A 10 Week Companion Study to A REPRODUCIBLE 1 0 Week Companion Study to ... Companion Study by Susan E. Harper

PRINCE CASPIAN SAMPLE LESSON

Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter sat at a quiet country train station in England waiting for the trains to take them away to school. Suddenly they felt something weird pulling at them and found themselves back in .

What is A Companion Study to Prince Caspian? It is a REPRODUCIBLE guided study that introduces kids to the Christian classic, PRINCE CASPIAN by C.S. Lewis. It is part of the Christian Classic Series written by Susan E. Harper who is the founder and principal writer for Caring Hands Ministries.

What is a Companion Study? It is a story guide for Grades 1-6 which makes the story come alive through • Story Telling • Character Picture Cards • Interactive Activities • Scripture Application This study, as the others in the series, introduces children to the world of Christian literature in a fun, active learning environment. It is an excellent alternative to the traditional VBS or as a “Summer Sunday” break-away! Many churches also use it as a mid-week program.

What is PRINCE CASPIAN? It is the second book of . In this sequel to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis writes about the restoration of true religion after a state of corruption. It is the story of FAITH in a world that has focused on “logic” for direction.

Caring Hands Ministries 309 Hollyhill Lane, Denton, TX 76205 Ph: 940•367•4755 www.chministries.com INTRODUCTION Welcome to the second companion study written for the children’s series CHRONICLES OF NARNIA by C.S. Lewis. In the book Prince Caspian you will travel back to Narnia with Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy as they are magically transported there when someone blows Susan’s Horn that had been left in Narnia when she re-entered the real world through the ward- robe.

As you re-introduce the children in your class to the magical land of Narnia, learn the parallels of this imaginary journey and the meaning of FAITH to those stories of FAITH in the Bible. Each week you will read a part of the adventures in Prince Caspian, follow the trail of Lucy and her siblings, hear the Bible Connection, and relate what you have heard to God’s Word through games and other exciting activities.

May you enjoy this study as much I enjoyed writing it. May it renew your FAITH in those things that are real ... but you cannot see.

FAITH BIBLE VERSES PRINCE CASPIAN

Lesson 1 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

Lesson 2 “Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.” Romans 10:17

Lesson 3 “Though you have not seen him, you love him.” 1 Peter 1:8

Lesson 4 “The righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.” Romans 3:22

Lesson 5 “I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” Matthew 17:20

Lesson 6 “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.” Hebrews 12:2a

Lesson 7 “We live by faith, not by sight.” 2 Corinthians 5:7

Lesson 8 “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have ben called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28

Lesson 9 “... take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.” Ephesians 6:16

Lesson 10 “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1 Date: PRINCE CASPIAN Teacher’s Notes Photocopy: Chapters 1 - 3: Transported Back to Narnia Bible Memory Verses Scripture Reference: Jeremiah 29:11 No. Needed:____ Travels Back to Narnia Lesson 1 Outline: No. Needed:____ Prayer Request Journal A. Coloring Book (Gr. 1-2) and Travel Log (Gr. 3-6) No. Needed:____ Supplies Needed: B. Introduction of PRINCE CASPIAN by C.S. Lewis. Show the wall mural used to track the adventures of Peter, Susan, Edmund, Lucy and Prince Caspian. Pre-class Preparation: C. Read Chapters 1-3 of PRINCE CASPIAN or tell the story of these Designate someone three chapters using the Chapter Summary: Transported Back to to be Ruth in the Bible Connection. Narnia. As you read, add the Story Characters to your wall Prepare Wall Mural & mural. Cover “Beyond the Story” with older students. Story Characters Story Characters D. Activate the Story Game Options Needed: __ Water Steps Lucy, Susan __ Pass the Apple Peter, Edmund E. The Bible Connection Other Reminders: Ruth (Ruth 1-4) IE. Birthdays/Special F. Bible Memory Game: Memory Train Church Events Verse: “ For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, ... plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 LESSON COVER: G. Activate the Story Snack & Craft Options: This is an overview of __ Snack: Dip the Apple the week’s lesson. It includes: __ Crafts: Apple Art • Chapter’s taught Collage Book Quilt • Story Characters needed for mural H. Small Group Discussion & Prayer Request Journal • Memory verse I. Bible Memory Hand-Out • Visit with Professor As student leave the class, hand them a copy of the Bible • Travel Log page Memory Verses for this study. Encourage them to review the • Games (Snacks assigned verses each week in order to “hide them in their heart.” and crafts on another page) Teacher’s Prayer: • Supplies needed “Dear Lord, As I prepare for my new class, please guide my • Preparation words so that I will be Your instrument to teach these young • and Teacher’s Prayer children just what it means to have FAITH. Help me to spark their curiosity about your Word and the abundant life You Use blank space to offer those who “are sure of what we hope for and certain write in special reminders such as of what we do not see.” (Hebrews 11:1) birthdays, etc.• 1-1 Lesson 1A: COLORING BOOK and TRAVEL LOG

DIRECTIONS: Make a copy of the handbook, The Return to Narnia Coloring Book, found in the back of this curriculum for each Grade 1-2 student. Make a copy of the handbook, The Return to Narnia Travel Log, found in the back of this curriculum for each Grade 3-6 student.

Lesson 1 Welcome Traveler You are about to begin a very exciting adventure as GRADES: 1-2 you study the travels of Lucy and her brothers and sister as they return to the Land of Narnia! TRAIN THE RETURN TO NARNIA is a special study written just for you! In it you will learn about FAITH and its impor - tance in our lives as Christians. DIRECTIONS: Instruct students to write their name on the cover of their coloring book and to color the picture of the train for the first lesson.

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, ... plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

Lesson 1 Welcome Traveler GRADES: 3-6 You are about to begin a very exciting adventure as you study the travels of Lucy and her brothers and sister as they return to the Land of Narnia! TRAIN TICKET THE RETURN TO NARNIA is a special study written just for you! In it you will learn about FAITH and its impor - DIRECTIONS: tance in our lives as Christians. Instruct students to write their name on the cover of their Travel Log and to complete the Train Ticket for the first lesson. After they fill it out, they can share what they wrote with a classmate or the whole class.

Jeremiah 29:11

1-2 Lesson 1B: INTRODUCTION TO PRINCE CASPIAN

Lucy ... Narnia ... Cair Paravel ... . These familiar names were found in C.S. Lewis’ first book of the Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and are also found in the second book of the series, Prince Caspian. In the later story, Lucy and her siblings are pulled back to Narnia as they sit at a train station in England waiting for the train to take them away to school. The children are now a year older although hundreds of years have passed in Narnia time.

While in Narnia again Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy meet a most unusu- al character ... even for Narnia! He is a Red Dwarf named Trumpkin. After rescuing him from a most certain death, he tells them the story of a young prince named Caspian who is fleeing from his uncle, King Miraz. It seems that this uncle has taken over the throne of Narnia which rightfully belongs to Caspian. The young prince is being groomed to succeed his uncle until the Queen gives birth to a son. Now King Miraz wants to kill his nephew! But Caspian’s old Tutor, Doctor Cornelius, warns the young prince and helps him to escape from the castle and find help from the Old Narnians who have been in hiding for so many years. Before Caspian leaves, the kind doctor gives him the most important treasure in the castle. It is Susan’s magic horn that had been lost since she left Narnia when she re-entered the real world through the wardrobe.

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis is the story of the adventures of the young Pevensies as they travel back to Narnia to help restore Caspian to his right- ful place as King of Narnia. This companion study will take us chapter by chapter through this magical tale helping us to understand the meaning behind the story ... the meaning of FAITH. Each day we will read a part of this adventure, follow the trail of Lucy and her siblings, hear the Bible Connection, and relate what we have heard to God’s Word through games and other exciting activities.

1-3 Lesson 1C: TRANSPORTED BACK TO NARNIA Chapters 1 - 3 Summary

Once again, Lucy, Edmund, Peter and Susan found themselves in the mag- ical fairy tale world of Narnia as was told in another book called “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”. Just a year ago, in our time, (but who knows how long ago in Narnian time) they had stepped through the door of a magic wardrobe filled with many coats in a room in a fantastic big old house and headed into an amazing adventure defeating an evil witch, rescuing a great and kind lion named Aslan and freeing a whole kingdom full of special ani- mals stuck under an evil spell. For many years, in Narnian years, though only a blink in our time, the children ruled in peace and joy as Kings and Queens throughout Narnia until it was time to return to England.

So there they were a year later, sitting with their suitcases at the train sta- tion, sad to be heading back to boarding school when a magic tug began to pull at each of them. In the next moment they were swished away to a place full of branches and prickles and thorns. Then in another moment, after untangling themselves from that mess, they arrived at the edge of a sandy beach with not a cloud in sight and the crisp clean smell of the seas all around them. So, of course, off came the socks and shoes and for a long time they thoroughly enjoyed splashing around and looking for shrimp and crabs.

As the day moved along, they realized they would need food and water and a place to camp for the night so they headed out along the shore looking for roots and berries and safe shelter. Soon they discovered they were on an island and in a predicament over what they might eat without cooking uten- sils once their sandwiches from home were gone. Just as they were truly tired out from walking a long way and about to give up, they came upon an apple tree sitting among dozens of apple trees as far as they could see.

On the edge of the orchard was a very old, overgrown, broken-down wall next to a great tall arch that once must have had a gate in it. And there it was as they passed through the arch; a beautiful grassy spot filled with flow- ers and ivy and more old grey walls; a bright, quiet, secret place. 1-4 Before too many more moments passed as they explored old steps and the remains of a tower, they were reminded of their old days in Narnia and the castle Cair Paravel. They set about gathering more than enough firewood to camp for the night and then, of all things, Susan found an old chess-knight like they once played with when they were Kings and Queens in Narnia!

By now the spirit of adventure had set in and the search for old doors that might lead into their old castle began until, dark outside or not, they found a door leading to steps going down into an ancient treasure hall that was, without a doubt, the very same treasure chamber they had been in once so long before. And like once before, the special gifts given to them by Father Christmas were still there. For Peter, there was the shield with the great red Lion on it, and the royal sword. For Lucy, there was the special little bottle made of diamond instead of glass with magic medicine inside that could heal almost every wound and illness. For Susan, there was a bow with arrows in exactly the same condition as they had once been. But as hard as they looked, they could not find the special horn once used to call for help. So being quite late they headed back up the stairs to camp out and rest for the night.

The next day, with just enough to eat and drink, they headed out with their gifts to explore the rest of the island noticing that everything in Cair Paravel looked as if it was unlived in for hundreds of years. Then, just as they came around the corner at the end of the island, they noticed a mysterious boat with two large people who appeared to be soldiers carrying a sack that moved like something alive was in it. Sure enough, that was exactly the case as Peter noticed it was a Dwarf all tied up and ready to be pitched into the water to drown. Before he had time to think what to do, the sound of an arrow clinking on a soldier’s helmet was heard. The soldier went down into the water and began swimming toward the far bank as fast as he could. Then, for no apparent reason, before Susan fired off another arrow, the other soldier jumped into the water and headed for dry land as fast as he could go!

That left the Dwarf, still in the boat thanking his lucky stars to be rescued and looking at Susan, Peter, Edmund and Lucy as if they were ghosts. But before the Dwarf’s story, another meal was in order and the grateful, capa- ble Dwarf set about to catch some fish and cook up a hot meal with supplies left in the boat. 1-5 BEYOND THE STORY (for older Students)

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA

C.S. Lewis began a series of seven children’s books called THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA in 1948. These books were published in the following order: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950), Prince Caspian (1951), The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952), (1953), (1954), The Magician’s Nephew (1956), and (1956). He wrote them in a fairy tale format in order to use children’s imaginations to discover the things that really matter such as the GOODNESS OF CHRIST and the importance of FAITH.

In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis tackles the subject of good vs. evil. Aslan, the Lion, represents all that is good. The , self-proclaimed Queen of Narnia, represents all that is evil. The children who enter Narnia through the wardrobe represent those who explore Christianity. In Prince Caspian, C.S. Lewis explores the meaning of FAITH as it relates to our Christian walk. In our next companion study, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, we will look at the topic of self-esteem and the Christian. In our final study in this series, The Silver Chair, we will examine the importance of self- discipline and “the continuing war with the powers of darkness.” (C.S. Lewis in a letter to Anne of March 5,1961)

Today you will find the books in THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA have been re-num- bered. The publisher has made the decision to present these children’s stories by C.S. Lewis in a time-line format starting with The Magician’s Nephew (Book 1), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Book 2), The Horse and His Boy (Book 3), Prince Caspian (Book 4), The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Book 5), The Silver Chair (Book 6) and The Last Battle (Book 7). Caring Hands Ministries has decided to present the lessons found in these fairy tales in the order they were written, not in the newer chrono- logical time-line order.

1-6 Lesson 1D: ACTIVATE THE STORY GAME OPTIONS

WATER STEPS SUPPLIES: Four - six pans of water and a chair for each team. Masking Tape

GAME SET-UP: Set up the pans of water and chair as diagramed below.

