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Wednesday’s Around the World ~ Daniel and the Lion’s Den

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Wednesday’s Around the World ~ Daniel and the Lion’s Den

 

This week, for Wednesday’s Around the World, I am sharing with you the lesson from Mystery of History, Daniel and the Lion’s Den.   Daniel was a young man, when he was taken during the first invasion that Nebuchadnezzar made on Judah.  When Daniel first arrived to Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar offered food and wine to Daniel.  Daniel refused and trusted God.  By trusting God, Daniel grew in all ways, including in wisdom and understanding.

The second year Daniel was in Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar had a dream.  Daniel was the only one who could interpret what the dream meant.  Everything that Daniel prophesied about came true!  Years after the rise and fall of the empires that Daniel had said would happen, he was thrown into a den of Lion’s!  Daniel trusted God to protect him and he continued to pray and serve God!  Daniel had the faith like no other.

The activity for this lesson was making a lion out of pasta.  I figured it would be easier to find a print out of a lion and have the kids glue pasta on for the mane and his tail.

Samuel's Lion

Samuel’s Lion

The kids had a fun time doing this little project.  It was also easy for us to do.  We eat a lot of pasta for lunch in our house, so we always have pasta on hand.  As homeschoolers, we always have glue on had as well.  I told the kids to color the lions first and then to glue the pasta on.  I think they did a pretty good job.

Claire's Lion.

Claire’s Lion.

We had a couple of people link up last week so I thought I would share with you what they did.

Ticia from Adventures in Mommydom has been teaching her kids about World War II.  She gave a list of movies, that are children friendly in this post.  I am excited about this.  I am always on the lookout for educational and child friendly movies for my children.

All Things Bright and Beautiful was teaching her children about World War I.  This is part 2 of her lesson and she is teaching her children about weapons and warfare.

Be sure to stop by both of these ladies blogs.  They have a lot of wonderful suggestions that you can use to teach your children about these important wars.

Now on to the link-up!  I would love to see what all you and your children have been learning in history and geography!


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Wednesday’s Around the World ~ Nebuchadnezzar II and puppet kings

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Wednesday’s Around the World ~ Nebuchadnezzar II and puppet kings

After a couple of weeks off of Wednesday’s Around the World, we are back with a lesson and activity about Nebuchadnezzar II and puppet kings.  So what does Nebuchadnezzar have to do with puppet kings?  Nebuchadnezzar invaded Judah and imprisoned their king, Jehoiakim.  When he did that, they didn’t have anyone to rule over them, so Nebuchadnezzar appointed  someone.  The first king he appointed was Jehoiakin, the some of Jehoiakim.  Why did he do this?  So that he could still control the kingdom.  Jehoioakin was only on the throne three months though.  Just like his father, Jehoiakim, he was taken prisoner by Nebuchadnezzar.

The next king that Nebuchadnezzar II chose was Zedekiah.  He was Jehoiakim’s brother and Jehoiakin’s uncle.  The final invasion of Judah did not happen until 11 years later.  Nebuchadnezzar II had Zedekiah’s sons killed right in front of him and then gouged his eyes out!  Nebuchadnezzae and the Babylonian Army fulfilled the prophecy that Ezekiel has said would happen.  They took everything valuable that had been left after the first and second invasions and burned the city to the ground.  They were warned ro repend and never did, so they suffered the wrath brought on by God.

The activity for this lesson was to make puppets from small brown lunch bags.  I did not have any of those, but had a lot of other crafting material, so we made our kids with what we had on hand.

making kings.

I cut out robes with the purple felt we had.  Then the kids decorated the robes and glued them on to popsicle sticks.  I loved how each one made their own king.

Finished puppet kings.

 

Now for your turn?  What have you learned or what kind of project or activity have you done for history in the last couple of weeks?  I can’t wait to read all about it!  Link up and share with us!!

**Disclaimer: There are affiliate links in this post.  I am a huge fan of Bright Ideas Press and Mystery of History.  That is why I do this link-up. 🙂


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Wednesday’s Around the World~ Nahum and Zephaniah

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Wednesday’s Around the World~ Nahum and Zephaniah

This week for Wednesday’s Around the World, we read about Nahum and Zephaniah, two prophets sent by God to warn of the destruction and doom to those who did not follow the law of God.

Nahum was a prophet God sent during the time of King Josiah.  Nahum was sent to warn the Assyrians.  Do you remember the Assyrians?  They were known to be brutal warriors.  They treated their prisoners horribly.   The capital of Assyria was Nineveh and it was a very strong city.  They had walls that were 100 feet wide and could support three chariots, side by side on top of that wall.  They had 1500 towers that were 200 feet high!

Nahum warned the Assyrians about their wickedness and told the Ninevites exactly how God would destroy them!

Claire sharing her “chariot”.

