Description
The Word in Motion New Testament – Bible Curriculum for Homeschool from Apologia
The Word in Motion is a Bible curriculum for homeschool children and families that tells the story depicted in Scripture in an easy-to-follow, mostly chronological format. There are two volumes in this series: The Word in Motion: Old Testament and The Word in Motion: New Testament. This is the product page for the second volume, The Word in Motion: New Testament Basic Set. Apologia’s The Word in Motion: New Testament is the second volume in an illustrated, two-part Bible curriculum that equips students to know, live, and share the Word of God. From the intertestamental events leading up to the birth of Christ to the apocalyptic vision received by John on the island of Patmos, students and families will explore the key people, places, and events of the New Testament. Along the journey, they will gain a deeper understanding of how all the parts of the Bible fit together to form the glorious story of God’s love for humanity and His plan for our redemption.
What is included with The Word in Motion: New Testament Basic Set?
When you purchase this The Word in Motion: New Testament Basic Set™, you will receive the textbook, Notebooking Journal, and access to the streaming video via the Apologia Book Extras site. Instructions for accessing the Book Extras site is in the front of the textbook.
Teaching tools include streaming video instruction, biblical narratives that tell the story in chronological order, discussion questions, character profiles, essential doctrines and apologetics, Scripture readings, full-color visual aids, an overview of every New Testament book, and insightful articles that bring to life many facets of biblical history and culture.
The spiral-bound notebooking journal is a fun tool that enables students to personalize and capture what they have learned in an artful keepsake. Everything they learn will be processed and documented somewhere in these pages. Families will need to have one Notebooking Journal for each student.
NOTE: Students will require both the textbook and their own notebooking journal to complete this course.
The Word in Motion: New Testament Textbook
The Word in Motion: New Testament textbook is hardcover. There are 30 lessons in total. Working with a parent four days per school week for 30–45 minutes at a time, students will complete one lesson per week or 30 lessons in 30 weeks. Each lesson incorporates multiple learning approaches—seeing, hearing, moving, talking, and repeating—in a way that engages the student’s head, heart, and hands. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to tell the story of God and His chosen people using a series of keywords, memory verses, and hand motions.
Topics Covered in The Word in Motion: New Testament
There are 30 lessons total in this course. Lessons 1–15 teach students the story of the New Testament in 40 key points and motions, starting with the rise of the Roman empire and culminating in the founding of the early church and the spread of the gospel to Europe and Asia:
Lesson 1 Greece, Israel, and Rome
Lesson 2 The Birth of Christ
Lesson 3 Baptized and Tempted
Lesson 4 Second Birth and the Woman at the Well
Lesson 5 Rejection, Selection, Parables, and Miracles
Lesson 6 Testimony of Peter and Transfiguration
Lesson 7 Counting, the Cost, Seeking the Lost, Lazarus, and Zacchaeus
Lesson 8 Triumphal Entry, Temple Cleansing, and the Last Supper
Lesson 9 Betrayed, Denied, Crucified, and Resurrected
Lesson 10 Ascended, Spirit, and Community
Lesson 11 Servant Leaders, Stephen Martyred, and Persecution
Lesson 12 Philip’s Preaching, Paul’s Conversion, and Peter’s Vision
Lesson 13 Law, Grace, and the Call
Lesson 14 Building, Trials, and Rome
Lesson 15 Apostles Speak and Wait for Christ
Lessons 16–30 familiarize students with each of the 27 books of the New Testament:
Lesson 16 Matthew
Lesson 17 Mark
Lesson 18 Luke
Lesson 19 John
Lesson 20 Acts
Lesson 21 1 & 2 Thessalonians and Galatians
Lesson 22 1 & 2 Corinthians
Lesson 23 Romans
Lesson 24 Ephesians and Philippians
Lesson 25 Colossians and Philemon
Lesson 26 Hebrews
Lesson 27 James
Lesson 28 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus
Lesson 29 1 & 2 Peter and Jude
Lesson 30 1, 2 & 3 John and Revelation
Lesson Components You Will Find in Part 1 of The Word in Motion: New Testament
Lessons 1-15 each include the following components:
Streaming Video Instruction:
Each lesson begins with a video lesson lasting four to five minutes. Author and speaker Rachael Carman presents a brief introduction to the lesson, providing background, context, and a related Bible story. She will then demonstrate the motion or motions that go with the lesson. More motions are added with each video lesson so that, eventually, students will be able to present a 40-point outline of the entire New Testament complete with motions and keywords that help them remember each one. To access the streaming video instruction component, you must have internet access and the password found at the front of the textbook.
Motion:
The first page of the lesson contains a reminder of the motion or motions that go with the lesson.
Passage:
This includes the Bible passage(s) covered by the lesson.
Take It to Heart:
A Scripture memory verse is provided for each lesson.
Narrative:
The narrative presents key people, places, events, and important themes of the passage(s) covered by the lesson, placing them within the context of the overarching story of the Bible, usually, in the order the events happened. The narrative is conversational in tone and is designed to be read aloud by the parent.
Let’s Talk About It:
These five questions are provided to encourage thoughtfulness and discussion regarding the narrative and the people and events that were discussed.
Character Sketch:
This is a one-page, first-person profile of a key Bible character told from the character’s perspective. Some of these profiles are humorous in tone or language, while others are dramatic or even tragic. Each profile covers important biblical events, lessons, and encounters with God as the people involved might have seen them. These are intended to help students understand that the Bible tells us about real-life events that involved real, flawed people. These characters run the gamut from people of faith like Matthew and Luke to antagonists such as the Sanhedrin and Pontius Pilate.
