This lesson is divided into two one week lessons.
Week one: Isaac and Jacob
1. Lesson Pages from Supplemental Materials:
· From Adam to Us: bottom of p.79 thru 82 (additional activities for these pages are in the accompanying Map Book and Student Workbook)
· Story of the World, vol. 1: p. 110-112 (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):
Genesis 24-33
In the story of Isaac and Rebekah, it is important to
remember that Rebekah was following the Lord’s direction when she had their son
Jacob seek for the blessing from Isaac. Jacob was more obedient to the Lord.
The Phoenicians were sea traders who had established coastal towns by this time, including Tyre, Sidon, and Byblos. They were good sailors and ship builders who helped keep trade alive through the Mediterranean. They learned to contend with pirates who sailed the waters. It would be many years before they would travel out onto the Atlantic, however. Some ancient records suggest that for some time after the Flood, the Atlantic was a scary, muddy, unsettled body of water. The Phoenicians were also known for their purple dye, which they obtained from a gland in a certain shell creature called a murex. Piles of dead murex rotted around the cities, creating a putrid smell. These people were some of the Canaanites that the Israelites would later encounter, and sometimes conquer.
3. Worksheets: There are several good
activities under Fun and Games on this page: https://www.biblewise.com/characters_topics/jacob.php
You can also search this site for more worksheets by typing Jacob into the search bar, some are free some are not: https://biblepathwayadventures.com/activities/jacob-2/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AvQ0d6HB1I (a wife for Isaac)
5. Mapping: Using your Map 4 from the last lessons, trace Jacob’s journey from the land of Canaan where he grew up to the land of Paddan-Aram where his Uncle Laban lived, and then back to live in Shechem. Add to your map the land of Edom, where Jacob met his brother Esau (nicknamed Edom or “Red”), using this map to help you: https://bibleatlas.org/full/edom.htm
6. Jacob’s sons eventually became 12
separate tribes. Jacob’s name was changed to Israel, so we call these tribes
the 12 tribes of Israel. Design a flag for each tribe. This page summarizes the
descriptions of each flag from the Bible: http://www.askmoses.com/en/article/662,2143627/What-Are-the-12-Tribes-Flags.html
7. Try a simple lentil stew that might
have been similar to the one Jacob gave to Esau: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/lentil-soup-recipe-1947017
8. World History
Reading (use this time to finish some of the longer reading from past lessons):
· Time-Life Student Library Ancient Civilizations 3000 BC – AD 500, p. 70-71
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