This readings in this book take you through the history of Israel from Genesis to Nehemiah, chronologically. The Old Testament's history of Israel is divided into 180 Bible readings (approximately 1-2 chapters each). For each reading there is a series of questions to help you focus on the significant details. There are also background notes, and suggestions on how to cover the material and keep it interesting. The book is intended as a first history course for the early elementary grades, though many parents are using it with high school students. "The Old Testament is the perfect place to start teaching history since it truly starts at the beginning. Many of us shy away from such a study because of the difficulties we might encounter, but the Shearers have made it much easier with this guide." - Cathy Duffy One of Cathy Duffy's "Top 100 Picks for Homeschool Curriculum."
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Winner, "Best Bible Curriculum", 1995, 1996, and 1997 - Reader's Choice Awards. (Practical Homeschooling Magazine)
"The Old Testament is the perfect place to start teaching history since it truly starts at the beginning. Many of us shy away from such a study because of the difficulties we might encounter, but the Shearers have made it much easier with this Guide." -- Cathy Duffy, Christian Home Educators' Curriculum Manual
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Cyndy Shearer has a BA degree in English (summa cum laude) from Queens College (Charlotte, NC) and an MA in English from the University of Virginia. She has taught elementary, high school, and college students and has been a home-schooling mom since 1985. Rob Shearer has an AB in History (cum laude) from Davidson College and a MA in History and Humanities from Stanford University. He taught at Stanford from 1977-1979 and at Virginia Wesleyan College from 1981-1984. In 1979-1980 he was a Fulbright Research Fellow in Marburg, Germany. He is the Director of the Francis Schaeffer Study Center in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee - a tutorial program for homeschooled high school students - which he and Cyndy founded in 2004. Rob and Cyndy live near the town of Lebanon in middle Tennessee along with their eleven children. The Shearer home school and petting zoo currently boasts four dogs, five cats, two horses, one pony and whatever else the children may have been smitten with this month.
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Excellent guide to help teach children ancient history.,
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This review is from: The Greenleaf Guide To Old Testament History (Paperback)
The Greenleaf Guide is an excellent resource to help you teach your children ancient history and Old Testament history. For each lesson, you read a chapter or so of the Old Testament. The guide then gives you questions to discuss, explanations of the historical setting, as well as suggestions for how to handle "complicated" readings from the Bible. The guide is helpful even if you want to read it to study Old Testament history yourself.
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Old Testament The Painless Way!,
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This review is from: The Greenleaf Guide To Old Testament History (Paperback)
As we have used this guide through the past year I would say that it is fairly simple & straight forward in style. It uses a question format that's easy to use. Read a few passages of bible text & pose the questions from the guide. Even our 4 & 6 year olds like to give a try at answering the questions though it is geared to older children!
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Good study designed for young students,
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This review is from: The Greenleaf Guide To Old Testament History (Paperback)
My 8 year old son and I read through the Old Testament's historical books using this book as our guide to discussion topics. The Shearer's have presented some interesting questions and comments on the Old Testament scriptures and I found myself learning almost as much as my son did! I would recommend this book for parents with children in elementary school, or even older.
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- 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum: Choosing the Right Curriculum and Approach for Your Child's Learning Style by Cathy Duffy on page 217, and page 219
- Homeschooling in Oregon: The 1998 Handbook by Ann Lahrson-Fisher on page 257
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