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• Which books do we think came from the major prophets? (Isaiah, • Which books do we think came from the major prophets? (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel & Daniel) Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel & Daniel) • The Major Prophets are the most important of all the prophets! • The Major Prophets are the most important of all the prophets! (Not true! The major prophets are the longest books.) (Not true! The major prophets are the longest books.) • Did you create a shading art picture? I would love to see it! • Did you create a shading art picture? I would love to see it! • Tell me about Dr. Schniffenhousen’s timeline! What did you add • Tell me about Dr. Schniffenhousen’s timeline! What did you add to the timeline today? to the timeline today? • Which story from the Major Prophets was your favorite? Why? • Which story from the Major Prophets was your favorite? Why?

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Week 1 - Empires ASSYRIA BABYLON PERSIA

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Week 2 - The Books of the Prophets

Group 1 ISAIAH EZEKIEL DANIEL JEREMIAH LAMENTATIONS

Group 2 Group 3 JOEL MICAH AMOS NAHUM HOSEA JONAH OBADIAH HAGGAI MALACHI HABAKKUK ZEPHANIAH ZECHARIAH GOD SPEAKS! ISAIAH, JEREMIAH & THE PROPHETS Dr. Schniﬀenhousen Timeline

Week 3 - Major Prophets

ISAIAH JEREMIAH

EZEKIEL DANIEL GOD SPEAKS! ISAIAH, JEREMIAH & THE PROPHETS Dr. Schniﬀenhousen Timeline

Week 4 - Minor Prophets

HOSEA JOEL AMOS OBADIAH JONAH MICAH

NAHUM HABAKKUK ZEPHANIAH HAGGAI ZECHARIAH MALACHI GOD SPEAKS! ISAIAH, JEREMIAH & THE PROPHETS Timeline of My Life

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Child’s Name and Group Grades 1-4 – Week 3 GOD SPEAKS! ISAIAH, JEREMIAH & THE PROPHETS Leader’s Guide Overview

4 WEEK CONTENT OVERVIEW LESSON OVERVIEW Today the children will learn about the Major Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Week 1: Prophets Lamentations, Ezekiel & Daniel). Week 2: Messages from God Week 3: Major Prophets Week 4: Minor Prophets VIDEO 1 / SMALL GROUP 1 The purpose of this time is to build relationships with the children. It’s important for children to feel welcomed and connected before engaging in active learning. Usually LESSON SCHEDULE this activity is a simple game that encourages interaction. Take time to say each child’s Video 1 / Small Group 1: name and how glad you are to see each person! (Use the Shepherding Guide to make Timeline of Your Life (5 Min) notes of what the children say during this time. Ask follow up questions next time you Video (2 Min) / Small Group (3 Min) see the child at church.) Video 2 / Small Group 2: Dr. Schniffenhousen’s VIDEO 2 / SMALL GROUP 2 Timeline (15 Min) The purpose of this time is to introduce the day’s lesson and review the previous lesson. Video (9 Min) / Small Group (6 Min) Because this is a Biblical literacy curriculum, this segment is important for helping children Video 3 / Small Group 3: build a cohesive understanding of the entire Bible. The questions and games are designed Snooze You Lose (25 Min) to provide repetition and reinforcement for helping children understand the Bible. Video (6 Min) / Small Group (19 Min) Video 4 / Small Group 4: VIDEO 3 / SMALL GROUP 3 Bible What’s It? (20 Min) The purpose of this time is to teach the main content of the day’s lesson. New information Video (5 Min) / Small Group (15 Min) and the key lesson can be found during these activities. Provide children adequate time to process the new information. Feel free to skip questions, add questions or tweak the EXTRAS! activities so that children are able to fully grasp the new stories and concepts. Video Outtakes Parent GO HOME Card VIDEO 4 / SMALL GROUP 4 The purpose of this time is to review the day’s lesson. A “Bible What’s It? Game” is Graphics always provided which includes review questions. Following the review questions, take Music time to encourage reﬂection. Ask open-ended questions that encourage children to apply the lesson speciﬁcally to their context. Consider making this a quiet time, followed by quiet prayer.

MAKE IT YOUR OWN! What’s In the Bible? gives you the freedom to customize your own curriculum. That means you have the ability to change, edit, remove or add anything you want to make this lesson a perfect ﬁt for your children’s ministry. If you have a template that you use every weekend, feel free to copy and paste the Leader’s Guide into your template. Have fun customizing this lesson!

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Video 2 / Small Group 2: Video 2, Bibles, Dr. Schniﬀenhousen’s Timeline (from Weeks 1 & 2), Snooze You Lose Buzzer Template (To Create: Use either a Bell, Buzzer or Block and Scissors, Glue or Tape) Jellyfish Labs grants permission to churches, schools, and other licensees to edit What’s in the Bible? Church Video 3 / Small Group 3: Video 3, Bibles, Crayons (Preferably older crayons Edition materials to fit their requirements and needs. These resources are intended to be downloaded and printed for use with the paper peeled oﬀ or chalk), Paper (2 Per Child), Major Prophets by the subscribing entity only and may not be electronically for Timeline transferred or duplicated by other non-subscribing entities. Any unauthorized reproduction of this material or incorporation Video 4 / Small Group 4: Video 4, GO HOME Cards (1 Per Child) into a new work is a direct violation of U.S. copyright laws. © 2012 Jellyfish Labs. All rights reserved.

