Dr. Pat's Orthodox Super Sunday School Curriculum

SUNDAY OF ORTHODOXY/ST. JOHN OF DAMASCUS

Objectives:

ST. CYRIL AND METHODIUS/BAPTISM OF RUS

Objectives:

1. Students should know the names Cyril and Methodius and that they told the people of Rus about Jesus.
2. Students should know the names of King Vladimir and Queen Olga, the first Christian rulers of Rus.
3. Students should know that the gospel spread from the land of Rus, now Ukraine, to Belarus and far north to Russia.

Possible Lesson Plan:

THE CRUSADES

Objectives:

1. Students should know the word, crusade, and that these were wars from Western Europe to take the Holy Land from the Moslems.
2. Students should know that the crusaders did not win the Holy Land for Christians in the end.
3. Students should know that the crusaders broke into the city of Constantinople and killed its Christian people and stole its treasures.

Possible Lesson Plan:

THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION

Objectives:

1. Students should know who Martin Luther was and what he did.

2.   Students should be able to name some of the Protestant denominations.

Possible Lesson Plan:

1. Open with prayer.
2. Tell the story of the Protestant Reformation up through Martin Luther.