Curriculum Volume 7 Scope & Sequence
What’s in the Bible? Church Edition Volume 7 [Ezra, Nehemiah & Esther]
In Volume 7: Exile and Return! [Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther], learn about the Israelites’ return to the kingdom of Israel after being exiled for many years. Ezra and Nehemiah lead the efforts to rebuild the temple and Jerusalem’s city walls, and Chester Whigget’s Popsicle Stick Theater presents the Story of Esther!
Volume 7 contains 4 weeks.
Week 1: The children will review the stories of the Pentateuch and Historical Books and learn about the empires found in Ezra and Nehemiah.
Week 2: The children will learn the stories of the Israelites’ exile and the rebuilding of the temple found in Ezra and Nehemiah.
Week 3: The children will learn the story of King Xerxes and Esther found in the final Historical Book – Esther.
Week 4: The children will review the Historical Books and learn the story of Purim found in the final Historical Book – Esther.
| Element | Focus | Content |
|---|---|---|
| Video 1 | Welcome | Custom Welcome Video: Stomp! The characters rap and sing a welcome. |
| Small Group 1 | Relationship Building | Each child has the chance to sing a rhyme or rap about his/her week. |
| Video 2 | Learn: Pentateuch & Old Testament Review | Review the things learned so far about the Pentateuch and Historical Books. |
| Small Group 2 | Cup & Coin Review | This fun review game has kids practice putting the books of the Bible in order. |
| Video 3 | Learn: The Bible is True | This video teaches about the Babylonian and Assyrian Empires, and also explains why we can trust what the Bible teaches. |
| Small Group 3 | Empire Hunt | Group Game time! This is a fun active game that has kids link arms and try to move together as a group as they answer questions about the video. |
| 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: Stomp! The characters rap about how they feel today. |
| Small Group 1 | Relationship Building | Each child has the chance to sing or rap about how he/she feels today. |
| Video 2 | Learn: Ezra & Nehemiah Part 1 | Sunday School Lady tells the story of how the Israelites went into exile, and then how they were released by King Cyrus. |
| Small Group 2 | Emoticon Exile | Using emoticon cards, each child is encouraged to reflect on the story of the Israelites in exile and imagine what it would have felt like. |
| Video 3 | Learn: Ezra & Nehemiah Part 2 | Hear the stories of Ezra and Nehemiah, who rebuilt the temple in Jerusalem and the city walls. |
| Small Group 3 | Chuck Wagon Wheel | This is a fun frisbee-like game during which kids answer questions and toss "wagon wheels" to earn points. |
| 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: Stomp! The characters rap and sing questions about the week. |
| Small Group 1 | Relationship Building | Each child shares - by singing or rapping - where he/she went this week. |
| Video 2 | Learn: King Xerxes' Terrible Temper | In this video, Sunday School Lady gives the background to the book of Esther. |
| Small Group 2 | Cool Down Xerxes | This fun water game encourages kids to give King Xerxes a splash when they answer questions correctly. |
| Video 3 | Learn: Esther | Chester Whigget's Popsicle Stick Theater presents the story of Esther! |
| Small Group 3 | Chester Whigget Popsicle Golf | Kids take turns playing popsicle stick golf as they answer questions about Esther. |
| 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: Stomp! The characters rhyme questions for small groups to answer about the week. |
| Small Group 1 | Relationship Building | Each child is encouraged to share about someone they met or spent time with this week. |
| Video 2 | Learn: Purim Celebration | This video explains the story of Purim and how it is celebrated all over the world today. |
| Small Group 2 | Purim Celebration | The class will have its own Purim celebration, complete with traditional noisemakers! |
| Video 3 | Learn: Historical Books Review | This video reviews all of the historical books. |
| Small Group 3 | Chat & Canoe | Races! Each small group will have paper canoe races and discuss the things they've learned about the historical books. |
| 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. |