1. Lesson pages from Supplemental Materials:
· From Adam to Us: p. 159-172 (additional activities for these pages are in the accompanying Map Book and Student Workbook)
· The Story of the World, vol. 1: p. 112-121, 142-154, 198-204 (additional activities for these pages are in the accompanying The Story of the World: Activity Book One)
2. Study material for family discussion (older students can
read on their own, parents can read and summarize for younger students):
Read 1 Kings 13—2 Kings 15
2 Chronicles 11—28
Hosea
Amos
Jonah
Micah
After the Kingdom of Israel split from Judah, they had two
hundred years of terribly wicked kings. During this time, God, ever patient and
loving, sent several prophets to them to warn them that if they continued in
their wickedness, they would be punished. Finally, during the reign of Hoshea, the
Lord allowed them to be invaded and carried off by Shalmaneser V of Assyria. The
next king, Sargon II, finished off the removal of the 10 tribes and sent other
people to live in their lands.
Assyria, ruled by kings with really cool names, had been
building an empire for several centuries, and during this time period they
expanded their territory. For a time the capital city of Nineveh listened to
the prophet Jonah and repented of many of their evil doings. This did not last.
They remained powerful long enough to carry the 10 tribes away and send other
people to live in their land, but within the following century Assyria would
fall and Nineveh would be left in ruins.
Elijah, Elisha, Jonah, Hosea, and Amos were all prophets in
the northern kingdom of Israel. Elijah was a prophet of extraordinary faith and
obedience like Moses. He was sent to a widow who was most likely a Phoenician,
not an Israelite. She demonstrated faith and kindness through her act of giving
the last of her food to Elijah. The story of Elijah being taken to heaven in a
fiery chariot is so amazing, and through modern revelation we get further
insight that he was translated so that he could keep the priesthood keys of
sealing that had been given to him, and then later he gave these to Peter,
James, and John. In the latter days, in Kirtland, he conferred them to Joseph
Smith and Oliver Cowdery, and they have been passed down through the prophets
of the church since then. (https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bd/elijah?lang=eng)
The Jews still leave an empty place at their table when they
celebrate Passover because they have the tradition that Elijah will return, as
foretold in Malachi 4:5-6, they just don’t realize that it already happened in
1836!
The story in 2 Kings 16 where Elisha sees angelic warriors
prepared to help fight is also an important story with an unforgettable quote,
“They that be with us are more than they that be with them.” God’s power is
always mightier than anything any enemy can raise against us.
Amos lived in Judah but prophesied in Israel.
Micah and Isaiah were prophets in Judah.
As the Kingdom of Israel was taken captive, people continued
to spread over the earth and kings and tribal leaders rose and fell in lands
everywhere. The Greek nation was rising. Homer, the supposedly blind poet, was
writing down the stories of the Trojan War that had been passed down for
generations. And the Phoenicians were continuing to sail the Mediterranean and
settle new lands, including a city named Carthage on the northern coast of
Africa.
In Italy, a tribe called the Etruscans was getting civilized
in the area of Tuscany, while south of Tuscany, tradition tells us that two
boys named Romulus and Remus had been doomed to drown only to be saved by a
she-wolf.
In Egypt, the pharaohs of the 25th dynasty were
from the land south of Egypt, Nubia, which lies mostly in modern day Sudan.
3. Attention Getter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca9LnzJnpjQ
4. Videos: Pick through these, you might want to watch a couple each evening for the two weeks of this lesson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pa54hWROpQ
(Assyrian Empire)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLn-KuHalOY
(Assyria, when the video says Samaria, they are referring to the Kingdom of
Israel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVFW3wbi9pk
(Overview of Kings, watch from 3:30 to 7:00)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAwuKUHKKBw
(Elijah and the Widow)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m73kf8Z1aZo
(Elijah taken to heaven)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FkfrI3dpJE
(Elisha and Naaman)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DafgIYjHvw
(Elisha and the Syrians)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGgWaPGpGz4&list=PLH0Szn1yYNeeVFodkI9J_WEATHQCwRZ0u&index=21
(Overview of Amos)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE6SZ1ogOVU&list=PLH0Szn1yYNeeVFodkI9J_WEATHQCwRZ0u&index=19
(Overview of Hosea, more appropriate for teens)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFEUEcylwLc&list=PLH0Szn1yYNeeVFodkI9J_WEATHQCwRZ0u&index=24
(Overview of Micah)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0A6Uchb1F8&list=PLH0Szn1yYNeeVFodkI9J_WEATHQCwRZ0u&index=14
(Overview of Isaiah part 1, to 4:47, choose whether to show or just summarize)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh2WVHE4X3c
(Etruscans—PREVIEW!!!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA1D9wd29jI
(Romulus and Remus)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAS3Z7cXuuU
(Carthage founded by Queen Elissar (a.k.a. Alyssa, Dido)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnoqlCV__z4&pp=QADQAwE%3D (Nubia, watch from 10:57 to 14:16)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O47rZQLp82Y (Nubian King/ Egyptian Pharaoh Piye)
5. Mapping: Map 5 in the Bible Maps of the Gospel Library
shows the Assyrian Empire after they exiled the 10 tribes. The map activity
from Chapter Twenty (on Student Page 57) of The Story of the World: Activity
Book One focuses on Greece. The map activity from Chapter Twenty-seven in
the same activity book (Student Page 84) shows Rome and the Etruscan territory.
6. Worksheets: There are several good activities under Fun
and Games on these pages:
https://www.biblewise.com/characters_topics/elijah-elisha.php
https://www.biblewise.com/characters_topics/jonah.php
There are good activities about ancient Greece in Chapter Twenty
of The Story of the World: Activity Book One.
7. Discussion For Teens: You will research two opposing
sides of a topic, and then discuss these with a parent or peers and come to an
agreement on the topic. Your consensus may agree with one side or another, or
may end up being some combination of the two. For this lesson, discuss whether
or not you think some group of the ten tribes is living together and will
return as a body in the days “Last Days” before the Millennium. Do some
thorough research before coming to a conclusion.
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