DIRECTIONS: 1. Divide the class in two - four teams. Have them line up behind the starting line. Tell players to take off their socks and shoes. 2. On “GO” the first player on each team runs to the pans of water, walks through them, runs around the chair and back to his team to tag the next player in line. 3. Repeat Step #2 until all players on the team complete the relay. 4. The team to complete the relay first wins.

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PASS THE APPLE SUPPLIES: One apple for each team

DIRECTIONS: 1. Divide the class in two - four teams. Have them line up as diagramed below. Give the first player in line an apple. Have him hold it behind his back. 2. On “GO” the second player on each team turns around with his hands behind his back and takes the apple from the first player. He then turns around and passes the apple (behind his back) to the next player. 3. Continue the relay until the apple has been passed up the line, then back down. 4. The team to complete the relay first wins.

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1-7 Lesson 1E: THE BIBLE CONNECTION DIRECTIONS: Each week the students in your class will be introduced to a person from the Bible who tells them his or her story of FAITH. The teacher will then take this person’s story and what C.S. Lewis has written, and make it applicable to kids’ lives today. These major points are reviewed at the end of each lesson when students meet for their Small Group Discussions. Be sure each Bible person dresses for the part and talks WITH the kids rather than reading to them! (If the Bible person appears in more than one age-group, have him adjust his vocabulary to their learning level.)

RUTH Ruth -4 Clothing: Long peasant dress, shaw, barefoot Props: Cloth to put “sheave of barley” in, barley (or you can pretend to pick it up)

(Come in humming, gathering sheaves of barley. Look up and see children.)

Good morning, boys and girls! (Pull shaw closer.) It sure is cold this early in the morn- ing! I guess you are wondering who I am and what I am doing. My name is Ruth. I am gathering barley to make food for my mother-in-law, Naomi, and myself. It is customary for the poor to follow the harvesters and gather the barley that is left on the ground. I came to Boaz’ fields because he is a relative of Naomi’s dead husband and she told me it would be a safe place to glean.

You see, I am not from around here. I was born in Moab, a place far from here. I married an Israelite from the city of Bethlehem who had moved to our city with his family in order to escape a famine in Israel. During my husband’s ten years in Moab, his father (Naomi’s husband), his brother and my husband all died. My mother-in-law had no way of making a living in Moab, so she decided to move back to Bethlehem. I came with her and com- mitted myself to the God of Israel rather than worship the false idols in our country.

Naomi’s family took us in when we arrived in Bethlehem. However we still did not have enough food to eat. So I come to these fields to glean the barley during the harvest. You know, if I did not know better, I’d think the harvesters are leaving more barley on the ground this morning. I wonder if it is because Boaz has taken a special interest in me. He told me yesterday he had heard of my faithfulness to Naomi and said to me, “May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wing you have come to take refuge.” Ruth 2:12

(Look at the amount of barley gathered in the cloth.) Well, Naomi will be pleased with what I have gleaned today. There will be plenty to make bread and soup for several meals. I had better hurry home so we can give thanks to God for all He has provided. 1-8 CONNECTING THE BIBLE TO THE STORY

When Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter left for the railway station to go back to boarding school, all they had to eat was the sandwiches their mother had made for them for the journey. The next thing they knew they were back in Narnia. Soon the children realized they were hungry and all they had with them were the boys’ two sandwiches since the girls’ were in their luggage on the platform at the railway station. Throughout their stay in Narnia, the children’s food needs were provided for. After they ate the sandwiches, they found plenty of apples to eat. After they rescued the Dwarf, they caught fish from the river. And then there was plenty of fresh water from the well at Cair Paravel.

In our Bible story about Ruth, her food needs are provided for., When she and Naomi arrived in Bethlehem, Ruth was able to glean barley from the fields of Naomi’s relative. God made sure her faithfulness to her mother-in-law was acknowledged by providing for her basic need for food.

Just as God provided food for Ruth and Naomi, He will provide food for us. We may go hungry for a while, but God will provide for those who are faithful. even though God’s plans for our lives may not always be clear, we are to have FAITH He will provide.

SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION

Discuss the following with your students. Pick those points that are most appropriate for your time limits and the age of your students.

1. Describe how Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy were transported back to Narnia. 2. Name three “clues” the children found that helped them discover where they were. 3. How were their needs for shelter and food met: How does God provide for our needs for shelter and food?