LUTHERAN TEACHER EDITION FOR THE ™ SUPPLEMENT PART II ELECTRONIC STUDENT PLANNER NOTES FOR THE 2013-2014 DAILY CALENDAR Ideas for most days of the school year—background information about significant persons and events in history and the Church Year—which you may add to your curricular studies day by day. In these additional electronic notes to your teacher supplement you will find: • ADDITIONAL CHURCH YEAR details about the seasons or special days in the liturgical calendar, with suggestions to prepare for classroom observance of these seasons and days, linking school, church and home life. • SUGGESTED IDEAS and classroom activities! • DATES THIS WEEK includes notable events (secular or church-related) that may relate to various subjects in your curricular work. This section also includes notable persons in history, especially Christians and the contributions they made to the Church and/or society. Those names in bold appear in the planner. We will encounter many remarkable people of faith who have a place in the Church’s calendar. Their stories make fascinating storytelling. Uncovering more about them may be a special project for some students. PLUS FREE IMAGE DOWNLOADS for 2013-2014 from: goodnewsplanners.com/luth-resources • Historic IMAGES (shown in this Supplement) In the printed supplement of your teacher planner you find: • SCRIPTURE readings each week from the Gospel for the NEXT Sunday.* • WEEKLY EXPLANATIONS of this Gospel story, with Bible background and interpretation. • Thoughts for teaching the WORD OF THE WEEK (W.O.W.) and the events of the Church Year. Good News™ Student Planner 2013-14 (Teacher Edition) prepared by Carol Geisler. © 2013 by Creative Communications for the Parish, 1564 Fencorp Drive, Fenton, MO 63026. 800-325-9414 • www.creativecommunications.com Art by Sally Beck • Visit us at www.goodnewsplanners.com • Printed and assembled in the USA. ZS-W/ZS-X 1 ON-LINE IMAGE DOWNLOADS for 2013-2014 from: goodnewsplanners.com/luth-resources • Historic IMAGES (shown in this Supplement) 2 ZS-W/ZS-X LUTHERAN TEACHER EDITION ™ FOR THE STUDENT PLANNER FOR 2013-2014 PP. 24-25 WEEK OF AUGUST 4-10, 2013 WORD: TREASURE ugust 4, 1944 … Germans in Amsterdam arrest Anne Frank. Anne and her family were Jews who hid for two years in rooms above her father’s office, hoping to escape arrest by the Nazis. The family was eventually betrayed and arrested. Anne died Ain a concentration camp in 1945. Her father, the only surviving family member, found and published Anne’s diary, written during their years in hiding. The book is titled The Diary of a Young Girl. Read and discuss Anne’s Diary wit older students. They can learn more about the Nazi persecution of the Jews and about people who tried to save their Jew- ish friends and neighbors from imprisonment and death. ART PROJECT: Students might choose to keep a diary or journal of their own experiences. Have students create The street in Amsterdam where Anne Franke lived. their own small diaries with enough pages for a week or two of entries. Cut lined paper into small pages and staple cancer in the days and years to follow. On August 15 Japan the blank pages between art paper or card stock covers. surrendered to the Allies, ending World War II. The use of the Students can decorate and personalize the covers. You can atomic bombs unleashed a powerful and dangerous weapon. also fold long strips of paper accordion style to create The threat of such powerful weapons still shapes small booklets. Younger children can draw pictures on the today’s world. Ask older students to find out which pages to show something they remember from each day countries have or are trying to develop atomic weapons. August 5, 1936 … Jesse Owens, an African-American athlete, August 7, 1991 … The World Wide Web be- wins his third Olympic medal comes available to the public on the Internet. at the Berlin Olympics. Ow- How has the Web changed the way in ens went on to win a total which we share and receive information? of four gold medals, a shock Construct a classroom website featur- to German leader Adolph ing assignments, photographs, and student writing. Hitler, who believed white August 10 is the day to remember Lawrence (c. 225-258), Germans to be superior Deacon and Martyr (the “c” in front of some dates means circa, to all other races, including Latin for “about”). Lawrence was a deacon, or church assistant, people of African descent. in Rome. When asked by pagan Roman officials to deliver to Hiroshima after the August 6, 1945 … The them the treasure of the Church, Lawrence gathered the poor explosion. United States drops an to whom he had given the Church’s wealth, calling the poor atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the treasure of the Church. Lawrence was killed for his faith in Japan. A second bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki Jesus during the persecution ordered by the Emperor Valerian. on August 9. Thousands of people were killed in both cities, What can your students do to help fami- and thousands more died from burns, radiation sickness and lies in need in your church and community? ZS-W/ZS-X 3 LUTHERAN TEACHER EDITION ™ FOR THE STUDENT PLANNER FOR 2013-2014 PP. 26-27 WEEK OF AUGUST 11-17, 2013 WORD: DIVISION ugust 12, 1099 … Christian soldiers in the King, Jr., led the independence First Crusade capture Jerusalem. Although its movement. The process of name means “City of Peace,” Jerusalem’s long independence from Great history has been marked by war and division. Britain brought about the Talk to your students about modern day division of the region into the Aconflicts in and around Jerusalem. Read Psalm 137, in which nations of India and Pakistan, the Jews mourn their exile from the city of Jerusalem and from causing bloodshed and mis- their homeland. “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem” (Psalm 122:6). trust that continues between Pray for peace in Jerusalem and all around the world, espe- the two countries to this day. cially that people may come to know Jesus, the Prince of Peace. According to tradition, the August 13, 1910 … Florence Nightingale dies. Florence apostle Thomas traveled to became a nurse, even though her parents opposed the idea, India to preach the Gospel. thinking that nursing was associated with working-class women. Pray that many people in Florence, who was English, studied at the Institute of Protes- India and Pakistan will come tant Deaconesses in Germany. She volunteered to serve as a to know Jesus as their Lord. nurse for British soldiers in the Crimean War in Turkey. The August 16 is the day to army hospital conditions there were terrible, and Florence remember Isaac, the son of reported to the London Times on the way the British Army Abraham. Isaac was the son treated its wounded. Later in life she worked for improved promised to Abraham and cleanliness and sanitation in the peacetime army and in hospitals. Sarah in their old age (Genesis Florence Nightingale Invite a nurse or doctor to talk to your students. How can 18:1-15). We who believe in your students improve their health and guard against illness? Jesus, “like Isaac, are children August 14, 1835 … Ameri- of promise” (Galatians 4:28), because our faith is not based on can humorist Will Rogers our own good works but on the Word and promises of God. dies. Will was born in Indian August 17, 1786 … Frontiersman Davy Crockett is born in Tennes- Territory (Oklahoma) in 1879. see. He served in the Tennessee legislature and in Congress. Crock- He grew up on a cattle ranch ett died at the Alamo, fighting for Texas’ independence from Mexico. and later starred in Wild West August 17 is the day to remember Johann Gerhard (1582- shows and Hollywood movies. 1637), Theologian. Gerhard, a German Lutheran theologian, is He was known for his ability known for his many theological writings, including a multi-volume to find humor in everyday life. work called Theological Commonplaces (or Theological Topics). ART PROJECT: Have stu- dents create short cartoon Do you want to use images strips with a Western theme. like the artwork of Will Rogers or Florence The cartoon characters might Nightingale, or any of the public domain be cowboys or cowgirls, cattle on a ranch or horses on the historical photographs in this supplement? prairie. Discuss possible char- DOWNLOAD acters and dialogue. What might historical images in this Supplement two cows talk about as they for classrooom use from: Will Rogers stand in a corral? What human goodnewsplanners.com/ behavior might seem funny to a luth-resources cow or chicken? What would a horse say about chasing cattle? What comments might a bucking horse say after he throws off a cowboy? Select IMAGES and download any jpeg file August 14, 1947 … India becomes an independent nation. Ma- for use on worksheets or with a classroom hatma Gandhi, whose peaceful protests inspired Martin Luther computer/projector. 4 ZS-W/ZS-X LUTHERAN TEACHER EDITION ™ FOR THE STUDENT PLANNER FOR 2013-2014 PP. 27-28 WEEK OF AUGUST 18-24, 2013 WORD: STRIVE ugust 19, 1839 … Jacques Daguerre, a French other Christians? How can your students serve God each day? painter and physicist, presents a photography August 20, 1833 … Benjamin Harrison is born near North process called the “daguerreotype.” In order to Bend, Ohio. Harrison was a committed Christian who at one produce a photograph, time considering becoming a pastor. his process required film He ended up studying law instead and Ato be exposed to light for only 20 to served as our nation’s 23rd President 30 minutes instead of an earlier pro- (1889-1893).