Ages 6-8 Church History Overview/Schedules/Recipes
CHURCH SCHOOL CURRICULUM
CHURCH HISTORY
AGES 6-7
This sample schedule is provided for the convenience of Church School directors. Feel free to fill in your own dates and teachers!
Teachers:
Date Topic Teacher Special Notes
Sept. 8 Gala Opening Outdoor Movie Night Quo Vadis
Pentecost/St. Philip and the Eunuch
PENTECOST/PHILIP AND THE EUNUCH
Objectives:
St. Stephen
STEPHEN
Objectives:
- Know that Stephen was the first martyr.
- Know that a martyr is someone who dies for his belief in Jesus.
Possible Lesson Plan:
Conversion of Saul
CONVERSION OF SAUL
Objectives:
- Who was Saul?
- What was Saul doing at Stephen’s stoning?
- How did Saul meet Jesus?
Possible Lesson Plan:
St. Peter and Cornelius
PETER AND CORNELIUS
Objectives:
- Children should be able to tell the story of Peter and his vision.
- Children should know the meaning of the words “Jew” and “Gentile”.
- Children should know that Jesus loves all people.
Possible Lesson Plan:
Council of Jerusalem
THE COUNCIL OF JERUSALEM
Spread of the Gospel
SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL
Objectives:
- Students should be able to name the early apostles.
- Students should know where at least some of them traveled.
Students should be able to tell what “evangelism” means.
Possible Lesson Plan:
- Open with prayer.
- Tell the story of the apostles as given on the next two pages, have a globe handy to show the destinations of these travelers:
St. John and the Revelation
JOHN/REVELATION
Objectives:
- Students should be able to identify the apostle John.
- Students should be able to identify the Book of the Revelation as John’s writing.
- Students should be able to identify the Second Coming.
St. Paul and His Journeys, Part 1
PAUL AND HIS JOURNEYS
Objectives:
St. Paul and his Journeys, Part 2
PAUL AND HIS JOURNEYS, PART 2
Objectives:
- Students should know the general plan of Paul’s travels all around the Mediterranean.
- Students should know that Paul traveled later with Silas.
3. Students should know that Paul traveled last to Rome as a prisoner and died there.
Possible Lesson Plan: