church educator to teach the kids in your class about Our Biblical American Heritage. It is a very basic outline. I want to encourage you as a church educator to go into God’s Word and study it for yourself. It is important God lies on your heart what He wants to show you in order to teach.
The Goal
for this curriculum is for kids to learn about:
Their
Founding Fathers and their Biblical Influence on our country
The
definition of separation of church and state
The Moral
Decay of their Country
What is
going on in their schools?
What can
kids can do in order to be able to stand up for God by using Scripture?
Learn the
Bill of Rights in a fun way
Each week there is a lesson, a scenario from
everyday life to discuss in order to find scripture to defend their stance, and
learning the Bill of Rights. The teacher presents 3 Bill of Rights for the
first and third week, 4 for the second week to learn, and for the last week, to
review them. It is optional, for game time, to play games in order to enforce
what they learned about Our American Heritage. It is also optional for the
scenario to be reserved for handbook time. This could be done in the month of
September to start out the year and because September 17th is
Constitution Day. It also could be done in February for Presidents day. This
curriculum is intended for 3rd-6th graders, but anyone
could take it and improve it for any age. It is important that we educate Biblically
the next generation. EVERYTHING THAT IS BOLD IS NOTES FOR YOU TO READ AND
DECIDE ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT FOR THE LESSON.
The Bill
of Rights- in order to learn all amendments, the kids will use their hands and
the use of the number to remember each one- my main source for this was http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWdfHK6g_C8 Here are
other sources to explain to the kids on their level http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/explaining-bill-rights
#1 Freedom of Speech- use ONE
finger and point to your lips
#2 The Right to Bear Arms- show
your TWO fingers and then make it into a gun
#3 The Right to not house
soldiers- show your THREE fingers and then hide them under your other hand
while saying they are going into a house and then pull them back “Get out of my
house soldiers”
#4 The Right to not have anyone
search your house without a search warrant- show your FOUR fingers and bring
them forward like you are telling them to stop and say “where is your search
warrant”
#5 The Right to not testify
against your self- show your FIVE fingers and then cover your mouth while saying,
“not testify against yourself”
#6 The Right to a speedy trial-
show your SIX fingers and with the one finger bring over fast to your other
hand who is your jury
#7 The Right to have a jury of
your peers- show your SEVEN fingers and with the one hand face the palm towards
the kids and then the 2 fingers in front of those also faced towards the kids.
Make it look like 7 people in 2 rows just like you see in a real court room.
#8 The Right to no excessive bail
or punishment- show your EIGHT fingers and with the 3 fingers slap the back of
your other hand.
#9 The Right that the Constitution and the Bill of Rights do not
define all of the fundamental rights people have- to be honest, I don’t know
what to do for this one. This is your freedom to do whatever you think works. ;
)
#10 The Right for states to make
their own rules that don’t go against the Constitution- show your TEN fingers
and form a state with them. I can form the state of California and Florida.
Maybe you can do more : )
The next blog will be about the faith of our founding fathers. But the whole point of this is for you to allow God to work in your life and to impact others.
1st you need to pray if this is for you.
2nd if you have a heart to change this nation only by God's word this is for you.
3rd if you have a heart for kids, this is for you.
I challenge you to open your eyes to what this nation needs.
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