Zephaniah was also a prophet during Josiah’s time as King.   His message wasn’t towards the Assyrians, it was towards Jerusalem and surrounding nations.   He talked with those who only outwardly showed love to God, but were lost inside, their heart.  Zephaniah loved to write and wrote to those,  giving them hope in things that were to come.  However, just like Nahum, he also told what would happen if they did not turn to their wicked ways.

The activity for this lesson, we chose to build a wall and a tower.  We got the Lego’s and Lincoln Log’s out and the kids had a blast building, especially Sammy!  He loved seeing how high of a tower he could build.

Sammy working on his tall tower.

So what have you been learning about in History and Geography?  I would love for you to link up and share with us!  Also, be sure to check out those who link up.  I know I have learned a lot by reading what other homeschoolers have done!


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Wednesday’s Around the World ~ King Josiah

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Wednesday’s Around the World ~ King Josiah

Thankful that the sickness has left our home, we are now back with our Mystery of History lessons.  I enjoyed sharing lessons from other homeschool families and I am now excited to share a lesson this week with you for Wednesday’s Around the World.

I really enjoyed this weeks lesson on King Josiah.  King Josiah was Manasseh’s grandson.  You remember who King Manasseh was?  He was an evil King in his younger years, but finally came back to God when he was older.  He repented and God forgave him.  He then did his best to turn the kingdom around before he died.

Josiah was very young when he took over as king.  He was only 8 years old.  They said by the time he was 16, he really loved God.  King Josiah loved God so much that he started going all over the country of Judah and destroying any false idols, false wooden images and alters to Baal.   When Josiah headed back to Jerusalem, he started to restore the Temple that Solomon had built and made an amazing discovery.  They found the Book of the Law!  That’s right, the first 5 books of the Old testament!

Josiah decided that the book would be read to everyone.  Once that started happening, it is said that a revival took place.  They even held a Passover Feast!

Our project for this lesson was to make scrolls.  Scrolls are what the books were written in back in that day.  The first thing we had to do was make tea stained paper.

soaking paper in tea.

I boiled the water and then put in two family size tea bags.  I let it steep for about 10-15 minutes, then added 6 crumbled up pieces of white paper.  I then let the paper soak in the tea for about 15 minutes and it was almost too long.  The paper started to rip as I was trying to straighten it out.  I then laid it out flat on the dryer, to dry.  This also took longer than what I had planned.

Writing Jeremiah 29:11.

Our next step was choosing a scripture to write on the scroll.  I chose Jeremiah 29:11.

Jeremiah 29:11

11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

We then took toilet paper rolls and taped them to the scrolls.

taping toilet paper rolls to our paper

The final step of this project was then rolling them up and tying it with a piece of string, ribbon or yarn.

scrolls rolled up

What all have you been learning about in history?  Have you done any projects lately to help your children understand the lesson better?  I would love to have you join and link up with me!  While you are linking up, be sure to check out the others that have linked up.  We had some great lessons and projects join us this past week!

 


****disclaimer~ This link-up is not officially affiliated with Bright Ideas Press but is my own project. I am a customer and fan. There are affiliate links in this post.

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Wednesdays Around the World~ when sickness hits the family

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Wednesdays Around the World~ when sickness hits the family

I am truly enjoying Wednesdays Around the World.  I love seeing others link up with what they have been learning.  This week, I will be highlighting what others have been learning in history.  You see, just when I think we are in the groove with school, something happens.  My children and I ended up sick!  I ended up taking a child to the doctor yesterday because he just was not improving.  He is now on an antibiotic and breathing treatments, as needed.  It is a nasty Upper Respiratory infection.  We are finally on the mend and will begin a full day of school tomorrow.

Now on to sharing what others have been learning in their history lessons.  Lindsay, from Bytes of Memories and her son studied about Joshua, The Battle of Jericho and Rahab.  I loved how creative Lindsay got with this activity.  To help explain the lesson, Lindsay and her son built a city of blocks and used little playmobil men.

Joshua and the Battle of Jericho from Lindsay at www.bytesofmemory.com.

Just head on over and visit Lindsay, her son to see how they learned about The Battle of Jericho!  I know I will be re-doing this lesson with my kids just so we can do her activity!

Ticia and her kids from Adventures in Mommydom learned about what it was like in the Trenches of World War I.  I love how Ticia takes the time to share with her kids that war is not as glamorous as what we are lead to believe.  I love the imagination used, by using pillows and cushions to build the trenches and then using rolled or balled up socks as mortars.

Ticia and her kids building trenches.
http://adventuresinmommydom.org

Be sure to visit Ticia at Adventures in Mommydom to read the full lesson!

I am looking forward to diving back into our history to see what new lessons we can learn.  I would love to have you share with us what you have been learning as well.  Just link up below!

****disclaimer~ This link-up is not officially affiliated with Bright Ideas Press but is my own project. I am a customer and fan.  

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