Curriculum Volume 5 Scope & Sequence
What’s in the Bible? Church Edition Volume 5 [1 & 2 Samuel]
In Volume 5: Israel Gets a King [1&2 Samuel], meet the first three kings of Israel – Saul, David and Solomon. Learn about the Davidic Covenant, God’s great promise to David, and about the trinity – how God is the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Volume 5 contains 4 weeks.
Week 1: The children will review Genesis-Ruth, and hear stories about King Saul from 1 Samuel.
Week 2: The children will learn the Biblical stories of King Saul and King David found in 1 Samuel.
Week 3: The children will learn the Biblical stories of King David found in 2 Samuel and discover the definition of repentance.
Week 4: The children will learn about King Solomon, and the definition of sin, repentance, and forgiveness.
| Element | Focus | Content |
|---|---|---|
| Video 1 | Welcome | Custom Welcome Video: Buck Denver digs into his mailbag, and someone wants to know Phil's favorite hobby. |
| Small Group 1 | Relationship Building | Each child has the chance to share his/her favorite hobby. |
| Video 2 | Recap: Genesis through Ruth | This video reviews what you have learned about Genesis through Ruth. |
| Small Group 2 | Clue Finder | Fold clue finders, and then find the answers to questions about the video in the folds. |
| Video 3 | Learn: King Saul | Learn the story of King Saul, the first king of Israel! |
| Small Group 3 | Don't Sink Our Submarine | In this fun water game, kids answer questions and add water to homemade submarines. |
| Video 4 | Bible What's It? | Trivia Time! Game that reviews the day's lessons. |
| Small Group 4 | Bible What's It? and Recap | Recap! This is a time to review the day's lessons, and reflect and pray before ending class. |
| Element | Focus | Content |
|---|---|---|
| Video 1 | Welcome | Custom Welcome Video: Buck Denver finds a letter in his mailbag asking Phil if he has any special talents. |
| Small Group 1 | Relationship Building | Each child has the chance to share his/her own special talents with the small group. |
| Video 2 | Review | This video reviews the lesson from last week about King Saul. |
| Small Group 2 | Get a Better View | Make your own paper view-finders and then read the story of King Saul from the Bible. |
| Video 3 | Learn: King David Part 1 | In this video, learn the amazing story of David and Goliath - and how God picked David to be the next king! |
| Small Group 3 | Graffiti Wall | As the teacher reads the story of David and Goliath from the Bible, the children draw what they think the scenes looked like. |
| Video 4 | Bible What's It? | Trivia Time! Game that reviews the day's lessons. |
| Small Group 4 | Bible What's It? and Recap | Recap! This is a time to review the day's lessons, and reflect and pray before ending class. |
| Element | Focus | Content |
|---|---|---|
| Video 1 | Welcome | Custom Welcome Video: Phil answers a question from Buck's mailbag about his favorite food. |
| Small Group 1 | Relationship Building | What's your favorite food? Everyone gets a chance to share. |
| Video 2 | Learn: Ish-Bosheth | This video tells the story of how David became king - even though one of Saul's sons tried to be king too! |
| Small Group 2 | Books of the Bible Review | Game Time! This fun game involves popping balloons to find the names of Bible books, and then putting the books in order! |
| Video 3 | Learn: King David Part 2 | Video! Stories from King David's time as king - sometimes David listened to God, and other times he didn't. |
| Small Group 3 | Truth and Consequences | Board Game! children answer questions about King David, and move pieces around a game board. |
| Video 4 | Bible What's It? | Trivia Time! Game that reviews the day's lessons. |
| Small Group 4 | Bible What's It? and Recap | Recap! This is a time to review the day's lessons, and reflect and pray before ending class. |
| Element | Focus | Content |
|---|---|---|
| Video 1 | Welcome | Custom Welcome Video: Buck Denver finds a question in his mailbag for Phil about his favorite thing to do with his family. |
| Small Group 1 | Relationship Building | Each child has the chance to share what he/she enjoys doing with his/her family. |
| Video 2 | Review | This video reviews the life of King David and the meaning of the word "repent." |
| Small Group 2 | Review Repent | Slowing Down...Children will look at Psalm 51 and have a time of quiet discussion and reflection, with a guided prayer. |
| Video 3 | Learn: King Solomon | Meet King Solomon and learn about his time as the wise king of Israel. |
| Small Group 3 | Slalom with Solomon | Active Game Time - This game encourages kids to answer questions about Solomon for a chance to race plastic miniature cars. |
| Video 4 | Bible What's It? | Trivia Time! Game that reviews the day's lessons. |
| Small Group 4 | Bible What's It? and Recap | Recap! This is a time to review the day's lessons, and reflect and pray before ending class. |