Week 3/Overview VIDEO 1 / SMALL GROUP 1 PREPARATION Supplies: Video 1, 1 Timeline of My Life (Per Child), Crayons or Markers, and Shepherding Guide (1 Box Per Child) Teacher Note: Each week the children will be adding events to their timelines. If possible, collect the timelines from the children each week and give them their same timeline the following week. On the ﬁnal week (#4), encourage the children to take their timelines home and continue adding to them as they experience more events!

ACTIVITY Welcome the children!

SAY: It’s great to see you! I’m always glad to see you at church. How was your week?

SAY: Later today we’ll be adding to our Timeline of the Prophets, but before we do that let’s continue creating a timeline of our lives!

SAY: Last week we added our pets and siblings to our timelines. Today let’s add your ﬁrst day of school.

GIVE each child his/her timeline from the previous week. Be sure to bring extra timelines for children who weren’t at church the previous week. Encourage the children to use the crayons or markers to draw pictures or write words on their timelines.

DISCUSS the children’s ﬁrst days of school. Encourage them to add pictures of themselves, their teachers, or any school activities to their timelines. Be sure to create a timeline of your own! It’s always great when the children can learn more about their leaders.

SAY: This is great! Thanks for sharing about your schools! Today we are going to learn about the Major Prophets of the Bible!

SHEPHERDING GUIDE Teacher Note: This tool is to help you know the children in your small group. It can be used as a tool for remembering what each child shares each week, so that you can follow-up in future weeks. (Make several copies of this page so that you have a box for each child.) Child’s Name, Parent’s Name, Contact Information, Child’s Birthday, Child’s Siblings and/or Pets, Child’s First Day of School, Child’s Dream for the Future, Prayer Requests.

Week 3/Small Group 1 VIDEO 2 / SMALL GROUP 2 PREPARATION Supplies: Video 2, Bibles, Dr. Schniﬀenhousen’s Timeline (From Weeks 1 & 2, Add Week 3 Pieces), Snooze You Lose Buzzer Template (To Create: Use either a Bell, Buzzer or Block and Scissors, Glue or Tape) Teacher Note: For this activity, children will sit in a circle around the Snooze You Lose Buzzer. To create the Buzzer, cut out the template and glue or tape to a bell, buzzer or block. Ask a question and encourage children to hit the Snooze You Lose Buzzer when they know the answer. The ﬁrst child to answer correctly can stay in his/her place while the rest of the children move back about 8 inches (or 2 scoots). Continue to play the game until you’ve asked all of the questions.

After the game, add Isaiah, Jeremiah and Lamentations to the timeline.

ACTIVITY SAY: We are going to play a game called Snooze You Lose. This is our buzzer (show the bell/buzzer/block). I will ask a few questions. If you know the answer, try to be the ﬁrst to gently hit the buzzer and answer the question. If you answer correctly you can stay in your place. Those that didn’t get to the buzzer ﬁrst to answer the question will move back 8 inches or 2 scoots on your behind.

SAY: Let’s make a circle and I will put our buzzer in the center. Here’s a practice question:

Phil called Dr. Schniﬀenhousen a “trekkie” because he likes what show? ANSWER: Star Trek

SAY: Good job! Does anyone have any questions?

1. The ﬁrst book of the major prophets is . ANSWER: Isaiah

2. True or False: Isaiah is a very short book. ANSWER: False. Isaiah is a long book with 66 chapters.

3. The Hebrew Bible wrote Yahweh, a name they called the Lord, without any vowels. What four letters did they use? ANSWER: YHWH

4. Isaiah lived for a long time and helped several kings. What was the name of the good king? ANSWER: King Hezekiah

5. True or False: The book of Isaiah teaches us that God is holy and will judge sin, but also that God is the one who can save us. ANSWER: True

6. Isaiah announced that God would save us through a Messiah. This Messiah would take the punishment for sin that should go to whom? ANSWER: Us

7. Which book of the prophets has fewer chapters but more words than the book of Isaiah? ANSWER: Jeremiah

8. True or False: Jeremiah saw the Babylonians destroy Jerusalem and the Temple. ANSWER: True

9. How long had Jeremiah been preaching warning to Judah? ANSWER: 40 years

10. During the time of Jeremiah there were pretend prophets who were saying things about God. What were these pretend prophets called? ANSWER: False prophets

11. True or False: We know for certain that Jeremiah wrote Lamentations. ANSWER: False. Early rabbis believed he wrote this book, but we don’t know for certain.