Doctrine/Apologetic:
The content of The Word in Motion courses is non-denominational. However, basic doctrines and apologetics historically agreed upon by the church are presented in each lesson. Among the doctrines discussed are hope, angels, water baptism, faith, the deity of Christ, salvation, temptation, trials and testing, the second coming of Christ, and many others.
Sidebar Article:
Each lesson includes an insightful article that brings to life a different facet of biblical history and culture. Among the topics discussed are genealogies, church councils, hospitality, Alexander the Great, scrolls, Jacob’s well, and many others.
Psalm and Proverb to Read:
Each lesson assigns the student to read selected passages from the books of Psalms and Proverbs.
Prayer:
Each lesson concludes with a prayer that touches on the themes discussed in the lesson. Students and families are encouraged to pray these prayers as a group or individually.
Lesson Components You Will Find in Part 2 of The Word in Motion: New Testament
Lessons 16–30 each include the following components:
Streaming Video Instruction:
Each lesson begins with a video lesson lasting four to five minutes. Author and speaker Rachael Carman presents a brief introduction to the lesson, providing some background, context, and a related Bible story. She will then demonstrate the motion or motions that go with the lesson. Students will learn the keyword for each book of the New Testament and a hand sign to help them remember the keyword. They will also hear the memory verse for each book and learn how Jesus can be found in every book of the Bible.
Book-About Page(s):
Each lesson focuses on one or more books of the New Testament. Each book is represented by a page summarizing characteristics of the book including its author, the approximate dates in which it was written, the audience to whom it was written, the nature of the book (e.g., history, evangelical, letter, prophecy), main characters, primary themes, a memory verse, and a phrase describing what the book tells us about the character of Jesus.
Take It to Heart:
A Scripture memory verse is provided for each book of the New Testament.
Key Word
A word or phrase is provided for each book of the Bible. This word helps the student to remember an important theme in the book.
Character Sketch:
This is a one-page, first-person profile of a key Bible character told from the character’s perspective. Some of these profiles are humorous in tone or language, while others are dramatic or even tragic. Each profile covers important biblical events, lessons, and encounters with God as the people involved might have seen them. These are intended to help students understand that the Bible tells us about real-life events that involved real, flawed people. These characters run the gamut from people of faith like Matthew and Luke to antagonists such as the Sanhedrin and Pontius Pilate.
Doctrine/Apologetic:
The content of The Word in Motion courses is non-denominational. However, basic doctrines and apologetics historically agreed upon by the church are presented in each lesson. Among the doctrines discussed are hope, angels, water baptism, faith, the deity of Christ, salvation, temptation, trials and testing, the second coming of Christ, and many others.
Sidebar Article:
Each lesson includes an insightful article that brings to life a different facet of biblical history and culture. Among the topics discussed are genealogies, church councils, hospitality, Alexander the Great, scrolls, Jacob’s well, and many others.
Psalm and Proverb to Read:
Each lesson assigns students to read selected passages from the books of Psalms and Proverbs.
Information About the Streaming Video Component of The Word in Motion: New Testament
The Word in Motion: New Testament streaming video component is accessed through Apologia’s Book Extras site. Instructions on how to access this site are located at the beginning pages of the textbook. You will need internet access to view these videos. They are not available on a DVD or Thumb Drive. Each lesson begins with the video lesson lasting four to five minutes.
Notebooking Journal for The Word in Motion: New Testament
A key component of The Word in Motion: New Testament curriculum, the Notebooking Journal enables students to capture and personalize what they learn in an artful keepsake. This Notebooking Journal is specifically designed with the elementary student in mind and includes an abundance of activities to help kids engage with God’s Word. Everything your child learns in this course will be processed and documented somewhere in these pages. Therefore, each child will need to have his or her own Notebooking Journal. Please keep in mind that this resource may not be reproduced. Each lesson begins with a coloring page for the student to color while he or she listens to the reading of the text. These pages provide opportunities for active learning while reinforcing the lesson’s content. Following are activities designed to encourage creative expression and real-life application of what they’re learning. These activities also increase the student’s retention of names, events, the biblical narrative, and spiritual principles. To make the parents’ planning a breeze, a detailed schedule is included in the Notebooking Journal. This schedule clearly identifies the pages to read in the textbook and the pages to complete in the journal each day.
The Benefits of Using the Notebooking Journal
Apologia’s notebooking journals are designed to:
- Facilitate retention and provide documentation of your student’s education. The unique personal written and artistic expressions incorporate both sides of the child’s brain.
- Be flexible and allow for meaningful, multilevel learning. A twelve-year-old student may write a short essay and create an elaborate illustration in the same activity, while her six-year-old sibling may write one sentence with a stick-figure drawing.
- Help students record experiences, observations, thoughts, and prayers.
- Provide students tools for engaging with God’s Word and applying it to their lives.
- Establish a written record that students can refer back to as they continue to explore the Word more deeply and grow spiritually.
What Is Included in The Word in Motion: New Testament Notebooking Journal?
In this Notebooking Journal, you will find:
- A Suggested Schedule for completing the video teaching, textbook readings, and notebooking activities using a four-day-per-week plan
- Coloring pages
- Let’s Talk About It pages, where the student can write or draw what they take away from family discussions about the stories and books of the Bible
- Take It to Heart pages for copying and memorizing Scripture
- Activity pages with creative writing and drawing prompts to help your child think about and better understand biblical events and concepts introduced in each lesson
- Prayer pages for students to write or draw their own prayers to God and record answers to prayers
- Visual reminders of all motions and keywords
