—they’ll tell you all about
them! We also learned about the three main monotheistic religions: Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam. Now, we are beginning to study Genesis and focusing on
God’s Creation, the Fall of Mankind, and God’s plan of redemption.
6th Grade History has been a lot of fun! We’ve gotten
in our time machines and have explored
ancient Mesopotamia. Did you know that name was created by the Greeks hundreds
of years later, and it means “The Land Between Rivers”? Ask your student which
two rivers Mesopotamia was between! Now, we are studying ancient Egypt and how
they settled in the Nile Valley. Ask your student how the ancient Egyptians
were “lucky” in choosing their location, and why the geography made it
difficult for hostile armies to invade!
I am really enjoying getting to know these students while
teaching them about mankind and our relationship with God! This is only the
beginning!
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