SAY: Great job! Let’s add Isaiah, Jeremiah and Lamentations to our timeline.

Week 3/Small Group 2 VIDEO 3 / SMALL GROUP 3 PREPARATION Supplies: Video 3, Bibles, Crayons (preferably older crayons with the paper peeled oﬀ or chalk), Paper (3 Per Child), Major Prophets for Timeline Additional Idea: Use scratch-oﬀ paper for this activity. Teacher Note: As an alternative you can also have the kids act out these passages.

ACTIVITY SAY: The prophets had to follow God in some amazing ways! What did you notice in today’s video?

SAY: Let’s create a shading art picture! I will give you each a couple pieces of paper and some crayons. As I read from the Bible, you can imagine what the prophets experienced and draw a picture of it using the sides of the crayons. (Demonstrate how to use the sides of the crayons to create a shading picture.)

Let’s start with Jeremiah.

STORY ONE: Read Jeremiah 4:1-13.

ENCOURAGE the children to create their shading art picture and draw while they are listening.

ASK the children to show and discuss their pictures.

STORY TWO: Read Daniel 5:1-6.

ENCOURAGE the children to create their shading art picture and draw while they are listening.

ASK the children to show and discuss their pictures.

STORY THREE: Read Daniel 6:6-23.

ENCOURAGE the children to create their shading art picture and draw while they are listening.

ASK the children to show and discuss their pictures.

SAY: We have now learned all of the Major Prophets! Let’s add Daniel to our timeline and add the phrase “Major Prophet” to those books on our timeline.

Week 3/Small Group 3 VIDEO 4 / SMALL GROUP 4 PREPARATION Supplies: Video 4 and GO HOME Cards (1 Per Child) Teacher Note: This activity is a set of review questions that will appear on the video. Take time to answer and discuss each question with your small group. At the end of this time, take prayer requests and lead a time of prayer with your group.

ACTIVITY SAY: Let’s play Bible What’s It? I will divide you into 2 teams. You can work with your team to answer each question. The team who answers the most questions correctly wins!

QUESTIONS ANSWERS 1. Which books do we think came from the major prophets? Shout it out! Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, & Daniel 2. Isaiah’s name means: A. The Lord is my friend B. The Lord is salvation B. The Lord is salvation C. The Lord is kind D. The Lord is angry

3. True or False: They are called the major prophets because they are the most False important prophets.

4. Who did the early rabbis believe wrote the book of Lamentations? D. Jeremiah A. Daniel B. Ezekiel C. Isaiah D. Jeremiah

5. How did God tell Ezekiel to warn the Jews in Babylon that bad things were about to A. Draw on a brick happen back home? A. Draw on a brick B. Hang a ﬂag C. Sing a song D. Ride a unicorn

6. What did Ezekiel cook his bread over for 390 days? C. Dung A. Wood B. Bushes C. Dung D. Newspapers

7. About how many years did Daniel’s work as a prophet cover? C. 70 A. 700 B. 50 C. 70 D. 7

8. In the book of Daniel, we learn about three guys that God saved from the ﬁery furnace. A. Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego What were their names? A. Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego B. Isaiah, Jeremiah, & Daniel C. Clive, Ian & Pastor Paul D. None of the above

9. True or False: Most of what Daniel prophesied about (future kings and kingdoms) came True true in the 400 years after Daniel’s vision.

10. Turn to your neighbor and say your favorite major prophet and why!

SAY: Often the prophets delivered warnings to the people. Have you ever received a warning? Can you tell us about who warned you and what the warning was about? What did it feel like to be warned about something in the future?

SAY: How do you think the people felt when they received warnings from the prophets? Do you think they were ever confused? Or scared? It might not have always been easy to trust the prophets and listen to their warnings.

SAY: Let’s pray to God. What would you like to say to God today?

PRAY with your children. Continued on next page

Week 3/Small Group 4 VIDEO 4 / SMALL GROUP 4 CONTINUED

PARENT WALK OUT TIME GIVE each family 1 GO HOME Card.

GO HOME CARD Today your child learned about the Major Prophets (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel & Daniel).

A few discussion questions (for parents and children to ask each other) on the way home:

• Which books do we think came from the major prophets? (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel & Daniel)

• The Major Prophets are the most important of all the prophets! (Not true! The major prophets are the longest books.)

• Did you create a shading art picture? I would love to see it!

• Tell me about Dr. Schniﬀenhousen’s Timeline! What did you add to the timeline today?

• Which story from the Major Prophets was your favorite? Why?

BIG QUESTION: The Hebrew Bible wrote Yahweh, a name they called the Lord, without any vowels. What four letters did they use?

Week 3/Small Group 4 GOD SPEAKS! ISAIAH, JEREMIAH & THE PROPHETS Snooze You Lose

N E O S SNOOZE O O Z L YOU LOSE E YOU

Glue or tape onto a Place under a standard 3” wood block. standard desk bell.